# 1984–85 Boston Celtics season

The 1984–85 Boston Celtics season was the 39th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics entered the season as the defending NBA Champions, coming off an NBA Finals victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games, and increasing their NBA Finals victories over the Lakers to 8.
On March 3, 1985, Kevin McHale surpassed Larry Bird's Celtics single game scoring record when he netted 56 points against the Detroit Pistons. Less than two weeks later, on March 12, Bird answered, scoring a career-high 60 points against the Atlanta Hawks.
In the playoffs, the Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the First Round in four games, the Detroit Pistons in the Semi-finals in six games, and the Philadelphia 76ers in the conference finals in five games to advance to the NBA Finals. In the Finals, they faced off against the Los Angeles Lakers, the team who they beat in last season's NBA Finals in seven games, and have beaten a total of 8 consecutive times in their NBA Finals matchups. However, the Celtics were defeated in six games by the Lakers, marking the first time the Celtics were defeated by the Lakers in the NBA Finals. This also marked the first time the Celtics lost the NBA Finals at home.

## Trivia

A majority of this team moved onto coaching later in their careers. Kevin McHale, Rick Carlisle, Larry Bird, Danny Ainge, Dennis Johnson, and Sam Vincent have all coached in the NBA.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 24 | Michael Young | SF/SG | United States | Houston |
| 2 | 47 | Ronnie Williams | | United States | Florida |
| 3 | 70 | Rick Carlisle | G | United States | Virginia |
| 4 | 93 | Kevin Mullin | | United States | Princeton |
| 5 | 116 | Todd Orlando | | United States | Bentley |
| 6 | 139 | Steve Carfino | G | United States | Iowa |
| 7 | 162 | Mark Van Valkenburg | | United States | Framingham State |
| 8 | 184 | Champ Godboldt | | United States | Holy Cross |
| 9 | 206 | Joe Dixon | | United States | Merrimack |
| 10 | 228 | Dan Trant | | United States | Clark |

