- 1985 NBA Playoffs
The 1985
NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of theNational Basketball Association 's 1984-85 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference championLos Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference championBoston Celtics , four games to two, in the NBA Finals. The Lakers'Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was namedNBA Finals MVP for the second time in his long career (he had won the award under his former name, Lew Alcindor, as a member of theMilwaukee Bucks in 1971).The Lakers had been unsuccessful in their eight previous attempts to defeat the Celtics in the
NBA Finals , losing seven times from 1959 to 1969 and also in the previous year's championship series. To put the icing on the cake, the Lakers won the championship at theBoston Garden , becoming the only opposing team to win a title on the Celtics' home floor.The 1985 playoffs marked the return of the
Cleveland Cavaliers to the postseason; they had last made the playoffs in 1978.The 1985 playoffs marked the first time that all three teams from the state of
Texas made the playoffs in the same year.Bracket
16TeamBracket
RD1=First Round
RD2=Conference Semifinals
RD3=Conference Finals
RD4=NBA Finals
group1=Western Conference
group2=Eastern ConferenceRD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01=L.A. Lakers
RD1-score01=3
RD1-seed02=8
RD1-team02=Phoenix
RD1-score02=0RD1-seed03=4
RD1-team03=Dallas
RD1-score03=1
RD1-seed04=5
RD1-team04=Portland
RD1-score04=3RD1-seed05=3
RD1-team05=Houston
RD1-score05=2
RD1-seed06=6
RD1-team06=Utah
RD1-score06=3RD1-seed07=2
RD1-team07=Denver
RD1-score07=3
RD1-seed08=7
RD1-team08=San Antonio
RD1-score08=2RD1-seed09=1
RD1-team09=Boston
RD1-score09=3
RD1-seed10=8
RD1-team10=Cleveland
RD1-score10=1RD1-seed11=4
RD1-team11=Detroit
RD1-score11=3
RD1-seed12=5
RD1-team12=New Jersey
RD1-score12=0RD1-seed13=3
RD1-team13=Philadelphia
RD1-score13=3
RD1-seed14=6
RD1-team14=Washington
RD1-score14=1RD1-seed15=2
RD1-team15=Milwaukee
RD1-score15=3
RD1-seed16=7
RD1-team16=Chicago
RD1-score16=1RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=L.A. Lakers
RD2-score01=4
RD2-seed02=5
RD2-team02=Portland
RD2-score02=1RD2-seed03=6
RD2-team03=Utah
RD2-score03=1
RD2-seed04=2
RD2-team04=Denver
RD2-score04=4RD2-seed05=1
RD2-team05=Boston
RD2-score05=4
RD2-seed06=4
RD2-team06=Detroit
RD2-score06=2RD2-seed07=3
RD2-team07=Philadelphia
RD2-score07=4
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=Milwaukee
RD2-score08=0RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=L.A. Lakers
RD3-score01=4
RD3-seed02=2
RD3-team02=Denver
RD3-score02=1RD3-seed03=1
RD3-team03=Boston
RD3-score03=4
RD3-seed04=3
RD3-team04=Philadelphia
RD3-score04=1RD4-seed01=W1
RD4-team01=L.A. Lakers
RD4-score01=4
RD4-seed02=E1
RD4-team02=Boston
RD4-score02=2External links
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1985.html Basketball-Reference.com's 1985 NBA Playoffs page]
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