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1984–85 Milwaukee Bucks season
NBA basketball season
NBA basketball season
(lost to 76ers 0–4)
The 1984-85 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' 17th season in the NBA. For the first time since 1976–77 season, Marques Johnson was not on the opening day roster.
Draft picks
Main article: 1984 NBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | Kenny Fields | SF/SG | UCLA | |
| 3 | 67 | Vernon Delancy | Florida | ||
| 5 | 113 | Ernie Floyd | Holy Cross | ||
| 6 | 120 | McKinley Singleton | G | Alabama-Birmingham | |
| 6 | 136 | Mike Reddick | Stetson | ||
| 7 | 159 | Tony William | Florida State | ||
| 8 | 182 | Brad Jergenson | South Carolina | ||
| 9 | 204 | Edwin Green | Massachusetts Amherst | ||
| 10 | 226 | Mike Toomer | Florida A&M |
Roster
- Don Nelson
- Mike Schuler
- Garry St. Jean
Regular season
Season standings
:z - clinched division title :y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot
Game log
Regular season
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | October 27, 1984 | Chicago | W 108–106 | | | | MECCA Arena | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | October 29, 1984 | @ Chicago | L 110–116 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | October 31, 1984 | Washington | W 105–79 | | | | MECCA Arena | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | November 2, 1984 | @ Washington | W 102–96 | | | | Capital Centre | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | November 3, 1984 | Cleveland | W 117–88 | | | | MECCA Arena | 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | November 7, 1984 | Atlanta | W 103–99 | | | | MECCA Arena | 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | November 9, 1984 | Indiana | W 122–105 | | | | MECCA Arena | 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 10, 1984 | @ Detroit | L 100–104 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 6–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 9 | November 13, 1984 | @ Atlanta | W 110–99 | | | | The Omni | 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 | November 15, 1984 | @ L.A. Clippers | W 103–90 | | | | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | 8–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 16, 1984 | @ Phoenix | L 106–118 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 8–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | November 18, 1984 9:30p.m. CST | @ L.A. Lakers | L 89–96 | Cummings (29) | Cummings (10) | Dunleavy, Pressey (6) | The Forum 12,768 | 8–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 20, 1984 | @ Dallas | L 108–109 | | | | Reunion Arena | 8–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 | November 21, 1984 | Chicago | W 108–98 | | | | MECCA Arena | 9–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 | November 24, 1984 | Golden State | W 103–97 | | | | MECCA Arena | 10–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 27, 1984 | @ Indiana | L 105–126 | | | | Market Square Arena | 10–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | November 28, 1984 | @ Atlanta (at New Orleans, LA) | L 83–95 | | | | Lakefront Arena | 10–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 | November 30, 1984 | New York | W 118–100 | | | | MECCA Arena | 11–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 1, 1984 | @ Washington | L 97–100 | | | | Capital Centre | 11–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | December 5, 1984 | @ Philadelphia | L 111–112 | | | | The Spectrum | 11–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 21 | December 6, 1984 | Detroit | W 114–99 | | | | MECCA Arena | 12–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 22 | December 8, 1984 | Indiana | W 99–96 | | | | MECCA Arena | 13–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 | December 11, 1984 | @ Cleveland | W 120–106 | | | | Richfield Coliseum | 14–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | December 12, 1984 | @ New Jersey | L 109–116 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 14–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | December 14, 1984 | Philadelphia | L 111–115 | | | | MECCA Arena | 14–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 | December 16, 1984 | Utah | W 115–102 | | | | MECCA Arena | 15–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 27 | December 18, 1984 | Dallas | W 110–96 | | | | MECCA Arena | 16–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 28 | December 19, 1984 | @ Boston | W 107–92 | | | | Boston Garden | 17–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 | December 21, 1984 | @ Philadelphia | W 104–101 | | | | The Spectrum | 18–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 | December 22, 1984 | San Antonio | W 101–90 | | | | MECCA Arena | 19–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 31 | December 26, 1984 | Houston | W 97–87 | | | | MECCA Arena | 20–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 | December 29, 1984 | @ Cleveland | W 115–102 | | | | Richfield Coliseum | 21–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 | December 30, 1984 | Boston | W 114–98 | | | | MECCA Arena | 22–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 | January 3, 1985 | L.A. Clippers | W 111–87 | | | | MECCA Arena | 23–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 35 | January 4, 1985 | @ Chicago | L 101–106 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 23–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 5, 1985 | Philadelphia | L 106–110 | | | | MECCA Arena | 