## 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

1984–85 game log Total: 63–19 (home: 35–6; road: 28–13) :
October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 26
@ Detroit
W 130–123
Bird (33)
McHale (15)
Johnson (9)
Pontiac Silverdome 27,563
1–0
2
October 31
New Jersey
W 116–105
Bird (29)
McHale, Parish (15)
Bird (8)
Boston Garden 14,890
2–0 :
November: 11–1 (home: 6–0; road: 5–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
November 2
Detroit
W 127–116
Bird (34)
Parish, Johnson (10)
Johnson (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
3–0
4
November 7
L.A. Clippers
W 135–108
Bird (31)
Bird (14)
Johnson (12)
Boston Garden 14,890
4–0
5
November 9
Philadelphia
W 130–119
Bird (42)
Maxwell, McHale (8)
Ainge (12)
Boston Garden 14,890
5–0
6
November 10
@ Washington
L 95–112
Bird (18)
Parish (10)
Ainge (4)
Capital Centre 14,395
5–1
7
November 12
@ Indiana
W 132–115
Bird (29)
Bird (9)
Ainge (9)
Market Square Arena 13,876
6–1
8
November 14
New York
W 115–99
Bird (29)
McHale (11)
Bird (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
7–1
9
November 15
@ Chicago
W 125–105
McHale (25)
Parish, Bird (17)
Johnson (7)
Chicago Stadium 17,753
8–1
10
November 21
Golden State
W 135–91
Parish (18)
McHale (8)
Johnson (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
9–1
11
November 23
Washington
W 118–110
Bird (29)
Bird (13)
Johnson (8)
Boston Garden 14,890
10–1
12
November 24
@ Kansas City
W 135–124
Parish (28)
Bird (13)
Bird (7)
Kemper Arena 17,341
11–1
13
November 27
@ Dallas
W 114–99
Bird (40)
McHale (12)
Bird (9)
Reunion Arena 17,007
12–1
14
November 28
@ Houston
W 110–100
Bird (23)
Parish (11)
Bird (9)
The Summit 16,016
13–1 :
December: 13–5 (home: 6–1; road: 7–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
December 1
@ Cleveland
W 110–104
Bird (34)
Parish (16)
Johnson (9)
Richfield Coliseum 12,503
14–1
16
December 2
Cleveland
W 122–99
Bird (23)
Maxwell (9)
Bird (5)
Boston Garden 14,890
15–1
17
December 4
@ Detroit
L 99–104
Johnson (25)
Bird (17)
Bird, Ainge (7)
Pontiac Silverdome 19,413
15–2
18
December 5
Denver
W 123–107
Parish (25)
Bird (12)
Johnson (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
16–2
19
December 8
@ New Jersey
W 107–98
Bird (37)
Parish (18)
Johnson (8)
Brendan Byrne Arena 15,581
17–2
20
December 9
Atlanta
W 128–127
Bird (48)
Bird (14)
Ainge (11)
Boston Garden 14,890
18–2
21
December 11
New Jersey
W 130–121
Bird (35)
Parish (11)
Bird, Johnson (10)
Hartford Civic Center 13,357
19–2
22
December 12
@ Philadelphia
L 107–110
Bird (34)
Parish (15)
Ainge (11)
The Spectrum 17,921
19–3
23
December 14
Utah
W 117–106
McHale (25)
Parish (17)
Johnson (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
20–3
24
December 15
@ Atlanta
W 101–94
Bird (23)
Parish (15)
Bird (6)
The Omni 11,808
21–3
25
December 18
@ New York
W 126–108
Bird (23)
Bird (15)
Johnson (12)
Madison Square Garden 16,798
22–3
26
December 19
Milwaukee
L 92–107
Bird, Johnson (18)
Bird (9)
Johnson, Ainge (4)
Boston Garden 14,890
22–4
27
December 21
Indiana
W 117–107
Bird (33)
Parish (9)
Bird (9)
Boston Garden 14,890
23–4
28
December 22
@ Chicago
L 85–110
Ainge (16)
Parish (11)
Ainge (5)
Chicago Stadium 14,414
23–5
29
December 26
@ Phoenix
W 119–114
Bird (34)
Bird (11)
Bird (10)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,660
24–5
30
December 27
@ L.A. Clippers
W 118–103
McHale (27)
Bird (13)
Bird (13)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 15,371
25–5
31
December 29
@ San Antonio
W 120–112
McHale (26)
Bird (15)
Bird (10)
HemisFair Arena 15,180
26–5
32
December 30
@ Milwaukee
L 98–114
Bird, McHale (24)
Bird, Parish (14)
Ainge (7)
MECCA Arena 11,052
26–6 :
January: 11–3 (home: 8–1; road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
33
January 2
@ New Jersey
W 110–95
Bird (23)
Parish (13)
Bird (10)
Brendan Byrne Arena 14,496
27–6
34
January 4
New York
W 105–94
Bird (32)
Parish (12)
Johnson (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
28–6
35
January 7
@ New York
W 108–97
Bird (26)
Parish (11)
Johnson (12)
Madison Square Garden 14,600
29–6
36
January 9
Chicago
W 111–108
Bird (28)
Bird (11)
Johnson (6)
Boston Garden 14,890
30–6
37
January 11
Washington
W 103–101
Bird (33)
Parish (16)
Johnson (11)
Boston Garden 14,890
31–6
38
January 12
@ Atlanta
W 119–111
Ainge (25)
Parish (13)
Johnson (9)
The Omni 16,048
32–6
39
January 16
L.A. Lakers
W 104–102
Johnson (20)
Parish (13)
Ainge, Bird, Johnson (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
33–6
40
January 18
@ Indiana
L 86–91
Bird (25)
Bird (12)
Johnson (7)
Market Square Arena 16,920
