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1984–85 Phoenix Suns season

NBA team season

Field	Value
team	Phoenix Suns
end_year	1985
wins	36
losses	46
division	pacific
division_place	3rd
conf_place	8th
coach	John MacLeod
gm	Jerry Colangelo
owners	Karl Eller, Don Pitt, Don Diamond, Bhavik Darji, Marvin Meyer, Richard L. Bloch
arena	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
television	KNXV-TV
radio	KTAR
playoffs	[First round](1985-nba-playoffs)
(lost to [Lakers](1984-85-los-angeles-lakers-season) 0–3)
bbr_team	PHO

(lost to Lakers 0–3) The 1984–85 Phoenix Suns season was the 17th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns were without All-Star Walter Davis for much of the season due to injury. They would be without him in the playoffs, extending a then-franchise record to eight consecutive seasons even though the Suns finished the regular season with the team's first losing record since the 1976–77 season. The Suns' playoff run would not last long, being swept in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs by the eventual league champions, the Los Angeles Lakers. The team was led by head coach John MacLeod, in his 12th year with the Suns, and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Larry Nance would earn his first career All-Star selection, and led the Suns in scoring for the first time, averaging 20 points per game. He also tied with Maurice Lucas for team leader in rebounds, each averaging 8.8 on the season. Walter Davis was hampered by an injury, starting just nine games on the season and averaging only 15.0 points, while 7-footer James Edwards brought in 14.9 points per game.

Offseason

NBA draft

Main article: 1984 NBA draft

Phoenix Suns}}" width="10%"	Round	Phoenix Suns}}" width="10%"	Pick	Phoenix Suns}}" width="20%"	Player
1	13	Jay Humphries	Guard	United States	Colorado
2	36	Charles Jones	Forward	United States	Louisville
3	59	Murray Jarman	Forward	United States	Clemson
4	82	Jeff Collins	Guard	United States	UNLV
5	105	Bill Flye	Center	United States	Richmond
6	128	Herman Veal	Forward	United States	Maryland
7	151	Raymond Crenshaw	Forward	United States	Oklahoma State
8	174	Mark Fothergill	Forward	United States	Maryland
9	196	Buddy Cox	Forward	United States	Bellarmine
10	218	Ezra Hill	Guard	United States	Liberty Baptist

Roster

John MacLeod ()
Al Bianchi ()
John Wetzel ()
Joe Proski ()

