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1985–86 Phoenix Suns season

NBA team season

Field	Value
team	Phoenix Suns
end_year	1986
wins	32
losses	50
division	pacific
division_place	3rd
conf_place	9th
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	[Did not qualify](1986-nba-playoffs)
bbr_team	PHO

The 1985–86 Phoenix Suns season was the 18th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns finished the regular season tied with their third-worst record to that point, going just 32–50. Coupled with every team in the Western Conference's Midwest division finishing with a better record than all but two teams from the Pacific division, and the Suns were out of the playoffs for the first time in eight seasons, ending a then-franchise record streak for consecutive playoff berths. The Suns were led by head coach John MacLeod, in his 13th year with the Suns, and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Walter Davis bounced back from injury that caused him to miss the majority of the previous season, leading the Suns in scoring at 22 points per game, his highest output since his 1978–79 season with the Suns. Phoenix boasted a pair of 20–20 scorers, as Larry Nance continued to increase his scoring each season since being drafted five seasons ago by Phoenix, with a 20.2 average a game for the season. Nance would finish the season ranked third in the NBA in field goal percentage and lead the Suns in rebounds. Mike Sanders came off the bench and appeared in all 82 regular season games, averaging a career-high 11.0 points a game.

Offseason

NBA draft

Main article: 1985 NBA draft

Phoenix Suns}}" width="10%"	Round	Phoenix Suns}}" width="10%"	Pick	Phoenix Suns}}" width="20%"	Player
1	10	Ed Pinckney	Forward		Villanova
2	32	Nick Vanos	Center		Santa Clara
3	56	Jerry Everett	Guard		Lamar
4	78	Granger Hall	Forward		Temple
5	102	Shawn Campbell	Center		Weber State
6	124	Charles Rayne	Guard		Temple
7	148	Georgi Glouchkov	Forward	BUL Bulgaria	BUL Akademik Varna

Roster

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

Regular season

The Suns were the last winless team, starting the season 0–9.
On , Alvin Robertson recorded the second quadruple-double (double digits in four statistical categories in a single game) in NBA history, when he registered 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals while playing for the Spurs against the Suns. He is also the only player to do so with steals as the fourth category (the other three were with blocks).

Standings

Awards and honors

Week/Month

Larry Nance was named Player of the Week for games played December 16 through December 22.

All-Star

This was the first year in franchise history that the Suns were not represented in the All-Star Game.

Player statistics

Season

|- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 78 || 45 || 25.7 || .502 || . || .783 || 6.1 || 4.2 || 1.3 || .6 || 10.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 70 || 62 || 32.0 || .485 || .237 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .843 || 2.9 || 5.2 || 1.4 || .0 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 21.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 4 || 0 || 12.8 || .381 || . || .250 || 2.0 || 1.3 || .8 || .0 || 4.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 52 || 51 || 25.3 || .542 || . || .702 || 5.8 || 1.4 || .4 || .6 || 16.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 48 || 0 || 14.7 || .390 || .281 || .719 || 1.2 || 2.5 || .5 || .0 || 4.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 49 || 16 || 15.8 || .402 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.000 || .574 || 3.3 || 0.7 || .5 || .5 || 4.9 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | * || 4 || 0 || 16.3 || .200 || .000 || .667 || 0.8 || 1.8 || .5 || .0 || 3.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 82 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 82 || 33.3 || .479 || .138 || .767 || 3.2 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 6.4 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.6 || .1 || 11.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 43 || 18 || 17.3 || .457 || .000 || .510 || 4.5 || 1.2 || .7 || .6 || 4.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 73 || 69 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 34.0 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .581† || .000 || .698 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 8.5 || 3.3 || 1.0 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.8 || 20.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 80 || 24 || 20.0 || .558 || .000 || .673 || 3.9 || 1.1 || .9 || .5 || 8.5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 69 || 17 || 16.4 || .583† || . || .702 || 3.6 || 0.8 || .5 || .3 || 5.1 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 46 || 1 || 13.7 || .377 || .000 || .688 || 3.2 || 1.3 || .4 || .1 || 3.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 82 || 5 || 20.0 || .513 || .200 || .809 || 3.3 || 1.8 || .9 || .4 || 11.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 61 || 20 || 21.0 || .489 || .000 || .809 || 2.3 || 2.2 || .8 || .2 || 8.5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | * || 10 || 0 || 20.6 || .441 || .300 || .667 || 2.3 || 2.6 || .5 || .0 || 7.5 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 11 || 0 || 18.4 || .319 || . || .348 || 5.5 || 1.5 || .2 || .5 || 4.9 |}

– Stats with the Suns.

† – Minimum 300 field goals made.

Transactions

Trades

October 4, 1985	To Chicago Bulls	To Phoenix Suns

Free agents

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Old Team
September 26, 1985	Alvin Scott	Re-signed to 1-year contract	Phoenix Suns
October 8, 1985	Devin Durrant	Undisclosed	Indiana Pacers
December 13, 1985	Charles Pittman	Undisclosed	Phoenix Suns
March 29, 1986	Sedric Toney	Undisclosed	Atlanta Hawks

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team
October 4, 1985	Kyle Macy	Free agent	Chicago Bulls
October 14, 1985	Alvin Scott	Waived	RCD Espanyol Bàsquet (Spain)
November 4, 1985	Devin Durrant	Waived	Olympique Antibes (France)
November 4, 1985	Michael Holton	Waived	Florida Stingers (CBA)
December 10, 1985	Charles Pittman	Waived	Phoenix Suns

References

Standings on Basketball Reference

References

"Phoenix Suns Staff & Executives - RealGM".
"San Antonio Spurs History". spurs.com.
(2006-12-18). "Nate Thurmond's Most MemoraBull Game".

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