1984–85 Boston Celtics season

The 1984–85 Boston Celtics season was the 39th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics entered the season as the defending NBA Champions, coming off an NBA Finals victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games, and increasing their NBA Finals victories over the Lakers to 8.

1984–85 Boston Celtics season
Conference champions
Division champions
Head coach	K. C. Jones
General manager	Jan Volk
Owners	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 (lost to Lakers 2–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	WBZ-TV (Gil Santos, Bob Cousy) SportsChannel New England (Mike Gorman, Tom Heinsohn)
Radio	WRKO (Johnny Most, Glenn Ordway)
< 1983–84 1985–86 >

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.

In the playoffs, the Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the First Round in four games, the Detroit Pistons in the Semi-finals in six games, and the Philadelphia 76ers in the conference finals in five games to advance to the NBA Finals. In the Finals, they faced off against the Los Angeles Lakers, the team who they beat in last season's NBA Finals in seven games, and have beaten a total of 8 consecutive times in their NBA Finals matchups. However, the Celtics were defeated in six games by the Lakers, marking the first time the Celtics were defeated by the Lakers in the NBA Finals. This also marked the first time the Celtics lost the NBA Finals at home.

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

1984–85 Boston Celtics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G/F 44 Danny Ainge 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) BYU F 33 Larry Bird 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Indiana State G 28 Quinn Buckner 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Indiana G 34 Rick Carlisle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Virginia G/F 30 M.L. Carr 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Guilford G 40 Carlos Clark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Mississippi G 3 Dennis Johnson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Pepperdine C 50 Greg Kite 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) BYU F 31 Cedric Maxwell 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Charlotte F/C 32 Kevin McHale 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Minnesota C 00 Robert Parish 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Centenary G/F 8 Scott Wedman 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Colorado G 20 Ray Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Minnesota

Head coach K. C. Jones Assistant(s) Ed Badger Chris Ford Jimmy Rodgers Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

