1984–85 San Antonio Spurs season

The 1984–85 NBA season was the Spurs' ninth season in the NBA, the 12th in San Antonio, and the 18th season as a franchise.^[1] This would be George Gervin's last season with the team before getting traded to the Chicago Bulls following the season. It was also Alvin Robertson's NBA debut.

1984–85 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coach	Cotton Fitzsimmons
General manager	Bob Bass
Owner(s)	Angelo Drossos
Arena	HemisFair Arena
Results
Record	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 5th (Midwest) Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	First round (lost to Nuggets 2–3)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KMOL-TV Home Sports Entertainment
Radio	WOAI
< 1983–84 1985–86 >

Draft picks

Main article: 1984 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Alvin Robertson	SG	United States	Arkansas
3	57	Joe Binion	F	United States	North Carolina A&T State
4	78	John Devereaux		United States	Ohio
4	90	Ozell Jones	PF/C	United States	California State-Fullerton
5	100	Eric Richardson		United States	Alabama
6	124	Dion Brown		United States	Louisiana-Lafayette
7	146	Michael Pitts		United States	California
8	170	Danny Tarkanian		United States	Nevada-Las Vegas
9	191	Melvin Roseboro		United States	St. Mary's
10	214	Frank Rodriguez		United States	New Mexico State

Roster

San Antonio Spurs roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From SF 20 Gene Banks 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Duke PF 45 Jeff Cook 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Idaho State G/F 44 George Gervin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Eastern Michigan C 53 Artis Gilmore 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jacksonville PF 32 Marc Iavaroni 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Virginia C 8 Ozell Jones 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Cal State Fullerton SF 25 Billy Knight 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Pittsburgh SF 34 Mike Mitchell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Auburn PG 00 Johnny Moore 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Texas PG 4 John Paxson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Notre Dame SG 21 Alvin Robertson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Arkansas SF 22 David Thirdkill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Bradley SF 2 Linton Townes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) James Madison

Head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons Assistant(s) Gary Fitzsimmons Scotty Robertson Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: April 12, 1985

