1985–86 Dallas Mavericks season

1985–86 Dallas Mavericks season
1985–86 Dallas Mavericks season
Head coach	Dick Motta
General manager	Norm Sonju
Owner(s)	Don Carter
Arena	Reunion Arena
Results
Record	44–38 (.537)
Place	Division: 3rd (Midwest); Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference semifinals; (lost to Lakers 2–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KTVT; Home Sports Entertainment;
Radio	WBAP
< 1984–85	1986–87 >

The 1985–86 NBA season was the Mavericks' 6th season in the NBA.^[1]

Dallas continued its strong play, finishing the season at 44–38, earning them the number 4 spot. They defeated the Utah Jazz in the opening round, but lost to the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers, losing the series in six games.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	8	Detlef Schrempf	SF/PF	Germany	Washington
1	16	Bill Wennington	C	Canada	St. John's
1	17	Uwe Blab	C	Germany	Indiana
2	40	Mark Acres	PF/C	United States	Oral Roberts
3	50	Leonard Allen		United States	San Diego State
3	63	Harold Keeling	PG	United States	Santa Clara
4	86	Bubba Jennings		United States	Texas Tech
5	109	Tommy Davis		United States	Minnesota
6	132	Carlton Cooper		United States	Texas
7	155	Ed Catchings		United States	Nevada-Las Vegas

Roster

1985–86 Dallas Mavericks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SF	24	Aguirre, Mark	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	1959–12–10	DePaul
C	33	Blab, Uwe	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	1962–03–26	Indiana
SG	22	Blackman, Rolando	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1959–02–26	Kansas State
PG	15	Davis, Brad	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1955–12–17	Maryland
C	40	Donaldson, James	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	1957–08–16	Washington State
SF	14	Ellis, Dale	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1960–08–06	Tennessee
PG	12	Harper, Derek	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1961–10–13	Illinois
SG	43	Keeling, Harold	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1963–09–18	Santa Clara
PF	44	Perkins, Sam	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	1961–06–14	North Carolina
SF	32	Schrempf, Detlef	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	1963–01–21	Washington
PF	31	Vincent, Jay	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1959–06–10	Michigan State
C	23	Wennington, Bill	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1963–12–26	St. John's

Head coach

Dick Motta

Assistant coach(es)

Bob Weiss

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: January 23, 1986

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Houston Rockets	51	31	.622	–	36–5	15–26	20–10
x-Denver Nuggets	47	35	.573	4	34–7	13–28	15–15
x-Dallas Mavericks	44	38	.537	7	26–15	18–23	16–14
x-Utah Jazz	42	40	.512	9	27–14	15–26	15–15
x-Sacramento Kings	37	45	.451	14	25–16	12–29	15–15
x-San Antonio Spurs	35	47	.427	16	21–20	14–27	9–21

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	51	31	.622	11
3	x-Denver Nuggets	47	35	.573	15
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	44	38	.537	18
5	x-Utah Jazz	42	40	.512	20
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	40	42	.488	22
7	x-Sacramento Kings	37	45	.451	25
8	x-San Antonio Spurs	35	47	.427	27

9	Phoenix Suns	32	50	.390	30
10	Los Angeles Clippers	32	50	.390	30
11	Seattle SuperSonics	31	51	.378	31
12	Golden State Warriors	30	52	.366	32

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1985-86 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–6	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	4–2	5–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4
Boston	6–0	—	5–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–2	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1
Chicago	1–5	1–5	—	3–3	0–2	2–0	2–4	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4
Cleveland	2–4	1–5	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–5	0–2	0–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–5	3–3	4–1	0–6	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–5
Dallas	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	0–2	4–1	1–5	2–0	2–3	1–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	5–0	2–3	3–3	4–2	3–2	5–1	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	—	1–1	3–2	3–3	2–0	4–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–2	3–3	3–3	2–3	3–3	2–0
Detroit	2–4	1–4	4–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	4–2	4–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–2
Golden State	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	2–3	1–1	—	0–5	1–1	5–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–5	2–3	2–3	2–4	2–3	1–1
Houston	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	3–3	1–1	5–0	—	2–0	3–2	1–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	4–2	5–1	3–2	3–3	2–0
Indiana	1–5	1–5	3–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–1	0–2	—	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–3	2–4	0–6	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	5–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–2	1–5	2–3	0–2	—	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	5–0	1–4	3–3	3–2	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–3	1–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	4–2	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	6–0	5–0	4–1	4–2	5–0	2–0
Milwaukee	3–3	0–5	5–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	—	4–2	6–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
New Jersey	2–4	2–4	3–2	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	—	5–1	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–4
New York	1–5	1–5	2–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–2	4–2	0–2	1–1	0–6	1–5	—	0–6	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–3
Philadelphia	1–4	2–4	5–1	6–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	6–0	2–0	0–2	1–4	4–2	6–0	—	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
Phoenix	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–5	1–4	2–0	4–2	2–3	1–1	4–2	1–5	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	—	2–4	2–3	3–2	5–1	1–4	1–1
Portland	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	1–1	5–1	2–3	2–0	4–2	0–6	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	4–2	—	3–2	1–4	5–1	2–3	0–2
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	2–0	3–2	2–4	2–0	0–5	0–5	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–3	—	5–1	5–0	2–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–3	1–1	3–2	1–5	1–1	4–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	4–1	1–5	—	2–3	2–4	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–2	4–2	2–3	0–2	3–3	2–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–5	0–5	3–2	—	2–3	1–1
Utah	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–5	3–3	1–1	3–2	3–3	2–0	2–3	0–5	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	4–2	4–2	3–2	—	1–1
Washington	4–1	1–5	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	2–4	4–2	3–3	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	—