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Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division v t e	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 v t e
	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 Total: 63–19 (home: 35–6; road: 28–13)
October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 26 @ Detroit W 130–123 Bird (33) McHale (15) Johnson (9) Pontiac Silverdome 27,563 1–0 2 October 31 New Jersey W 116–105 Bird (29) McHale, Parish (15) Bird (8) Boston Garden 14,890 2–0
November: 11–1 (home: 6–0; road: 5–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 2 Detroit W 127–116 Bird (34) Parish, Johnson (10) Johnson (7) Boston Garden 14,890 3–0 4 November 7 L.A. Clippers W 135–108 Bird (31) Bird (14) Johnson (12) Boston Garden 14,890 4–0 5 November 9 Philadelphia W 130–119 Bird (42) Maxwell, McHale (8) Ainge (12) Boston Garden 14,890 5–0 6 November 10 @ Washington L 95–112 Bird (18) Parish (10) Ainge (4) Capital Centre 14,395 5–1 7 November 12 @ Indiana W 132–115 Bird (29) Bird (9) Ainge (9) Market Square Arena 13,876 6–1 8 November 14 New York W 115–99 Bird (29) McHale (11) Bird (7) Boston Garden 14,890 7–1 9 November 15 @ Chicago W 125–105 McHale (25) Parish, Bird (17) Johnson (7) Chicago Stadium 17,753 8–1 10 November 21 Golden State W 135–91 Parish (18) McHale (8) Johnson (7) Boston Garden 14,890 9–1 11 November 23 Washington W 118–110 Bird (29) Bird (13) Johnson (8) Boston Garden 14,890 10–1 12 November 24 @ Kansas City W 135–124 Parish (28) Bird (13) Bird (7) Kemper Arena 17,341 11–1 13 November 27 @ Dallas W 114–99 Bird (40) McHale (12) Bird (9) Reunion Arena 17,007 12–1 14 November 28 @ Houston W 110–100 Bird (23) Parish (11) Bird (9) The Summit 16,016 13–1
December: 13–5 (home: 6–1; road: 7–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 15 December 1 @ Cleveland W 110–104 Bird (34) Parish (16) Johnson (9) Richfield Coliseum 12,503 14–1 16 December 2 Cleveland W 122–99 Bird (23) Maxwell (9) Bird (5) Boston Garden 14,890 15–1 17 December 4 @ Detroit L 99–104 Johnson (25) Bird (17) Bird, Ainge (7) Pontiac Silverdome 19,413 15–2 18 December 5 Denver W 123–107 Parish (25) Bird (12) Johnson (7) Boston Garden 14,890 16–2 19 December 8 @ New Jersey W 107–98 Bird (37) Parish (18) Johnson (8) Brendan Byrne Arena 15,581 17–2 20 December 9 Atlanta W 128–127 Bird (48) Bird (14) Ainge (11) Boston Garden 14,890 18–2 21 December 11 New Jersey W 130–121 Bird (35) Parish (11) Bird, Johnson (10) Hartford Civic Center 13,357 19–2 22 December 12 @ Philadelphia L 107–110 Bird (34) Parish (15) Ainge (11) The Spectrum 17,921 19–3 23 December 14 Utah W 117–106 McHale (25) Parish (17) Johnson (7) Boston Garden 14,890 20–3 24 December 15 @ Atlanta W 101–94 Bird (23) Parish (15) Bird (6) The Omni 11,808 21–3 25 December 18 @ New York W 126–108 Bird (23) Bird (15) Johnson (12) Madison Square Garden 16,798 22–3 26 December 19 Milwaukee L 92–107 Bird, Johnson (18) Bird (9) Johnson, Ainge (4) Boston Garden 14,890 22–4 27 December 21 Indiana W 117–107 Bird (33) Parish (9) Bird (9) Boston Garden 14,890 23–4 28 December 22 @ Chicago L 85–110 Ainge (16) Parish (11) Ainge (5) Chicago Stadium 14,414 23–5 29 December 26 @ Phoenix W 119–114 Bird (34) Bird (11) Bird (10) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,660 24–5 30 December 27 @ L.A. Clippers W 118–103 McHale (27) Bird (13) Bird (13) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 15,371 25–5 31 December 29 @ San Antonio W 120–112 McHale (26) Bird (15) Bird (10) HemisFair Arena 15,180 26–5 32 December 30 @ Milwaukee L 98–114 Bird, McHale (24) Bird, Parish (14) Ainge (7) MECCA Arena 11,052 26–6
January: 11–3 (home: 8–1; road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 January 2 @ New Jersey W 110–95 Bird (23) Parish (13) Bird (10) Brendan Byrne Arena 14,496 27–6 34 January 4 New York W 105–94 Bird (32) Parish (12) Johnson (7) Boston Garden 14,890 28–6 35 January 7 @ New York W 108–97 Bird (26) Parish (11) Johnson (12) Madison Square Garden 14,600 29–6 36 January 9 Chicago W 111–108 Bird (28) Bird (11) Johnson (6) Boston Garden 14,890 30–6 37 January 11 Washington W 103–101 Bird (33) Parish (16) Johnson (11) Boston Garden 14,890 31–6 38 January 12 @ Atlanta W 119–111 Ainge (25) Parish (13) Johnson (9) The Omni 16,048 32–6 39 January 16 L.A. Lakers W 104–102 Johnson (20) Parish (13) Ainge, Bird, Johnson (7) Boston Garden 14,890 33–6 40 January 18 @ Indiana L 86–91 Bird (25) Bird (12) Johnson (7) Market Square Arena 16,920 33–7 41 January 20 Philadelphia W 113–97 Bird (38) Bird, McHale (9) Johnson (9) Boston Garden 14,890 34–7 42 January 23 Seattle L 97–107 Bird (30) Parish, McHale (8) Bird (6) Boston Garden 14,890 34–8 43 January 25 Indiana W 125–94 Parish (27) Bird (11) Ainge (6) Boston Garden 14,890 35–8 44 January 27 Portland W 128–127 Bird (48) Parish (12) Johnson (10) Boston Garden 14,890 36–8 45 January 29 Detroit W 131–130 Bird (32) Johnson (11) Ainge (7) Hartford Civic Center 15,685 37–8 46 January 30 @ Philadelphia L 104–122 Johnson (20) Parish (8) Bird (8) The Spectrum 17,921 37–9
