1984-85 New Jersey Nets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 42-40
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-3
Conference First Round - Lost to Detroit Pistons 3-0
Coach: Stan Albeck (42-40)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 501,963, Avg. 12,243 in 41 home dates

1984-85 New Jersey Nets Roster
1984-85 New Jersey Nets Results

The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1984-85 season with a record of 42 wins and 40 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.

The Nets tossed in 8,975 points and yielded 8,956. Micheal Ray Richardson scored a team-leading 1,649 points for New Jersey, and Buck Williams contributed 18 or more per game, too. Buck Williams accounted for 1,005 boards. Micheal Ray Richardson dished out 669 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Micheal Ray Richardson added 243 steals.

Stan Albeck coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	82	82	3127	1470	690	115	29	313	240	156	301	457	669	243	22	249	277	1649
Buck Williams	F-C	82	82	3182	1089	577	4	1	538	336	323	682	1005	167	63	110	238	293	1491
Otis Birdsong	G	56	45	1842	968	495	21	4	259	161	60	88	148	232	84	7	117	145	1155
Mike Gminski	C	81	54	2418	818	380	1	0	328	276	229	404	633	158	38	92	136	135	1036
Kelvin Ransey	G	81	29	1689	654	300	11	2	142	122	40	90	130	355	87	7	113	134	724
Albert King	F-G	42	7	860	460	226	8	0	104	85	70	89	159	58	41	9	65	110	537
Darryl Dawkins	C	39	30	972	339	192	1	0	201	143	55	126	181	45	14	35	93	171	527
Darwin Cook	G	58	9	1063	453	212	23	2	54	47	21	71	92	160	74	10	75	96	473
Mike O'Koren	F-G	43	29	1119	393	194	21	8	67	42	46	120	166	102	32	16	51	115	438
Jeff Turner	F-C	72	36	1429	377	171	3	0	92	79	88	130	218	108	29	7	90	243	421
Kevin McKenna	G-F	29	7	535	134	61	13	5	43	38	20	29	49	58	30	7	32	63	165
Ron Brewer	G	11	0	245	84	49	2	0	18	16	8	10	18	11	5	5	5	15	114
George Johnson	C-F	65	0	800	79	42	1	1	27	22	74	111	185	22	19	78	39	151	107
Wayne Sappleton	F	33	0	298	87	41	0	0	34	14	28	47	75	7	7	4	21	50	96
Mike Wilson	G	8	0	92	23	9	0	0	6	4	4	9	13	11	4	2	5	7	22
Chris Engler	C	7	0	76	16	7	0	0	9	5	10	17	27	0	2	4	1	4	19
Tom LaGarde	C-F	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	1
Totals		790	410	19755	7445	3646	224	52	2237	1631	1233	2325	3558	2163	772	415	1331	2011	8975

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	82	82	38.1	46.9	25.2	76.7	1.9	3.7	5.6	8.2	3.0	0.3	3.0	3.4	20.1
Buck Williams	F-C	82	82	38.8	53.0	25.0	62.5	3.9	8.3	12.3	2.0	0.8	1.3	2.9	3.6	18.2
Otis Birdsong	G	56	45	32.9	51.1	19.0	62.2	1.1	1.6	2.6	4.1	1.5	0.1	2.1	2.6	20.6
Mike Gminski	C	81	54	29.9	46.5	0.0	84.1	2.8	5.0	7.8	2.0	0.5	1.1	1.7	1.7	12.8
Kelvin Ransey	G	81	29	20.9	45.9	18.2	85.9	0.5	1.1	1.6	4.4	1.1	0.1	1.4	1.7	8.9
Albert King	F-G	42	7	20.5	49.1	0.0	81.7	1.7	2.1	3.8	1.4	1.0	0.2	1.5	2.6	12.8
Darryl Dawkins	C	39	30	24.9	56.6	0.0	71.1	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	2.4	4.4	13.5
Darwin Cook	G	58	9	18.3	46.8	8.7	87.0	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.3	0.2	1.3	1.7	8.2
Mike O'Koren	F-G	43	29	26.0	49.4	38.1	62.7	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.7	10.2
Jeff Turner	F-C	72	36	19.8	45.4	0.0	85.9	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.3	3.4	5.8
Kevin McKenna	G-F	29	7	18.4	45.5	38.5	88.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	2.0	1.0	0.2	1.1	2.2	5.7
Ron Brewer	G	11	0	22.3	58.3	0.0	88.9	0.7	0.9	1.6	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.4	10.4
George Johnson	C-F	65	0	12.3	53.2	100.0	81.5	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.3	0.3	1.2	0.6	2.3	1.6
Wayne Sappleton	F	33	0	9.0	47.1		41.2	0.8	1.4	2.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.5	2.9
Mike Wilson	G	8	0	11.5	39.1		66.7	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.8
Chris Engler	C	7	0	10.9	43.8		55.6	1.4	2.4	3.9	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	2.7
Tom LaGarde	C-F	1	0	8.0	0.0		50.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0
Averages		790	410	25.0	49.0	23.2	72.9	1.6	2.9	4.5	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.5	11.4

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Buck Williams	F-C	3	123	40	26	0	0	30	22	14	18	32	1	3	5	6	12	74
Albert King	F-G	3	105	57	28	1	1	13	9	4	19	23	5	7	2	10	14	66
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	3	125	57	23	2	0	14	9	4	14	18	34	4	0	8	12	55
Mike Gminski	C	3	81	33	18	0	0	6	6	4	15	19	4	3	5	10	5	42
Ron Brewer	G	3	93	30	15	1	0	8	6	1	4	5	5	3	0	3	7	36
Darryl Dawkins	C	3	64	23	11	0	0	4	3	4	10	14	4	2	6	7	13	25
Kelvin Ransey	G	3	63	16	6	0	0	5	5	0	5	5	17	2	1	2	10	17
Mike O'Koren	F-G	3	34	7	3	0	0	2	0	1	9	10	4	0	0	1	6	6
Darwin Cook	G	1	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	6
Jeff Turner	F-C	3	21	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	6	4
George Johnson	C-F	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		29	720	272	135	4	1	82	60	34	96	130	77	24	19	49	87	331

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Buck Williams	F-C	3	41.0	65.0		73.3	4.7	6.0	10.7	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.0	4.0	24.7
Albert King	F-G	3	35.0	49.1	100.0	69.2	1.3	6.3	7.7	1.7	2.3	0.7	3.3	4.7	22.0
Micheal Ray Richardson	G-F	3	41.7	40.4	0.0	64.3	1.3	4.7	6.0	11.3	1.3	0.0	2.7	4.0	18.3
Mike Gminski	C	3	27.0	54.5		100.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	1.3	1.0	1.7	3.3	1.7	14.0
Ron Brewer	G	3	31.0	50.0	0.0	75.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.7	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	12.0
Darryl Dawkins	C	3	21.3	47.8		75.0	1.3	3.3	4.7	1.3	0.7	2.0	2.3	4.3	8.3
Kelvin Ransey	G	3	21.0	37.5		100.0	0.0	1.7	1.7	5.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	3.3	5.7
Mike O'Koren	F-G	3	11.3	42.9		0.0	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.0
Darwin Cook	G	1	7.0	75.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	6.0
Jeff Turner	F-C	3	7.0	40.0			0.7	0.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.3
George Johnson	C-F	1	4.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		790	24.8	49.6	25.0	73.2	1.2	3.3	4.5	2.7	0.8	0.7	1.7	3.0	11.4