23–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | January 8, 1985 | Washington | L 95–99 | | | | MECCA Arena | 23–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 38 | January 9, 1985 | @ Indiana | W 106–105 | | | | Market Square Arena | 24–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 39 | January 11, 1985 | Cleveland | W 130–117 | | | | MECCA Arena | 25–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 | January 13, 1985 | Denver | W 140–116 | | | | MECCA Arena | 26–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 | January 15, 1985 7:30p.m. CST | L.A. Lakers | W 115–105 | Cummings (39) | Cummings, Lister (9) | Pressey (12) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 27–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 42 | January 18, 1985 | New Jersey | W 102–93 | | | | MECCA Arena | 28–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 | January 24, 1985 | @ Kansas City | W 120–119 | | | | Kemper Arena | 29–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 44 | January 26, 1985 | @ Houston | W 105–102 | | | | The Summit | 30–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 45 | January 27, 1985 | @ San Antonio | W 106–93 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 31–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 46 | January 29, 1985 | @ Golden State | W 108–101 | | | | Oakland-Alamdea County Coliseum Arena | 32–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 | February 1, 1985 | @ Seattle | W 109–91 | | | | Kingdome | 32–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 | February 2, 1985 | @ Portland | W 105–95 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 33–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 4, 1985 | Detroit | L 111–113 (OT) | | | | MECCA Arena | 34–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 6, 1985 | @ New Jersey | L 93–106 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 34–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 7, 1985 | Atlanta | L 91–94 (OT) | | | | MECCA Arena | 34–17 |- align="center" |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 52 | February 12, 1985 | New Jersey | W 111–103 | | | | MECCA Arena | 35–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 53 | February 14, 1985 | @ Indiana | W 132–128 (OT) | | | | Market Square Arena | 36–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 | February 17, 1985 | Chicago | W 125–105 | | | | MECCA Arena | 37–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 | February 19, 1985 | @ New York | W 129–118 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 38–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 | February 20, 1985 | @ Detroit | W 113–112 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 39–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | February 23, 1985 | @ Cleveland | L 106–128 | | | | Richfield Coliseum | 39–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 58 | February 26, 1985 | Philadelphia | W 116–97 | | | | MECCA Arena | 40–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 59 | February 27, 1985 | @ Utah | W 119–100 | | | | Salt Palace Acord Arena | 41–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 60 | March 2, 1985 | @ Denver | L 140–116 | | | | McNichols Sports Arena | 41–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 | March 5, 1985 | Seattle | W 102–87 | | | | MECCA Arena | 42–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 62 | March 8, 1985 | Kansas City | W 127–114 | | | | MECCA Arena | 43–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 63 | March 10, 1985 | Portland | W 110–94 | | | | MECCA Arena | 44–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 64 | March 11, 1985 | @ Atlanta | W 121–115 | | | | The Omni | 45–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 65 | March 13, 1985 | Cleveland | W 128–93 | | | | MECCA Arena | 46–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 66 | March 16, 1985 | Phoenix | W 125–96 | | | | MECCA Arena | 47–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 17, 1985 | @ Chicago | L 117–119 (OT) | | | | Chicago Stadium | 47–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 68 | March 19, 1985 | New Jersey | W 130–111 | | | | MECCA Arena | 48–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 20, 1985 | @ Boston | L 105–107 | | | | Boston Garden | 48–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 70 | March 22, 1985 | @ Philadelphia | W 131–112 | | | | The Spectrum | 49–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 71 | March 23, 1985 | Indiana | W 140–129 | | | | MECCA Arena | 50–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 72 | March 25, 1985 | New York | W 126–106 | | | | MECCA Arena | 51–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 73 | March 26, 1985 | @ Washington | W 107–96 | | | | Capital Centre | 52–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 74 | March 28, 1985 | @ New York | W 121–116 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 53–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 75 | March 30, 1985 | Atlanta | W 106–95 | | | | MECCA Arena | 54–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 76 | April 2, 1985 | Boston | W 109–103 | | | | MECCA Arena | 55–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 77 | April 4, 1985 | Detroit | W 130–121 | | | | MECCA Arena | 56–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 | April 6, 1985 | @ New Jersey | L 104–108 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 56–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 79 | April 7, 1985 | @ Detroit | L 91–113 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 56–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 | April 10, 1985 | Washington | W 106–97 | | | | MECCA Arena | 57–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 81 | April 12, 1985 | @ Boston | W 115–113 (OT) | | | | Boston Garden | 58–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 82 | April 13, 1985 | New York | W 88–84 | | | | MECCA Arena | 59–23
