1984–85 Boston Celtics season

1984–85 Boston Celtics season
Eastern Conference Champions
Head coach	K.C. Jones
Owner(s)	Don Gaston, Alan N. Cohen, Paul Dupee
Arena	Boston Garden Hartford Civic Center
Results
Record	63–19 (.768)
Place	Division: 1st (Atlantic) Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals (Eliminated 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	SportsChannel New England, WBZ, WTXX
Radio	WRKO, WTIC

The 1984–85 Boston Celtics season was the 39th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

On March 3, 1985, Kevin McHale surpassed Larry Bird's Celtics single game scoring record when he netted 56 points against the Detroit Pistons.^[1] Less than two weeks later, on March 12, Bird answered, scoring a career-high 60 points against the Atlanta Hawks.

Trivia

A majority of this team moved onto coaching later in their careers. Kevin McHale, Rick Carlisle, Larry Bird, Danny Ainge, Dennis Johnson, and Sam Vincent have all coached in the NBA.^[2]^[3]

Draft picks

Main article: 1984 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	24	Michael Young	SF/SG	United States	Houston
2	47	Ronnie Williams		United States	Florida
3	70	Rick Carlisle	G	United States	Virginia
4	93	Kevin Mullin		United States	Princeton
5	116	Todd Orlando		United States	Bentley
6	139	Steve Carfino	G	United States	Iowa
7	162	Mark Van Valkenburg		United States	Framingham State
8	184	Champ Godboldt		United States	Holy Cross
9	206	Joe Dixon		United States	Merrimack
10	228	Dan Trant		United States	Clark

Roster

Boston Celtics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
2.5 !G/F	44	USA !	Ainge, Danny	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Brigham Young
4.0 !F	33	USA !	Bird, Larry (C)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Indiana State
1.5 !G	28	USA !	Buckner, Quinn	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Indiana
1.5 !G	34	USA !	Carlisle, Rick	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Virginia
2.5 !G/F	30	USA !	Carr, M.L.	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Guilford
1.5 !G	40	USA !	Clark, Carlos	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Mississippi
1.5 !G	3	USA !	Johnson, Dennis	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Pepperdine
6.0 !C	50	USA !	Kite, Greg	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Brigham Young
4.0 !F	31	USA !	Maxwell, Cedric	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Charlotte
5.5 !F/C	32	USA !	McHale, Kevin	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Minnesota
6.0 !C	00	USA !	Parish, Robert	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Centenary
2.5 !G/F	8	USA !	Wedman, Scott	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Colorado
1.5 !G	20	USA !	Williams, Ray	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	Minnesota

Head coach

K.C. Jones (San Francisco)

Assistant coach(es)

Jimmy Rodgers (Ohio State)
Chris Ford (Villanova)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster

^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Boston Celtics	63	19	.768	–	35–6	28–13	19–5
x-Philadelphia 76ers	58	24	.707	5	34–7	24–17	15–9
x-New Jersey Nets	42	40	.512	21	27–14	15–26	13–11
x-Washington Bullets	40	42	.488	23	28–13	12–29	11–13
New York Knicks	24	58	.293	39	19–22	5–36	2–22

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	63	19	.768	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	59	23	.720	4
3	x-Philadelphia 76ers	58	24	.707	5
4	x-Detroit Pistons	46	36	.561	17
5	x-New Jersey Nets	42	40	.512	21
6	x-Washington Bullets	40	42	.488	23
7	x-Chicago Bulls	38	44	.463	25
8	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	36	46	.439	27

9	Atlanta Hawks	34	48	.415	29
10	New York Knicks	24	58	.293	39
11	Indiana Pacers	22	60	.268	41

Record vs. opponents

1984-85 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAC	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	1–4	3–3	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	6–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–4	3–3	3–3	0–5	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–3
Boston	4–1	—	4–2	6–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–4	5–1	6–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–1
Chicago	3–3	2–4	—	2–4	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–4	4–2	0–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–2
Cleveland	3–3	0–6	4–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	4–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–5	2–3	3–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
Dallas	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	—	2–4	0–2	4–1	2–4	2–0	5–1	3–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	4–1	4–2	5–0	1–5	1–1
Denver	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	—	0–2	5–0	2–4	2–0	4–2	2–3	2–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	3–3	3–2	4–2	2–0
Detroit	5–1	2–4	3–3	4–1	2–0	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–5	3–2	1–5	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–3
Golden State	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–5	0–2	—	2–3	0–2	2–3	2–4	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	3–3	1–4	1–1
Houston	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	4–2	1–1	3–2	—	1–1	5–1	2–3	1–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	4–2	3–2	3–3	0–2
Indiana	0–6	1–5	4–2	2–4	0–2	0–2	0–6	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–5	2–3	2–4	1–5	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–4
Kansas City	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–4	1–1	3–2	1–5	1–1	—	3–2	0–5	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	2–4	3–2	2–4	1–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	1–1	4–2	3–2	2–0	2–3	—	0–6	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–5	2–3	2–4	3–2	1–1
L.A. Lakers	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	5–1	4–1	1–1	5–0	6–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	5–1	3–2	3–3	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	4–2	4–1	3–3	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	5–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
New Jersey	3–3	1–5	4–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	—	6–0	2–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	4–2
New York	3–3	0–6	2–4	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–5	0–6	—	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–6
Philadelphia	5–0	3–3	5–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	4–2	4–2	—	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–2	4–2	1–4	2–0	3–2	2–4	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	—	3–3	1–4	5–1	3–2	1–1
Portland	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–4	1–1	4–2	2–3	2–0	2–3	5–1	1–5	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	—	3–2	4–2	3–2	1–1
San Antonio	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–3	1–1	4–1	2–4	1–1	4–2	3–2	2–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–3	—	4–1	1–5	0–2
Seattle	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–5	2–3	1–1	3–3	2–3	2–0	2–3	4–2	3–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–4	1–4	—	3–2	2–0
Utah	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–4	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–2	4–2	2–3	1–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–3	5–1	2–3	—	1–1
Washington	3–3	1–5	2–3	3–3	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–4	6–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	—