Game log

1985–86 game log
Total: 44–38 (home: 26–15; road: 18–23)

October: 1–1 (home: 1–1; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 26, 1985	Seattle	W 101–95				Reunion Arena	1–0
2	October 29, 1985	L.A. Lakers	L 115–133				Reunion Arena	1–1

November: 8–6 (home: 7–2; road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
3	November 1, 1985	@ San Antonio	L 107–116	HemisFair Arena	1–2
4	November 2, 1985	Sacramento	W 119–113	Reunion Arena	2–2
5	November 5, 1985	Portland	L 109–111	Reunion Arena	2–3
6	November 7, 1985	@ Denver	L 99–131	McNichols Sports Arena	2–4
7	November 9, 1985	Houston	L 110–115	Reunion Arena	2–5
8	November 12, 1985	@ Seattle	L 90–109	Seattle Center Coliseum	2–6
9	November 13, 1985	@ Utah	W 115–100	Salt Palace Acord Arena	3–6
10	November 15, 1985	New Jersey	W 110–98	Reunion Arena	4–6
11	November 16, 1985	@ Houston	L 117–122	The Summit	4–7
12	November 19, 1985	Phoenix	W 123–119	Reunion Arena	5–7
13	November 23, 1985	Indiana	W 117–104	Reunion Arena	6–7
14	November 26, 1985	Washington	W 112–99	Reunion Arena	7–7
15	November 29, 1985	Sacramento	W 133–111	Reunion Arena	8–7
16	November 30, 1985	L.A. Clippers	W 124–115	Reunion Arena	9–7

December: 5–8 (home: 2–2; road: 3–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
17	December 3, 1985	@ Golden State	W 107–100				Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	10–7
18	December 5, 1985	San Antonio	L 116–120				Reunion Arena	10–8
19	December 7, 1985	Golden State	W 120–110				Reunion Arena	11–8
20	December 8, 1985	@ L.A. Lakers	L 119–125				The Forum	11–9
21	December 10, 1985	@ L.A. Clippers	L 118–120				Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	11–10
22	December 12, 1985	@ Houston	L 120–123				The Summit	11–11
23	December 14, 1985	Denver	W 127–100				Reunion Arena	12–11
24	December 18, 1985	@ Boston	L 117–137				Boston Garden	12–12
25	December 19, 1985 6:30 p.m. CST	@ Atlanta	W 120–108	Blackman (31)	Perkins (14)	Davis (12)	The Omni 5,867	13–12
26	December 21, 1985	@ Milwaukee	L 107–132				MECCA Arena	13–13
27	December 22, 1985	@ Cleveland	L 105–119				Richfield Coliseum	13–14
28	December 26, 1985	@ Phoenix	W 105–98				Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	14–14
29	December 27, 1985	Portland	L 133–142 (OT)				Reunion Arena	14–15

January: 9–6 (home: 7–3; road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
30	January 4, 1986	Utah	W 119–106	Reunion Arena	15–15
31	January 7, 1986	@ Denver	L 110–132	McNichols Sports Arena	15–16
32	January 10, 1986	Phoenix	W 117–104	Reunion Arena	16–16
33	January 11, 1986	Golden State	W 127–123 (OT)	Reunion Arena	17–16
34	January 13, 1986	@ Seattle	W 90–89	Seattle Center Coliseum	18–16
35	January 15, 1986	New York	L 112–116	Reunion Arena	18–17
36	January 17, 1986	@ Utah	L 112–139	Salt Palace Acord Arena	18–18
37	January 19, 1986	Houston	W 131–96	Reunion Arena	19–18
38	January 21, 1986	@ Sacramento	L 110–119	ARCO Arena	19–19
39	January 22, 1986	L.A. Clippers	L 118–131	Reunion Arena	19–20
40	January 24, 1986	Detroit	L 120–129	Reunion Arena	19–21
41	January 25, 1986	@ San Antonio	W 123–107	HemisFair Arena	20–21
42	January 27, 1986	Chicago	W 124–116	Reunion Arena	21–21
43	January 29, 1986	San Antonio	W 126–114	Reunion Arena	22–21
44	January 31, 1986	Cleveland	W 107–91	Reunion Arena	23–21

