1984–85 Portland Trail Blazers season

Portland Trail Blazers
; 1984–85 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach	Jack Ramsay
Arena	Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	42–40 (.512)
Place	; Division: 2nd (Pacific); Conference: 5th (Western);
Playoff finish	; West Semifinals; (Eliminated 1-4);
	; ; Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com;
Local media
Television	KOIN
Radio	KEX
< 1983–84	1985–86 >

The 1984–85 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 15th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Offseason[edit]

NBA Draft[edit]

At the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden, fans in attendance booed the Blazers selection of Sam Bowie.^[1] Part of the problem was that some had perceived Bowie as damaged goods. In September 1981, while at the University of Kentucky, Sam Bowie was diagnosed with having a fractured shin bone in his left leg. This was previously misdiagnosed as a shin splint.^[2] Bowie would not play for Kentucky until the 1983-84 season. Prior to the diagnosis, Bowie averaged 17.1 points per game and 9.1 rebounds per game in 1980-81. At that time, there were serious discussions about Bowie entering the 1981 NBA Draft. Bowie was so highly thought of, that he was named to the 1980 US Olympic Basketball Team.^[2]
When Bowie returned from his injury in 1983, he would average 10.5 points per game and 9.2 rebounds per game.^[2] The Blazers General Manager Stu Inman had made it known that if Sam Bowie passed the Blazers physical examination, he would be drafted by the Blazers.^[3]
The Blazers had given Bowie a seven-hour physical to ensure that his leg had recovered from the two-year layoff between 1981 and 1983.^[4] The Blazers criteria in selecting Bowie over Jordan was that the Blazers backcourt already had Clyde Drexler and Jim Paxson. The Blazers felt that they had lacked a true center since Bill Walton left the club, and the hope was that Bowie would be able to fill this role.

Note: This is not a complete list; only the first two rounds are covered, as well as any other picks by the franchise who played at least one NBA game.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	2	Sam Bowie	F/C	United States	Kentucky
1	19	Bernard Thompson	G/F	United States	Fresno State
2	26	Victor Fleming	G	United States	Xavier
2	33	Steve Colter	G	United States	New Mexico
2	46	Jerome Kersey	F	United States	Longwood

Roster[edit]

Portland Trail Blazers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
C	7001310000000000000♠31	Bowie, Sam	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Kentucky
F	7001340000000000000♠34	Carr, Kenny	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	North Carolina State
G	7001200000000000000♠20	Colter, Steve	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	New Mexico State
G	7001220000000000000♠22	Drexler, Clyde	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Houston
F	7001250000000000000♠25	Kersey, Jerome	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Longwood
C	7001240000000000000♠24	Norris, Audie	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jackson State
G	7000400000000000000♠4	Paxson, Jim	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Dayton
C	7001500000000000000♠50	Scheffler, Tom	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Purdue
G/F	7001330000000000000♠33	Thompson, Bernard	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fresno State
F/C	7001430000000000000♠43	Thompson, Mychal	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	Minnesota
G	7001140000000000000♠14	Valentine, Darnell	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Kansas
F	7001550000000000000♠55	Vandeweghe, Kiki	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	UCLA

Head coach

Jack Ramsay (Saint Joseph's)

Assistant coach(es)

Rick Adelman (Loyola Marymount)

Bucky Buckwalter (Utah)

Legend

(C) Team captain

(DP) Unsigned draft pick

(FA) Free agent

(S) Suspended

Injured

Regular season[edit]

The Trail Blazers played their home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

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

Notes

z, y – division champions

x – clinched playoff spot

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]

Playoffs[edit]

West First Round[edit]

4/18/1985 POR at Dallas Mavericks 131 - 139 0 - 1

4/20/1985 POR at Dallas Mavericks 124 - 121 1 - 1

4/23/1985 POR Dallas Mavericks 122 - 109 2 - 1

4/25/1985 POR Dallas Mavericks 115 - 113 3 - 1^[5]

West Conference Semifinals[edit]

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

4/27/1985 POR at Los Angeles Lakers 101 - 125 0 - 1

4/30/1985 POR at Los Angeles Lakers 118 - 134 0 - 2

5/3/1985 POR Los Angeles Lakers 126 - 130 0 - 3

5/5/1985 POR Los Angeles Lakers 115 - 107 1 - 3

5/7/1985 POR at Los Angeles Lakers 120 - 139 1 - 4^[5]

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

Season[edit]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Playoffs[edit]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Awards and records[edit]

Awards[edit]

Records[edit]

Transactions[edit]

Trades[edit]

Free Agents[edit]

Additions[edit]

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions[edit]

Player	Left	New team

References[edit]

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^ ^a^b Portland Trailblazers (1970 - ) 1984 Stats, History, Awards and More

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[autogenerated2-5] Portland Trailblazers (1970 - ) 1984 Stats, History, Awards and More

v t e Portland Trail Blazers
Founded in 1970 Based in Portland, Oregon
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history 1970 Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Memorial Coliseum Moda Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Estate of Paul Allen President Chris McGowan General manager Neil Olshey Head coach Terry Stotts
G League affiliate	None
Retired numbers	1 13 14 15 20 22 30 (Gross) 30 (Porter) 32 36 45 77
NBA Championships	1977
Culture and lore	Blazermania Rip City The Breaks of the Game "Duck" Rose Garden arena bankruptcy Larry Weinberg Bill Walton Jack Ramsay Mike Barrett and Mike Rice Clyde the Glide The Schonz Memorial Day Miracle Blaze the Trail Cat Portland Indians Portland Fire Portlandia