1984–85 Indiana Pacers season

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1984–85 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach	George Irvine
Arena	Market Square Arena
Results
Record	22–60 (.268)
Place	Division: 6th (Central) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WTTV (Jerry Gross)
Radio	WNDE (Greg Papa)
< 1983–84 1985–86 >

The 1984–85 NBA season was Indiana's ninth season in the NBA and 18th season as a franchise.^[1]

Offseason[]

Draft picks[]

This table only lists picks through the second round.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	18	Vern Fleming	G	United States	Georgia
2	25	Devin Durrant	SF	United States	BYU
2	29	Stuart Gray	C/PF	United States	UCLA

Roster[]

Indiana Pacers roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From SF 8 Brown, Tony 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Arkansas SF 7 Durrant, Devin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) BYU SF 25 Edelin, Kenton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Virginia PG 10 Fleming, Vern 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgia PF 20 Garnett, Bill  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Wyoming C 55 Gray, Stuart 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) UCLA PF 33 Kellogg, Clark 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Ohio State SF 11 Kelser, Greg 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Michigan State PG 14 Sichting, Jerry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Purdue SG 43 Stansbury, Terence 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Temple C 40 Stipanovich, Steve 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Missouri SG 19 Thomas, Jim 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Indiana C 31 Waiters, Granville 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Ohio State C 32 Williams, Herb 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 242 lb (110 kg) Ohio State

Head coach George Irvine Assistant coach(es) Mel Daniels Donnie Walsh Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Central Division v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	59	23	.720	–	36–5	23–18	20–10
x-Detroit Pistons	46	36	.561	13	26–15	20–21	21–8
x-Chicago Bulls	38	44	.463	21	26–15	12–29	13–17
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	36	46	.439	23	20–21	16–25	13–16
Atlanta Hawks	34	48	.415	25	19–22	15–26	15–15
Indiana Pacers	22	60	.268	37	16–25	6–35	7–23

#	Eastern Conference v t
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	63	19	.768	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	59	23	.720	4
3	x-Philadelphia 76ers	58	24	.707	5
4	x-Detroit Pistons	46	36	.561	17
5	x-New Jersey Nets	42	40	.512	21
6	x-Washington Bullets	40	42	.488	23
7	x-Chicago Bulls	38	44	.463	25
8	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	36	46	.439	27
9	Atlanta Hawks	34	48	.415	29
10	New York Knicks	24	58	.293	39
11	Indiana Pacers	22	60	.268	41

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents[]

1984-85 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAC	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	1–4	3–3	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	6–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–4	3–3	3–3	0–5	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–3
Boston	4–1	—	4–2	6–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–4	5–1	6–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–1
Chicago	3–3	2–4	—	2–4	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–4	4–2	0–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–2
Cleveland	3–3	0–6	4–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	4–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–5	2–3	3–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
Dallas	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	—	2–4	0–2	4–1	2–4	2–0	5–1	3–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	4–1	4–2	5–0	1–5	1–1
Denver	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	—	0–2	5–0	2–4	2–0	4–2	2–3	2–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	3–3	3–2	4–2	2–0
Detroit	5–1	2–4	3–3	4–1	2–0	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–5	3–2	1–5	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–3
Golden State	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–5	0–2	—	2–3	0–2	2–3	2–4	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	3–3	1–4	1–1
Houston	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	4–2	1–1	3–2	—	1–1	5–1	2–3	1–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	4–2	3–2	3–3	0–2
Indiana	0–6	1–5	4–2	2–4	0–2	0–2	0–6	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–5	2–3	2–4	1–5	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–4
Kansas City	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–4	1–1	3–2	1–5	1–1	—	3–2	0–5	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	2–4	3–2	2–4	1–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	1–1	4–2	3–2	2–0	2–3	—	0–6	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–5	2–3	2–4	3–2	1–1
L.A. Lakers	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	5–1	4–1	1–1	5–0	6–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	5–1	3–2	3–3	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	4–2	4–1	3–3	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	5–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
New Jersey	3–3	1–5	4–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	—	6–0	2–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	4–2
New York	3–3	0–6	2–4	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–5	0–6	—	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–6
Philadelphia	5–0	3–3	5–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	4–2	4–2	—	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–2	4–2	1–4	2–0	3–2	2–4	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	—	3–3	1–4	5–1	3–2	1–1
Portland	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–4	1–1	4–2	2–3	2–0	2–3	5–1	1–5	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	—	3–2	4–2	3–2	1–1
San Antonio	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–3	1–1	4–1	2–4	1–1	4–2	3–2	2–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–3	—	4–1	1–5	0–2
Seattle	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–5	2–3	1–1	3–3	2��3	2–0	2–3	4–2	3–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–4	1–4	—	3–2	2–0
Utah	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–4	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–2	4–2	2–3	1–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–3	5–1	2–3	—	1–1
Washington	3–3	1–5	2–3	3–3	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–4	6–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	—

Game log[]

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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

Season[]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Clark Kellogg	77	65	31.8	50.5	50.0	76.0	9.4	3.2	1.1	0.3	18.6
Herb Williams	75	70	34.1	47.5	11.1	65.7	8.5	3.4	0.7	1.8	18.3
Vern Fleming	80	65	31.1	47.0	0.0	76.7	4.0	3.1	1.2	0.1	14.1
Steve Stipanovich	82	66	28.2	47.5	9.1	79.8	7.5	2.4	0.9	1.0	13.7
Jim Thomas	80	52	25.7	47.8	19.0	78.2	3.3	2.9	1.0	0.1	11.1
Jerry Sichting	70	25	25.8	52.1	24.3	87.5	1.6	3.8	0.7	0.1	11.0
Terence Stansbury	74	14	17.3	45.9	16.0	81.0	1.5	1.7	0.6	0.2	7.1
Tony Brown	82	26	19.3	46.0	0.0	67.8	3.5	1.9	0.7	0.1	6.6
Bill Garnett	65	13	17.3	48.1	0.0	69.0	4.4	1.0	0.4	0.2	6.4
Greg Kelser	10	0	11.4	39.6	0.0	71.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	0.0	6.2
Devin Durrant	59	8	12.8	41.6	0.0	70.6	2.1	1.4	0.3	0.2	5.1
Granville Waiters	62	5	11.3	44.7	0.0	58.0	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.7	3.2
Ralph Jackson	1	0	12.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	2.0
Stuart Gray	52	0	7.5	38.0	0.0	68.1	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	2.0
Kenton Edelin	10	1	14.3	30.8	0.0	37.5	2.6	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.1

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Awards and records[]

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Transactions[]

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References[]

See also[]

• 1984-85 NBA season