1984–85 Cleveland Cavaliers season

The 1984–85 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 15th NBA basketball season in Cleveland, Ohio.

1984–85 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach	George Karl
General manager	Harry Weltman
Owners	Gordon Gund George Gund III
Arena	Richfield Coliseum
Results
Record	36–46 (.439)
Place	Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First round (lost to Celtics 1–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WUAB
Radio	WWWE
< 1983–84 1985–86 >

Draft picks

Main article: 1984 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	12	Tim McCormick	C	United States	Michigan
2	27	Ron Anderson	SF	United States	Fresno State
3	50	Ben McDonald		United States	California-Irvine
3	60	Leonard Mitchell		United States	Louisiana State
4	73	Art Aaron		United States	Northwestern
5	96	Vince Hichen		United States	Boise State
6	119	Matt Doherty		United States	North Carolina
7	142	Joe Jakubick		United States	Akron
8	165	Elliot Beard		United States	Oberlin
9	187	John Shimko		United States	Xavier
10	209	Darrell Space		United States	Northeastern Illinois

Roster

1984–85 Cleveland Cavaliers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From SF 25 Anderson, Ron 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1958-10-15 Fresno State PG 5 Bagley, John 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1960-04-23 Boston College PG 16 Davis, Johnny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1955-10-21 Dayton SG 21 Free, World B. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1953-12-09 Guilford PF 32 Hinson, Roy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1961-05-02 Rutgers SF 35 Hubbard, Phil 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1956-12-13 Michigan PF 42 Jones, Edgar 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1956-06-17 Nevada PF 50 Poquette, Ben 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1955-05-07 Central Michigan PF 8 Shelton, Lonnie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1955-10-19 Oregon State C 54 Turpin, Melvin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1960-12-28 Kentucky C 41 West, Mark 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1960-11-05 Old Dominion SG 12 Williams, Kevin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1961-09-11 St. John's

Head coach George Karl Assistant coach(es) Gene Littles Morris McHone Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: February 12, 1985

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	59	23	.720	–	36–5	23–18	20–10
x-Detroit Pistons	46	36	.561	13	26–15	20–21	21–8
x-Chicago Bulls	38	44	.463	21	26–15	12–29	13–17
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	36	46	.439	23	20–21	16–25	13–16
Atlanta Hawks	34	48	.415	25	19–22	15–26	15–15
Indiana Pacers	22	60	.268	37	16–25	6–35	7–23

#	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

Notes

• z, y – division champions
• 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

