1984–85 Indiana Pacers season

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1984–85 Indiana Pacers season

Head coach

George Irvine

Arena

Market Square Arena

Results

Record

22–60 (.268)

Place

Division: 6th (Central)
Conference: 11th (Eastern)

Playoff finish

Did not qualify

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Local media

Television

WTTV
(Jerry Gross)

Radio

WNDE
(Greg Papa)

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The 1984–85 NBA season was Indiana's ninth season in the NBA and 18th season as a franchise.^[1]

Offseason

Draft picks

This table only lists picks through the second round.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	18	Vern Fleming	G	United States	Georgia
2	25	Devin Durrant	SF	United States	BYU
2	29	Stuart Gray	C/PF	United States	UCLA

Roster

1984–85 Indiana Pacers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
SF	8	Brown, Tony	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Arkansas
SF	7	Durrant, Devin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	BYU
SF	25	Edelin, Kenton	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Virginia
PG	10	Fleming, Vern	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Georgia
PF	20	Garnett, Bill	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Wyoming
C	55	Gray, Stuart	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	UCLA
PF	33	Kellogg, Clark	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Ohio State
SF	11	Kelser, Greg	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Michigan State
PG	14	Sichting, Jerry	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	Purdue
SG	43	Stansbury, Terence	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Temple
C	40	Stipanovich, Steve	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Missouri
SG	19	Thomas, Jim	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Indiana
C	31	Waiters, Granville	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Ohio State
C	32	Williams, Herb	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	Ohio State

Head coach

George Irvine

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	59	23	.720	–	36–5	23–18	20–10
x-Detroit Pistons	46	36	.561	13	26–15	20–21	21–8
x-Chicago Bulls	38	44	.463	21	26–15	12–29	13–17
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	36	46	.439	23	20–21	16–25	13–16
Atlanta Hawks	34	48	.415	25	19–22	15–26	15–15
Indiana Pacers	22	60	.268	37	16–25	6–35	7–23

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	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

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

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Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Steve Stipanovich	C	82	66	2,315	614	199	71	78	1,126	28.2	7.5	2.4	.9	1.0	13.7
Tony Brown	SF	82	26	1,586	288	159	59	12	544	19.3	3.5	1.9	.7	.1	6.6
Vern Fleming	PG	80	65	2,486	323	247	99	8	1,126	31.1	4.0	3.1	1.2	.1	14.1
Jim Thomas	SG	80	52	2,059	261	234	76	5	885	25.7	3.3	2.9	1.0	.1	11.1
Clark Kellogg	PF	77	65	2,449	724	244	86	26	1,432	31.8	9.4	3.2	1.1	.3	18.6
Herb Williams	C	75	70	2,557	634	252	54	134	1,375	34.1	8.5	3.4	.7	1.8	18.3
Terence Stansbury	SG	74	14	1,278	114	127	47	12	526	17.3	1.5	1.7	.6	.2	7.1
Jerry Sichting	PG	70	25	1,808	114	264	47	4	771	25.8	1.6	3.8	.7	.1	11.0
Bill Garnett	PF	65	13	1,123	286	67	28	15	418	17.3	4.4	1.0	.4	.2	6.4
Granville Waiters	C	62	5	703	170	30	16	44	199	11.3	2.7	.5	.3	.7	3.2
Devin Durrant	SF	59	8	756	124	80	19	10	300	12.8	2.1	1.4	.3	.2	5.1
Stuart Gray	C	52	0	391	123	15	9	14	102	7.5	2.4	.3	.2	.3	2.0
Kenton Edelin	SF	10	1	143	26	10	5	4	11	14.3	2.6	1.0	.5	.4	1.1
Greg Kelser	SF	10	0	114	19	13	7	0	62	11.4	1.9	1.3	.7	.0	6.2
Ralph Jackson	PG	1	0	12	1	4	2	0	2	12.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	.0	2.0

Awards and records

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Transactions

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References

^ 1984-85 Indiana Pacers

v t e Indiana Pacers
Founded in 1967 Based in Indianapolis, Indiana
Franchise	History ABA–NBA merger All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Indiana State Fair Coliseum Market Square Arena Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Personnel	Owner(s) Herb Simon President Kevin Pritchard General manager Chad Buchanan Head coach Rick Carlisle
G League affiliate	Indiana Mad Ants
Retired numbers	30 31 34 35 529
ABA championships	1970 1972 1973
Rivalries	Miami Heat New York Knicks
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Boomer Dancing Harry Team Bikeshare The Knick-Killer The Dunking Dutchman Malice at the Palace Reb Porter

Offseason

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Player statistics

Ragular season

Awards and records

Transactions

References

See also