February: 6–8 (home: 2–4; road: 4–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
45	February 2, 1986	Utah	W 100–97	Reunion Arena	24–21
46	February 4, 1986	@ L.A. Lakers	L 102–110	The Forum	24–22
47	February 6, 1986	@ Portland	W 115–111	Memorial Coliseum	25–22
All-Star Break
48	February 11, 1986	@ San Antonio	W 121–107	HemisFair Arena	26–22
49	February 12, 1986	Denver	W 117–110	Reunion Arena	27–22
50	February 14, 1986	@ Detroit	L 110–119	Pontiac Silverdome	27–23
51	February 16, 1986	@ Chicago	W 120–114	Chicago Stadium	28–23
52	February 17, 1986	@ New Jersey	W 126–124	Brendan Byrne Arena	29–23
53	February 19, 1986	Milwaukee	L 107–124	Reunion Arena	29–24
54	February 21, 1986	Houston	L 110–115	Reunion Arena	29–25
55	February 22, 1986	@ Denver	L 106–113	McNichols Sports Arena	29–26
56	February 24, 1986	@ Houston	L 105–110	The Summit	29–27
57	February 26, 1986	L.A. Lakers	L 116–119	Reunion Arena	29–28
58	February 28, 1986	Philadelphia	L 120–123	Reunion Arena	29–29

March: 11–5 (home: 5–2; road: 6–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
59	March 1, 1986	Golden State	W 119–110				Reunion Arena	30–29
60	March 3, 1986	@ Phoenix	W 139–138 (2OT)				Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	31–29
61	March 6, 1986	@ L.A. Clippers	W 131–113				Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	32–29
62	March 7, 1986	@ Portland	L 114–125				Memorial Coliseum	32–30
63	March 9, 1986	@ Sacramento	W 117–102				ARCO Arena	33–30
64	March 10, 1986	Boston	W 116–115				Reunion Arena	34–30
65	March 12, 1986	Sacramento	L 120–127 (OT)				Reunion Arena	34–31
66	March 14, 1986	Portland	W 129–118				Reunion Arena	35–31
67	March 15, 1986	Utah	W 108–98				Reunion Arena	36–31
68	March 18, 1986	San Antonio	W 120–113				Reunion Arena	37–31
69	March 20, 1986	@ Utah	W 114–107				Salt Palace Acord Arena	38–31
70	March 21, 1986 7:30 p.m. CST	Atlanta	L 103–107	Blackman (23)	Donaldson (14)	Davis, Harper (6)	Reunion Arena 17,007	38–32
71	March 24, 1986	@ Indiana	W 126–120				Market Square Arena	39–32
72	March 26, 1986	@ Washington	L 112–120				Capital Centre	39–33
73	March 27, 1986	@ New York	W 110–105				Madison Square Garden	40–33
74	March 30, 1986	@ Philadelphia	L 113–114				The Spectrum	40–34

April: 4–4 (home: 2–1; road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
75	April 1, 1986	Phoenix	W 128–98	Reunion Arena	41–34
76	April 3, 1986	Denver	W 115–114	Reunion Arena	42–34
77	April 5, 1986	Seattle	L 109–111	Reunion Arena	42–35
78	April 7, 1986	@ Sacramento	L 115–122	ARCO Arena	42–36
79	April 8, 1986	@ Golden State	L 115–129	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	42–37
80	April 10, 1986	@ Seattle	W 115–109	Seattle Center Coliseum	43–37
81	April 12, 1986	@ L.A. Clippers	L 108–115	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	43–38
82	April 13, 1986	@ L.A. Lakers	W 127–104	The Forum	44–38

1985–86 schedule

Playoffs

1986 playoff game log

First Round: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 18, 1986	Utah	W 101–93	Rolando Blackman (25)	Sam Perkins (15)	Derek Harper (7)	Reunion Arena 17,007	1–0
2	April 20, 1986	Utah	W 113–106	Mark Aguirre (27)	Sam Perkins (10)	Aguirre, Harper (5)	Reunion Arena 17,007	2–0
3	April 23, 1986	@ Utah	L 98–100	James Donaldson (17)	James Donaldson (20)	Derek Harper (6)	Salt Palace Acord Arena 11,635	2–1
4	April 25, 1986	@ Utah	W 117–113	Sam Perkins (29)	Sam Perkins (12)	Mark Aguirre (8)	Salt Palace Acord Arena 12,683	3–1