February: 10–3 (home: 4–0; road: 6–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 47 February 1 Kansas City W 142–123 Bird (38) Bird (11) Johnson (13) Boston Garden 14,890 38–9 48 February 2 @ Washington W 97–91 Bird (21) Bird, Parish (12) Bird, Johnson (8) Capital Centre 19,105 39–9 49 February 5 @ Chicago W 110–106 Bird (27) Bird (9) Bird, Johnson (7) Chicago Stadium 18,061 40–9 50 February 6 Cleveland W 113–108 Bird (26) Parish, Bird (11) Ainge (6) Boston Garden 14,890 41–9 All-Star Break 51 February 12 @ Portland L 103–111 Bird (25) Bird (11) Johnson (9) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 41–10 52 February 14 @ Seattle W 110–94 McHale (26) Bird (13) Johnson (10) Kingdome 13,509 42–10 53 February 15 @ Golden State W 107–100 Bird (30) Parish (22) Johnson, Ainge, Bird (7) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 13,295 43–10 54 February 17 @ L.A. Lakers L 111–117 Bird (33) Bird (15) Ainge, Johnson (10) The Forum 17,505 43–11 55 February 18 @ Utah W 110–94 Bird (30) Bird (12) Bird (10) Salt Palace Acord Arena 12,716 44–11 56 February 20 @ Denver L 129–132 Bird (40) Bird, McHale (9) Bird, Ainge (6) McNichols Sports Arena 17,022 44–12 57 February 22 Chicago W 115–105 Bird (34) McHale, Parish (11) Johnson (12) Hartford Civic Center 15,685 45–12 58 February 24 @ Indiana W 113–100 Bird (45) Parish (17) Johnson (12) Market Square Arena 16,920 46–12 59 February 27 San Antonio W 111–102 Bird (35) Bird, McHale (14) Ainge (12) Boston Garden 14,890 47–12
March: 12–3 (home: 7–2; road: 5–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 1 Atlanta L 105–114 Bird (34) McHale (11) Johnson (9) Boston Garden 14,890 47–13 61 March 3 Detroit W 138–129 McHale (56) McHale (16) Bird (10) Boston Garden 14,890 48–13 62 March 5 @ New York W 110–102 McHale (42) Bird (19) Bird (10) Madison Square Garden 14,243 49–13 63 March 6 Chicago L 104–107 Parish (26) Parish (13) Bird (10) Boston Garden 14,890 49–14 64 March 8 Dallas W 133–122 Bird (32) Bird (15) Bird (9) Boston Garden 14,890 50–14 65 March 12 @ Atlanta W 126–115 Bird (60) Parish (19) Johnson (17) Lakefront Arena 10,079 51–14 66 March 13 Phoenix W 123–106 Bird (31) Parish (14) Bird (7) Boston Garden 14,890 52–14 67 March 15 @ Cleveland W 119–96 Bird (35) McHale (14) Williams (6) Richfield Coliseum 20,900 53–14 68 March 17 Houston W 134–120 Bird (48) Bird (15) Bird, Buckner (7) Boston Garden 14,890 54–14 69 March 20 Milwaukee W 107–105 McHale (28) Parish (19) Bird (10) Boston Garden 14,890 53–14 70 March 22 Cleveland W 129–117 Bird (36) Parish (11) Bird (15) Boston Garden 14,890 56–14 71 March 23 @ Washington W 104–98 McHale (29) Bird (12) Bird (9) Capital Centre 19,015 57–14 72 March 27 @ New Jersey W 105–95 McHale (23) McHale (16) Williams (6) Brendan Byrne Arena 18,333 58–14 73 March 29 Philadelphia W 112–108 Bird (24) McHale (13) Johnson (8) Boston Garden 14,890 59–14 74 March 31 @ Detroit L 105–113 Wedman (31) Parish (14) Wedman (5) Joe Louis Arena 22,136 59–15
April: 4–4 (home: 3–2; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 2 @ Milwaukee L 103–109 McHale (25) McHale (12) Johnson, Williams (7) MECCA Arena 11,052 59–16 76 April 3 Indiana W 119–103 Bird (35) Parish (13) Bird, Williams (6) Boston Garden 14,890 60–16 77 April 5 Washington W 115–104 Bird (26) Bird (15) Ainge (7) Boston Garden 14,890 61–16 78 April 7 New York W 114–102 Bird (38) Parish (21) Bird (10) Boston Garden 14,890 62–16 79 April 9 @ Philadelphia L 104–113 Wedman (24) McHale (10) Bird (9) The Spectrum 17,921 62–17 80 April 11 @ Cleveland W 121–115 Bird (29) McHale (11) Bird (12) Richfield Coliseum 20,363 63–17 81 April 12 Milwaukee L 113–115 (OT) Bird (47) Bird (14) Williams (7) Boston Garden 14,890 63–18 82 April 14 New Jersey L 118–129 McHale, Bird (23) Bird (7) Johnson (7) Boston Garden 14,890 63–19
1984–85 schedule

