# 1984–85 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1984–85 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 18th season in the NBA.
It is also their first year without All-Star Gus Williams.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 2 | 28 | Cory Blackwell | F | United States | Wisconsin |
| 2 | 39 | Danny Young | G | United States | Wake Forest |

## Roster
### Salaries

| Player | Salary |
| Jack Sikma | $1,149,000 |
| Reggie King | $500,000 |
| Al Wood | $450,000 |
| Danny Vranes | $392,000 |
| Tom Chambers | $374,000 |
| Ricky Sobers | $277,000 |
| Jon Sundvold | $158,000 |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Pacific Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
| y-Los Angeles Lakers | 62 | 20 | .756 | – | 36–5 | 26–15 | 18–12 |
| x-Portland Trail Blazers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 20 | 33–8 | 15–26 | 17–13 |
| x-Phoenix Suns | 36 | 46 | .439 | 26 | 32–9 | 10–31 | 14–16 |
| Seattle SuperSonics | 31 | 51 | .378 | 31 | 31–10 | 10–31 | 16–14 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 31 | 27–14 | 10–31 | 13–17 |
| Golden State Warriors | 22 | 60 | .268 | 40 | 25–16 | 5–36 | 12–18 |
| # | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | c-Los Angeles Lakers | 62 | 20 | .756 | – |
| 2 | y-Denver Nuggets | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 |
| 3 | x-Houston Rockets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 14 |
| 4 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 18 |
| 5 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 20 |
| 6 | x-Utah Jazz | 41 | 41 | .500 | 21 |
| 7 | x-San Antonio Spurs | 41 | 41 | .500 | 21 |
| 8 | x-Phoenix Suns | 36 | 46 | .439 | 26 |
| 9 | Seattle SuperSonics | 31 | 51 | .378 | 31 |
| 10 | Los Angeles Clippers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 31 |
| 11 | Kansas City Kings | 31 | 51 | .378 | 31 |
| 12 | Golden State Warriors | 22 | 60 | .268 | 40 |
    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

