1984–85 Milwaukee Bucks season

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1984–85   Milwaukee Bucks season
Division champions
Head coach Don Nelson
General managerDon Nelson
Owner(s) Jim Fitzgerald
Arena MECCA Arena
Results
Record59–23 (.720)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Central)
Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish Conference semifinals
(lost to 76ers 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television WVTV, Sportsvue
Radio WTMJ
< 1983–84 1985–86 >

The 1984-85 NBA season was the Bucks' 17th season in the NBA. For the first time since 1976-77 season, Marques Johnson was not on the opening day roster. [1]

Contents

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
121 Kenny Fields SF/SGFlag of the United States.svg  United States UCLA
367 Vernon Delancy Flag of the United States.svg  United States Florida
5113 Ernie Floyd Flag of the United States.svg  United States Holy Cross
6120 McKinley Singleton GFlag of the United States.svg  United States Alabama-Birmingham
6136 Mike Reddick Flag of the United States.svg  United States Stetson
7159 Tony William Flag of the United States.svg  United States Florida State
8182 Brad Jergenson Flag of the United States.svg  United States South Carolina
9204 Edwin Green Flag of the United States.svg  United States Massachusetts Amherst
10226 Mike Toomer Flag of the United States.svg  United States Florida A&M

Roster

1984–85 Milwaukee Bucks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 45 Breuer, Randy 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)230 lb (104 kg)1960–10–11 Minnesota
PF 34 Cummings, Terry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)220 lb (100 kg)1961–03–15 DePaul
SF 24 Davis, Charles 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)215 lb (98 kg)1958–10–05 Vanderbilt
PG 10 Dunleavy Sr., Mike  Cruz Roja.svg6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)180 lb (82 kg)1954–03–21 South Carolina
C 50 Engler, Chris 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)245 lb (111 kg)1959–03–01 Wyoming
SF 7 Fields, Kenny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)220 lb (100 kg)1962–02–09 UCLA
SF 35 Grevey, Kevin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)210 lb (95 kg)1953–05–12 Kentucky
SG 15 Hodges, Craig 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)190 lb (86 kg)1960–06–27 Long Beach State
C 53 Lister, Alton 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)240 lb (109 kg)1958–10–01 Arizona State
C 44 Mokeski, Paul 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)250 lb (113 kg)1957–01–03 Kansas
PG 4 Moncrief, Sidney  (C)6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)180 lb (82 kg)1957–09–21 Arkansas
SG 22 Pierce, Ricky 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)205 lb (93 kg)1959–08–19 Rice
SF 25 Pressey, Paul 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)185 lb (84 kg)1958–12–24 Tulsa
SF 6 Thompson, Paul 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg)1961–05–25 Tulane
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (L) On leave from the team
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings

Central Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 5923.720–36–523–1820–10
x-Detroit Pistons 4636.5611326–1520–2121–8
x-Chicago Bulls 3844.4632126–1512–2913–17
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 3646.4392320–2116–2513–16
Atlanta Hawks 3448.4152519–2215–2615–15
Indiana Pacers 2260.2683716–256–357–23
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1z-Boston Celtics 6319.768–
2y-Milwaukee Bucks 5923.7204
3x-Philadelphia 76ers 5824.7075
4x-Detroit Pistons 4636.56117
5x-New Jersey Nets 4240.51221
6x-Washington Bullets 4042.48823
7x-Chicago Bulls 3844.46325
8x-Cleveland Cavaliers 3646.43927
9 Atlanta Hawks 3448.41529
10 New York Knicks 2458.29339
11 Indiana Pacers 2260.26841
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1984-85 NBA Records
TeamATLBOSCHICLEDALDENDETGSWHOUINDKCKLACLALMILNJNNYKPHIPHOPORSASSEAUTAWAS
Atlanta —1–43–33–30–20–21–52–00–26–00–22–00–22–43–33–30–52–00–20–21–12–03–3
Boston 4–1—4–26–02–01–14–22–02–05–12–02–01–11–45–16–03–32–01–12–01–12–05–1
Chicago 3–32–4—2–42–01–13–31–10–22–42–02–01–13–32–44–20–51–11–11–12–00–23–2
Cleveland 3–30–64–2—1–10–21–41–10–24–22–02–00–21–52–33–34–21–11–11–11–11–13–3
Dallas 2–00–20–21–1—2–40–24–12–42–05–13–21–41–11–12–01–12–34–14–25–01–51–1
Denver 2–01–11–12–04–2—0–25–02–42–04–22–32–31–12–01–11–14–14–13–33–24–22–0
Detroit 5–12–43–34–12–02–0—2–01–16–01–11–11–13–31–53–21–52–01–11–11–10–23–3
Golden State 0–20–21–11–11–40–50–2—2–30–22–32–41–50–21–11–10–22–42–41–43–31–41–1
Houston 2–00–22–02–04–24–21–13–2—1–15–12–31–40–21–12–01–14–13–24–23–23–30–2
Indiana 0–61–54–22–40–20–20–62–01–1—1–10–21–11–52–32–41–50–20–21–10–22–01–4
Kansas City 2–00–20–20–21–52–41–13–21–51–1—3–20–50–22–01–11–12–33–22–43–22–41–1
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–20–22–33–21–14–23–22–02–3—0–60–20–21–10–24–21–52–32–43–21–1
L.A. Lakers 2–01–11–12–04–13–21–15–14–11–15–06–0—1–12–02–01–15–15–13–23–34–11–1
Milwaukee4–24–13–35–11–11–13–32–02–05–12–02–01–1—3–35–03–31–12–02–02–02–04–2
New Jersey 3–31–54–23–21–10–25–11–11–13–20–22–00–23–3—6–02–41–10–20–22–00–24–2
New York 3–30–62–43–30–21–12–31–10–24–21–11–10–20–50–6—2–40–20–21–12–01–10–6
Philadelphia 5–03–35–02–41–11–15–12–01–15–11–12–01–13–34–24–2—2–02–01–12–02–04–2
Phoenix 0–20–21–11–13–21–40–24–21–42–03–22–41–51–11–12–00–2—3–31–45–13–21–1
Portland 2–01–11–11–11–41–41–14–22–32–02–35–11–50–22–02–00–23–3—3–24–23–21–1
San Antonio 2–00–21–11–12–43–31–14–12–41–14–23–22–30–22–01–11–14–12–3—4–11–50–2
Seattle 1–11–10–21–10–52–31–13–32–32–02–34–23–30–20–20–20–21–52–41–4—3–22–0
Utah 0–20–22–01–15–12–42–04–13–30–24–22–31–40–22–01–10–22–32–35–12–3—1–1
Washington 3–31–52–33–31–10–23–31–12–04–11–11–11–12–42–46–02–41–11–12–00–21–1—