Game log

1984-85 Game Log

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

1984-85 Schedule

Playoffs

East First Round

(1) Boston Celtics vs. (8) Cleveland Cavaliers: Celtics win series 3-1

Game 1 @ Boston Garden, Boston (April 18): Boston 126, Cleveland 123
Game 2 @ Boston Garden, Boston (April 20): Boston 108, Cleveland 106
Game 3 @ The Coliseum, Richfield (April 23): Cleveland 105, Boston 98
Game 4 @ The Coliseum, Richfield (April 25): Boston 117, Cleveland 115

East Conference Semifinals

(1) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Detroit Pistons: Celtics win series 4-2

Game 1 @ Boston Garden, Boston (April 28): Boston 133, Detroit 99
Game 2 @ Boston Garden, Boston (April 30): Boston 121, Detroit 114
Game 3 @ Joe Louis Arena, Detroit (May 2): Detroit 125, Boston 117
Game 4 @ Joe Louis Arena, Detroit (May 5): Detroit 102, Boston 99
Game 5 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 8): Boston 130, Detroit 123
Game 6 @ Joe Louis Arena, Detroit (May 10): Boston 123, Detroit 113

East Conference Finals

(1) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers: Celtics win series 4-1

Game 1 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 12): Boston 108, Philadelphia 93
Game 2 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 14): Boston 106, Philadelphia 98
Game 3 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia (May 18): Boston 105, Philadelphia 94
Game 4 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia (May 19): Philadelphia 115, Boston 104
Game 5 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 22): Boston 102, Philadelphia 100

NBA Finals

(E1) Boston Celtics vs. (W1) Los Angeles Lakers: Lakers win series 4-2

Game 1 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 27): Boston 148, Los Angeles 114
Game 2 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 30): Los Angeles 109, Boston 102
Game 3 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (June 2): Los Angeles 136, Boston 111
Game 4 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (June 5): Boston 107, Los Angeles 105
Game 5 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (June 7): Los Angeles 120, Boston 111
Game 6 @ Boston Garden, Boston (June 9): Los Angeles 111, Boston 100

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Awards and records

References

1984–85 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Kansas City San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Seattle

Boston Celtics

Founded in 1946 Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise	Franchise Team history All-time roster Seasons Accomplishments Head coaches Current season

Arenas	Boston Arena Boston Garden Hartford Civic Center TD Garden

Administration	Boston Basketball Partners (owner) Wyc Grousbeck (CEO) Wyc Grousbeck, H. Irving Grousbeck, Stephen Pagliuca (Managing Partners) Danny Ainge (General Manager) Brad Stevens (Head Coach)

General managers	Brown Auerbach Volk Wallace Ainge

Retired numbers	00 1 2 3 6 10 14 15 16 17 18 LOSCY 19 21 22 23 24 25 31 32 33 35 MIC

Hall of Famers	Boston Celtics Hall of Famers

D-League affiliate	Maine Red Claws

Rivals	Philadelphia 76ers Los Angeles Lakers Detroit Pistons New York Knicks

Culture	Celtic Pride Greatest game ever played Tommy Points "Love ya, Cooz!" Close, but no cigar! Bill Russell Beat L.A. Mike Gorman Johnny Most "Havlicek stole the ball!" Henderson steals the ball! Bird steals the ball! Boston Garden North Station Larry Legend DJ The Chief The Truth The Sports Museum of New England

NBA Championships (17)	1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1968 1969 1974 1976 1981 1984 1986 2008

Conference championships (21)	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1968 1969 1974 1976 1981 1984 1985 1986 1987 2008 2010

Media	TV CSN New England Radio WBZ-FM Announcers Mike Gorman Tom Heinsohn Brian Scalabrine Sean Grande Cedric Maxwell

Boston Celtics seasons

1940s

1950s

1956–57

1958–59

1960s

1959–60

1960–61

1961–62

1962–63

1963–64

1964–65

1965–66

1966–67

1967–68

1968–69

1970s

1973–74

1975–76

1980s

1980–81

1983–84

1985–86

1990s

2000s

2007–08

2010s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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1984–85 Boston Celtics season

Trivia

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

East First Round

East Conference Semifinals

East Conference Finals

NBA Finals

Player statistics

Awards and records

See also

References