1984–85 game log :
October
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
1October 26Utah Jazz94-102Danny Vranes (24)King County Domed Stadium 7,1171–0
2October 28Phoenix Suns102-87Tom Chambers (25)King County Domed Stadium 5,3611–1
3October 30vs Portland Trail Blazers115-83Tom Chambers (20)Memorial Coliseum 12,6661–2 :
November
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
4November 1Los Angeles Lakers103-105Tom Chambers (20)King County Domed Stadium 7,0702–2
5November 2vs Utah Jazz107-101Tom Chambers (29)Salt Palace 3,9552–3
6November 6vs San Antonio Spurs99-91Tom Chambers (26)HemisFair Arena 8,0852–4
7November 8vs Houston Rockets99-89Tom Chambers (19)The Summit 15,2022–5
8November 10vs Dallas Mavericks106-102Jack Sikma (23)Reunion Arena 17,0072–6
9November 13Golden State Warriors102-109Tom Chambers (26)King County Domed Stadium 5,1053–6
10November 16Portland Trail Blazers89-91Tom Chambers (24)King County Domed Stadium 10,9044–6
11November 18New Jersey Nets102-97Al Wood (25)King County Domed Stadium 5,4734–7
12November 20Denver Nuggets124-114Tom Chambers (21)King County Domed Stadium 5,3884–8
13November 23Chicago Bulls113-94Al Wood (21)King County Domed Stadium 12,2834–9
14November 25vs Los Angeles Lakers94-105Ricky Sobers (23)The Forum 12,2705–9
15November 27Kansas City Kings96-104Jack Sikma (24)King County Domed Stadium 5,1606–9
16November 28vs Los Angeles Clippers106-90Jack Sikma (29)Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 6,2616–10
17November 30vs Dallas Mavericks108-98Tom Chambers (31)Reunion Arena 16,2756–11 :
December
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
18December 1vs Houston Rockets86-94Jack Sikma (28)The Summit 12,7347–11
19December 3Phoenix Suns96-108Jack Sikma (29)King County Domed Stadium 5,4018–11
20December 6vs Utah Jazz99-106Jack Sikma Tom Chambers (26)Salt Palace 9,6969–11
21December 7San Antonio Spurs117-114Tom Chambers (27)King County Domed Stadium 5,9509–12
22December 9Houston Rockets90-96Tom Chambers (31)King County Domed Stadium 10,86510–12
23December 13Los Angeles Lakers122-124 (OT)Tom Chambers (34)King County Domed Stadium 8,49111–12
24December 15vs Kansas City Kings110-105Gerald Henderson (18)Kemper Arena 5,73211–13
25December 16vs Denver Nuggets101-112Tom Chambers (27)McNichols Sports Arena 6,10812–13
26December 18Portland Trail Blazers99-109Jack Sikma (27)King County Domed Stadium 7,09113–13
27December 19vs Los Angeles Clippers91-86Al Wood (23)Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 10,54213–14
28December 21vs Golden State Warriors94-91Tom Chambers (26)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 4,39013–15
29December 23Los Angeles Clippers97-107Tom Chambers (31)King County Domed Stadium 8,01414–15
30December 26vs Los Angeles Lakers101-97Al Wood (23)The Forum 15,58214–16
31December 27Golden State Warriors101-98Jack Sikma (26)King County Domed Stadium 8,44014–17
32December 29Denver Nuggets115-108Tom Chambers (34)King County Domed Stadium 8,00314–18 :
January
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
33January 2Philadelphia 76ers118-109Tom Chambers (26)King County Domed Stadium 10,36214–19
34January 3vs Portland Trail Blazers123-89Tim McCormick (20)Memorial Coliseum 12,66614–20
35January 5Indiana Pacers97-104Tom Chambers (26)King County Domed Stadium 6,24215–20
36January 7Dallas Mavericks102-84Tom Chambers (24)King County Domed Stadium 6,05415–21
37January 9vs Phoenix Suns94-88Jack Sikma (14)Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,74615–22
38January 10vs Golden State Warriors86-89Jack Sikma (25)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 4,77816–22
39January 13Kansas City Kings114-119Gerald Henderson (31)King County Domed Stadium 7,81417–22
40January 15Los Angeles Clippers83-101Tom Chambers (24)King County Domed Stadium 5,61218–22
41January 18vs Atlanta Hawks104-90Jack Sikma (16)Omni Coliseum 6,74918–23
42January 19vs Cleveland Cavaliers105-106Jack Sikma (31)Coliseum at Richfield 5,98719–23
43January 22vs New York Knicks92-90Tom Chambers (28)Madison Square Garden (IV) 7,85019–24
44January 23vs Boston Celtics97-107Jack Sikma (34)Boston Garden 14,89020–24
45January 25vs Chicago Bulls93-76Jack Sikma (16)Chicago Stadium 17,03220–25
46January 26vs Detroit Pistons132-113Gerald Henderson (25)Pontiac Silverdome 22,41120–26
47January 31San Antonio Spurs94-96Jack Sikma (24)King County Domed Stadium 5,82621–26 :
February
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
48February 1Milwaukee Bucks109-91Tom Chambers (22)King County Domed Stadium 7,83021–27
49February 3vs Phoenix Suns120-109Jack Sikma (30)Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,01921–28
50February 5New York Knicks110-108Jack Sikma (30)King County Domed Stadium 6,53821–29
51February 6vs Denver Nuggets120-101Tom Chambers (22)McNichols Sports Arena 8,25621–30
52February 12Washington Bullets94-109Tom Chambers (34)King County Domed Stadium 12,20322–30
53February 14Boston Celtics110-94Jack Sikma (24)King County Domed Stadium 13,50922–31
54February 16Kansas City Kings111-106Al Wood (25)King County Domed Stadium 6,68522–32
55February 20vs Los Angeles Clippers105-118Tim McCormick (27)Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 8,44723–32
56February 22Denver Nuggets123-133Tom Chambers (29)King County Domed Stadium 8,10224–32
57February 24Los Angeles Clippers102-108Gerald Henderson Al Wood (18)King County Domed Stadium 7,47425–32
58February 26vs Golden State Warriors128-119Al Wood (26)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,10425–33
59February 28Cleveland Cavaliers120-95Tom Chambers Al Wood (15)King County Domed Stadium 5,01625–34 :
March
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
60March 2vs Indiana Pacers92-106Tom Chambers (27)Market Square Arena 8,00426–34
61March 5vs Milwaukee Bucks102-87Ricky Sobers (16)MECCA Arena 10,89726–35
62March 6vs New Jersey Nets129-108Tim McCormick (27)Brendan Byrne Arena 9,84026–36
63March 8vs Philadelphia 76ers128-114Ricky Sobers (26)The Spectrum 15,07126–37
64March 9vs Washington Bullets92-93Tom Chambers (29)Capital Centre 8,96727–37
65March 11vs Dallas Mavericks103-100Tom Chambers (26)Reunion Arena 16,79427–38
66March 14San Antonio Spurs100-93Al Wood Tom Chambers (19)King County Domed Stadium 5,58027–39
67March 16Atlanta Hawks99-108Jack Sikma (24)King County Domed Stadium 6,34128–39
68March 17Detroit Pistons98-106Tom Chambers (21)King County Domed Stadium 5,84029–39
69March 20Golden State Warriors109-123Tim McCormick (24)King County Domed Stadium 5,64130–39
70March 22Utah Jazz110-85Frank Brickowski (21)King County Domed Stadium 6,33730–40
71March 24vs San Antonio Spurs104-99Tim McCormick (29)HemisFair Arena 7,30030–41
72March 25vs Kansas City Kings121-106Tom Chambers (24)Kemper Arena 3,78730–42
73March 27Los Angeles Lakers122-97Tom Chambers (34)King County Domed Stadium 10,54230–43
74March 29Portland Trail Blazers125-99Tom Chambers (16)King County Domed Stadium 11,08830–44 :
April
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
75April 1Houston Rockets127-116Tom Chambers (26)King County Domed Stadium 6,64830–45
76April 2vs Phoenix Suns119-109Jon Sundvold (24)Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,74230–46
77April 4vs Utah Jazz118-119Tom Chambers (34)Salt Palace 9,25031–46
78April 5vs Portland Trail Blazers145-120Tom Chambers (22)Memorial Coliseum 12,66631–47
79April 7Phoenix Suns125-110Tom Chambers (38)King County Domed Stadium 5,67231–48
80April 11Dallas Mavericks124-80Al Wood (22)King County Domed Stadium 4,27231–49
81April 12vs Los Angeles Lakers145-131Al Wood (35)The Forum 15,43431–50
82April 14vs Houston Rockets121-98Tom Chambers (27)The Summit 10,11831–51 :
1984–85 season schedule :
* Green background indicates win.
* Red background indicates loss.

## Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; FG= Field Goals; FT= Free Throws; FTA = Free Throws Attempted; AST = Assists; PTS = Points
| Player | GP | FG | FT | FTA | AST | PTS |
| Tom Chambers | 81 | 629 | 475 | 571 | 209 | 1739 |
| Jack Sikma | 68 | 461 | 335 | 393 | 285 | 1259 |
| Al Wood | 80 | 515 | 166 | 214 | 236 | 1203 |
| Gerald Henderson | 79 | 427 | 199 | 255 | 559 | 1062 |
| Tim McCormick | 78 | 269 | 188 | 263 | 78 | 726 |
| Ricky Sobers | 71 | 280 | 132 | 162 | 252 | 700 |
| Danny Vranes | 76 | 186 | 67 | 127 | 152 | 440 |
| Jon Sundvold | 73 | 170 | 48 | 59 | 206 | 400 |
| Frank Brickowski | 78 | 150 | 85 | 127 | 100 | 385 |
| Cory Blackwell | 60 | 87 | 28 | 55 | 26 | 202 |
| Reggie King | 60 | 63 | 41 | 59 | 53 | 167 |
| John Schweitz | 19 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 57 |
| Joe Cooper | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| Scooter McCray | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| Danny Young | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |

## Awards and records

1985 NBA All-Star Game selections (game played on February 10, 1985)
* Jack Sikma
Non All-Star Awards and records
* Danny Vranes, All-Defensive 2nd Team
* Jack Sikma, December 2 Player of The Month