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | October 26, 1984 | @ Golden State | W 122–114 | | | | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | October 28, 1984 | @ Seattle | W 102–87 | | | | Kingdome | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | October 30, 1984 | L.A. Clippers | W 99–96 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | November 1, 1984 | Portland | W 139–130 (3OT) | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 4–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | November 3, 1984 | @ Dallas | W 105–93 | | | | Reunion Arena | 5–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | November 6, 1984 | @ Portland | L 99–116 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | November 8, 1984 | Cleveland | W 112–111 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 10, 1984 | Atlanta | L 107–114 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 6–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 13, 1984 | @ Denver | L 110–122 | | | | McNichols Sports Arena | 6–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 | November 14, 1984 | New Jersey | W 98–86 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 7–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 | November 16, 1984 | Milwaukee | W 118–106 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 8–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | November 17, 1984 | @ Utah | L 94–108 | | | | Salt Palace Acord Arena | 8–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 20, 1984 8:30p.m. MST | @ L.A. Lakers | L 108–130 | Humphries (15) | Lucas (6) | Humphries, Jones, Lucas (4) | The Forum 13,792 | 8–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 | November 21, 1984 7:30p.m. MST | L.A. Lakers | L 97–102 | Nance (40) | Nance (13) | Macy (9) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,671 | 8–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 15 | November 23, 1984 | Philadelphia | L 117–119 (OT) | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 8–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 25, 1984 | @ L.A. Clippers | L 109–114 | | | | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | 8–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 | November 27, 1984 | Utah | W 115–102 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 9–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 | November 29, 1984 | Chicago | W 100–95 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 10–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 19 | December 1, 1984 | Golden State | W 115–103 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 11–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | December 3, 1984 | @ Seattle | L 96–108 | | | | Kingdome | 11–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 | December 4, 1984 | @ Portland | L 104–112 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 11–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 22 | December 7, 1984 | Kansas City | W 121–113 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 12–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 | December 8, 1984 | @ Golden State | W 102–98 | | | | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | 13–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 24 | December 11, 1984 | Houston | W 120–112 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 14–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 25 | December 13, 1984 | Washington | W 116–86 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 15–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 26 | December 15, 1984 | @ San Antonio | L 111–120 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 15–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 27 | December 18, 1984 | @ Kansas City | L 116–127 | | | | Kemper Arena | 15–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 | December 21, 1984 8:30p.m. MST | @ L.A. Lakers | L 105–119 | Nance (25) | Adams, Lucas (10) | Humphries (8) | The Forum 14,764 | 14–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 | December 22, 1984 | Portland | W 110–108 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 15–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 30 | December 26, 1984 | Boston | L 114–119 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 16–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 28, 1984 | Dallas | L 111–125 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 16–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 | December 30, 1984 | @ L.A. Clippers | W 117–109 | | | | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | 17–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 | January 2, 1985 | @ Kansas City | W 115–107 | | | | Kemper Arena | 18–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 4, 1985 | @ New Jersey | L 98–105 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 18–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 35 | January 5, 1985 | @ Cleveland | L 106–111 | | | | Richfield Coliseum | 18–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 7, 1985 | @ Philadelphia | L 99–100 | | | | The Spectrum | 18–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 37 | January 9, 1985 | Seattle | W 94–88 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 19–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 11, 1985 | L.A. Clippers | L 84–98 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 19–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 39 | January 12, 1985 | Utah | W 109–94 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 20–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 | January 16, 1985 | Dallas | W 98–95 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 21–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 41 | January 18, 1985 | Houston | L 101–112 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 21–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 19, 1985 | @ San Antonio | L 100–106 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 21–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 | January 22, 1985 | @ Houston | L 97–101 | | | | The Summit | 21–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 44 | January 23, 1985 | @ Atlanta | L 100–101 | | | | The Omni | 21–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 26, 1985 | @ Washington | L 105–110 (OT) | | | | Capital Centre | 21–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 | January 29, 1985 | @ Denver | L 100–128 | | | | McNichols Sports Arena | 21–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 | January 30, 1985 | New York | W 110–93 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 22–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 | February 3, 1985 | Seattle | W 120–109 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 23–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 49 | February 5, 1985 | Denver | W 108–103 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 24–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 50 | February 7, 1985 | Indiana | W 105–97 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 25–25 |- align="center" |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 12, 1985 | @ Houston | L 114–126 | | | | The Summit | 25–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 14, 1985 | @ San Antonio | L 102–131 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 25–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 53 | February 15, 1985 | @ Dallas | W 126–103 | | | | Reunion Arena | 26–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 | February 17, 1985 | @ Indiana | W 115–97 | | | | Market Square Arena | 27–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 55 | February 18, 1985 | @ Detroit | L 103–122 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 27–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | February 20, 1985 | Houston | L 122–126 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 27–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | February 22, 1985 | San Antonio | L 111–118 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 27–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | February 24, 1985 | @ Denver | L 107–117 | | | | McNichols Sports Arena | 27–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 59 | February 26, 1985 | @ Kansas City | L 103–110 | | | | Kemper Arena | 27–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 60 | February 28, 1985 7:30p.m. MST | L.A. Lakers | W 117–105 | Nance (23) | Nance (13) | Davis (9) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,660 | 28–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 | March 2, 1985 | Kansas City | W 114–111 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 29–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 | March 4, 1985 | Dallas | L 99–107 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 29–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 63 | March 7, 1985 | San Antonio | W 119–117 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 30–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | March 9, 1985 | Golden State | L 115–118 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 30–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 65 | March 12, 1985 | @ New York | W 123–119 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 31–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 13, 1985 | @ Boston | L 106–123 | | | | Boston Garden | 31–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 15, 1985 | @ Chicago | L 97–103 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 31–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 | March 16, 1985 | @ Milwaukee | L 96–125 | | | | MECCA Arena | 31–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 19, 1985 7:30p.m. MST | L.A. Lakers | L 112–130 | Adams (19) | Lucas (12) | Holton, Humphries (7) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 13,473 | 31–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 70 | March 21, 1985 | Portland | W 114–104 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 32–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 23, 1985 | @ Golden State | L 109–123 | | | | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | 32–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 72 | March 26, 1985 | Detroit | L 93–119 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 32–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 73 | March 28, 1985 | @ L.A. Clippers | L 110–116 | | | | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | 32–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 74 | March 30, 1985 | L.A. Clippers | L 114–112 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 32–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 | March 31, 1985 8:00p.m. MST | @ L.A. Lakers | L 98–123 | Adams (27) | Lucas (7) | Macy (9) | The Forum 15,922 | 32–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 76 | April 2, 1985 | Seattle | W 119–109 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 33–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 | April 4, 1985 | Denver | L 103–110 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 33–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 | April 6, 1985 | @ Utah | L 94–105 | | | | Salt Palace Acord Arena | 33–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 79 | April 7, 1985 | @ Seattle | W 125–110 | | | | Kingdome | 34–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 80 | April 9, 1985 | @ Portland | L 100–116 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 34–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 81 | April 12, 1985 | Utah | W 96–92 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 35–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 82 | April 14, 1985 | Golden State | W 124–111 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 36–46

