The 1985-86 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 16th season in the NBA, their second in Los Angeles.1985-86 Los Angeles Clippers

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 3 Benoit Benjamin Center Creighton 3 52 Anicet Lavodrama Forward Houston Baptist 4 74 Jim Deines Center Arizona State 5 99 Wayne Carlander Forward USC 6 121 Malcolm Thomas Forward Missouri 7 143 Gary Maloncon Forward UCLA

Roster

Roster notes Forward Jamaal Wilkes becomes the 2nd Laker to play with the crosstown rival Clippers. Forward Rory White would later serve as an assistant coach for the Clippers under coach Mike Dunleavy Sr. from 2003 to 2008.

Regular season

Season standings

z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

Player statistics

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPGPPG 79 3726.4 .490 .333 .746 7.6 1.0 0.82.6 11.1 5814 20.0 .441 .333 .891 2.11.9 0.5 0.1 8.8 80 8.0 .222 .000 .6252.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.6 78 1220.1 .479.000 .6495.3 1.0 0.8 0.4 6.7 21 06.1 .250 .000 .560 1.40.0 0.1 0.1 1.2 1414 31.5 .512 .000 .814 9.4 0.9 0.4 2.1 10.2 7319 20.4 .454 .111.874 1.2 3.5 1.2 0.19.0 601 11.7 .377 .250 .804 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.2 5.2 75 7534.7 .510.067 .7605.5 3.81.4 0.7 20.3 3 0 6.0 .000 0.7 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 76 72 32.3 .475 .000 .795 8.2 2.8 0.8 0.4 14.1 14 0 7.1 .356 .000 .643 1.1 0.2 0.30.2 2.9 67 62 29.0 .505 .000 .760 5.9 0.7 0.4 1.4 12.0 67 62 31.9 .438 .347 .809 2.7 8.6 1.3 0.0 14.6 11 9 30.8 .552 .500 .690 3.7 2.8 0.8 1.2 23.5 6 0 11.5 .400 .500 1.3 2.0 0.8 0.2 2.2 34 2 14.2 .379 .273 .787 1.6 3.1 0.7 0.0 5.9 75 30 23.5 .519 .111 .739 2.4 1.0 1.0 0.1 11.7 13 1 15.0 .400 .333 .815 2.2 1.2 0.5 0.2 5.8

Awards, records and milestones

All-Star Marques Johnson selected as a reserve forward for the Western Conference All-Stars. This would be his fifth and final All-Star Game appearance. With Norm Nixon chosen as an All-Star last year, this would make it the third time in franchise history that the team fielded a different player for back-to-back All-Star Games. The other two times were Bob Kauffman in 1973 then Bob McAdoo in 1974 and Bob McAdoo again in 1977 then Randy Smith in 1978.

Transactions The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1985–86 season.

Trades September 6, 1985 To Los Angeles Clippers Cedric Maxwell and 1986 first-round draft pick To Boston Celtics Bill Walton November 25, 1985 To Los Angeles Clippers Kurt Nimphius To Dallas Mavericks James Donaldson January 14, 1986 To Los Angeles Clippers Darnell Valentine To Portland Trail Blazers 1986 first-round draft pick

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team

Subtractions Player Left New team

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