1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season

Los Angeles Lakers
; 1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season
	; NBA champions
	Conference champions
	Division champions
Head coach	Pat Riley
Owner(s)	Jerry Buss
Arena	The Forum
Results
Record	62–20 (.756)
Place	; Division: 1st (Pacific); Conference: 1st (Western);
Playoff finish	; NBA Champions; (Defeated Celtics 4–2) ;
	; ; Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com;
Local media
Television	; KHJ-TV; (Chick Hearn, Keith Erickson);
Radio	; KLAC; (Chick Hearn, Keith Erickson);
< 1983–84	1985–86 >

The 1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 39th season of the franchise, 37th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 25th in Los Angeles. The Lakers entered the season as runner-ups of the 1984 NBA Finals, where they lost in heartbreaking fashion to the Boston Celtics in seven games, increasing their losing streak to the Celtics in the NBA Finals to 8 consecutive losses.

In the playoffs, the Lakers swept in the Phoenix Suns in three games in the First Round, then defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in five games in the Semifinals, before defeating the Denver Nuggets in five games in the Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals for the fifth time in the 1980s, facing off against the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics in a rematch of last season's NBA Finals. This time, however, the Lakers were able to return to their championship ways and win their ninth NBA championship, avenging their NBA Finals loss and getting revenge on the Celtics, defeating them in six games, and marking the first time the Lakers had defeated the Celtics in the NBA Finals. The Lakers also became the only team to have defeated the Celtics in the NBA Finals while on the road.

NBA Draft[edit]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	23	Earl Jones	Center	United States	District of Columbia

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Transactions[edit]

The Lakers have been involved in the following transactions during the 1984–1985 season.

Free Agent Additions[edit]

Player	Former team
Chuck Nevitt	Houston Rockets
Ronnie Lester	Chicago Bulls

Roster[edit]

Los Angeles Lakers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	From
C	7001330000000000000♠33	Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem	7000218440000000000♠7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1947–04–16	UCLA
SG	7001210000000000000♠21	Cooper, Michael	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1956–04–15	New Mexico
PG	7001320000000000000♠32	Johnson, Magic	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1959–08–14	Michigan State
C	7000100000000000000♠1	Jones, Earl	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1961–01–13	Columbia
PF	7001250000000000000♠25	Kupchak, Mitch	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1954–05–24	North Carolina
PG	7001120000000000000♠12	Lester, Ronnie	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1959–01–01	Iowa
C	7001110000000000000♠11	McAdoo, Bob	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1951–09–25	North Carolina
SF	7001400000000000000♠40	McGee, Mike	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1959–07–29	Michigan
C	7001430000000000000♠43	Nevitt, Chuck	7000226059999999999♠7 ft 5 in (2.26 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	1959–06–13	North Carolina State
PF	7001310000000000000♠31	Rambis, Kurt	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	1958–02–25	Santa Clara
SG	7000400000000000000♠4	Scott, Byron	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1961–03–28	Arizona State
PF	7001350000000000000♠35	Spriggs, Larry	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1959–09–08	Howard
SF	7001520000000000000♠52	Wilkes, Jamaal	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1953–05–02	UCLA
SF	7001420000000000000♠42	Worthy, James	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1961–02–27	North Carolina

Head coach

Pat Riley

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Bertka

Dave Wohl

Gary Vitti

Legend

(C) Team captain

(DP) Unsigned draft pick

(FA) Free agent

(S) Suspended

(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate

Injured

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–	28–13	26–15	18–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	20	33–8	15–26	17–13
x-Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	26	32–9	10–31	14–16
Seattle SuperSonics	31	51	.378	31	31–10	10–31	16–14
Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	31	27–14	10–31	13–17
Golden State Warriors	22	60	.268	40	25–16	5–36	12–18

#	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[edit]

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[edit]

Regular season[edit]

1984–85 Game Log (62–20) (Home: 36–5; Road: 26–15)

October (1–2) (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2)

Game	Date Time	Opponent	Score	High Scorer	High Rebounds	High Assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 27, 1984 5:30 PM PST	@ San Antonio	L 112-113	Johnson (32)	McAdoo, Worthy (8)	Johnson (8)	HemisFair Arena 13,506	0-1
2	October 28, 1984 5:00 PM PST	@ Dallas	L 96-107	Abdul-Jabbar (20)	Abdul-Jabbar (9)	Abdul-Jabbar (6)	Reunion Arena 17,007	0-2
3	October 30, 1984 7:30 PM PST	Golden State	W 144-110	McGee, Scott (26)	Johnson (12)	Johnson (10)	The Forum 11,545	1-2