Game log

Regular season

1984–85 game log
Total: 59–23 (home: 36–5; road: 23–18)
October: 2–1 (home: 2–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1October 27, 1984 Chicago W 108–106 MECCA Arena 1–0
2October 29, 1984@ Chicago L 110–116 Chicago Stadium 1–1
3October 31, 1984 Washington W 105–79 MECCA Arena 2–1
November: 9–6 (home: 6–0; road: 3–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
4November 2, 1984@ Washington W 102–96 Capital Centre 3–1
5November 3, 1984 Cleveland W 117–88 MECCA Arena 4–1
6November 7, 1984 Atlanta W 103–99 MECCA Arena 5–1
7November 9, 1984 Indiana W 122–105 MECCA Arena 6–1
8November 10, 1984@ Detroit L 100–104 Pontiac Silverdome 6–2
9November 13, 1984@ Atlanta W 110–99 The Omni 7–2
10November 15, 1984@ L.A. Clippers W 103–90 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 8–2
11November 16, 1984@ Phoenix L 106–118 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8–3
12November 18, 1984
9:30 p.m. CST 		@ L.A. Lakers L 89–96 Cummings (29) Cummings (10) Dunleavy, Pressey (6) The Forum
12,768		8–4
13November 20, 1984@ Dallas L 108–109 Reunion Arena 8–5
14November 21, 1984 Chicago W 108–98 MECCA Arena 9–5
15November 24, 1984 Golden State W 103–97 MECCA Arena 10–5
16November 27, 1984@ Indiana L 105–126 Market Square Arena 10–6
17November 28, 1984@ Atlanta
(at New Orleans, LA)		 L 83–95 Lakefront Arena 10–7
18November 30, 1984 New York W 118–100 MECCA Arena 11–7
December: 11–4 (home: 7–1; road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
19December 1, 1984@ Washington L 97–100 Capital Centre 11–8
20December 5, 1984@ Philadelphia L 111–112 The Spectrum 11–9
21December 6, 1984 Detroit W 114–99 MECCA Arena 12–9
22December 8, 1984 Indiana W 99–96 MECCA Arena 13–9
23December 11, 1984@ Cleveland W 120–106 Richfield Coliseum 14–9
24December 12, 1984@ New Jersey L 109–116 Brendan Byrne Arena 14–10
25December 14, 1984 Philadelphia L 111–115 MECCA Arena 14–11
26December 16, 1984 Utah W 115–102 MECCA Arena 15–11
27December 18, 1984 Dallas W 110–96 MECCA Arena 16–11
28December 19, 1984@ Boston W 107–92 Boston Garden 17–11
29December 21, 1984@ Philadelphia W 104–101 The Spectrum 18–11
30December 22, 1984 San Antonio W 101–90 MECCA Arena 19–11
31December 26, 1984 Houston W 97–87 MECCA Arena 20–11
32December 29, 1984@ Cleveland W 115–102 Richfield Coliseum 21–11
33December 30, 1984 Boston W 114–98 MECCA Arena 22–11
January: 10–3 (home: 5–2; road: 5–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
34January 3, 1985 L.A. Clippers W 111–87 MECCA Arena 23–11
35January 4, 1985@ Chicago L 101–106 Chicago Stadium 23–12
36January 5, 1985 Philadelphia L 106–110 MECCA Arena 23–13
37January 8, 1985 Washington L 95–99 MECCA Arena 23–14
38January 9, 1985@ Indiana W 106–105 Market Square Arena 24–14
39January 11, 1985 Cleveland W 130–117 MECCA Arena 25–14
40January 13, 1985 Denver W 140–116 MECCA Arena 26–14
41January 15, 1985
7:30 p.m. CST 		L.A. Lakers W 115–105 Cummings (39) Cummings, Lister (9) Pressey (12) MECCA Arena
11,052		27–14
42January 18, 1985 New Jersey W 102–93 MECCA Arena 28–14
43January 24, 1985@ Kansas City W 120–119 Kemper Arena 29–14
44January 26, 1985@ Houston W 105–102 The Summit 30–14
45January 27, 1985@ San Antonio W 106–93 HemisFair Arena 31–14
46January 29, 1985@ Golden State W 108–101 Oakland-Alamdea County Coliseum Arena 32–14
February: 9–4 (home: 3–2; road: 6–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
47February 1, 1985@ Seattle W 109–91 Kingdome 32–15
48February 2, 1985@ Portland W 105–95 Memorial Coliseum 33–15
49February 4, 1985 Detroit L 111–113 (OT) MECCA Arena 34–15
50February 6, 1985@ New Jersey L 93–106 Brendan Byrne Arena 34–16
51February 7, 1985 Atlanta L 91–94 (OT) MECCA Arena 34–17
All-Star Break
52February 12, 1985 New Jersey W 111–103 MECCA Arena 35–17
53February 14, 1985@ Indiana W 132–128 (OT) Market Square Arena 36–17
54February 17, 1985 Chicago W 125–105 MECCA Arena 37–17
55February 19, 1985@ New York W 129–118 Madison Square Garden 38–17
56February 20, 1985@ Detroit W 113–112 Pontiac Silverdome 39–17
57February 23, 1985@ Cleveland L 106–128 Richfield Coliseum 39–18
58February 26, 1985 Philadelphia W 116–97 MECCA Arena 40–18
59February 27, 1985@ Utah W 119–100 Salt Palace Acord Arena 41–18
March: 13–3 (home: 9–0; road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
60March 2, 1985@ Denver L 140–116 McNichols Sports Arena 41–19
61March 5, 1985 Seattle W 102–87 MECCA Arena 42–19
62March 8, 1985 Kansas City W 127–114 MECCA Arena 43–19
63March 10, 1985 Portland W 110–94 MECCA Arena 44–19
64March 11, 1985@ Atlanta W 121–115 The Omni 45–19
65March 13, 1985 Cleveland W 128–93 MECCA Arena 46–19
66March 16, 1985 Phoenix W 125–96 MECCA Arena 47–19
67March 17, 1985@ Chicago L 117–119 (OT) Chicago Stadium 47–20
68March 19, 1985 New Jersey W 130–111 MECCA Arena 48–20
69March 20, 1985@ Boston L 105–107 Boston Garden 48–21
70March 22, 1985@ Philadelphia W 131–112 The Spectrum 49–21
71March 23, 1985 Indiana W 140–129 MECCA Arena 50–21
72March 25, 1985 New York W 126–106 MECCA Arena 51–21
73March 26, 1985@ Washington W 107–96 Capital Centre 52–21
74March 28, 1985@ New York W 121–116 Madison Square Garden 53–21
75March 30, 1985 Atlanta W 106–95 MECCA Arena 54–21
April: 5–2 (home: 4–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
76April 2, 1985 Boston W 109–103 MECCA Arena 55–21
77April 4, 1985 Detroit W 130–121 MECCA Arena 56–21
78April 6, 1985@ New Jersey L 104–108 Brendan Byrne Arena 56–22
79April 7, 1985@ Detroit L 91–113 Pontiac Silverdome 56–23
80April 10, 1985 Washington W 106–97 MECCA Arena 57–23
81April 12, 1985@ Boston W 115–113 (OT) Boston Garden 58–23
82April 13, 1985 New York W 88–84 MECCA Arena 59–23
1984–85 schedule