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

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

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: 30–11; road: 11–30)
October: 2–0 (home: 2–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 27, 1984 7:30 p.m. CDT L.A. Lakers W 113–112 Gervin (32) Gilmore (21) Moore (8) HemisFair Arena 13,506 1–0 2 October 30, 1984 Denver W 126–118 HemisFair Arena 2–0
November: 5–9 (home: 4–3; road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 1, 1984 @ Golden State W 123–108 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 3–0 4 November 2, 1984 9:30 p.m. CST @ L.A. Lakers L 100–119 Mitchell (20) Robertson (7) Moore (8) The Forum 13,550 3–1 5 November 4, 1984 New York W 131–130 (2OT) HemisFair Arena 4–1 6 November 6, 1984 Seattle W 99–91 HemisFair Arena 5–1 7 November 7, 1984 @ Utah L 124–136 Salt Palace Acord Arena 5–2 8 November 10, 1984 Cleveland W 127–103 HemisFair Arena 6–2 9 November 13, 1984 @ Chicago L 117–120 Chicago Stadium 6–3 10 November 14, 1984 @ Washington L 106–125 Capital Centre 6–4 11 November 16, 1984 @ Indiana L 117–128 (OT) Market Square Arena 6–5 12 November 17, 1984 @ Houston L 133–141 The Summit 6–6 13 November 21, 1984 Detroit L 101–114 HemisFair Arena 6–7 14 November 24, 1984 Utah L 117–123 HemisFair Arena 6–8 15 November 27, 1984 Houston L 97–114 HemisFair Arena 6–9 16 November 29, 1984 Dallas W 124–116 HemisFair Arena 7–9
December: 7–9 (home: 5–1; road: 2–8) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 December 1, 1984 L.A. Clippers W 142–110 HemisFair Arena 8–9 18 December 4, 1984 Atlanta W 114–106 HemisFair Arena 9–9 19 December 6, 1984 @ Portland L 96–113 Memorial Coliseum 9–10 20 December 7, 1984 @ Seattle W 117–114 Kingdome 10–10 21 December 9, 1984 @ L.A. Clippers L 123–126 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 10–11 22 December 11, 1984 @ Kansas City L 120–121 Kemper Arena 10–12 23 December 12, 1984 Denver W 126–105 HemisFair Arena 11–12 24 December 14, 1984 @ Dallas L 102–119 Reunion Arena 11–13 25 December 15, 1984 Phoenix W 120–111 HemisFair Arena 12–13 26 December 18, 1984 @ Cleveland L 110–118 Richfield Coliseum 12–14 27 December 19, 1984 @ Philadelphia L 118–123 The Spectrum 12–15 28 December 21, 1984 @ New Jersey W 122–116 Brendan Byrne Arena 13–15 29 December 22, 1984 @ Milwaukee L 90–101 MECCA Arena 13–16 30 December 26, 1984 @ Denver L 119–130 McNichols Sports Arena 13–17 31 December 27, 1984 Portland W 141–120 HemisFair Arena 14–17 32 December 29, 1984 Boston L 112–120 HemisFair Arena 14–18
January: 8–5 (home: 6–2; road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 January 3, 1985 Dallas W 116–115 HemisFair Arena 15–18 34 January 6, 1985 9:30 p.m. CST @ L.A. Lakers L 98–99 Moore (27) Gilmore, Iavaroni (8) Moore (6) The Forum 13,513 15–19 35 January 8, 1985 Golden State W 139–94 HemisFair Arena 16–19 36 January 11, 1985 Portland L 103–123 HemisFair Arena 16–20 37 January 15, 1985 Utah W 121–101 HemisFair Arena 17–20 38 January 17, 1985 @ Kansas City W 117–113 Kemper Arena 18–20 39 January 19, 1985 Phoenix W 106–100 HemisFair Arena 19–20 40 January 22, 1985 Kansas City W 117–113 HemisFair Arena 20–20 41 January 23, 1985 @ Dallas L 110–122 Reunion Arena 20–21 42 January 25, 1985 @ Houston W 122–107 The Summit 21–21 43 January 27, 1985 Milwaukee L 93–106 HemisFair Arena 21–22 44 January 29, 1985 New Jersey W 130–127 HemisFair Arena 22–22 45 January 31, 1985 @ Seattle L 94–96 Kingdome 22–23
February: 6–8 (home: 4–2; road: 2–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 46 February 1, 1985 @ Portland W 104–93 Memorial Coliseum 23–23 47 February 2, 1985 @ Utah L 104–105 Salt Palace Acord Arena 23–24 48 February 4, 1985 Golden State W 114–109 (OT) HemisFair Arena 24–24 49 February 5, 1985 @ Kansas City L 116–135 Kemper Arena 24–25 50 February 7, 1985 L.A. Clippers W 120–108 HemisFair Arena 25–25 All-Star Break 51 February 12, 1985 Kansas City W 127–109 HemisFair Arena 26–25 52 February 14, 1985 Phoenix W 131–102 HemisFair Arena 27–25 53 February 15, 1985 @ Denver L 119–129 McNichols Sports Arena 27–26 54 February 18, 1985 @ L.A. Clippers L 121–125 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 27–27 55 February 20, 1985 Washington L 104–105 HemisFair Arena 27–28 56 February 22, 1985 @ Phoenix W 118–111 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 28–28 57 February 24, 1985 Portland L 121–137 HemisFair Arena 28–29 58 February 26, 1985 @ New York L 122–129 Madison Square Garden 28–30 59 February 27, 1985 @ Boston L 102–111 Boston Garden 28–31
March: 10–7 (home: 6–2; road: 4–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 1, 1985 @ Detroit W 108–98 Pontiac Silverdome 29–31 61 March 2, 1985 @ Atlanta W 105–92 The Omni 30–31 62 March 4, 1985 Philadelphia W 109–103 HemisFair Arena 31–31 63 March 6, 1985 Indiana W 108–102 HemisFair Arena 32–31 64 March 7, 1985 @ Phoenix L 117–119 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 32–32 65 March 9, 1985 Houston L 117–123 HemisFair Arena 32–33 66 March 12, 1985 @ Golden State L 122–145 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 32–34 67 March 14, 1985 @ Seattle W 100–93 Kingdome 33–34 68 March 15, 1985 9:30 p.m. CST @ L.A. Lakers L 114–115 Gervin (37) Banks (12) Moore (11) The Forum 16,130 33–35 69 March 17, 1985 Denver W 124–119 HemisFair Arena 34–35 70 March 19, 1985 @ Dallas L 89–96 Reunion Arena 34–36 71 March 20, 1985 Chicago W 106–98 HemisFair Arena 35–36 72 March 22, 1985 Dallas L 114–123 HemisFair Arena 35–37 73 March 24, 1985 Seattle W 104–99 HemisFair Arena 36–37 74 March 27, 1985 Golden State W 121–120 HemisFair Arena 37–37 75 March 29, 1985 @ Utah L 109–114 Salt Palace Acord Arena 37–38 76 March 31, 1985 @ L.A. Clippers W 126–115 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 38–38
April: 3–3 (home: 3–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 77 April 3, 1985 7:30 p.m. CST L.A. Lakers W 122–108 Mitchell (36) Mitchell (14) Moore (13) HemisFair Arena 11,627 39–38 78 April 5, 1985 @ Denver L 109–118 McNichols Sports Arena 39–39 79 April 7, 1985 Houston W 126–105 HemisFair Arena 40–39 80 April 9, 1985 @ Houston L 103–124 The Summit 40–40 81 April 12, 1985 Kansas City W 117–112 HemisFair Arena 41–40 82 April 14, 1985 Utah L 102–104 HemisFair Arena 41–41
1984–85 schedule