November (11–4) (Home: 7–2; Road: 4–2)

Game	Date Time	Opponent	Score	High Scorer	High Rebounds	High Assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	November 1, 1984 7:30 PM PST	@ Seattle	L 103-105	Abdul-Jabbar (24)	Johnson (10)	Johnson (14)	Kingdome 7,020	1-3
5	November 2, 1984 7:30 PM PST	San Antonio	W 119-100	McGee (21)	Abdul-Jabbar (8)	Johnson (11)	The Forum 13,550	2-3
6	November 4, 1984 7:30 PM PST	Portland	W 124-116	Abdul-Jabbar (25)	Worthy (14)	Johnson (11)	The Forum 14,148	3-3
7	November 6, 1984	Denver	L 130-146				The Forum	3-4
8	November 8, 1984 7:30 PM PST	@ Golden State	L 106-122	Abdul-Jabbar, Johnson (20)	Johnson (9)	Johnson (12)	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 10,523	3-5
9	November 9, 1984 7:30 PM PST	@ Portland	W 130-126	Scott (27)	Abdul-Jabbar, Worthy (7)	Johnson (15)	Memorial Coliseum 12,666	4-5
10
11
12
13
14
15
16	November 25, 1984 7:30 PM PST	Seattle	L 94-105	Abdul-Jabbar (23)	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14)	Cooper (7)	The Forum 12,270	10-6
17
18

December (10–4) (Home: 5–1; Road: 5–3)

Game	Date Time	Opponent	Score	High Scorer	High Rebounds	High Assists	Location Attendance	Record
19
20
21
22
23
24	December 12, 1984 7:30 PM PST	Golden State	W 131-107	McGee (17)	Rambis (13)	Johnson (10)	The Forum 12,476	15-9
25	December 13, 1984 7:30 PM PST	@ Seattle	L 122-124 (OT)	Abdul-Jabbar (34)	Worthy (16)	Johnson (15)	Kingdome 8,491	15-10
26
27
28
29
30	December 26, 1984 7:30 PM PST	Seattle	W 101-97	Abdul-Jabbar (24)	Abdul-Jabbar (9)	Johnson (10)	The Forum 15,582	20-10
31	December 28, 1984	@ Denver	W 135-123				McNichols Sports Arena	21-10
32

January (9–6) (Home: 6–2; Road: 3–4)

Game	Date Time	Opponent	Score	High Scorer	High Rebounds	High Assists	Location Attendance	Record
33	January 4, 1985 7:30 PM PST	Portland	W 120-95	Abdul-Jabbar (28)	Abdul-Jabbar (11)	Cooper (7)	The Forum 14,979	23-10
34	January 6, 1985 7:30 PM PST	San Antonio	W 99-98	Abdul-Jabbar (28)	Abdul-Jabbar (11)	Cooper (14)	The Forum 13,513	24-10
35	January 8, 1985	Denver	L 124-126				The Forum	24-11
36
37	January 11, 1985 5:30 PM PST	@ Dallas	W 121-102	Abdul-Jabbar (30)	Abdul-Jabbar (11)	Scott (6)	Reunion Arena 17,007	26-11
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39
40	January 16, 1985 5:00 PM PST	at Boston	L 102–104				Boston Garden 14,890	26–14
41	January 18, 1985 7:30 PM PST	Dallas	W 110-92	Worthy (19)	Rambis (7)	Johnson (18)	The Forum 17,505	27-14
42	January 19, 1985 8:00 PM PST	@ Golden State	W 139-109	Abdul-Jabbar (22)	Worthy (7)	Johnson (13)	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 13,295	28-14
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44
45
46	January 29, 1985 7:30 PM PST	@ Portland	W 122-106	Abdul-Jabbar (29)	Abdul-Jabbar (13)	Johnson (13)	Memorial Coliseum 12,666	31-15
47

February (11–2) (Home: 6–0; Road: 5–2)

Game	Date Time	Opponent	Score	Location Attendance	Record
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49
50
51
52
53
54	February 17, 1985 12:30 PM PST	Boston	W 117–111	The Forum 17,505	38–16
55
56
57
58
59
60

March (13–1) (Home: 7–0; Road: 6–1)