Playoffs

1985 playoff game log
First round: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 18 Cleveland W 126–123 Larry Bird (40) Kevin McHale (12) Dennis Johnson (11) Boston Garden 14,890 1–0 2 April 20 Cleveland W 108–106 Larry Bird (30) Bird, Parish (11) Larry Bird (7) Boston Garden 14,890 2–0 3 April 23 @ Cleveland L 98–105 Scott Wedman (30) Kevin McHale (11) Dennis Johnson (10) Richfield Coliseum 20,900 2–1 4 April 25 @ Cleveland W 117–115 Larry Bird (34) Larry Bird (14) Larry Bird (7) Richfield Coliseum 20,900 3–1
Conference Semi-finals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 28 Detroit W 133–99 Robert Parish (27) Robert Parish (16) Ainge, Williams (7) Boston Garden 14,890 1–0 2 April 30 Detroit W 121–114 Larry Bird (42) McHale, Bird (10) Dennis Johnson (7) Boston Garden 14,890 2–0 3 May 2 @ Detroit L 117–125 Dennis Johnson (27) Larry Bird (13) Larry Bird (8) Joe Louis Arena 14,209 2–1 4 May 5 @ Detroit L 99–102 Kevin McHale (24) Kevin McHale (10) Larry Bird (7) Joe Louis Arena 14,350 2–2 5 May 8 Detroit W 130–123 Larry Bird (43) Larry Bird (13) Johnson, Ainge (6) Boston Garden 14,890 3–2 6 May 10 @ Detroit W 123–113 Dennis Johnson (22) Robert Parish (13) Danny Ainge (9) Joe Louis Arena 21,193 4–2
Conference finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 12 Philadelphia W 108–93 Kevin McHale (28) Robert Parish (13) Dennis Johnson (8) Boston Garden 14,890 1–0 2 May 14 Philadelphia W 106–98 Larry Bird (24) Robert Parish (16) Bird, Johnson (7) Boston Garden 14,890 2–0 3 May 18 @ Philadelphia W 105–94 Larry Bird (26) Robert Parish (14) Danny Ainge (7) Spectrum 17,921 3–0 4 May 19 @ Philadelphia L 104–115 Kevin McHale (25) Kevin McHale (17) Danny Ainge (8) Spectrum 17,921 3–1 5 May 22 Philadelphia W 102–100 Dennis Johnson (23) Kevin McHale (14) Dennis Johnson (8) Boston Garden 14,890 4–1
NBA Finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 27, 1985 3:00 p.m. EDT L.A. Lakers W 148–114 McHale, Wedman (26) McHale (9) Johnson (10) Boston Garden 14,890 1–0 2 May 30, 1985 9:00 p.m. EDT L.A. Lakers L 102–109 Bird (30) Bird (12) Johnson (8) Boston Garden 14,890 1–1 3 June 2, 1985 3:30 p.m. EDT @ L.A. Lakers L 111–136 McHale (31) McHale (10) Ainge (10) The Forum 17,505 1–2 4 June 5, 1985 9:00 p.m. EDT @ L.A. Lakers W 107–105 McHale (28) McHale (12) Johnson (12) The Forum 17,505 2–2 5 June 7, 1985 9:00 p.m. EDT @ L.A. Lakers L 111–120 Parish (26) McHale (10) Johnson (17) The Forum 17,505 2–3 6 June 9, 1985 1:00 p.m. EDT L.A. Lakers L 100–111 McHale (32) McHale (16) Ainge (11) Boston Garden 14,890 2–4
1985 schedule

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

Regular season

* – Recorded statistics when playing for Boston

Boston Celtics statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Larry Bird	80	77	39.5	.522	.427	.882	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	28.7
Dennis Johnson	80	77	37.2	.462	.269	.853	4.0	6.8	1.2	.5	15.7
Robert Parish	79	78	36.1	.524	.000	.743	10.6	1.6	.7	1.3	17.6
Danny Ainge	75	73	34.2	.529	.268	.868	3.6	5.3	1.6	.1	12.9
Kevin Mchale	79	31	33.6	.570	1.000	.760	9.0	1.8	.4	1.5	19.8
Cedric Maxwell	57	51	26.2	.533	.000	.831	4.2	1.8	.6	.3	11.1
Ray Williams	23	5	20.0	.385	.261	.674	2.5	3.9	1.3	.2	6.4
Scott Wedman	78	5	14.4	.478	.500	.764	2.0	1.2	.3	.1	6.4
Quinn Buckner	75	6	11.4	.383	.000	.640	1.2	2.0	.8	.0	2.4
Carlos Clark	62	3	9.1	.421	.000	.774	1.1	.8	.6	.0	2.7
M.L. Carr	47	0	8.4	.416	.391	1.000	.9	.5	.4	.1	3.2
Greg Kite	55	4	7.7	.375	.000	.688	1.6	.3	.1	.2	1.6
Rick Carlisle	38	0	4.7	388	.000	.882	.6	.7	.1	.0	1.8

Awards and records

• Larry Bird, NBA Most Valuable Player Award
• Kevin McHale, NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
• Larry Bird, All-NBA First Team
• Dennis Johnson, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions

See also

• 1984–85 NBA season