1984–85 Utah Jazz season

The 1984–85 Utah Jazz season was future all-time NBA assist leader John Stockton's first in the NBA.^[1] The Jazz selected Stockton with the 16th overall pick in the 1984 NBA Draft.^[2]

1984–85 Utah Jazz season
Head coach	Frank Layden
General manager	Frank Layden
Owner(s)	Sam Battistone
Arena	Salt Palace Acord Arena Thomas & Mack Center (2 games)
Results
Record	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 4th (Midwest) Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference semifinals (lost to Nuggets 1–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KSL-TV
Radio	KSL
< 1983–84 1985–86 >

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	16	John Stockton	PG	United States	Gonzaga
3	62	David Pope	F	United States	Norfolk State
4	86	Jim Rowinski	C	United States	Purdue
5	108	Marcus Gaither		United States	Farleigh Dickinson
6	132	Chris Harrison		United States	West Virginia Wesleyan
7	154	Bob Evans		United States	Southern Utah
8	178	Eric Booker		United States	Nevada-Las Vegas
9	199	Kelly Knight		United States	Kansas
10	222	Mike Curran		United States	Niagara

Roster

Utah Jazz roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From F/C 41 Thurl Bailey 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) NC State SF 4 Adrian Dantley 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Notre Dame C 53 Mark Eaton 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 275 lb (125 kg) UCLA PG 14 Rickey Green 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Michigan G 35 Darrell Griffith 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Louisville G 20 Bob Hansen 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Iowa C 44 Rich Kelley 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Stanford SF 18 Pace Mannion 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Utah C 5 Billy Paultz 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) St. John's PF 33 Fred Roberts 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 218 lb (99 kg) BYU G 12 John Stockton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Gonzaga C 45 Jeff Wilkins 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Illinois State

Head coach Frank Layden Assistant(s) Phil Johnson Scott Layden Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Denver Nuggets	52	30	.634	–	34–7	18–23	17–13
x-Houston Rockets	48	34	.585	4	29–12	19–22	20–10
x-Dallas Mavericks	44	38	.537	8	24–17	20–21	14–16
x-Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	11	26–15	15–26	19–11
x-San Antonio Spurs	41	41	.500	11	30–11	11–30	12–18
Kansas City Kings	31	51	.378	21	23–18	8–33	8–22

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Denver Nuggets	52	30	.634	10
3	x-Houston Rockets	48	34	.585	14
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	44	38	.537	18
5	x-Portland Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	20
6	x-Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	21
7	x-San Antonio Spurs	41	41	.500	21
8	x-Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	26
9	Seattle SuperSonics	31	51	.378	31
10	Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	31
11	Kansas City Kings	31	51	.378	31
12	Golden State Warriors	22	60	.268	40

