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The 1985–86 NBA season was the Spurs' tenth season in the NBA, the 13th in San Antonio, and the 19th season as a franchise.[1] It was also their first season without George Gervin, who played with the team since 1974 as he was traded to the Chicago Bulls during the offseason.

Quick Facts San Antonio Spurs season, Head coach ...
1985–86 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coachCotton Fitzsimmons
General managerBob Bass
Owner(s)Angelo Drossos
ArenaHemisFair Arena
Results
Record35–47 (.427)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Midwest)
Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Lakers 0–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKMOL-TV
Home Sports Entertainment
RadioWOAI
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In his second year, Alvin Robertson led the league in steals and made his first All-Star Game appearance. Robertson earned Defensive Player of the year honors at the end of the season.

Draft picks

Main article: 1985 NBA draft
More information Round, Pick ...
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
114Alfredrick HughesSF/SG United StatesLoyola (IL)
229Mike BrittainC United StatesSouth Carolina
235Tyrone CorbinSF United StatesDePaul
482Scott RothPF United StatesWisconsin
5106Clayton Olivier United StatesSouthern California
6128Chris Harper United StatesOregon
7152Al Young United StatesVirginia Polytech
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Roster

More information Players, Coaches ...
San Antonio Spurs roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
C 40 Brittain, Mike 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) South Carolina
G/F 23 Corbin, Tyrone 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) DePaul
C 53 Gilmore, Artis 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jacksonville
F 10 Greenwood, Dave 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) UCLA
G 6 Hughes, Alfredrick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Loyola Chicago
F/C 33 Johnson, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Oregon State
F 3 Lamp, Jeff 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Virginia
G 1 Matthews, Wes 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Wisconsin
F 34 Mitchell, Mike 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Auburn
G 00 Moore, Johnny 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Texas
G 21 Robertson, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Arkansas
G 20 Sundvold, Jon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Missouri
C 45 Wilkins, Jeff 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Illinois State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured
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Regular season

Season standings

More information W, L ...
Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Houston Rockets 5131.622–36–515–2620–10
x-Denver Nuggets 4735.573434–713–2815–15
x-Dallas Mavericks 4438.537726–1518–2316–14
x-Utah Jazz 4240.512927–1415–2615–15
x-Sacramento Kings 3745.4511425–1612–2915–15
x-San Antonio Spurs 3547.4271621–2014–279–21
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More information #, Team ...
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers6220.756–
2 y-Houston Rockets5131.62211
3 x-Denver Nuggets4735.57315
4 x-Dallas Mavericks4438.53718
5 x-Utah Jazz4240.51220
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers4042.48822
7 x-Sacramento Kings3745.45125
8 x-San Antonio Spurs3547.42727
9 Phoenix Suns3250.39030
10 Los Angeles Clippers3250.39030
11 Seattle SuperSonics3151.37831
12 Golden State Warriors3052.36632
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z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

More information Team, ATL ...
1985-86 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —0–65–14–21–11–14–21–11–15–12–01–13–34–25–14–12–02–02–01–11–10–21–4
Boston 6–0—5–15–11–11–14–12–02–05–12–02–05–04–25–14–21–11–11–12–02–02–05–1
Chicago 1–51–5—3–30–22–02–42–01–13–31–10–21–52–34–21–51–11–10–21–11–11–11–4
Cleveland 2–41–53–3—1–11–11–50–20–23–21–11–11–53–34–10–62–00–22–01–11–10–21–5
Dallas 1–11–12–01–1—3–30–24–11–52–02–31–40–22–01–10–25–02–33–34–23–25–11–1
Denver 1–11–10–21–13–3—1–13–23–32–04–13–22–01–11–11–14–13–23–33–32–33–32–0
Detroit 2–41–44–25–12–01–1—1–11–15–12–01–12–44–24–12–40–21–10–21–12–01–14–2
Golden State 1–10–20–22–01–42–31–1—0–51–15–12–40–21–11–11–12–41–52–32–32–42–31–1
Houston 1–10–21–12–05–13–31–15–0—2–03–21–40–21–12–01–13–23–24–25–13–23–32–0
Indiana 1–51–53–32–30–20–21–51–10–2—2–00–22–42–32–40–61–10–20–21–12–00–25–1
L.A. Clippers 0–20–21–11–13–21–40–21–52–30–2—2–41–12–02–00–22–42–45–01–43–33–20–2
L.A. Lakers 1–10–22–01–14–12–31–14–24–12–04–2—2–01–11–12–05–16–05–04–14–25–02–0
Milwaukee 3–30–55–15–12–00–24–22–02–04–21–10–2—4–26–04–11–12–02–02–02–02–04–2
New Jersey 2–42–43–23–30–21–12–41–11–13–20–21–12–4—5–12–42–02–02–01–10–22–02–4
New York 1–51–52–41–41–11–11–41–10–24–20–21–10–61–5—0–62–00–21–11–11–10–23–3
Philadelphia 1–42–45–16–02–01–14–21–11–16–02–00–21–44–26–0—2–02–02–01–11–11–13–3
Phoenix 0–21–11–10–20–51–42–04–22–31–14–21–51–10–20–20–2—2–42–33–25–11–41–1
Portland 0–21–11–12–03–22–31–15–12–32–04–20–60–20–22–00–24–2—3–21–45–12–30–2
Sacramento 0–21–12–00–23–33–32–03–22–42–00–50–50–20–21–10–23–22–3—5–15–02–41–1
San Antonio 1–10–21–11–12–43–31–13–21–51–14–11–40–21–11–11–12–34–11–5—2–32–42–0
Seattle 1–10–21–11–12–33–20–24–22–30–23–32–40–22–01–11–11–51–50–53–2—2–31–1
Utah 2–00–21–12–01–53–31–13–23–32–02–30–50–20–22–01–14–13–24–24–23–2—1–1
Washington 4–11–54–15–11–10–22–41–10–21–52–00–22–44–23–33–31–12–01–10–21–11–1—
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Game log