Playoffs

1985 playoff game log
First Round: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1April 19, 1985 Chicago W 109–100 Moncrief (30) Mokeski (10) Pressey (9) MECCA Arena
11,052		1–0
2April 21, 1985 Chicago W 122–115 Cummings (30) Cummings (9) Cummings (11) MECCA Arena
11,052		2–0
3April 24, 1985@ Chicago L 107–109 Cummings (37) Cummings (9) Moncrief, Pressey (5) Chicago Stadium
17,225		2–1
4April 26, 1985@ Chicago W 105–97 Cummings (29) Cummings (12) Pressey (4) Chicago Stadium
17,787		3–1
Conference semifinals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1April 28, 1985 Philadelphia L 105–127 Cummings (17) Pressey (10) Hodges, Pressey (8) MECCA Arena
11,052		0–1
2April 30, 1985 Philadelphia L 108–112 Cummings (41) Cummings, Lister (12) Pressey (16) MECCA Arena
11,052		0–2
3May 3, 1985@ Philadelphia L 104–109 Cummings (21) Cummings, Lister (8) Pressey (7) The Spectrum
14,188		0–3
4May 5, 1985@ Philadelphia L 112–121 Moncrief, Pressey (25) Lister (14) Moncrief (8) The Spectrum
15,264		0–4
1985 schedule

Player statistics

Source: [2]

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

Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Terry Cummings 797834.549.50.074.19.12.91.50.823.6
Sidney Moncrief 737237.548.327.382.85.45.21.60.521.7
Paul Pressey 808036.051.735.075.85.46.81.60.716.1
Craig Hodges 826330.449.034.881.52.34.31.20.010.6
Alton Lister 818025.853.80.058.88.01.60.62.19.9
Ricky Pierce 44320.053.725.082.32.72.10.80.19.8
Mike Dunleavy 191922.847.434.086.21.64.50.80.28.9
Paul Thompson 16014.239.00.070.62.61.30.90.36.6
Paul Mokeski 79620.147.80.069.85.21.30.40.46.2
Charles Davis 57213.143.610.082.82.60.90.40.16.2
Kevin Grevey 78615.244.824.282.21.31.20.40.06.1
Randy Breuer 78013.951.10.070.13.30.50.31.15.3
Kenny Fields 51110.544.00.075.01.60.70.20.23.8
Larry Micheaux 1809.548.60.070.62.40.70.40.42.6
Mark West 106.00.00.0100.01.00.00.01.02.0
David Thirdkill 602.775.00.050.00.30.00.00.01.2
Lorenzo Romar 404.012.50.00.00.00.50.00.00.5
Chris Engler 103.00.00.00.01.00.00.01.00.0

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Terry Cummings 8838.957.70.082.88.82.51.50.927.5
Sidney Moncrief 8739.955.640.093.34.35.00.60.523.0
Paul Pressey 8837.051.133.381.66.07.62.30.615.3
Ricky Pierce 8124.849.30.077.82.31.90.40.19.9
Alton Lister 8825.445.00.046.97.81.90.81.98.6
Craig Hodges 8827.036.417.480.01.63.31.50.18.0
Paul Mokeski 8019.344.40.0100.04.31.50.30.55.5
Randy Breuer 8013.057.70.066.73.00.00.30.35.5
Paul Thompson 3011.341.70.060.01.70.71.30.34.3
Charles Davis 5010.240.00.075.02.00.80.00.03.8
Kevin Grevey 505.630.80.0100.00.40.40.40.02.4
Chris Engler 106.0100.00.00.02.00.00.00.02.0

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

September 29, 1984 To Milwaukee Bucks ---- To Los Angeles Clippers ----

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References

  1. ↑ 1984-85 Milwaukee Bucks
  2. ↑ "1984-85 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2021.

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