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1984–85 San Antonio Spurs season
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The 1984–85 San Antonio Spurs season was the Spurs' ninth season in the NBA, the 12th in San Antonio, and the 18th season as a franchise.1984-85 San Antonio Spurs This would be George Gervin's last season with the team before getting traded to the Chicago Bulls following the season. It was also Alvin Robertson's NBA debut.
Draft picks
1984 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 7 Alvin Robertson SG Arkansas 3 57 Joe Binion F North Carolina A&T State 4 78 John Devereaux Ohio 4 90 Ozell Jones PF/C California State-Fullerton 5 100 Eric Richardson Alabama 6 124 Dion Brown Louisiana-Lafayette 7 146 Michael Pitts California 8 170 Danny Tarkanian Nevada-Las Vegas 9 191 Melvin Roseboro St. Mary's 10 214 Frank Rodriguez New Mexico State
Roster
San Antonio Spurs #000000 #FFFFFF silver #000000
20 Gene Banks SF 6 7 215 Duke
45 Jeff Cook basketball PF 6 10 215 Idaho State
44 George Gervin G/F 6 7 180 Eastern Michigan
53 Artis Gilmore C 7 2 240 Jacksonville
32 Marc Iavaroni PF 6 8 210 Virginia
8 Ozell Jones C 6 11 235 Cal State Fullerton
25 Billy Knight SF 6 6 195 Pittsburgh
34 Mike Mitchell basketball, born 1956 SF 6 7 215 Auburn
00 Johnny Moore basketball PG 6 1 175 Texas
4 John Paxson PG 6 2 185 Notre Dame
21 Alvin Robertson SG 6 3 185 Arkansas
22 David Thirdkill SF 6 7 195 Bradley
2 Linton Townes SF 6 7 190 James Madison
Cotton Fitzsimmons Gary Fitzsimmons
Scotty Robertson https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/1985.html April 12, 1985
Regular season
Season standings
SAS
SAS
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot
Game log
Regular season
San Antonio Spurs #000000 #C0C0C0 1985 Total: 41–41 (home: 30–11; road: 11–30)
San Antonio Spurs October yes #C0C0C0 #000000 2 0 0 0
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| 1
| October 27, 19847:30p.m. CDT
| L.A. Lakers
| W 113–112
| Gervin (32)
| Gilmore (21)
| Moore (8)
| HemisFair Arena13,506
| 1–0
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| 2
| October 30, 1984
| Denver
| W 126–118
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| HemisFair Arena
| 2–0
San Antonio Spurs November #C0C0C0 #000000 4 3 1 6
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| 3
| November 1, 1984
| @ Golden State
| W 123–108
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| Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
| 3–0
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| 4
| November 2, 19849:30p.m. CST
| @ L.A. Lakers
| L 100–119
| Mitchell (20)
| Robertson (7)
| Moore (8)
| The Forum13,550
| 3–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 5
| November 4, 1984
| New York
| W 131–130 (2OT)
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| HemisFair Arena
| 4–1
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| 6
| November 6, 1984
| Seattle
| W 99–91
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| HemisFair Arena
| 5–1
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| 7
| November 7, 1984
| @ Utah
| L 124–136
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| Salt Palace Acord Arena
| 5–2
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| 8
| November 10, 1984
| Cleveland
| W 127–103
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| HemisFair Arena
| 6–2
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| 9
| November 13, 1984
| @ Chicago
| L 117–120
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| Chicago Stadium
| 6–3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 10
| November 14, 1984
| @ Washington
| L 106–125
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| Capital Centre
| 6–4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 11
| November 16, 1984
| @ Indiana
| L 117–128 (OT)
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| Market Square Arena
| 6–5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 12
| November 17, 1984
| @ Houston
| L 133–141
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| The Summit
| 6–6
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 13
| November 21, 1984
| Detroit
| L 101–114
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| HemisFair Arena
| 6–7
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 14
| November 24, 1984
| Utah
| L 117–123
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| HemisFair Arena
| 6–8
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| 15
| November 27, 1984
| Houston
| L 97–114
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| HemisFair Arena
| 6–9
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| 16
| November 29, 1984
| Dallas
| W 124–116
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| HemisFair Arena
| 7–9
San Antonio Spurs December #C0C0C0 #000000 5 1 2 8
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| 17
| December 1, 1984
| L.A. Clippers
| W 142–110
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| HemisFair Arena
| 8–9
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 18
