1985-86 New Jersey Nets Statistics
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 39-43
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Milwaukee Bucks 3-0
Coach: Dave Wohl (39-43)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 483,554, Avg. 11,794 in 41 home dates
1985-86 New Jersey Nets RosterTeam Record: 39-43
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Milwaukee Bucks 3-0
Coach: Dave Wohl (39-43)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 483,554, Avg. 11,794 in 41 home dates
1985-86 New Jersey Nets Results
The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 39 wins and 43 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.
New Jersey poured in 8,949 points and allowed 9,112. Mike Gminski tossed in a team-leading 1,333 points for the Nets, and Buck Williams contributed 986 boards. Darwin Cook dished out 390 assists for the squad.
On the defensive side of the ball, Darwin Cook added 156 steals.
Dave Wohl coached the team. The 1985-86 New Jersey Nets lost in the conference first round.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gminski | C | 81 | 78 | 2525 | 949 | 491 | 1 | 0 | 393 | 351 | 206 | 462 | 668 | 133 | 56 | 71 | 140 | 163 | 1333 |
| Buck Williams | F-C | 82 | 82 | 3070 | 956 | 500 | 2 | 0 | 445 | 301 | 329 | 657 | 986 | 131 | 73 | 96 | 244 | 294 | 1301 |
| Otis Birdsong | G | 77 | 74 | 2395 | 1056 | 542 | 22 | 8 | 210 | 122 | 88 | 114 | 202 | 261 | 85 | 17 | 179 | 228 | 1214 |
| Albert King | F-G | 73 | 69 | 1998 | 961 | 438 | 23 | 4 | 203 | 167 | 116 | 250 | 366 | 181 | 58 | 24 | 181 | 205 | 1047 |
| Darryl Dawkins | C | 51 | 3 | 1207 | 441 | 284 | 1 | 0 | 297 | 210 | 85 | 166 | 251 | 77 | 16 | 59 | 124 | 227 | 778 |
| Micheal Ray Richardson | G-F | 47 | 39 | 1604 | 661 | 296 | 27 | 4 | 179 | 141 | 77 | 173 | 250 | 340 | 125 | 11 | 150 | 163 | 737 |
| Darwin Cook | G | 79 | 33 | 1965 | 627 | 267 | 53 | 11 | 111 | 84 | 51 | 126 | 177 | 390 | 156 | 22 | 132 | 172 | 629 |
| Mickey Johnson | F | 79 | 4 | 1574 | 507 | 214 | 24 | 5 | 233 | 183 | 98 | 234 | 332 | 217 | 67 | 25 | 165 | 248 | 616 |
| Kelvin Ransey | G | 79 | 15 | 1504 | 505 | 231 | 24 | 3 | 148 | 121 | 34 | 82 | 116 | 252 | 51 | 4 | 114 | 128 | 586 |
| Mike O'Koren | F-G | 67 | 11 | 1031 | 336 | 160 | 27 | 7 | 39 | 23 | 33 | 102 | 135 | 118 | 29 | 9 | 54 | 134 | 350 |
| Jeff Turner | F-C | 53 | 1 | 650 | 171 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 58 | 45 | 92 | 137 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 49 | 125 | 226 |
| Bobby Cattage | F | 29 | 1 | 185 | 83 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 35 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 92 |
| Ray Williams | G | 5 | 0 | 63 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| Rod Higgins | F-C-G | 2 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Yvon Joseph | C | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 805 | 410 | 19805 | 7301 | 3548 | 214 | 43 | 2396 | 1810 | 1183 | 2483 | 3666 | 2128 | 749 | 345 | 1556 | 2129 | 8949 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gminski | C | 81 | 78 | 31.2 | 51.7 | 0.0 | 89.3 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 16.5 |
| Buck Williams | F-C | 82 | 82 | 37.4 | 52.3 | 0.0 | 67.6 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 15.9 |
| Otis Birdsong | G | 77 | 74 | 31.1 | 51.3 | 36.4 | 58.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 15.8 |
| Albert King | F-G | 73 | 69 | 27.4 | 45.6 | 17.4 | 82.3 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 14.3 |
| Darryl Dawkins | C | 51 | 3 | 23.7 | 64.4 | 0.0 | 70.7 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 15.3 |
| Micheal Ray Richardson | G-F | 47 | 39 | 34.1 | 44.8 | 14.8 | 78.8 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 15.7 |
| Darwin Cook | G | 79 | 33 | 24.9 | 42.6 | 20.8 | 75.7 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 8.0 |
| Mickey Johnson | F | 79 | 4 | 19.9 | 42.2 | 20.8 | 78.5 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 7.8 |
| Kelvin Ransey | G | 79 | 15 | 19.0 | 45.7 | 12.5 | 81.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 7.4 |
| Mike O'Koren | F-G | 67 | 11 | 15.4 | 47.6 | 25.9 | 59.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 5.2 |
| Jeff Turner | F-C | 53 | 1 | 12.3 | 49.1 | 0.0 | 74.4 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 4.3 |
| Bobby Cattage | F | 29 | 1 | 6.4 | 33.7 | 20.0 | 79.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| Ray Williams | G | 5 | 0 | 12.6 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 85.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 6.4 |
| Rod Higgins | F-C-G | 2 | 0 | 14.5 | 18.8 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| Yvon Joseph | C | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | ||
| Averages | 805 | 410 | 24.6 | 48.6 | 20.1 | 75.5 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 11.1 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Birdsong | G | 3 | 132 | 55 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 69 |
| Buck Williams | F-C | 3 | 126 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 62 |
| Mike Gminski | C | 3 | 109 | 43 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 58 |
| Albert King | F-G | 3 | 98 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 41 |
| Darwin Cook | G | 3 | 77 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 28 |
| Kelvin Ransey | G | 3 | 68 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 27 |
| Mickey Johnson | F | 3 | 54 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Darryl Dawkins | C | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Jeff Turner | F-C | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Mike O'Koren | F-G | 2 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Totals | 27 | 720 | 254 | 118 | 17 | 2 | 105 | 79 | 46 | 73 | 119 | 66 | 28 | 12 | 51 | 98 | 317 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Birdsong | G | 3 | 44.0 | 52.7 | 0.0 | 57.9 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 23.0 |
| Buck Williams | F-C | 3 | 42.0 | 72.4 | 76.9 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 20.7 | |
| Mike Gminski | C | 3 | 36.3 | 37.2 | 96.3 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 10.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 19.3 | |
| Albert King | F-G | 3 | 32.7 | 42.9 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 13.7 |
| Darwin Cook | G | 3 | 25.7 | 44.8 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 9.3 |
| Kelvin Ransey | G | 3 | 22.7 | 45.5 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 9.0 |
| Mickey Johnson | F | 3 | 18.0 | 26.3 | 0.0 | 63.6 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 5.7 |
| Darryl Dawkins | C | 1 | 17.0 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | |
| Jeff Turner | F-C | 3 | 6.0 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 1.0 | |
| Mike O'Koren | F-G | 2 | 10.5 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | |
| Averages | 805 | 26.7 | 46.5 | 11.8 | 75.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 11.7 |
