# 1984–85 New Jersey Nets season

The 1984–85 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' ninth season in the NBA.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 17 | Jeff Turner | PF | United States | Vanderbilt |
| 3 | 63 | Yommy Sangodeyi | | Nigeria | Sam Houston State |
| 4 | 85 | Hank Cornley | | United States | Illinois State |
| 5 | 109 | Michael Gerren | | United States | South Alabama |
| 6 | 131 | Oscar Schmidt | SG/SF | Brazil | |
| 7 | 155 | Sean Kerins | | United States | Syracuse |
| 8 | 177 | Chris Winans | | United States | Utah |
| 9 | 200 | Billy Ryan | | United States | Princeton |
| 10 | 221 | Phil Jamison | | United States | Saint Peter's |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Atlantic Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
| y-Boston Celtics | 63 | 19 | .768 | – | 35–6 | 28–13 | 19–5 |
| x-Philadelphia 76ers | 58 | 24 | .707 | 5 | 34–7 | 24–17 | 15–9 |
| x-New Jersey Nets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 21 | 27–14 | 15–26 | 13–11 |
| x-Washington Bullets | 40 | 42 | .488 | 23 | 28–13 | 12–29 | 11–13 |
| New York Knicks | 24 | 58 | .293 | 39 | 19–22 | 5–36 | 2–22 |
| # | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte |
| # | 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 |