33–7
41
January 20
Philadelphia
W 113–97
Bird (38)
Bird, McHale (9)
Johnson (9)
Boston Garden 14,890
34–7
42
January 23
Seattle
L 97–107
Bird (30)
Parish, McHale (8)
Bird (6)
Boston Garden 14,890
34–8
43
January 25
Indiana
W 125–94
Parish (27)
Bird (11)
Ainge (6)
Boston Garden 14,890
35–8
44
January 27
Portland
W 128–127
Bird (48)
Parish (12)
Johnson (10)
Boston Garden 14,890
36–8
45
January 29
Detroit
W 131–130
Bird (32)
Johnson (11)
Ainge (7)
Hartford Civic Center 15,685
37–8
46
January 30
@ Philadelphia
L 104–122
Johnson (20)
Parish (8)
Bird (8)
The Spectrum 17,921
37–9 :
February: 10–3 (home: 4–0; road: 6–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
47
February 1
Kansas City
W 142–123
Bird (38)
Bird (11)
Johnson (13)
Boston Garden 14,890
38–9
48
February 2
@ Washington
W 97–91
Bird (21)
Bird, Parish (12)
Bird, Johnson (8)
Capital Centre 19,105
39–9
49
February 5
@ Chicago
W 110–106
Bird (27)
Bird (9)
Bird, Johnson (7)
Chicago Stadium 18,061
40–9
50
February 6
Cleveland
W 113–108
Bird (26)
Parish, Bird (11)
Ainge (6)
Boston Garden 14,890
41–9
All-Star Break
51
February 12
@ Portland
L 103–111
Bird (25)
Bird (11)
Johnson (9)
Memorial Coliseum 12,666
41–10
52
February 14
@ Seattle
W 110–94
McHale (26)
Bird (13)
Johnson (10)
Kingdome 13,509
42–10
53
February 15
@ Golden State
W 107–100
Bird (30)
Parish (22)
Johnson, Ainge, Bird (7)
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 13,295
43–10
54
February 17
@ L.A. Lakers
L 111–117
Bird (33)
Bird (15)
Ainge, Johnson (10)
The Forum 17,505
43–11
55
February 18
@ Utah
W 110–94
Bird (30)
Bird (12)
Bird (10)
Salt Palace Acord Arena 12,716
44–11
56
February 20
@ Denver
L 129–132
Bird (40)
Bird, McHale (9)
Bird, Ainge (6)
McNichols Sports Arena 17,022
44–12
57
February 22
Chicago
W 115–105
Bird (34)
McHale, Parish (11)
Johnson (12)
Hartford Civic Center 15,685
45–12
58
February 24
@ Indiana
W 113–100
Bird (45)
Parish (17)
Johnson (12)
Market Square Arena 16,920
46–12
59
February 27
San Antonio
W 111–102
Bird (35)
Bird, McHale (14)
Ainge (12)
Boston Garden 14,890
47–12 :
March: 12–3 (home: 7–2; road: 5–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
60
March 1
Atlanta
L 105–114
Bird (34)
McHale (11)
Johnson (9)
Boston Garden 14,890
47–13
61
March 3
Detroit
W 138–129
McHale (56)
McHale (16)
Bird (10)
Boston Garden 14,890
48–13
62
March 5
@ New York
W 110–102
McHale (42)
Bird (19)
Bird (10)
Madison Square Garden 14,243
49–13
63
March 6
Chicago
L 104–107
Parish (26)
Parish (13)
Bird (10)
Boston Garden 14,890
49–14
64
March 8
Dallas
W 133–122
Bird (32)
Bird (15)
Bird (9)
Boston Garden 14,890
50–14
65
March 12
@ Atlanta
W 126–115
Bird (60)
Parish (19)
Johnson (17)
Lakefront Arena 10,079
51–14
66
March 13
Phoenix
W 123–106
Bird (31)
Parish (14)
Bird (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
52–14
67
March 15
@ Cleveland
W 119–96
Bird (35)
McHale (14)
Williams (6)
Richfield Coliseum 20,900
53–14
68
March 17
Houston
W 134–120
Bird (48)
Bird (15)
Bird, Buckner (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
54–14
69
March 20
Milwaukee
W 107–105
McHale (28)
Parish (19)
Bird (10)
Boston Garden 14,890
53–14
70
March 22
Cleveland
W 129–117
Bird (36)
Parish (11)
Bird (15)
Boston Garden 14,890
56–14
71
March 23
@ Washington
W 104–98
McHale (29)
Bird (12)
Bird (9)
Capital Centre 19,015
57–14
72
March 27
@ New Jersey
W 105–95
McHale (23)
McHale (16)
Williams (6)
Brendan Byrne Arena 18,333
58–14
73
March 29
Philadelphia
W 112–108
Bird (24)
McHale (13)
Johnson (8)
Boston Garden 14,890
59–14
74
March 31
@ Detroit
L 105–113
Wedman (31)
Parish (14)
Wedman (5)
Joe Louis Arena 22,136
59–15 :
April: 4–4 (home: 3–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
75
April 2
@ Milwaukee
L 103–109
McHale (25)
McHale (12)
Johnson, Williams (7)
MECCA Arena 11,052
59–16
76
April 3
Indiana
W 119–103
Bird (35)
Parish (13)
Bird, Williams (6)
Boston Garden 14,890
60–16
77
April 5
Washington
W 115–104
Bird (26)
Bird (15)
Ainge (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
61–16
78
April 7
New York
W 114–102
Bird (38)
Parish (21)
Bird (10)
Boston Garden 14,890
62–16
79
April 9
@ Philadelphia
L 104–113
Wedman (24)
McHale (10)
Bird (9)
The Spectrum 17,921
62–17
80
April 11
@ Cleveland
W 121–115
Bird (29)
McHale (11)
Bird (12)
Richfield Coliseum 20,363
63–17
81
April 12
Milwaukee
L 113–115 (OT)
Bird (47)
Bird (14)
Williams (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
63–18
82
April 14
New Jersey
L 118–129
McHale, Bird (23)
Bird (7)
Johnson (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
63–19 :
1984–85 schedule :