| December 4, 1984
| Atlanta
| W 114–106
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| HemisFair Arena
| 9–9
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 19
| December 6, 1984
| @ Portland
| L 96–113
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| Memorial Coliseum
| 9–10
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 20
| December 7, 1984
| @ Seattle
| W 117–114
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| Kingdome
| 10–10
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 21
| December 9, 1984
| @ L.A. Clippers
| L 123–126
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| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
| 10–11
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 22
| December 11, 1984
| @ Kansas City
| L 120–121
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| Kemper Arena
| 10–12
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 23
| December 12, 1984
| Denver
| W 126–105
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| HemisFair Arena
| 11–12
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 24
| December 14, 1984
| @ Dallas
| L 102–119
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| Reunion Arena
| 11–13
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 25
| December 15, 1984
| Phoenix
| W 120–111
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| HemisFair Arena
| 12–13
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 26
| December 18, 1984
| @ Cleveland
| L 110–118
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| Richfield Coliseum
| 12–14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 27
| December 19, 1984
| @ Philadelphia
| L 118–123
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| The Spectrum
| 12–15
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 28
| December 21, 1984
| @ New Jersey
| W 122–116
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| Brendan Byrne Arena
| 13–15
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 29
| December 22, 1984
| @ Milwaukee
| L 90–101
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| MECCA Arena
| 13–16
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 30
| December 26, 1984
| @ Denver
| L 119–130
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| McNichols Sports Arena
| 13–17
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 31
| December 27, 1984
| Portland
| W 141–120
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| HemisFair Arena
| 14–17
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 32
| December 29, 1984
| Boston
| L 112–120
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| HemisFair Arena
| 14–18
San Antonio Spurs January #C0C0C0 #000000 6 2 2 3
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| 33
| January 3, 1985
| Dallas
| W 116–115
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| HemisFair Arena
| 15–18
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 34
| January 6, 19859:30p.m. CST
| @ L.A. Lakers
| L 98–99
| Moore (27)
| Gilmore, Iavaroni (8)
| Moore (6)
| The Forum13,513
| 15–19
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 35
| January 8, 1985
| Golden State
| W 139–94
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| HemisFair Arena
| 16–19
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 36
| January 11, 1985
| Portland
| L 103–123
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| HemisFair Arena
| 16–20
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 37
| January 15, 1985
| Utah
| W 121–101
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| HemisFair Arena
| 17–20
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 38
| January 17, 1985
| @ Kansas City
| W 117–113
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| Kemper Arena
| 18–20
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 39
| January 19, 1985
| Phoenix
| W 106–100
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| HemisFair Arena
| 19–20
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 40
| January 22, 1985
| Kansas City
| W 117–113
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| HemisFair Arena
| 20–20
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 41
| January 23, 1985
| @ Dallas
| L 110–122
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| Reunion Arena
| 20–21
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 42
| January 25, 1985
| @ Houston
| W 122–107
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| The Summit
| 21–21
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 43
| January 27, 1985
| Milwaukee
| L 93–106
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| HemisFair Arena
| 21–22
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 44
| January 29, 1985
| New Jersey
| W 130–127
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| HemisFair Arena
| 22–22
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 45
| January 31, 1985
| @ Seattle
| L 94–96
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| Kingdome
| 22–23
San Antonio Spurs February #C0C0C0 #000000 4 2 2 6