Conference semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 27, 1986	@ L.A. Lakers	L 116–130	Jay Vincent (18)	James Donaldson (10)	Derek Harper (9)	The Forum 17,505	0–1
2	April 30, 1986	@ L.A. Lakers	L 113–117	Mark Aguirre (28)	Mark Aguirre (12)	Derek Harper (16)	The Forum 17,505	0–2
3	May 2, 1986	L.A. Lakers	W 110–108	Mark Aguirre (27)	James Donaldson (14)	Mark Aguirre (8)	Reunion Arena 17,007	1–2
4	May 4, 1986	L.A. Lakers	W 120–118	Mark Aguirre (39)	James Donaldson (11)	Derek Harper (11)	Reunion Arena 17,007	2–2
5	May 6, 1986	@ L.A. Lakers	L 113–116	Mark Aguirre (27)	James Donaldson (8)	Derek Harper (9)	The Forum 17,505	2–3
6	May 8, 1986	L.A. Lakers	L 107–120	Mark Aguirre (28)	James Donaldson (18)	Rolando Blackman (8)	Reunion Arena 17,007	2–4

1986 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Rolando Blackman	SG	82	81	2,787	291	271	79	25	1,762	34.0	3.5	3.3	1.0	.3	21.5
Brad Davis	PG	82	43	1,971	146	467	57	15	764	24.0	1.8	5.7	.7	.2	9.3
Sam Perkins	PF	80	79	2,626	685	153	75	94	1,234	32.8	8.6	1.9	.9	1.2	15.4
Jay Vincent	PF	80	3	1,994	368	180	66	21	1,106	24.9	4.6	2.3	.8	.3	13.8
Derek Harper	PG	79	39	2,150	226	416	153	23	963	27.2	2.9	5.3	1.9	.3	12.2
Mark Aguirre	SF	74	73	2,501	445	339	62	14	1,670	33.8	6.0	4.6	.8	.2	22.6
Dale Ellis	SF	72	1	1,086	168	37	40	9	508	15.1	2.3	.5	.6	.1	7.1
James Donaldson^†	C	69	64	2,241	664	84	23	110	573	32.5	9.6	1.2	.3	1.6	8.3
Detlef Schrempf	SF	64	12	969	198	88	23	10	397	15.1	3.1	1.4	.4	.2	6.2
Bill Wennington	C	56	3	562	132	21	11	22	189	10.0	2.4	.4	.2	.4	3.4
Uwe Blab	C	48	0	409	91	17	3	12	124	8.5	1.9	.4	.1	.3	2.6
Harold Keeling	SG	20	0	75	6	10	7	0	44	3.8	.3	.5	.4	.0	2.2
Kurt Nimphius^†	PF	13	4	280	60	14	3	12	91	21.5	4.6	1.1	.2	.9	7.0
Wallace Bryant^†	C	9	8	154	33	11	3	2	28	17.1	3.7	1.2	.3	.2	3.1

^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Mavericks only.

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
James Donaldson	C	10	10	410	117	10	6	12	109	41.0	11.7	1.0	.6	1.2	10.9
Rolando Blackman	SG	10	10	371	35	32	8	1	208	37.1	3.5	3.2	.8	.1	20.8
Derek Harper	PG	10	10	348	19	76	23	0	134	34.8	1.9	7.6	2.3	.0	13.4
Sam Perkins	PF	10	10	347	83	24	9	14	149	34.7	8.3	2.4	.9	1.4	14.9
Mark Aguirre	SF	10	10	345	71	54	9	0	247	34.5	7.1	5.4	.9	.0	24.7
Jay Vincent	PF	10	0	204	39	15	4	1	106	20.4	3.9	1.5	.4	.1	10.6
Brad Davis	PG	10	0	163	19	23	3	0	77	16.3	1.9	2.3	.3	.0	7.7
Detlef Schrempf	SF	10	0	120	23	14	2	1	37	12.0	2.3	1.4	.2	.1	3.7
Dale Ellis	SF	7	0	67	7	2	2	2	30	9.6	1.0	.3	.3	.3	4.3
Bill Wennington	C	6	0	18	5	0	0	0	7	3.0	.8	.0	.0	.0	1.2
Uwe Blab	C	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	4	6.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0	4.0
Harold Keeling	SG	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

1985–86 Dallas Mavericks season

Contents

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Ragular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

References

See also