Playoffs

1985 playoff game log
First Round: 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 18, 1985 @ Denver L 111–141 Mitchell (23) Jones (8) Moore (5) McNichols Sports Arena 12,128 0–1 2 April 20, 1985 @ Denver W 113–111 Gervin (41) Gilmore (12) Moore (8) McNichols Sports Arena 17,022 1–1 3 April 23, 1985 Denver L 112–115 Gervin (30) Gilmore (14) Moore (9) HemisFair Arena 8,799 1–2 4 April 26, 1985 Denver W 116–111 Mitchell (37) Gilmore (13) Moore (16) HemisFair Arena 8,621 2–2 5 April 28, 1985 @ Denver L 99–126 Gilmore (19) Gilmore, Iavaroni (8) Moore (4) McNichols Sports Arena 17,022 2–3
1985 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mike Mitchell	SF	82	82	2,853	417	151	61	27	1,824	34.8	5.1	1.8	.7	.3	22.2
Johnny Moore	PG	82	82	2,689	378	816	229	18	1,046	32.8	4.6	10.0	2.8	.2	12.8
Gene Banks	SF	82	41	2,091	445	234	65	13	778	25.5	5.4	2.9	.8	.2	9.5
Artis Gilmore	C	81	81	2,756	846	131	40	173	1,548	34.0	10.4	1.6	.5	2.1	19.1
Alvin Robertson	SG	79	9	1,685	265	275	127	24	726	21.3	3.4	3.5	1.6	.3	9.2
John Paxson	PG	78	1	1,259	68	215	45	3	486	16.1	.9	2.8	.6	.0	6.2
George Gervin	SG	72	69	2,091	234	178	66	48	1,524	29.0	3.3	2.5	.9	.7	21.2
Ozell Jones	C	67	6	888	238	56	30	57	245	13.3	3.6	.8	.4	.9	3.7
Marc Iavaroni†	PF	57	33	1,178	275	113	31	32	381	20.7	4.8	2.0	.5	.6	6.7
Jeff Cook†	PF	54	2	848	210	39	25	14	214	15.7	3.9	.7	.5	.3	4.0
Billy Knight†	SF	52	1	611	96	59	14	1	311	11.8	1.8	1.1	.3	.0	6.0
Fred Roberts†	PF	22	0	305	35	22	10	12	117	13.9	1.6	1.0	.5	.5	5.3
Edgar Jones†	PF	18	1	322	62	18	9	18	129	17.9	3.4	1.0	.5	1.0	7.2
Mark McNamara†	C	12	0	63	17	0	2	1	33	5.3	1.4	.0	.2	.1	2.8
Ron Brewer†	SG	9	0	81	3	6	1	1	33	9.0	.3	.7	.1	.1	3.7
David Thirdkill†	SF	2	2	52	7	3	2	1	15	26.0	3.5	1.5	1.0	.5	7.5
Linton Townes	SF	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	2	8.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0	2.0

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Artis Gilmore	C	5	5	185	50	7	2	7	89	37.0	10.0	1.4	.4	1.4	17.8
George Gervin	SG	5	5	183	18	14	3	3	111	36.6	3.6	2.8	.6	.6	22.2
Mike Mitchell	SF	5	5	180	19	12	3	4	109	36.0	3.8	2.4	.6	.8	21.8
Johnny Moore	PG	5	5	168	30	42	10	2	66	33.6	6.0	8.4	2.0	.4	13.2
Marc Iavaroni	PF	5	5	116	26	13	5	2	45	23.2	5.2	2.6	1.0	.4	9.0
John Paxson	PG	5	0	114	5	21	5	0	51	22.8	1.0	4.2	1.0	.0	10.2
Jeff Cook	PF	5	0	98	29	4	5	6	35	19.6	5.8	.8	1.0	1.2	7.0
Ozell Jones	C	5	0	73	17	4	1	4	17	14.6	3.4	.8	.2	.8	3.4
Billy Knight	SF	5	0	45	6	3	2	0	16	9.0	1.2	.6	.4	.0	3.2
David Thirdkill	SF	5	0	22	2	2	0	0	4	4.4	.4	.4	.0	.0	.8
Linton Townes	SF	2	0	6	3	0	0	0	8	3.0	1.5	.0	.0	.0	4.0
Gene Banks	SF	1	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	10.0	.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0

Awards and records

Transactions