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| 46
| February 1, 1985
| @ Portland
| W 104–93
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| Memorial Coliseum
| 23–23
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 47
| February 2, 1985
| @ Utah
| L 104–105
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| Salt Palace Acord Arena
| 23–24
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 48
| February 4, 1985
| Golden State
| W 114–109 (OT)
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| HemisFair Arena
| 24–24
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 49
| February 5, 1985
| @ Kansas City
| L 116–135
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| Kemper Arena
| 24–25
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 50
| February 7, 1985
| L.A. Clippers
| W 120–108
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| HemisFair Arena
| 25–25
|- align="center"
|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 51
| February 12, 1985
| Kansas City
| W 127–109
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| HemisFair Arena
| 26–25
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 52
| February 14, 1985
| Phoenix
| W 131–102
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| HemisFair Arena
| 27–25
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 53
| February 15, 1985
| @ Denver
| L 119–129
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| McNichols Sports Arena
| 27–26
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 54
| February 18, 1985
| @ L.A. Clippers
| L 121–125
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| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
| 27–27
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 55
| February 20, 1985
| Washington
| L 104–105
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| HemisFair Arena
| 27–28
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 56
| February 22, 1985
| @ Phoenix
| W 118–111
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| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
| 28–28
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 57
| February 24, 1985
| Portland
| L 121–137
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| HemisFair Arena
| 28–29
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 58
| February 26, 1985
| @ New York
| L 122–129
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| Madison Square Garden
| 28–30
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 59
| February 27, 1985
| @ Boston
| L 102–111
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| Boston Garden
| 28–31
San Antonio Spurs March #C0C0C0 #000000 6 2 4 5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 60
| March 1, 1985
| @ Detroit
| W 108–98
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| Pontiac Silverdome
| 29–31
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 61
| March 2, 1985
| @ Atlanta
| W 105–92
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| The Omni
| 30–31
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 62
| March 4, 1985
| Philadelphia
| W 109–103
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| HemisFair Arena
| 31–31
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 63
| March 6, 1985
| Indiana
| W 108–102
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| HemisFair Arena
| 32–31
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 64
| March 7, 1985
| @ Phoenix
| L 117–119
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|
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| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
| 32–32
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 65
| March 9, 1985
| Houston
| L 117–123
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| HemisFair Arena
| 32–33
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 66
| March 12, 1985
| @ Golden State
| L 122–145
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| Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
| 32–34
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 67
| March 14, 1985
| @ Seattle
| W 100–93
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| Kingdome
| 33–34
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 68
| March 15, 19859:30p.m. CST
| @ L.A. Lakers
| L 114–115
| Gervin (37)
| Banks (12)
| Moore (11)
| The Forum16,130
| 33–35
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 69
| March 17, 1985
| Denver
| W 124–119
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| HemisFair Arena
| 34–35
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 70
| March 19, 1985
| @ Dallas
| L 89–96
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| Reunion Arena
| 34–36
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 71
| March 20, 1985
| Chicago
| W 106–98
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| HemisFair Arena
| 35–36
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 72
| March 22, 1985
| Dallas
| L 114–123
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| HemisFair Arena