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

Regular season

1984–85 game log Total: 41–41 (home: 26–15; road: 15–26)
October: 1–2 (home: 1–1; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 26 @ Seattle L 94–102 Kingdome 0–1 2 October 27 L.A. Clippers L 94–103 Salt Palace 0–2 3 October 30 New York W 117–111 Salt Palace 1–2
November: 8–7 (home: 7–1; road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 2 Seattle W 107–101 Thomas & Mack Center 2–2 5 November 3 @ Golden State L 107–112 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 2–3 6 November 7 San Antonio W 136–124 Salt Palace 3–3 7 November 9 Golden State W 125–117 (OT) Salt Palace 4–3 8 November 10 @ Denver L 135–147 McNichols Sports Arena 4–4 9 November 12 Dallas W 123–97 Salt Palace 5–4 10 November 15 @ Portland L 120–129 Memorial Coliseum 5–5 11 November 17 Phoenix W 108–94 Salt Palace 6–5 12 November 20 @ Kansas City L 122–129 Kemper Arena 6–6 13 November 21 @ Atlanta L 90–112 Lakefront Arena 6–7 14 November 23 Houston W 111–98 Salt Palace 7–7 15 November 24 @ San Antonio W 123–117 HemisFair Arena 8–7 16 November 27 @ Phoenix L 102–115 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8–8 17 November 28, 1984 7:30 p.m. MST L.A. Lakers L 109–114 Griffith (23) Eaton (11) Hansen (9) Salt Palace Acord Arena 11,331 8–9 18 November 30 Denver W 116–97 Salt Palace 9–9
December: 6–8 (home: 3–3; road: 3–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 December 1 @ Denver L 111–118 McNichols Sports Arena 9–10 20 December 4 @ Golden State W 107–105 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 10–10 21 December 6 Seattle L 99–106 Salt Palace 10–11 22 December 9 Kansas City W 123–120 Thomas & Mack Center 11–11 23 December 11 @ Washington W 85–82 Capital Centre 11–12 24 December 13 @ New York L 115–119 (OT) Madison Square Garden 12–12 25 December 14 @ Boston L 106–117 Boston Garden 12–13 26 December 16 @ Milwaukee L 102–115 MECCA Arena 12–14 27 December 18 @ Indiana L 81–88 Market Square Arena 12–15 28 December 20 Detroit W 117–116 Salt Palace 13–15 29 December 22 Dallas L 96–113 Salt Palace 13–16 30 December 26 Kansas City W 133–122 Salt Palace 14–16 31 December 28 Philadelphia L 111–114 Salt Palace 14–17 32 December 29 @ Dallas W 99–97 Reunion Arena 15–17
January: 5–9 (home: 5–4; road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 January 1 Indiana L 117–119 Salt Palace 15–18 34 January 4 Denver W 118–108 Salt Palace 16–18 35 January 6 Houston W 121–92 Salt Palace 17–18 36 January 7 @ L.A. Clippers L 106–116 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 17–19 37 January 10, 1985 8:30 p.m. MST @ L.A. Lakers L 112–120 Dantley (34) Eaton (11) Green (10) The Forum 14,547 17–20 38 January 12 @ Phoenix L 94–109 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 17–21 39 January 15 @ San Antonio L 101–121 HemisFair Arena 17–22 40 January 16 Washington L 101–103 Salt Palace 17–23 41 January 18 Portland W 128–120 Salt Palace 18–23 42 January 19 @ Houston L 115–119 The Summit 18–24 43 January 22 New Jersey W 102–99 Salt Palace 19–24 44 January 24 Cleveland L 109–110 Salt Palace 19–25 45 January 26, 1985 7:30 p.m. MST L.A. Lakers W 96–83 Dantley (31) Eaton (10) Green (8) Salt Palace Acord Arena 12,675 20–25 46 January 28 Denver L 100–104 Salt Palace 20–26
February: 8–5 (home: 2–3; road: 6–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 47 February 1 @ Dallas W 121–109 Reunion Arena 21–26 48 February 2 San Antonio W 105–104 Salt Palace 22–26 49 February 5 @ Portland L 106–126 Memorial Coliseum 22–27 50 February 7 @ Kansas City W 114–96 Kemper Arena 23–27 51 February 12 @ Golden State W 122–110 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 24–28 52 February 13 Atlanta L 88–94 Salt Palace 24–28 53 February 15 L.A. Clippers W 109–100 Salt Palace 25–28 54 February 18 Boston L 94–110 Salt Palace 25–29 55 February 20 @ New Jersey W 110–104 (OT) Brendan Byrne Arena 26–29 56 February 22 @ Cleveland W 102–98 Richfield Coliseum 27–29 57 February 24 @ Philadelphia L 108–117 The Spectrum 27–30 58 February 26 @ Dallas W 103–96 Reunion Arena 28–30 59 February 27 Milwaukee L 100–119 Salt Palace 28–31
March: 9–8 (home: 5–2; road: 4–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 1 Houston L 115–119 Salt Palace 28–32 61 March 3 @ Portland L 93–121 Memorial Coliseum 28–33 62 March 6 @ Houston W 94–90 The Summit 29–33 63 March 7 @ Detroit W 122–114 Cobo Arena 30–33 64 March 9 @ Chicago W 111–105 Chicago Stadium 31–33 65 March 12, 1985 8:30 p.m. MST @ L.A. Lakers L 108–123 Griffith (24) Eaton (11) Stockton (9) The Forum 17,505 32–33 66 March 13, 1985 7:30 p.m. MST L.A. Lakers L 105–120 Roberts (24) Bailey (11) Stockton (8) Salt Palace Acord Arena 10,158 32–34 67 March 15 Kansas City W 115–112 Salt Palace 32–35 68 March 17 @ Kansas City L 101–107 Kemper Arena 32–36 69 March 18 Golden State W 136–125 Salt Palace 33–36 70 March 20 @ L.A. Clippers L 110–121 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 33–37 71 March 22 @ Seattle W 110–85 Kingdome 34–37 72 March 24 Chicago W 110–92 Salt Palace 34–38 73 March 26 @ Denver L 89–104 McNichols Sports Arena 35–38 74 March 27 Dallas W 116–101 Salt Palace 36–38 75 March 29 San Antonio W 114–109 Salt Palace 37–38 76 March 30 @ Houston L 96–106 The Summit 37–39
April: 4–2 (home: 3–1; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 77 April 4 Seattle L 94–102 Salt Palace 37–40 78 April 6 Phoenix W 105–94 Salt Palace 38–40 79 April 9 L.A. Clippers W 123–104 Salt Palace 39–40 80 April 11 Portland W 145–107 Salt Palace 40–40 81 April 12 @ Phoenix L 92–96 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 40–41 82 April 14 @ San Antonio W 104–102 HemisFair Arena 41–41
1984–85 schedule