Game	Date Time	Opponent	Score	High Scorer	High Rebounds	High Assists	Location Attendance	Record
61	March 2, 1985 5:30 PM PST	@ Dallas	W 125-106	Abdul-Jabbar (25)	Abdul-Jabbar (12)	Johnson (16)	Reunion Arena 17,007	43-18
62	March 6, 1985 7:30 PM PST	Golden State	W 145-119	McGee (29)	Kupchak, McGee (7)	Lester (10)	The Forum 15,371	44-18
63
64
65
66	March 15, 1985 7:30 PM PST	San Antonio	W 115-114	Worthy (25)	McAdoo, Worthy (7)	Johnson (18)	The Forum 16,130	48-18
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68
69
70
71	March 26, 1985 7:30 PM PST	@ Portland	L 113-116 (OT)	Scott (28)	Rambis (13)	Johnson (14)	Memorial Coliseum 12,666	52-19
72	March 27, 1985 7:30 PM PST	@ Seattle	W 122-97	Abdul-Jabbar, Scott (21)	Kupchak (13)	Johnson (10)	Kingdome 10,542	53-19
73	March 29, 1985 7:30 PM PST	Dallas	W 120-115	Johnson (23)	Abdul-Jabbar (8)	Johnson (13)	The Forum 17,505	54-19
74

April (7–1) (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–1)

Game	Date Time	Opponent	Score	High Scorer	High Rebounds	High Assists	Location Attendance	Record
75	April 2, 1985	@ Denver	W 118-104				McNichols Sports Arena	56-19
76	April 3, 1985 5:30 PM PST	@ San Antonio	L 108-122	Worthy (32)	Rambis (16)	Johnson (13)	HemisFair Arena 11,627	56-20
77
78	April 7, 1985 12:30 PM PST	Portland	W 135-133 (OT)	Johnson (39)	Rambis (15)	Johnson (11)	The Forum 13,186	58-20
79	April 9, 1985	Denver	W 148-119				The Forum	59-20
80	April 11, 1985 7:30 PM PST	@ Golden State	W 137-130	Johnson (28)	Rambis (15)	Johnson (17)	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 10,400	60-20
81	April 12, 1985 7:30 PM PST	Seattle	W 145-131	McGee (41)	Kupchak (13)	Lester (12)	The Forum 15,434	61-20
82

1984-85 Schedule

Playoffs[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

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[edit]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	79	33.3	.599	.000	.732	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	22.0
Magic Johnson	77	77	36.1	.561	.189	.843	6.2	12.6	1.5	0.3	18.3
James Worthy	80	76	33.7	.572	.000	.776	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	17.6
Byron Scott	81	65	28.5	.539	.433	.820	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	16.0
Bob McAdoo	66	0	19.0	.520	.000	.753	4.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	10.5
Mike McGee	76	3	15.4	.538	.361	.588	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.1	10.2
Michael Cooper	82	20	26.7	.465	.285	.865	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.6	8.6
Jamaal Wilkes	42	8	18.1	.488	.000	.773	2.2	1.0	0.5	0.1	8.3
Larry Spriggs	75	32	17.2	.548	.000	.767	3.0	1.8	0.6	0.2	6.7
Mitch Kupchak	58	3	12.3	.504		.659	3.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	5.3
Kurt Rambis	82	46	19.7	.554		.660	6.4	0.8	1.0	0.6	5.2
Ronnie Lester	32	1	8.7	.415	.000	.677	0.8	2.5	0.5	0.1	2.8
Chuck Nevitt	11	0	5.4	.294		.250	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.4	1.1
Earl Jones	2	0	3.5	.000			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Playoffs[edit]

West First Round[edit]

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (8) Phoenix Suns: Lakers win series 3–0

Game 1 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (April 18): Los Angeles 135, Phoenix 88

Game 2 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (April 20): Los Angeles 122, Phoenix 94

Game 3 @ Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix (April 23): Los Angeles 114, Phoenix 94

Last Playoff Meeting: 1984 Western Conference Finals (Los Angeles won 4–2)

West Conference Semifinals[edit]

A ticket for Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers.

