1985 NBA Playoffs

The 1985 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1984-85 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics, four games to two, in the NBA Finals. The Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named NBA 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 the Milwaukee 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 the Boston 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 Conference

RD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01=L.A. Lakers
RD1-score01=3
RD1-seed02=8
RD1-team02=Phoenix
RD1-score02=0

RD1-seed03=4
RD1-team03=Dallas
RD1-score03=1
RD1-seed04=5
RD1-team04=Portland
RD1-score04=3

RD1-seed05=3
RD1-team05=Houston
RD1-score05=2
RD1-seed06=6
RD1-team06=Utah
RD1-score06=3

RD1-seed07=2
RD1-team07=Denver
RD1-score07=3
RD1-seed08=7
RD1-team08=San Antonio
RD1-score08=2

RD1-seed09=1
RD1-team09=Boston
RD1-score09=3
RD1-seed10=8
RD1-team10=Cleveland
RD1-score10=1

RD1-seed11=4
RD1-team11=Detroit
RD1-score11=3
RD1-seed12=5
RD1-team12=New Jersey
RD1-score12=0

RD1-seed13=3
RD1-team13=Philadelphia
RD1-score13=3
RD1-seed14=6
RD1-team14=Washington
RD1-score14=1

RD1-seed15=2
RD1-team15=Milwaukee
RD1-score15=3
RD1-seed16=7
RD1-team16=Chicago
RD1-score16=1

RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=L.A. Lakers
RD2-score01=4
RD2-seed02=5
RD2-team02=Portland
RD2-score02=1

RD2-seed03=6
RD2-team03=Utah
RD2-score03=1
RD2-seed04=2
RD2-team04=Denver
RD2-score04=4

RD2-seed05=1
RD2-team05=Boston
RD2-score05=4
RD2-seed06=4
RD2-team06=Detroit
RD2-score06=2

RD2-seed07=3
RD2-team07=Philadelphia
RD2-score07=4
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=Milwaukee
RD2-score08=0

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=L.A. Lakers
RD3-score01=4
RD3-seed02=2
RD3-team02=Denver
RD3-score02=1

RD3-seed03=1
RD3-team03=Boston
RD3-score03=4
RD3-seed04=3
RD3-team04=Philadelphia
RD3-score04=1

RD4-seed01=W1
RD4-team01=L.A. Lakers
RD4-score01=4
RD4-seed02=E1
RD4-team02=Boston
RD4-score02=2

External links

* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1985.html Basketball-Reference.com's 1985 NBA Playoffs page]