| 35–37
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 73
| March 24, 1985
| Seattle
| W 104–99
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| HemisFair Arena
| 36–37
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 74
| March 27, 1985
| Golden State
| W 121–120
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| HemisFair Arena
| 37–37
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 75
| March 29, 1985
| @ Utah
| L 109–114
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| Salt Palace Acord Arena
| 37–38
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 76
| March 31, 1985
| @ L.A. Clippers
| W 126–115
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| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
| 38–38
San Antonio Spurs April #C0C0C0 #000000 3 1 0 2
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| 77
| April 3, 19857:30p.m. CST
| L.A. Lakers
| W 122–108
| Mitchell (36)
| Mitchell (14)
| Moore (13)
| HemisFair Arena11,627
| 39–38
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 78
| April 5, 1985
| @ Denver
| L 109–118
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| McNichols Sports Arena
| 39–39
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 79
| April 7, 1985
| Houston
| W 126–105
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| HemisFair Arena
| 40–39
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 80
| April 9, 1985
| @ Houston
| L 103–124
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| The Summit
| 40–40
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 81
| April 12, 1985
| Kansas City
| W 117–112
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| HemisFair Arena
| 41–40
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 82
| April 14, 1985
| Utah
| L 102–104
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| HemisFair Arena
| 41–41
SAS 1985
Playoffs
San Antonio Spurs 1985 yes #000000 #C0C0C0
San Antonio Spurs First Round no yes yes #C0C0C0 #000000 1 1 1 2
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 1
| April 18, 1985
| @ Denver
| L 111–141
| Mitchell (23)
| Jones (8)
| Moore (5)
| McNichols Sports Arena12,128
| 0–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 2
| April 20, 1985
| @ Denver
| W 113–111
| Gervin (41)
| Gilmore (12)
| Moore (8)
| McNichols Sports Arena17,022
| 1–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 3
| April 23, 1985
| Denver
| L 112–115
| Gervin (30)
| Gilmore (14)
| Moore (9)
| HemisFair Arena8,799
| 1–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 4
| April 26, 1985
| Denver
| W 116–111
| Mitchell (37)
| Gilmore (13)
| Moore (16)
| HemisFair Arena8,621
| 2–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 5
| April 28, 1985
| @ Denver
| L 99–126
| Gilmore (19)
| Gilmore, Iavaroni (8)
| Moore (4)
| McNichols Sports Arena17,022
| 2–3
|-
SAS 1985 yes
Player statistics
Ragular season
Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameMike Mitchell basketball, born 1956SF82 82 2,853 417 151 61 27 1,824 34.8 5.1 1.8 .7 .3 22.2Johnny Moore basketballPG82 82 2,689 378 816 229 18 1,046 32.8 4.6 10.0 2.8 .2 12.8Gene BanksSF82 41 2,091 445 234 65 13 778 25.5 5.4 2.9 .8 .2 9.5Artis GilmoreC 81 81 2,756 846 131 40 173 1,548 34.0 10.4 1.6 .5 2.1 19.1Alvin RobertsonSG 79 9 1,685 265 275 127 24 726 21.3 3.4 3.5 1.6 .3 9.2John PaxsonPG 78 1 1,259 68 215 45 3 486 16.1 .9 2.8 .6 .0 6.2George GervinSG 72 69 2,091 234 178 66 48 1,524 29.0 3.3 2.5 .9 .7 21.2Ozell JonesC 67 6 888 238 56 30 57 245 13.3 3.6 .8 .4 .9 3.7Marc Iavaroni†PF 57 33 1,178 275 113 31 32 381 20.7 4.8 2.0 .5 .6 6.7Jeff Cook basketball†PF 54 2 848 210 39 25 14 214 15.7 3.9 .7 .5 .3 4.0Billy Knight†SF 52 1 611 96 59 14 1 311 11.8 1.8 1.1 .3 .0 6.0Fred Roberts†PF 22 0 305 35 22 10 12 117 13.9 1.6 1.0 .5 .5 5.3Edgar Jones basketball†PF 18 1 322 62 18 9 18 129 17.9 3.4 1.0 .5 1.0 7.2Mark McNamara†C 12 0 63 17 0 2 1 33 5.3 1.4 .0 .2 .1 2.8Ron Brewer†SG 9 0 81 3 6 1 1 33 9.0 .3 .7 .1 .1 3.7David Thirdkill†SF 2 2 52 7 3 2 1 15 26.0 3.5 1.5 1.0 .5 7.5Linton TownesSF 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 2 8.0 1.0 .0 .0 .0 2.0
† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.
Playoffs
Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameArtis GilmoreC5 5 185 50 7 2 7 89 37.0 10.0 1.4 .4 1.4 17.8George GervinSG5 5 183 18 14 3 3 111 36.6 3.6 2.8 .6 .6 22.2Mike Mitchell basketball, born 1956SF5 5 180 19 12 3 4 109 36.0 3.8 2.4 .6 .8 21.8Johnny Moore basketballPG5 5 168 30 42 10 2 66 33.6 6.0 8.4 2.0 .4 13.2Marc IavaroniPF5 5 116 26 13 5 2 45 23.2 5.2 2.6 1.0 .4 9.0John PaxsonPG5 0 114 5 21 5 0 51 22.8 1.0 4.2 1.0 .0 10.2Jeff Cook basketballPF5 0 98 29 4 5 6 35 19.6 5.8 .8 1.0 1.2 7.0Ozell JonesC5 0 73 17 4 1 4 17 14.6 3.4 .8 .2 .8 3.4Billy KnightSF5 0 45 6 3 2 0 16 9.0 1.2 .6 .4 .0 3.2David ThirdkillSF5 0 22 2 2 0 0 4 4.4 .4 .4 .0 .0 .8Linton TownesSF 2 0 6 3 0 0 0 8 3.0 1.5 .0 .0 .0 4.0Gene BanksSF 1 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 10.0 .0 1.0 .0 .0 .0
References
See also
1984-85 NBA season
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