Playoffs

1985 playoff game log
First Round: 3–2 (home: 1–1; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 19 @ Houston W 115–101 Adrian Dantley (34) Thurl Bailey (10) Rickey Green (10) The Summit 13,185 1–0 2 April 21 @ Houston L 96–122 Jeff Wilkins (22) Jeff Wilkins (12) Green, Stockton (6) The Summit 14,139 1–1 3 April 24 Houston W 112–104 Adrian Dantley (29) Bailey, Stockton (11) Rickey Green (10) Salt Palace 12,316 2–1 4 April 26 Houston L 94–96 Rickey Green (22) Thurl Bailey (12) Rickey Green (11) Salt Palace 12,690 2–2 5 April 28 @ Houston W 104–97 Adrian Dantley (25) Mark Eaton (10) Rickey Green (6) The Summit 16,016 3–2
Conference semifinals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 30 @ Denver L 113–130 Adrian Dantley (28) Dantley, Kelley (9) Rickey Green (6) McNichols Sports Arena 11,918 0–1 2 May 2 @ Denver L 123–131 (OT) Rickey Green (25) Adrian Dantley (14) Rickey Green (10) McNichols Sports Arena 16,317 0–2 3 May 4 Denver W 131–123 Adrian Dantley (32) Thurl Bailey (14) Rickey Green (7) Salt Palace 12,178 1–2 4 May 5 Denver L 118–125 Adrian Dantley (33) Rich Kelley (8) John Stockton (10) Salt Palace 12,716 1–3 5 May 7 @ Denver L 104–116 Rickey Green (22) Rich Kelley (11) Rickey Green (7) McNichols Sports Arena 17,022 1–4
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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
J.J. Anderson
Thurl Bailey
Adrian Dantley
John Drew
Mark Eaton
Rickey Green
Darrell Griffith
Bob Hansen
Rich Kelley
Pace Mannion
Kenny Natt
Billy Paultz
Fred Roberts
John Stockton
Jeff Wilkins

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Thurl Bailey
Adrian Dantley
Mark Eaton
Rickey Green
Darrell Griffith
Bob Hansen
Rich Kelley
Pace Mannion
Billy Paultz
Fred Roberts
John Stockton
Jeff Wilkins

Awards and records

Awards

• Mark Eaton, NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
• Mark Eaton, NBA All-Defensive First Team

Records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team

Subtractions Player Left New team

See also

• 1985–86 Utah Jazz season
• 1984–85 NBA season