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (5) Portland Trail Blazers: Lakers win series 4–1

Game 1 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (April 27): Los Angeles 125, Portland 101

Game 2 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (April 30): Los Angeles 134, Portland 118

Game 3 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland (May 3): Los Angeles 130, Portland 126

Game 4 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland (May 5): Portland 115, Los Angeles 107

Game 5 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (May 7): Los Angeles 139, Portland 120

Last Playoff Meeting: 1983 Western Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles won 4–1)

West Conference Finals[edit]

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (2) Denver Nuggets: Lakers win series 4–1

Game 1 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (May 11): Los Angeles 139, Denver 122

Game 2 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (May 14): Denver 136 , Los Angeles 114

Game 3 @ McNichols Sports Arena, Denver (May 17): Los Angeles 136, Denver 118

Game 4 @ McNichols Sports Arena, Denver (May 19): Los Angeles 120, Denver 116

Game 5 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (May 22): Los Angeles 153, Denver 109

Last Playoff Meeting: 1979 Western Conference First Round (Los Angeles won 2–1)

NBA Finals[edit]

The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers.

Team	Games						Wins
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	Wins
Los Angeles Lakers	114	109	136	105	120	111	4
Boston Celtics	148	102	111	107	111	100	2

1984–85 NBA Playoffs Game Log (15–4) (Home: 9–2; Road: 6–2)

Western Conference First Round vs. (W8) Phoenix Suns – Los Angeles Lakers win series 3–0

Game	Date Time	Opponent	Score	High Scorer	High Rebounds	High Assists	Location Attendance	Series
1
2
3

Western Conference Semifinals vs. (W5) Portland Trail Blazers – Los Angeles Lakers win series 4–1

Game	Date Time	Opponent	Score	High Scorer	High Rebounds	High Assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 27, 1985 12:30 PM PST	Portland	W 125-101	Scott (20)	Rambis (14)	Johnson (12)	The Forum 13,909	1-0
2	April 30, 1985 7:30 PM PDT	Portland	W 134-118	Scott (31)	Johnson (9)	Johnson (18)	The Forum 17,505	2-0
3	May 3, 1985 7:30 PM PDT	@ Portland	W 130-126	Worthy (28)	Abdul-Jabbar, McAdoo (9)	Johnson (23)	Memorial Coliseum 12,666	3-0
4	May 5, 1985 12:30 PM PDT	@ Portland	L 107-115	Johnson (31)	Abdul-Jabbar (17)	Johnson (13)	Memorial Coliseum 12,666	3-1
5	May 7, 1985 7:30 PM PDT	Portland	W 139-120	Johnson (34)	Johnson (9)	Johnson (19)	The Forum 17,505	4-1

Western Conference Finals vs. (W2) Denver Nuggets – Los Angeles Lakers win series 4–1

Game	Date Time	Opponent	Score	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 11, 1985	Denver	W 139-122	The Forum	1-0
2	May 14, 1985	Denver	L 114-136	The Forum	1-1
3	May 17, 1985	@ Denver	W 136-118	McNichols Sports Arena	2-1
4	May 19, 1985	@ Denver	W 120-116	McNichols Sports Arena	3-1
5	May 22, 1985	Denver	W 153-109	The Forum	4-1

NBA Finals vs. (E1) Boston Celtics – Los Angeles Lakers win series 4–2

Game	Date Time	Opponent	Score	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 27, 1985 12:00 PM PST	at Boston	L 114–148	Boston Garden 14,890	0–1
2	May 30, 1985 6:00 PM PST	at Boston	W 109–102	Boston Garden 14,890	1–1
3	June 2, 1985 12:30 PM PST	Boston	W 136–111	The Forum 17,505	2–1
4	June 5, 1985 6:00 PM PST	Boston	L 105–107	The Forum 17,505	2–2
5	June 7, 1985 6:00 PM PST	Boston	W 120–111	The Forum 17,505	3–2
6	June 9, 1985 10:00 AM PST	at Boston	W 111–100	Boston Garden 14,890	4–2

1984-85 Schedule

Lakers Roster[edit]

Awards and records[edit]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award

Magic Johnson, All-NBA First Team

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, All-NBA Second Team

Michael Cooper, NBA All-Defensive First Team

References[edit]

^ 1984 NBA Draft

External links[edit]

"Return to Glory" – Documentary on the 1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers on YouTube

[1] 1984 NBA Draft

v t e Los Angeles Lakers 1984–85 NBA champions
4 Scott 11 McAdoo 12 Lester 21 Cooper 25 Kupchak 31 Rambis 32 Johnson 33 Abdul-Jabbar (Finals MVP) 35 Spriggs 40 McGee 42 Worthy 43 Nevitt
Head coach Riley
Assistant coaches Bertka Wohl
Regular season Playoffs