Playoffs

Game log

0–3

Awards and honors

Week/Month

Larry Nance was named Player of the Week for games played October 26 through November 4.

All-Star

Larry Nance was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. Nance finished fifth in voting among Western Conference forwards with 287,665 votes.
Larry Nance competed in the Slam Dunk Contest. Nance, the 1984 Dunk champion, was eliminated in the semifinals.

Season

Kyle Macy led the league in free throw percentage with 90.7%.

Player statistics

Season

|- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 82 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 69 || 26.0 || .520 || . || .883 || 6.1 || 3.8 || 1.4 || .6 || 14.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 23 || 9 || 24.8 || .450 || .300 || .877 || 1.5 || 4.3 || .8 || .0 || 15.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 70 || 58 || 25.5 || .501 || .000 || .746 || 5.5 || 2.2 || .4 || .7 || 14.9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 79 || 1 || 16.7 || .450 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .325† || .755 || 1.0 || 2.4 || .8 || .0 || 8.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 74 || 59 || 23.8 || .446 || .311 || .814 || 1.8 || 2.7 || .8 || .1 || 8.4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 80 || 39 || 25.8 || .446 || .200 || .829 || 2.1 || 4.4 || 1.3 || .1 || 8.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 78 || 14 || 20.1 || .520 || .000 || .648 || 5.1 || 1.6 || .6 || .8 || 8.4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 63 || 22 || 26.5 || .476 || .000 || .750 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 8.8 || 2.3 || .6 || .3 || 13.4 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 65 || 52 || 31.0 || .485 || .271 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .907 || 2.8 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 5.8 || 1.3 || .0 || 11.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 61 || 55 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 36.1 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .587 || .500† || .709 || 8.8 || 2.6 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.4 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 19.9 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 68 || 3 || 14.7 || .471 || .000 || .747 || 3.3 || 1.0 || .3 || .3 || 4.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 4 || 0 || 12.0 || .222 || . || .500 || 2.0 || 1.3 || .5 || .0 || 1.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 21 || 11 || 19.9 || .486 || . || .763 || 4.2 || 1.4 || 1.1 || .2 || 10.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 77 || 18 || 16.1 || .429 || .200 || .716 || 2.1 || 1.6 || .5 || .3 || 3.6 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 2 || 0 || 5.5 || .333 || .000 || . || 1.0 || 0.0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0 |}

† – Minimum 25 three-pointers made.

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 26.3 || .500 || . || .833 || 5.7 || 3.7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 2.3 || .3 || 17.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 0 || 18.7 || .280 || .000 || .750 || 1.0 || 2.3 || 1.7 || .0 || 6.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 0 || 18.3 || .474 || .000 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.000 || 0.7 || 3.0 || .0 || .0 || 7.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 30.0 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .645 || . || .750 || 1.7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 5.3 || .7 || .0 || 16.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 2 || 0 || 17.0 || .600 || . || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.000 || 1.5 || 1.5 || .0 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.5 || 6.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 0 || 28.0 || .468 || . || .789 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 11.0 || 3.3 || .7 || .7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 19.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 28.3 || .500 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .250 || .800 || 2.7 || 3.0 || 2.0 || .0 || 10.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 27.3 || .609 || . || .706 || 6.3 || 3.0 || .0 || 1.0 || 13.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 30.3 || .595 || . || .800 || 5.0 || 3.3 || 1.7 || .0 || 17.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 3 || 0 || 21.3 || .250 || .000 || .833 || 2.7 || 3.3 || .3 || 1.3 || 3.7 |}

Transactions

Free agents

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Old Team
September 24, 1984	Michael Holton	Undisclosed	Puerto Rico Coquis (CBA)
November 27, 1984	Michael Young	Undisclosed

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team
October 12, 1984	Paul Westphal	Waived
December 10, 1984	Michael Young	Waived	Detroit Spirits (CBA)

References

Standings on Basketball Reference

References

"Phoenix Suns Staff & Executives - RealGM".

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