Playoffs
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 19, 1985 | Chicago | W 109–100 | Moncrief (30) | Mokeski (10) | Pressey (9) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 21, 1985 | Chicago | W 122–115 | Cummings (30) | Cummings (9) | Cummings (11) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 24, 1985 | @ Chicago | L 107–109 | Cummings (37) | Cummings (9) | Moncrief, Pressey (5) | Chicago Stadium 17,225 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 26, 1985 | @ Chicago | W 105–97 | Cummings (29) | Cummings (12) | Pressey (4) | Chicago Stadium 17,787
| 3–1 |
|---|
| - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" |
| 1 |
| April 28, 1985 |
| Philadelphia |
| L 105–127 |
| Cummings (17) |
| Pressey (10) |
| Hodges, Pressey (8) |
| MECCA Arena |
| 11,052 |
| 0–1 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" |
| 2 |
| April 30, 1985 |
| Philadelphia |
| L 108–112 |
| Cummings (41) |
| Cummings, Lister (12) |
| Pressey (16) |
| MECCA Arena |
| 11,052 |
| 0–2 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" |
| 3 |
| May 3, 1985 |
| @ Philadelphia |
| L 104–109 |
| Cummings (21) |
| Cummings, Lister (8) |
| Pressey (7) |
| The Spectrum |
| 14,188 |
| 0–3 |
| - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" |
| 4 |
| May 5, 1985 |
| @ Philadelphia |
| L 112–121 |
| Moncrief, Pressey (25) |
| Lister (14) |
| Moncrief (8) |
| The Spectrum |
| 15,264 |
| 0–4 |
| - |
Player statistics
Source:
Season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Cummings | 79 | 78 | 34.5 | 49.5 | 0.0 | 74.1 | 9.1 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 23.6 |
| Sidney Moncrief | 73 | 72 | 37.5 | 48.3 | 27.3 | 82.8 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 21.7 |
| Paul Pressey | 80 | 80 | 36.0 | 51.7 | 35.0 | 75.8 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 16.1 |
| Craig Hodges | 82 | 63 | 30.4 | 49.0 | 34.8 | 81.5 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 10.6 |
| Alton Lister | 81 | 80 | 25.8 | 53.8 | 0.0 | 58.8 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 9.9 |
| Ricky Pierce | 44 | 3 | 20.0 | 53.7 | 25.0 | 82.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 9.8 |
| Mike Dunleavy | 19 | 19 | 22.8 | 47.4 | 34.0 | 86.2 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 8.9 |
| Paul Thompson | 16 | 0 | 14.2 | 39.0 | 0.0 | 70.6 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 6.6 |
| Paul Mokeski | 79 | 6 | 20.1 | 47.8 | 0.0 | 69.8 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 6.2 |
| Charles Davis | 57 | 2 | 13.1 | 43.6 | 10.0 | 82.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 6.2 |
| Kevin Grevey | 78 | 6 | 15.2 | 44.8 | 24.2 | 82.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| Randy Breuer | 78 | 0 | 13.9 | 51.1 | 0.0 | 70.1 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
| Kenny Fields | 51 | 1 | 10.5 | 44.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Larry Micheaux | 18 | 0 | 9.5 | 48.6 | 0.0 | 70.6 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| Mark West | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 6 | 0 | 2.7 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | |
| Lorenzo Romar | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Chris Engler | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Playoffs
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Cummings | 8 | 8 | 38.9 | 57.7 | 0.0 | 82.8 | 8.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 27.5 |
| Sidney Moncrief | 8 | 7 | 39.9 | 55.6 | 40.0 | 93.3 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 23.0 |
| Paul Pressey | 8 | 8 | 37.0 | 51.1 | 33.3 | 81.6 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 15.3 |
| Ricky Pierce | 8 | 1 | 24.8 | 49.3 | 0.0 | 77.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 9.9 |
| Alton Lister | 8 | 8 | 25.4 | 45.0 | 0.0 | 46.9 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 8.6 |
| 8 | 8 | 27.0 | 36.4 | 17.4 | 80.0 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 8.0 | |
| Paul Mokeski | 8 | 0 | 19.3 | 44.4 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| Randy Breuer | 8 | 0 | 13.0 | 57.7 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5.5 |
| Paul Thompson | 3 | 0 | 11.3 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| Charles Davis | 5 | 0 | 10.2 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| Kevin Grevey | 5 | 0 | 5.6 | 30.8 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| Chris Engler | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Awards and records
- Don Nelson, NBA Coach of the Year Award
- Sidney Moncrief, All-NBA Second Team
- Terry Cummings, All-NBA Second Team
- Sidney Moncrief, NBA All-Defensive First Team
- Paul Pressey, NBA All-Defensive First Team
Transactions
Trades
| September 29, [1984](1984-85-nba-season) | To **Milwaukee Bucks**---- | To **Los Angeles Clippers**---- |
|---|
References
References
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1985.html 1984-85 Milwaukee Bucks]
- "1984-85 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats".
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