1984–85 Seattle SuperSonics season

1984–85 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	Lenny Wilkens
General manager	Les Habegger
Owner(s)	Barry Ackerley
Arena	Kingdome
Results
Record	31–51 (.378)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific) Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KIRO-TV
Radio	KING
< 1983–84 1985–86 >

The 1984–85 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 18th season in the NBA.^[1]

It is also their first year without All-Star Gus Williams.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	28	Cory Blackwell	F	United States	Wisconsin
2	39	Danny Young	G	United States	Wake Forest

Roster

1984–85 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From SF 30 Blackwell, Cory 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Wisconsin C 34 Brickowski, Frank 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Penn State PF 24 Chambers, Tom 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Utah C 53 Cooper, Joe 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Colorado PG 15 Henderson, Gerald 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) VCU SF 51 King, Reggie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Alabama C 40 McCormick, Tim 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Michigan PF 21 McCray, Scooter 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Louisville SG 35 Schweitz, John 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Richmond C 43 Sikma, Jack 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Illinois Wesleyan SG 14 Sobers, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 198 lb (90 kg) UNLV PG 20 Sundvold, Jon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Missouri SF 23 Vranes, Danny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Utah SG 4 Wood, Al 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 193 lb (88 kg) North Carolina PG 22 Young, Danny (DP) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Wake Forest	Head coach Lenny Wilkens Assistant coach(es) Dave Harshman Dick Helm Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth chart

Seattle SuperSonics Depth Chart - 1984-85
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Gerald Henderson	Jon Sundvold	Danny Young
SG	Al Wood	Ricky Sobers	John Schweitz
SF	Danny Vranes	Reggie King	Cory Blackwell
PF	Tom Chambers	Scooter McCray
C	Jack Sikma	Tim McCormick	Frank Brickowski	Joe Cooper

Salaries

Player	Salary
Jack Sikma	$1,149,000
Reggie King	$500,000
Al Wood	$450,000
Danny Vranes	$392,000
Tom Chambers	$374,000
Ricky Sobers	$277,000
Jon Sundvold	$158,000

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–	36–5	26–15	18–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	20	33–8	15–26	17–13
x-Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	26	32–9	10–31	14–16
Seattle SuperSonics	31	51	.378	31	31–10	10–31	16–14
Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	31	27–14	10–31	13–17
Golden State Warriors	22	60	.268	40	25–16	5–36	12–18

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Denver Nuggets	52	30	.634	10
3	x-Houston Rockets	48	34	.585	14
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	44	38	.537	18
5	x-Portland Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	20
6	x-Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	21
7	x-San Antonio Spurs	41	41	.500	21
8	x-Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	26
9	Seattle SuperSonics	31	51	.378	31
10	Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	31
11	Kansas City Kings	31	51	.378	31
12	Golden State Warriors	22	60	.268	40

