1985–86 Los Angeles Clippers season

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1985–86   Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach Don Chaney
General manager Carl Scheer
Owner(s) Donald Sterling
Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record32–50 (.390)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television KTLA
(Phil Stone, Tom Hawkins)
Radio KLAC
(Ralph Lawler, Ted Green, Pete Arbogast)
< 1984–85 1986–87 >

The 1985-86 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 16th season in the NBA, their second in Los Angeles. [1]

Contents

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
13 Benoit Benjamin CenterFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Creighton
352 Anicet Lavodrama ForwardFlag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic Houston Baptist
474 Jim Deines CenterFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of France.svg  France 		Arizona State
599 Wayne Carlander ForwardFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States USC
6121 Malcolm Thomas ForwardFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Missouri
7143 Gary Maloncon ForwardFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States UCLA

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers 1985-86 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHt.Wt.From
C 00 Benjamin, Benoit 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)250 lb (113 kg) Creighton
G 2 Bridgeman, Junior 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)215 lb (98 kg) Louisville
F 7 Brooks, Michael  Cruz Roja.svg (IN)6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)220 lb (100 kg) La Salle
C 31 Bryant, Wallace  (waived)7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)245 lb (111 kg) San Francisco
F/C 44 Cage, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)235 lb (107 kg) San Diego State
F 38 Cross, Jeff 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)242 lb (110 kg) Maine
G 14 Edwards, Franklin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)190 lb (86 kg) Cleveland State
G 4 Gordon, Lancaster 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)195 lb (88 kg) Louisville
F 8 Johnson, Marques 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)224 lb (102 kg) UCLA
C 20 Jones, Ozell 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)235 lb (107 kg) Cal State Fullerton
F 19 Maxwell, Cedric 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)225 lb (102 kg) Charlotte
F 46 Murphy, Jay  (waived)6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)220 lb (100 kg) Boston College
C 40 Nimphius, Kurt 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)225 lb (102 kg) Arizona State
G 10 Nixon, Norm 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)170 lb (77 kg) Duquesne
G 18 Smith, Derek 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)218 lb (99 kg) Louisville
G 21 Thomas, Jim  (waived)6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)190 lb (86 kg) Indiana
G 1 Valentine, Darnell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)183 lb (83 kg) Kansas
F 22 White, Rory 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)215 lb (98 kg) South Alabama
F 52 Wilkes, Jamaal 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)190 lb (86 kg) UCLA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Roster Notes