## Playoffs

1985 playoff game log :
First round: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 18
Cleveland
W 126–123
Larry Bird (40)
Kevin McHale (12)
Dennis Johnson (11)
Boston Garden 14,890
1–0
2
April 20
Cleveland
W 108–106
Larry Bird (30)
Bird, Parish (11)
Larry Bird (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
2–0
3
April 23
@ Cleveland
L 98–105
Scott Wedman (30)
Kevin McHale (11)
Dennis Johnson (10)
Richfield Coliseum 20,900
2–1
4
April 25
@ Cleveland
W 117–115
Larry Bird (34)
Larry Bird (14)
Larry Bird (7)
Richfield Coliseum 20,900
3–1 :
Conference Semi-finals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 28
Detroit
W 133–99
Robert Parish (27)
Robert Parish (16)
Ainge, Williams (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
1–0
2
April 30
Detroit
W 121–114
Larry Bird (42)
McHale, Bird (10)
Dennis Johnson (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
2–0
3
May 2
@ Detroit
L 117–125
Dennis Johnson (27)
Larry Bird (13)
Larry Bird (8)
Joe Louis Arena 14,209
2–1
4
May 5
@ Detroit
L 99–102
Kevin McHale (24)
Kevin McHale (10)
Larry Bird (7)
Joe Louis Arena 14,350
2–2
5
May 8
Detroit
W 130–123
Larry Bird (43)
Larry Bird (13)
Johnson, Ainge (6)
Boston Garden 14,890
3–2
6
May 10
@ Detroit
W 123–113
Dennis Johnson (22)
Robert Parish (13)
Danny Ainge (9)
Joe Louis Arena 21,193
4–2 :
Conference finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 12
Philadelphia
W 108–93
Kevin McHale (28)
Robert Parish (13)
Dennis Johnson (8)
Boston Garden 14,890
1–0
2
May 14
Philadelphia
W 106–98
Larry Bird (24)
Robert Parish (16)
Bird, Johnson (7)
Boston Garden 14,890
2–0
3
May 18
@ Philadelphia
W 105–94
Larry Bird (26)
Robert Parish (14)
Danny Ainge (7)
Spectrum 17,921
3–0
4
May 19
@ Philadelphia
L 104–115
Kevin McHale (25)
Kevin McHale (17)
Danny Ainge (8)
Spectrum 17,921
3–1
5
May 22
Philadelphia
W 102–100
Dennis Johnson (23)
Kevin McHale (14)
Dennis Johnson (8)
Boston Garden 14,890
4–1 :
NBA Finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 27, 1985 3:00 p.m. EDT
L.A. Lakers
W 148–114
McHale, Wedman (26)
McHale (9)
Johnson (10)
Boston Garden 14,890
1–0
2
May 30, 1985 9:00 p.m. EDT
L.A. Lakers
L 102–109
Bird (30)
Bird (12)
Johnson (8)
Boston Garden 14,890
1–1
3
June 2, 1985 3:30 p.m. EDT
@ L.A. Lakers
L 111–136
McHale (31)
McHale (10)
Ainge (10)
The Forum 17,505
1–2
4
June 5, 1985 9:00 p.m. EDT
@ L.A. Lakers
W 107–105
McHale (28)
McHale (12)
Johnson (12)
The Forum 17,505
2–2
5
June 7, 1985 9:00 p.m. EDT
@ L.A. Lakers
L 111–120
Parish (26)
McHale (10)
Johnson (17)
The Forum 17,505
2–3
6
June 9, 1985 1:00 p.m. EDT
L.A. Lakers
L 100–111
McHale (32)
McHale (16)
Ainge (11)
Boston Garden 14,890
2–4 :
1985 schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