1984–85 game log Total: 36–46 (home: 20–21; road: 16–25)
October: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 26, 1984 @ Philadelphia L 101–111 The Spectrum 0–1 2 October 27, 1984 New Jersey L 106–131 Richfield Coliseum 0–2 3 October 30, 1984 @ Detroit L 107–124 Pontiac Silverdome 0–3
November: 2–10 (home: 1–5; road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 2, 1984 Indiana L 109–116 Richfield Coliseum 0–4 5 November 3, 1984 @ Milwaukee L 88–117 MECCA Arena 0–5 6 November 5, 1984 Detroit L 98–107 Richfield Coliseum 0–6 7 November 8, 1984 @ Phoenix L 111–112 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 0–7 8 November 10, 1984 @ San Antonio L 103–127 HemisFair Arena 0–8 9 November 13, 1984 @ Houston L 98–106 The Summit 0–9 10 November 15, 1984 7:30 p.m. EST @ Atlanta W 102–99 Free (18) Bagley (9) The Omni 3,836 1–9 11 November 17, 1984 @ New York L 88–112 Madison Square Garden 1–10 12 November 21, 1984 New York L 101–109 Richfield Coliseum 1–11 13 November 23, 1984 Golden State L 106–107 Richfield Coliseum 1–12 14 November 25, 1984 8:00 p.m. EST Atlanta W 118–111 Davis (20) Bagley (13) Richfield Coliseum 3,630 2–12 15 November 27, 1984 Portland L 106–115 Richfield Coliseum 2–13
December: 4–9 (home: 3–5; road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 16 December 1, 1984 Boston L 104–110 Richfield Coliseum 2–14 17 December 2, 1984 @ Boston L 99–122 Boston Garden 2–15 18 December 4, 1984 7:30 p.m. EST L.A. Lakers L 112–116 Hubbard (37) Hubbard (8) Davis (10) Richfield Coliseum 11,298 2–16 19 December 8, 1984 Denver L 108–114 Richfield Coliseum 2–17 20 December 11, 1984 Milwaukee L 106–120 Richfield Coliseum 2–18 21 December 12, 1984 8:30 pm EST @ Atlanta (at New Orleans, LA) L 99–116 Thompson (23) Davis, Thompson, Wilson (4) Lakefront Arena 3,082 2–19 22 December 15, 1984 New York W 102–97 Richfield Coliseum 3–19 23 December 18, 1984 San Antonio W 118–110 Richfield Coliseum 4–19 24 December 20, 1984 @ New York L 97–112 Madison Square Garden 4–20 25 December 22, 1984 @ Indiana W 106–103 Market Square Arena 5–20 26 December 25, 1984 7:30 p.m. EST Atlanta W 109–106 Hubbard (28) Davis, Free (7) Richfield Coliseum 4,216 6–20 27 December 27, 1984 @ Chicago L 108–112 Chicago Stadium 6–21 28 December 29, 1984 Milwaukee L 102–115 Richfield Coliseum 6–22
January: 7–9 (home: 5–3; road: 2–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 29 January 2, 1985 @ Detroit L 100–108 Pontiac Silverdome 6–23 30 January 3, 1985 Washington W 100–93 Richfield Coliseum 7–23 31 January 5, 1985 Phoenix W 111–106 Richfield Coliseum 8–23 32 January 8, 1985 New Jersey W 107–101 Richfield Coliseum 9–23 33 January 11, 1985 @ Milwaukee L 117–130 MECCA Arena 9–24 34 January 12, 1985 Chicago W 101–98 Richfield Coliseum 10–24 35 January 14, 1985 Washington L 91–101 Richfield Coliseum 10–25 36 January 15, 1985 @ Kansas City W 116–112 Kemper Arena 11–25 37 January 17, 1985 @ Chicago L 93–98 Chicago Stadium 11–26 38 January 19, 1985 Seattle L 105–106 Richfield Coliseum 11–27 39 January 21, 1985 @ Washington L 115–128 Capital Centre 11–28 40 January 22, 1985 Philadelphia L 100–101 Richfield Coliseum 11–29 41 January 24, 1985 @ Utah WL 110–109 Salt Palace Acord Arennea 12–29 42 January 26, 1985 @ Denver L 127–144 McNichols Sports Arena 12–30 43 January 29, 1985 L.A. Clippers W 110–94 Richfield Coliseum 13–30 44 January 30, 1985 @ Indiana L 115–120 Market Square Arena 13–31
February: 9–6 (home: 4–3; road: 5–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 45 February 1, 1985 7:30 p.m EST @ Atlanta L 108–126 Free (27) Bagley (9) The Omni 15,908 13–32 46 February 2, 1985 Kansas City W 124–106 Richfield Coliseum 14–32 47 February 4, 1985 @ Washington W 121–112 Capital Centre 15–32 48 February 6, 1985 @ Boston L 108–113 Boston Garden 15–33 49 February 7, 1985 Chicago W 108–99 Richfield Coliseum 16–33 All-Star Break 50 February 12, 1985 Dallas L 1128–131 Richfield Coliseum 16–34 51 February 13, 1985 @ New Jersey L 105–112 Brendan Byrne Arena 16–35 52 February 15, 1985 @ Philadelphia W 112–107 The Spectrum 17–35 53 February 16, 1985 Houston L 115–122 Richfield Coliseum 17–36 54 February 18, 1985 Philadelphia W 120–113 Richfield Coliseum 18–36 55 February 20, 1985 @ Indiana W 102–92 Market Square Arena 19–36 56 February 22, 1985 Utah L 98–102 Richfield Coliseum 19–37 57 February 23, 1985 Milwaukee W 128–106 Richfield Coliseum 20–37 58 February 26, 1985 @ Chicago W 123–118 (OT) Chicago Stadium 21–37 59 February 28, 1985 @ Seattle W 120–95 Kingdome 22–37
March: 9–6 (home: 5–2; road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 1, 1985 @ Portland W 111–103 Memorial Coliseum 23–37 61 March 4, 1985 @ Golden State W 108–104 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 24–37 62 March 6, 1985 @ L.A. Clippers W 114–112 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 25–37 63 March 9, 1985 11:00 p.m. EST @ L.A. Lakers L 106–133 Hinson, Turpin (18) Turpin (11) Bagley (6) The Forum 17,505 25–38 64 March 11, 1985 Indiana W 122–110 Richfield Coliseum 26–38 65 March 13, 1985 @ Milwaukee L 93–128 MECCA Arena 26–39 66 March 15, 1985 Boston L 96–119 Richfield Coliseum 26–40 67 March 16, 1985 @ Dallas W 135–128 (OT) Reunion Arena 27–40 68 March 19, 1985 Philadelphia W 116–89 Richfield Coliseum 28–40 69 March 20, 1985 @ New Jersey L 108–128 Brendan Byrne Arena 28–41 70 March 22, 1985 @ Boston L 117–129 Boston Garden 28–42 71 March 23, 1985 8:00 p.m. EST Atlanta L 86–91 (OT) Free (17) Free (9) Richfield Coliseum 16,787 28–43 72 March 26, 1985 New York W 112–98 Richfield Coliseum 29–43 73 March 28, 1985 Chicago W 122–1140 Richfield Coliseum 30–43 74 March 30, 1985 Indiana W 117–94 Richfield Coliseum 31–43
April: 5–3 (home: 2–2; road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 2, 1985 Washington W 122–107 Richfield Coliseum 32–43 76 April 3, 1985 @ Philadelphia W 113–110 The Spectrum 33–43 77 April 5, 1985 @ Detroit W 119–118 Joe Louis Arena 34–43 78 April 6, 1985 @ Washington L 101–109 Capital Centre 34–44 79 April 9, 1985 New Jersey W 114–100 Richfield Coliseum 35–44 80 April 11, 1985 Boston L 115–121 Richfield Coliseum 35–45 81 April 12, 1985 @ New York W 109–108 (OT) Madison Square Garden 36–45 82 April 14, 1985 Detroit L 113–116 Richfield Coliseum 36–46
1984–85 schedule