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 6220.756–35–627–1423–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers 4042.4882227–1413–2818–12
Phoenix Suns 3250.3903023–189–3216–14
Los Angeles Clippers 3250.3903022–1910–3110–20
Seattle SuperSonics 3151.3783124–177–3411–19
Golden State Warriors 3052.3663224–176–3512–18
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1c-Los Angeles Lakers 6220.756–
2y-Houston Rockets 5131.62211
3x-Denver Nuggets 4735.57315
4x-Dallas Mavericks 4438.53718
5x-Utah Jazz 4240.51220
6x-Portland Trail Blazers 4042.48822
7x-Sacramento Kings 3745.45125
8x-San Antonio Spurs 3547.42727
9 Phoenix Suns 3250.39030
10 Los Angeles Clippers 3250.39030
11 Seattle SuperSonics 3151.37831
12 Golden State Warriors 3052.36632
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1985-86 NBA Records
TeamATLBOSCHICLEDALDENDETGSWHOUINDLACLALMILNJNNYKPHIPHOPORSACSASSEAUTAWAS
Atlanta –0–65–14–21–11–14–21–11–15–12–01–13–34–25–14–12–02–02–01–11–10–21–4
Boston 6–0–5–15–11–11–14–12–02–05–12–02–05–04–25–14–21–11–11–12–02–02–05–1
Chicago 1–51–5–3–30–22–02–42–01–13–31–10–21–52–34–21–51–11–10–21–11–11–11–4
Cleveland 2–41–53–3–1–11–11–50–20–23–21–11–11–53–34–10–62–00–22–01–11–10–21–5
Dallas 1–11–12–01–1–3–30–24–11–52–02–31–40–22–01–10–25–02–33–34–23–25–11–1
Denver 1–11–10–21–13–3–1–13–23–32–04–13–22–01–11–11–14–13–23–33–32–33–32–0
Detroit 2–41–44–25–12–01–1–1–11–15–12–01–12–44–24–12–40–21–10–21–12–01–14–2
Golden State 1–10–20–22–01–42–31–1–0–51–15–12–40–21–11–11–12–41–52–32–32–42–31–1
Houston 1–10–21–12–05–13–31–15–0–2–03–21–40–21–12–01–13–23–24–25–13–23–32–0
Indiana 1–51–53–32–30–20–21–51–10–2–2–00–22–42–32–40–61–10–20–21–12–00–25–1
L.A. Clippers0–20–21–11–13–21–40–21–52–30–2–2–41–12–02–00–22–42–45–01–43–33–20–2
L.A. Lakers 1–10–22–01–14–12–31–14–24–12–04–2–2–01–11–12–05–16–05–04–14–25–02–0
Milwaukee 3–30–55–15–12–00–24–22–02–04–21–10–2–4–26–04–11–12–02–02–02–02–04–2
New Jersey 2–42–43–23–30–21–12–41–11–13–20–21–12–4–5–12–42–02–02–01–10–22–02–4
New York 1–51–52–41–41–11–11–41–10–24–20–21–10–61–5–0–62–00–21–11–11–10–23–3
Philadelphia 1–42–45–16–02–01–14–21–11–16–02–00–21–44–26–0–2–02–02–01–11–11–13–3
Phoenix 0–21–11–10–20–51–42–04–22–31–14–21–51–10–20–20–2–2–42–33–25–11–41–1
Portland 0–21–11–12–03–22–31–15–12–32–04–20–60–20–22–00–24–2–3–21–45–12–30–2
Sacramento 0–21–12–00–23–33–32–03–22–42–00–50–50–20–21–10–23–22–3–5–15–02–41–1
San Antonio 1–10–21–11–12–43–31–13–21–51–14–11–40–21–11–11–12–34–11–5–2–32–42–0
Seattle 1–10–21–11–12–33–20–24–22–30–23–32–40–22–01–11–11–51–50–53–2–2–31–1
Utah 2–00–21–12–01–53–31–13–23–32–02–30–50–20–22–01–14–13–24–24–23–2–1–1
Washington 4–11–54–15–11–10–22–41–10–21–52–00–22–44–23–33–31–12–01–10–21–11–1—

Game log

Player statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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
PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Benoit Benjamin 793726.4.490.333.7467.61.00.82.611.1
Junior Bridgeman 581420.0.441.333.8912.11.90.50.18.8
Wallace Bryant 808.0.222.000.6252.50.50.30.41.6
Michael Cage 781220.1.479.000.6495.31.00.80.46.7
Jeff Cross 2106.1.250.000.5601.40.00.10.11.2
James Donaldson 141431.5.512.000.8149.40.90.42.110.2
Franklin Edwards 731920.4.454.111.8741.23.51.20.19.0
Lancaster Gordon 60111.7.377.250.8041.11.00.60.25.2
Marques Johnson 757534.7.510.067.7605.53.81.40.720.3
Ozell Jones
Cedric Maxwell
Jay Murphy
Kurt Nimphius
Norm Nixon
Derek Smith
Jim Thomas
Darnell Valentine
Rory White
Jamaal Wilkes

Awards, records and milestones

All-Star

Marques Johnson selected as a reserve forward for the Western Conference All-Stars. This would be his fifth and final All-Star Game appearance. With Norm Nixon chosen as an All-Star last year, this would make it the third time in franchise history that the team fielded a different player for back-to-back All-Star Games. The other two times were Bob Kauffman in 1973 then Bob McAdoo in 1974 and Bob McAdoo again in 1977 then Randy Smith in 1978.

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1985–86 season.

Trades

September 6, 1985 To Los Angeles Clippers
To Boston Celtics
November 25, 1985 To Los Angeles Clippers
To Dallas Mavericks
January 14, 1986 To Los Angeles Clippers
To Portland Trail Blazers
  • 1986 first-round draft pick

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