### 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
### Regular season

1984–85 game log Total: 42–40 (home: 27–14; road: 15–26) :
October: 1–3 (home: 0–2; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 26, 1984
Atlanta
L 104–119
Brendan Byrne Arena
0–1
2
October 27, 1984
@ Cleveland
W 131–106
Richfield Coliseum
1–1
3
October 30, 1984
Philadelphia
L 96–118
Brendan Byrne Arena
1–2
4
October 31, 1984
@ Boston
L 105–116
Boston Garden
1–3 :
November: 7–5 (home: 4–1; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
November 3, 1984
Indiana
W 118–117
Brendan Byrne Arena
2–3
6
November 7, 1984
Washington
W 99–88
Brendan Byrne Arena
3–3
7
November 9, 1984
Kansas City
L 99–101
Brendan Byrne Arena
3–4
8
November 11, 1984 10:30 p.m. EST
@ L.A. Lakers
L 111–121
King (22)
Williams (10)
Richardson (8)
The Forum 13,257
3–5
9
November 13, 1984
@ L.A. Clippers
W 99–90
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
4–5
10
November 14, 1984
@ Phoenix
L 86–98
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
4–6
11
November 17, 1984
@ Golden State
W 131–114
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
5–6
12
November 18, 1984
@ Seattle
W 102–97
Kingdome
6–6
13
November 20, 1984
@ Portland
L 107–117 (OT)
Memorial Coliseum
6–7
14
November 24, 1984
@ Atlanta
L 99–101
The Omni
6–8
15
November 28, 1984
New York
W 111–96
Brendan Byrne Arena
7–8
16
November 30, 1984
Indiana
W 123–100
Brendan Byrne Arena
8–8 :
December: 7–9 (home: 5–3; road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
17
December 2, 1984
@ Philadelphia
L 112–114
The Spectrum
8–9
18
December 4, 1984
@ Chicago
L 97–112
Chicago Stadium
8–10
19
December 5, 1984 7:30 p.m. EST
L.A. Lakers
L 93–104
Birdsong (26)
Sappleton (11)
Richardson (11)
Brendan Byrne Arena 14,532
8–11
20
December 8, 1984
Boston
L 98–107
Brendan Byrne Arena
8–12
21
December 11, 1984
@ Boston (at Hartford, CT)
L 121–130
Hartford Civic Center
8–13
22
December 12, 1984
Milwaukee
W 116–109
Brendan Byrne Arena
9–13
23
December 14, 1984
Chicago
W 111–109
Brendan Byrne Arena
10–13
24
December 15, 1984
@ Indiana
L 100–112
Market Square Arena
10–14
25
December 18, 1984
@ Washington
L 95–104
Capital Centre
10–15
26
December 19, 1984
Washington
W 115–106
Brendan Byrne Arena
11–15
27
December 21, 1984
San Antonio
L 116–122
Brendan Byrne Arena
11–16
28
December 22, 1984
@ Philadelphia
L 93–107
The Spectrum
11–17
29
December 25, 1985
@ New York
W 120–114
Madison Square Garden
12–17
30
December 26, 1984
Detroit
W 112–97
Brendan Byrne Arena
13–17
31
December 28, 1984
New York
W 100–97
Brendan Byrne Arena
14–17
32
December 29, 1984
@ Detroit
W 110–108
Pontiac Silverdome
15–17 :
January: 6–9 (home: 5–2; road: 1–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
33
January 2, 1985
Boston
L 95–110
Brendan Byrne Arena
15–18
34
January 4, 1985
Phoenix
W 105–98
Brendan Byrne Arena
16–18
35
January 5, 1985
@ Atlanta
L 114–124
The Omni
16–19
36
January 8, 1985
@ Cleveland
L 101–107
Richfield Coliseum
16–20
37
January 11, 1985
Atlanta
W 122–103
Brendan Byrne Arena
17–20
38
January 13, 1985
Houston
W 100–99
Brendan Byrne Arena
18–20
39
January 16, 1985
Chicago
W 100–94
Brendan Byrne Arena
19–20
40
January 18, 1985
@ Milwaukee
L 93–102
MECCA Arena
19–21
41
January 19, 1985
Detroit
L 107–109
Brendan Byrne Arena
19–22
42
January 22, 1985
@ Utah
L 99–102
Salt Palace Acord Arena
19–23
43
January 24, 1985
@ Denver
L 110–119
McNichols Sports Arena
19–24
44
January 26, 1985
@ Dallas
W 103–93
Reunion Arena
20–24
45
January 28, 1985
@ Houston
L 93–97
The Summit
20–25
46
January 29, 1985
@ San Antonio
L 127–130
HemisFair Arena
20–26
47
January 31, 1985
L.A. Clippers
W 122–99
Brendan Byrne Arena
21–26 :
February: 8–3 (home: 5–2; road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
48
February 2, 1985
Philadelphia
W 101–96
Brendan Byrne Arena
22–26
49
February 5, 1985
@ Detroit
W 119–117
Pontiac Silverdome
23–26
50
February 6, 1985
Milwaukee
W 106–93
Brendan Byrne Arena
24–26
All-Star Break
51
February 12, 1985
@ Milwaukee
L 103–111
MECCA Arena
24–27
52
February 13, 1985
Cleveland
W 112–105
Brendan Byrne Arena
25–27
53
February 15, 1985
Detroit
W 124–123
Brendan Byrne Arena
26–27
54
February 16, 1985
@ New York
W 126–117
Brendan Byrne Arena
27–27
55
February 20, 1985
Utah
L 104–110 (OT)
Brendan Byrne Arena
27–28
56
February 22, 1985
Golden State
L 127–131
Brendan Byrne Arena
27–29
57
February 23, 1985
@ Detroit
W 111–103
Pontiac Silverdome
28–29
58
February 27, 1985
Atlanta
W 114–91
Brendan Byrne Arena
29–29 :
March: 8–9 (home: 4–4; road: 4–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
59
March 1, 1985
@ Washington
W 100–98
Capital Centre
30–29
60
March 3, 1985
@ Chicago
W 117–113
Chicago Stadium
31–29
61
March 5, 1985
@ Kansas City
L 113–134
Kemper Arena
31–30
62
March 6, 1985
Seattle
W 129–108
Brendan Byrne Arena
32–30
63
March 8, 1985
Portland
L 110–128
Brendan Byrne Arena
32–31
64
March 10, 1985
Dallas
L 113–126
Brendan Byrne Arena
32–32
65
March 12, 1985
@ Indiana
L 108–109
Market Square Arena
32–33
66
March 13, 1985
Washington
W 114–109
Brendan Byrne Arena
33–33
67
March 16, 1985
@ Philadelphia
L 107–127
The Spectrum
33–34
68
March 17, 1985
Indiana
W 129–105
Brendan Byrne Arena
34–34
69
March 19, 1985
@ Milwaukee
L 111–130
MECCA Arena
34–35
70
March 20, 1985
Cleveland
W 128–108
Brendan Byrne Arena
35–35
71
March 22, 1985
Denver
L 111–123
Brendan Byrne Arena
35–36
72
March 26, 1985
@ Atlanta at (New Orleans, LA)
W 109–108 (OT)
Lakefront Arena
36–36
73
March 27, 1985
Boston
L 95–105
Brendan Byrne Arena
36–37
74
March 29, 1985
@ Washington
L 98–122
Capital Centre
36–38
75
March 30, 1985
@ New York
W 123–114
Madison Square Garden
37–38 :
April: 5–2 (home: 4–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
76
April 2, 1985
@ Chicago
L 94–108
Chicago Stadium
37–39
77
April 3, 1985
New York
W 113–100
Brendan Byrne Arena
38–39
78
April 6, 1985
Milwaukee
W 108–104
Brendan Byrne Arena
39–39
79
April 9, 1985
@ Cleveland
L 100–114
Richfield Coliseum
39–40
80
April 10, 1985
Philadelphia
W 125–100
Brendan Byrne Arena
40–40
81
April 13, 1985
Chicago
W 123–111
Brendan Byrne Arena
41–40
82
April 14, 1985
@ Boston
W 129–118
Boston Garden
42–40 :
1984–85 schedule :

### Playoffs

1985 playoff game log :
First round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 18, 1985
@ Detroit
L 105–125
Williams (23)
Williams (9)
Richardson (10)
Joe Louis Arena 10,465
0–1
2
April 21, 1985
@ Detroit
L 111–121
Williams (23)
Williams (11)
Richardson (14)
Joe Louis Arena 11,501
0–2
3
April 24, 1985
Detroit
L 115–116
Williams, King (28)
Williams (12)
Richardson (10)
Brendan Byrne Arena 9,999
0–3 :
1985 schedule :