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

1984–85 game log
October Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 1 October 26 Utah Jazz 94-102 Danny Vranes (24) King County Domed Stadium 7,117 1–0 2 October 28 Phoenix Suns 102-87 Tom Chambers (25) King County Domed Stadium 5,361 1–1 3 October 30 vs Portland Trail Blazers 115-83 Tom Chambers (20) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 1–2
November Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 4 November 1 Los Angeles Lakers 103-105 Tom Chambers (20) King County Domed Stadium 7,070 2–2 5 November 2 vs Utah Jazz 107-101 Tom Chambers (29) Salt Palace 3,955 2–3 6 November 6 vs San Antonio Spurs 99-91 Tom Chambers (26) HemisFair Arena 8,085 2–4 7 November 8 vs Houston Rockets 99-89 Tom Chambers (19) The Summit 15,202 2–5 8 November 10 vs Dallas Mavericks 106-102 Jack Sikma (23) Reunion Arena 17,007 2–6 9 November 13 Golden State Warriors 102-109 Tom Chambers (26) King County Domed Stadium 5,105 3–6 10 November 16 Portland Trail Blazers 89-91 Tom Chambers (24) King County Domed Stadium 10,904 4–6 11 November 18 New Jersey Nets 102-97 Al Wood (25) King County Domed Stadium 5,473 4–7 12 November 20 Denver Nuggets 124-114 Tom Chambers (21) King County Domed Stadium 5,388 4–8 13 November 23 Chicago Bulls 113-94 Al Wood (21) King County Domed Stadium 12,283 4–9 14 November 25 vs Los Angeles Lakers 94-105 Ricky Sobers (23) The Forum 12,270 5–9 15 November 27 Kansas City Kings 96-104 Jack Sikma (24) King County Domed Stadium 5,160 6–9 16 November 28 vs Los Angeles Clippers 106-90 Jack Sikma (29) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 6,261 6–10 17 November 30 vs Dallas Mavericks 108-98 Tom Chambers (31) Reunion Arena 16,275 6–11
December Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 18 December 1 vs Houston Rockets 86-94 Jack Sikma (28) The Summit 12,734 7–11 19 December 3 Phoenix Suns 96-108 Jack Sikma (29) King County Domed Stadium 5,401 8–11 20 December 6 vs Utah Jazz 99-106 Jack Sikma Tom Chambers (26) Salt Palace 9,696 9–11 21 December 7 San Antonio Spurs 117-114 Tom Chambers (27) King County Domed Stadium 5,950 9–12 22 December 9 Houston Rockets 90-96 Tom Chambers (31) King County Domed Stadium 10,865 10–12 23 December 13 Los Angeles Lakers 122-124 (OT) Tom Chambers (34) King County Domed Stadium 8,491 11–12 24 December 15 vs Kansas City Kings 110-105 Gerald Henderson (18) Kemper Arena 5,732 11–13 25 December 16 vs Denver Nuggets 101-112 Tom Chambers (27) McNichols Sports Arena 6,108 12–13 26 December 18 Portland Trail Blazers 99-109 Jack Sikma (27) King County Domed Stadium 7,091 13–13 27 December 19 vs Los Angeles Clippers 91-86 Al Wood (23) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 10,542 13–14 28 December 21 vs Golden State Warriors 94-91 Tom Chambers (26) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 4,390 13–15 29 December 23 Los Angeles Clippers 97-107 Tom Chambers (31) King County Domed Stadium 8,014 14–15 30 December 26 vs Los Angeles Lakers 101-97 Al Wood (23) The Forum 15,582 14–16 31 December 27 Golden State Warriors 101-98 Jack Sikma (26) King County Domed Stadium 8,440 14–17 32 December 29 Denver Nuggets 115-108 Tom Chambers (34) King County Domed Stadium 8,003 14–18
January Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 33 January 2 Philadelphia 76ers 118-109 Tom Chambers (26) King County Domed Stadium 10,362 14–19 34 January 3 vs Portland Trail Blazers 123-89 Tim McCormick (20) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 14–20 35 January 5 Indiana Pacers 97-104 Tom Chambers (26) King County Domed Stadium 6,242 15–20 36 January 7 Dallas Mavericks 102-84 Tom Chambers (24) King County Domed Stadium 6,054 15–21 37 January 9 vs Phoenix Suns 94-88 Jack Sikma (14) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,746 15–22 38 January 10 vs Golden State Warriors 86-89 Jack Sikma (25) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 4,778 16–22 39 January 13 Kansas City Kings 114-119 Gerald Henderson (31) King County Domed Stadium 7,814 17–22 40 January 15 Los Angeles Clippers 83-101 Tom Chambers (24) King County Domed Stadium 5,612 18–22 41 January 18 vs Atlanta Hawks 104-90 Jack Sikma (16) Omni Coliseum 6,749 18–23 42 January 19 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 105-106 Jack Sikma (31) Coliseum at Richfield 5,987 19–23 43 January 22 vs New York Knicks 92-90 Tom Chambers (28) Madison Square Garden (IV) 7,850 19–24 44 January 23 vs Boston Celtics 97-107 Jack Sikma (34) Boston Garden 14,890 20–24 45 January 25 vs Chicago Bulls 93-76 Jack Sikma (16) Chicago Stadium 17,032 20–25 46 January 26 vs Detroit Pistons 132-113 Gerald Henderson (25) Pontiac Silverdome 22,411 20–26 47 January 31 San Antonio Spurs 94-96 Jack Sikma (24) King County Domed Stadium 5,826 21–26
February Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 48 February 1 Milwaukee Bucks 109-91 Tom Chambers (22) King County Domed Stadium 7,830 21–27 49 February 3 vs Phoenix Suns 120-109 Jack Sikma (30) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,019 21–28 50 February 5 New York Knicks 110-108 Jack Sikma (30) King County Domed Stadium 6,538 21–29 51 February 6 vs Denver Nuggets 120-101 Tom Chambers (22) McNichols Sports Arena 8,256 21–30 52 February 12 Washington Bullets 94-109 Tom Chambers (34) King County Domed Stadium 12,203 22–30 53 February 14 Boston Celtics 110-94 Jack Sikma (24) King County Domed Stadium 13,509 22–31 54 February 16 Kansas City Kings 111-106 Al Wood (25) King County Domed Stadium 6,685 22–32 55 February 20 vs Los Angeles Clippers 105-118 Tim McCormick (27) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 8,447 23–32 56 February 22 Denver Nuggets 123-133 Tom Chambers (29) King County Domed Stadium 8,102 24–32 57 February 24 Los Angeles Clippers 102-108 Gerald Henderson Al Wood (18) King County Domed Stadium 7,474 25–32 58 February 26 vs Golden State Warriors 128-119 Al Wood (26) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,104 25–33 59 February 28 Cleveland Cavaliers 120-95 Tom Chambers Al Wood (15) King County Domed Stadium 5,016 25–34
March Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 60 March 2 vs Indiana Pacers 92-106 Tom Chambers (27) Market Square Arena 8,004 26–34 61 March 5 vs Milwaukee Bucks 102-87 Ricky Sobers (16) MECCA Arena 10,897 26–35 62 March 6 vs New Jersey Nets 129-108 Tim McCormick (27) Brendan Byrne Arena 9,840 26–36 63 March 8 vs Philadelphia 76ers 128-114 Ricky Sobers (26) The Spectrum 15,071 26–37 64 March 9 vs Washington Bullets 92-93 Tom Chambers (29) Capital Centre 8,967 27–37 65 March 11 vs Dallas Mavericks 103-100 Tom Chambers (26) Reunion Arena 16,794 27–38 66 March 14 San Antonio Spurs 100-93 Al Wood Tom Chambers (19) King County Domed Stadium 5,580 27–39 67 March 16 Atlanta Hawks 99-108 Jack Sikma (24) King County Domed Stadium 6,341 28–39 68 March 17 Detroit Pistons 98-106 Tom Chambers (21) King County Domed Stadium 5,840 29–39 69 March 20 Golden State Warriors 109-123 Tim McCormick (24) King County Domed Stadium 5,641 30–39 70 March 22 Utah Jazz 110-85 Frank Brickowski (21) King County Domed Stadium 6,337 30–40 71 March 24 vs San Antonio Spurs 104-99 Tim McCormick (29) HemisFair Arena 7,300 30–41 72 March 25 vs Kansas City Kings 121-106 Tom Chambers (24) Kemper Arena 3,787 30–42 73 March 27 Los Angeles Lakers 122-97 Tom Chambers (34) King County Domed Stadium 10,542 30–43 74 March 29 Portland Trail Blazers 125-99 Tom Chambers (16) King County Domed Stadium 11,088 30–44
April Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 75 April 1 Houston Rockets 127-116 Tom Chambers (26) King County Domed Stadium 6,648 30–45 76 April 2 vs Phoenix Suns 119-109 Jon Sundvold (24) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,742 30–46 77 April 4 vs Utah Jazz 118-119 Tom Chambers (34) Salt Palace 9,250 31–46 78 April 5 vs Portland Trail Blazers 145-120 Tom Chambers (22) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 31–47 79 April 7 Phoenix Suns 125-110 Tom Chambers (38) King County Domed Stadium 5,672 31–48 80 April 11 Dallas Mavericks 124-80 Al Wood (22) King County Domed Stadium 4,272 31–49 81 April 12 vs Los Angeles Lakers 145-131 Al Wood (35) The Forum 15,434 31–50 82 April 14 vs Houston Rockets 121-98 Tom Chambers (27) The Summit 10,118 31–51
1984–85 season schedule

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates loss.

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; FG= Field Goals; FT= Free Throws; FTA = Free Throws Attempted; AST = Assists; PTS = Points

Player	GP	FG	FT	FTA	AST	PTS
Tom Chambers	81	629	475	571	209	1739
Jack Sikma	68	461	335	393	285	1259
Al Wood	80	515	166	214	236	1203
Gerald Henderson	79	427	199	255	559	1062
Tim McCormick	78	269	188	263	78	726
Ricky Sobers	71	280	132	162	252	700
Danny Vranes	76	186	67	127	152	440
Jon Sundvold	73	170	48	59	206	400
Frank Brickowski	78	150	85	127	100	385
Cory Blackwell	60	87	28	55	26	202
Reggie King	60	63	41	59	53	167
John Schweitz	19	25	7	10	18	57
Joe Cooper	3	7	3	6	2	17
Scooter McCray	6	6	3	4	7	15
Danny Young	3	2	0	0	2	4

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Awards and records

1985 NBA All-Star Game selections (game played on February 10, 1985)

• Jack Sikma

Non All-Star Awards and records

• Danny Vranes, All-Defensive 2nd Team
• Jack Sikma, December 2 Player of The Month

Transactions

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References

See also

• 1984-85 NBA season