1985–86 NBA season

The 1985–86 NBA season was the 40th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning their third championship of the decade, beating the Houston Rockets 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.

[edit] Notable occurrences

The NBA All-Star Game was played at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas, with the East defeating the West 139-132. Isiah Thomas of the Detroit Pistons wins the game's MVP award. To add to the All-Star Weekend festivities, 5-foot-7-inch Spud Webb of the Atlanta Hawks wins the slam-dunk competition. The first three-point shootout was also held, won by Larry Bird (his first of three consecutive).
The Kings relocate from Kansas City, Missouri to Sacramento, California, playing their home games at the ARCO Arena I.
The Boston Celtics post an impressive 40-1 (.976) record at home, the closest any NBA team has ever come to playing a perfect home season. Their only regular-season home loss occurred on December 6, 1985, to the Portland Trail Blazers, by the score of 121-103. The Celtics would also win all 10 of their home games in the postseason.
This season marks the first time the NBA hands out a Most Improved Player award at the end of a season. Alvin Robertson of the San Antonio Spurs is the first to win the award.
In Game 2 of the Eastern Conference First Round series, Michael Jordan scores 63 points against Boston, but his Chicago Bulls lose in double overtime.
All Midwest Division teams make the playoffs, the first time an entire division had done this.

C - NBA Champions

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Dominique Wilkins	Atlanta Hawks	30.3
Rebounds per game	Bill Laimbeer	Detroit Pistons	13.1
Assists per game	Magic Johnson	Los Angeles Lakers	12.6
Steals per game	Alvin Robertson	San Antonio Spurs	3.7
Blocks per game	Manute Bol	New Jersey Nets	5.0
FG%	Steve Johnson	San Antonio Spurs	63.2
FT%	Larry Bird	Boston Celtics	89.6
3FG%	Craig Hodges	Milwaukee Bucks	45.1

Most Valuable Player: Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
Rookie of the Year: Patrick Ewing, New York Knicks
Defensive Player of the Year: Alvin Robertson, San Antonio Spurs
Sixth Man of the Year: Bill Walton, Boston Celtics
Most Improved Player: Alvin Robertson, San Antonio Spurs
Coach of the Year: Mike Fratello, Atlanta Hawks
All-NBA First Team:
- F - Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
- F - Dominique Wilkins, Atlanta Hawks
- C - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
- G - Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons
- G - Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
All-NBA Second Team:
- F - Charles Barkley, Philadelphia 76ers
- F - Alex English, Denver Nuggets
- C - Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
- G - Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee Bucks
- G - Alvin Robertson, San Antonio Spurs
All-NBA Rookie Team:

Note: All information on this page were obtained on the History section on NBA.com

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1985 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions

Atlantic	Boston • New Jersey • New York • Philadelphia • Washington

Central	Atlanta • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Indiana • Milwaukee

Midwest	Dallas • Denver • Houston • Sacramento • San Antonio • Utah

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