1984–85 Indiana Pacers season

NBA professional basketball team 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)

< 1983–84

1985–86 >

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

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

Regular season

Season standings

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

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Clark Kellogg	77	65	31.8	50.5	50.0	76.0	9.4	3.2	1.1	0.3	18.6
Herb Williams	75	70	34.1	47.5	11.1	65.7	8.5	3.4	0.7	1.8	18.3
Vern Fleming	80	65	31.1	47.0	0.0	76.7	4.0	3.1	1.2	0.1	14.1
Steve Stipanovich	82	66	28.2	47.5	9.1	79.8	7.5	2.4	0.9	1.0	13.7
Jim Thomas	80	52	25.7	47.8	19.0	78.2	3.3	2.9	1.0	0.1	11.1
Jerry Sichting	70	25	25.8	52.1	24.3	87.5	1.6	3.8	0.7	0.1	11.0
Terence Stansbury	74	14	17.3	45.9	16.0	81.0	1.5	1.7	0.6	0.2	7.1
Tony Brown	82	26	19.3	46.0	0.0	67.8	3.5	1.9	0.7	0.1	6.6
Bill Garnett	65	13	17.3	48.1	0.0	69.0	4.4	1.0	0.4	0.2	6.4
Greg Kelser	10	0	11.4	39.6	0.0	71.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	0.0	6.2
Devin Durrant	59	8	12.8	41.6	0.0	70.6	2.1	1.4	0.3	0.2	5.1
Granville Waiters	62	5	11.3	44.7	0.0	58.0	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.7	3.2
Ralph Jackson	1	0	12.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	2.0
Stuart Gray	52	0	7.5	38.0	0.0	68.1	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	2.0
Kenton Edelin	10	1	14.3	30.8	0.0	37.5	2.6	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.1

Player Statistics Citation:^[2]

Awards and records

Transactions

References

^ 1984-85 Indiana Pacers
^ "1984-85 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

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