1985–86 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 1985-86 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 16th season in the NBA, their second in Los Angeles.[1]

1985–86 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coachDon Chaney
ArenaLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record32–50 (.390)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (tied) (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (tied) (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKTLA
(Phil Stone, Tom Hawkins)
RadioKLAC
(Ralph Lawler, Ted Green, Pete Arbogast)

Draft picks
Main article: 1985 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
13Benoit BenjaminCenter United StatesCreighton
352Anicet LavodramaForward Central African RepublicHouston Baptist
474Jim DeinesCenter United States
 France		Arizona State
599Wayne CarlanderForward United StatesUSC
6121Malcolm ThomasForward United StatesMissouri
7143Gary MalonconForward United StatesUCLA

Roster
Los Angeles Clippers 1985-86 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
C 00 Benjamin, Benoit 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Creighton
G 2 Bridgeman, Junior 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Louisville
F 7 Brooks, Michael  (IN) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) La Salle
C 31 Bryant, Wallace (waived) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) San Francisco
F/C 44 Cage, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) San Diego State
F 38 Cross, Jeff 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 242 lb (110 kg) Maine
G 14 Edwards, Franklin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Cleveland State
G 4 Gordon, Lancaster 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Louisville
F 8 Johnson, Marques 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 224 lb (102 kg) UCLA
C 20 Jones, Ozell 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Cal State Fullerton
F 19 Maxwell, Cedric 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UNC Charlotte
F 46 Murphy, Jay (waived) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Boston College
C 40 Nimphius, Kurt 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Arizona State
G 10 Nixon, Norm 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Duquesne
G 18 Smith, Derek 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Louisville
G 21 Thomas, Jim (waived) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Indiana
G 1 Valentine, Darnell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Kansas
F 22 White, Rory 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) South Alabama
F 52 Wilkes, Jamaal 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) UCLA
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster Notes
  • Forward Jamaal Wilkes becomes the 2nd Laker to play with the crosstown rival Clippers.
  • Forward Rory White would later serve as an assistant coach for the Clippers under coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr. from 2003 to 2008.

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 6220.756–35–627–1423–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers 4042.4882227–1413–2818–12
Phoenix Suns 3250.3903023–189–3216–14
Los Angeles Clippers 3250.3903022–1910–3110–20
Seattle SuperSonics 3151.3783124–177–3411–19
Golden State Warriors 3052.3663224–176–3512–18
# 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
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
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—

Player statistics
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
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Benoit Benjamin 793726.4.490.333.7467.61.00.82.611.1
Junior Bridgeman 581420.0.441.333.8912.11.90.50.18.8
Wallace Bryant 808.0.222.000.6252.50.50.30.41.6
Michael Cage 781220.1.479.000.6495.31.00.80.46.7
Jeff Cross 2106.1.250.000.5601.40.00.10.11.2
James Donaldson 141431.5.512.000.8149.40.90.42.110.2
Franklin Edwards 731920.4.454.111.8741.23.51.20.19.0
Lancaster Gordon 60111.7.377.250.8041.11.00.60.25.2
Marques Johnson 757534.7.510.067.7605.53.81.40.720.3
Ozell Jones
Cedric Maxwell
Jay Murphy
Kurt Nimphius
Norm Nixon
Derek Smith
Jim Thomas
Darnell Valentine
Rory White
Jamaal Wilkes

Awards, records and milestones

All-Star

Marques Johnson selected as a reserve forward for the Western Conference All-Stars. This would be his fifth and final All-Star Game appearance. With Norm Nixon chosen as an All-Star last year, this would make it the third time in franchise history that the team fielded a different player for back-to-back All-Star Games. The other two times were Bob Kauffman in 1973 then Bob McAdoo in 1974 and Bob McAdoo again in 1977 then Randy Smith in 1978.

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1985–86 season.

Trades
September 6, 1985
 To Los Angeles Clippers
 To Boston Celtics
November 25, 1985
 To Los Angeles Clippers
 To Dallas Mavericks
January 14, 1986
 To Los Angeles Clippers
 To Portland Trail Blazers
  • 1986 first-round draft pick

Free agents

References
  1. 1985-86 Los Angeles Clippers
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