* – Recorded statistics when playing for Boston
Boston Celtics statistics :
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Larry Bird | 80 | 77 | 39.5 | .522 | .427 | .882 | 10.5 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 28.7 |
| Dennis Johnson | 80 | 77 | 37.2 | .462 | .269 | .853 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 1.2 | .5 | 15.7 |
| Robert Parish | 79 | 78 | 36.1 | .524 | .000 | .743 | 10.6 | 1.6 | .7 | 1.3 | 17.6 |
| Danny Ainge | 75 | 73 | 34.2 | .529 | .268 | .868 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 1.6 | .1 | 12.9 |
| Kevin Mchale | 79 | 31 | 33.6 | .570 | 1.000 | .760 | 9.0 | 1.8 | .4 | 1.5 | 19.8 |
| Cedric Maxwell | 57 | 51 | 26.2 | .533 | .000 | .831 | 4.2 | 1.8 | .6 | .3 | 11.1 |
| Ray Williams | 23 | 5 | 20.0 | .385 | .261 | .674 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 1.3 | .2 | 6.4 |
| Scott Wedman | 78 | 5 | 14.4 | .478 | .500 | .764 | 2.0 | 1.2 | .3 | .1 | 6.4 |
| Quinn Buckner | 75 | 6 | 11.4 | .383 | .000 | .640 | 1.2 | 2.0 | .8 | .0 | 2.4 |
| Carlos Clark | 62 | 3 | 9.1 | .421 | .000 | .774 | 1.1 | .8 | .6 | .0 | 2.7 |
| M.L. Carr | 47 | 0 | 8.4 | .416 | .391 | 1.000 | .9 | .5 | .4 | .1 | 3.2 |
| Greg Kite | 55 | 4 | 7.7 | .375 | .000 | .688 | 1.6 | .3 | .1 | .2 | 1.6 |
| Rick Carlisle | 38 | 0 | 4.7 | 388 | .000 | .882 | .6 | .7 | .1 | .0 | 1.8 |

## Awards and records

* Larry Bird, NBA Most Valuable Player Award
* Kevin McHale, NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
* Larry Bird, All-NBA First Team
* Dennis Johnson, NBA All-Defensive Second Team