1985-86 Los Angeles Lakers season

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1985-86 Los Angeles Lakers
NBA Affiliations
Western Conference (Since 1960) Pacific Division (Since 1970-71)
Location
Great Western Forum (Since 1967) Los Angeles, California (Since 1960)
1985-86 Information
Owner(s)	Jerry Buss
Coach	Pat Riley
Local television	KCAL-TV, KTLA
Local radio	KLAC

Contents 1 Offseason 1.1 NBA Draft 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 3 Player stats 4 Playoffs 5 Award Winners 6 References

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NBA Draft

The 1985 NBA Draft took place on June 18, 1985. It was also the first NBA Draft of the "Lottery" era. The lottery was put into place so teams did not have to intentionally lose games to receive the number one pick.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	23	A. C. Green	Forward	United States	Oregon State

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Pacific Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	-
Portland Trail Blazers	40	42	.488	22
Los Angeles Clippers	32	50	.390	30
Phoenix Suns	32	50	.390	30
Seattle SuperSonics	31	51	.378	31
Golden State Warriors	30	52	.366	32

[edit] Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; MPG= Minutes per Game; STL = Steals; REB = Rebounds; ASST = Assists; BLK = Blocks; PPG = Points per Game

Player	GP	MPG	STL	REB	ASST	BLK	PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	478	280	67	130	1846	23.4
A.C. Green	82	381	54	49	49	521	6.4
Magic Johnson
James Worthy	75	387	201	82	77	1500	20.0

[edit] Playoffs

• Won Western Conference 1st Rd (3-0) over San Antonio Spurs
• Won Western Conference Semis (4-2) over Dallas Mavericks
• Lost Western Conference Finals (4-1) to Houston Rockets

[edit] Award Winners

[edit] References

• Lakers on Database Basketball
• Lakers on Basketball Reference

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