1984-85 Season The Lakers won an NBA title this season

Record: 62-20, first place in Pacific Division

The Lakers won their fourth consecutive Pacific Division title and set an NBA record with a 54.5% team field-goal percentage.

Playoffs: The NBA Finals featured a Lakers-Boston matchup for the second season in a row. The Lakers were humiliated in the first game, 148-114, a contest remembered as the "Memorial Day Massacre." But the Lakers won four of the next five games as they finally defeated Boston in the NBA Finals for the first time in nine attempts.

Playoff Results


Western Conference first round


  • at Lakers 116, Phoenix 114

  • at Lakers 147, Phoenix 130

  • Lakers 119, at Phoenix 103



Western Conference semifinals


  • at Lakers 125, Portland 101

  • at Lakers 134, Portland 118

  • Lakers 130, at Portland 126

  • at Portland 115, Lakers 107

  • at Lakers 139, Portland 120




Western Conferene finals


  • at Lakers 139, Denver 122

  • Denver 136, at Lakers 114

  • Lakers 136, at Denver 116

  • Lakers 120, at Denver 116

  • at Lakers 153, Denver 109



NBA Finals


  • at Boston 148, Lakers 114

  • Lakers 109, at Boston 102

  • at Lakers 136, Boston 111

  • Boston 107, at Lakers 105

  • at Lakers 120, Boston 111

  • Lakers 111, at Boston 100




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