Playoffs

1985 playoff game log
First round: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 18, 1985 @ Boston L 123–126 Hinson (24) Hinson (11) Bagley (11) Boston Garden 14,890 0–1 2 April 20, 1985 @ Boston L 106–108 Free (25) Hinson (6) Free (7) Boston Garden 14,890 0–2 3 April 23, 1985 Boston W 105–98 Free (32) Hinson (9) Bagley (15) Richfield Coliseum 20,900 1–2 4 April 25, 1985 Boston L 115–117 Free (30) Shelton (8) Bagley (10) Richfield Coliseum 20,900 1–3
1985 schedule

Awards, records, and honors

Player stats

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
World B. Free	71	50	31.7	45.9	36.8	74.9	3.0	4.5	1.1	0.2	22.5
Roy Hinson	76	75	30.8	50.3	0.0	72.1	7.8	0.9	0.7	2.3	15.8
Phil Hubbard	76	55	29.6	50.5	0.0	75.1	6.3	1.5	1.1	0.1	15.8
Johnny Davis	76	30	25.3	42.6	26.1	85.0	1.6	5.6	0.6	0.1	12.4
Melvin Turpin	79	45	24.7	51.1	0.0	78.4	5.7	0.5	0.5	1.1	10.6
Paul Thompson	33	27	21.7	41.8	26.1	84.9	3.5	1.8	1.2	0.6	10.5
John Bagley	81	65	29.6	48.8	11.5	74.9	3.6	8.6	1.6	0.1	9.9
Edgar Jones	26	4	17.2	46.7	0.0	68.3	4.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	8.2
Michael Wilson	11	0	15.9	50.0	0.0	76.7	1.6	2.2	0.9	0.3	7.0
Ben Poquette	79	6	21.0	46.0	17.6	79.6	6.0	1.0	0.6	0.7	6.7
Lonnie Shelton	57	14	21.8	43.5	0.0	66.2	4.7	1.7	0.8	0.3	6.4
Jeff Cook	18	3	24.4	43.8	0.0	63.0	5.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	6.1
Ron Anderson	36	7	14.4	43.1	50.0	82.0	2.4	0.9	0.3	0.2	5.8
Mark West	65	25	13.6	54.9	0.0	48.2	3.8	0.2	0.2	0.7	3.9
Kevin Williams	46	4	9.0	43.3	0.0	73.4	1.4	1.3	0.5	0.1	3.5
Geoff Huston	8	0	11.6	48.0	0.0	66.7	0.1	2.9	0.0	0.0	3.3
Robert Smith	7	0	6.9	23.5	0.0	80.0	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.0	2.3
Campy Russell	3	0	8.0	28.6	0.0	66.7	1.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Butch Graves	4	0	2.8	33.3	0.0	20.0	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
World B. Free	4	4	37.5	44.1	0.0	92.0	2.5	7.8	1.5	0.0	26.3
Roy Hinson	4	4	30.0	54.2	0.0	65.2	7.5	0.8	0.8	2.3	16.8
Phil Hubbard	4	4	25.3	53.3	100.0	76.5	5.0	0.8	0.8	0.0	15.5
John Bagley	4	4	42.0	39.3	0.0	70.0	4.0	10.0	2.5	0.0	12.8
Lonnie Shelton	4	0	26.5	55.9	0.0	80.0	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.3	11.5
Johnny Davis	3	0	16.7	75.0	0.0	80.0	2.0	5.0	1.7	0.0	9.3
Ben Poquette	4	0	22.8	61.9	0.0	80.0	3.5	0.3	0.5	1.5	7.5
Edgar Jones	4	0	11.3	50.0	0.0	87.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.0	6.3
Melvin Turpin	4	0	11.3	63.2	0.0	50.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	6.3
Mark West	4	4	17.0	60.0	0.0	40.0	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	2.0
Kevin Williams	2	0	3.5	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0
Ron Anderson	2	0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player Statistics Citation:^[1]

Transactions

References

1. "1984-85 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2021.