Regular season

More information 1985–86 game log Total: 35–47 (home: 21–20; road: 14–27), Game ...
1985–86 game log
Total: 35–47 (home: 21–20; road: 14–27)
October: 1–2 (home: 1–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
November: 8–6 (home: 6–1; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
December: 10–5 (home: 4–1; road: 6–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
January: 6–10 (home: 3–6; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
February: 5–8 (home: 4–4; road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
March: 3–13 (home: 2–4; road: 1–9)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
April: 2–3 (home: 1–3; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1985–86 schedule
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Playoffs

More information 1986 playoff game log, Game ...
1986 playoff game log
First Round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 17 @ L.A. Lakers L 88–135 Mike Mitchell (24) Mitchell, Johnson (4) Wes Matthews (10) The Forum
17,505		 0–1
2 April 19 @ L.A. Lakers L 94–122 Wes Matthews (30) David Greenwood (7) Alvin Robertson (8) The Forum
17,505		 0–2
3 April 23 L.A. Lakers L 94–114 Wes Matthews (30) Artis Gilmore (11) Wes Matthews (8) HemisFair Arena
7,918		 0–3
1986 schedule
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Player statistics

Ragular season

More information Player, POS ...
Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Mike MitchellSF 82822,97040918856251,92136.25.02.3.7.323.4
Alvin RobertsonSG 82822,878516448301401,39235.16.35.53.7.517.0
Wes MatthewsPG 75461,853131476873281724.71.76.31.2.410.9
Artis GilmoreC 71712,395600102391081,18433.78.51.4.51.516.7
Steve JohnsonC 71551,82846295446698325.76.51.3.6.913.8
Jon SundvoldPG 7041,1508026134050016.41.13.7.5.07.1
David GreenwoodPF 68241,91053190375253828.17.81.3.5.87.9
Alfredrick HughesSG 6808661136126535612.71.7.9.4.15.2
Marc Iavaroni†PF 42766913253221419115.93.11.3.5.34.5
Jeff Cook†PF 340356812113118210.52.4.6.4.32.4
Mike BrittainC 322219495312546.81.5.2.1.41.7
Jeff Lamp†SF 301620795319133220.72.61.8.6.011.1
Johnny MoorePG 28238568625270636330.63.19.02.5.213.0
Jeff Wilkins†C 2745221271881013019.34.7.7.3.44.8
Ray Williams†PG 2383973711128316417.31.64.81.2.17.1
Tyrone CorbinSF 16017425111126410.91.6.7.7.14.0
Rod Higgins†SF 1101282412234711.62.21.1.2.34.3
Ennis Whatley†PG 2114030027.0.01.5.0.01.0
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  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

Playoffs

More information Player, POS ...
Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Wes MatthewsPG 33116724607638.72.38.02.0.025.3
Mike MitchellSF 33107910334735.73.03.31.01.015.7
Artis GilmoreC 33107183714035.76.01.02.3.313.3
David GreenwoodPF 33101183313033.76.01.01.0.310.0
Alvin RobertsonSG 33981419712732.74.76.32.3.39.0
Steve JohnsonC 305362011517.72.0.7.0.35.0
Jeff LampSF 304517101515.0.32.3.3.05.0
Jon SundvoldPG 304315001614.3.31.7.0.05.3
Alfredrick HughesSG 3018011086.0.0.3.3.02.7
Jeff WilkinsC 3016300205.31.0.0.0.7.0
Tyrone CorbinSF 10141100014.01.01.0.0.0.0
Mike BrittainC 102100122.01.0.0.01.02.0
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Awards and records

Transactions

References

See also

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