1985–86 Indiana Pacers season

1985–86 Indiana Pacers season
1985–86 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach	George Irvine
Arena	Market Square Arena
Results
Record	26–56 (.317)
Place	Division: 6th (Central); Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WTTV; (Eddie Doucette, Bobby "Slick" Leonard)
Radio	WNDE; (Greg Papa)
< 1984–85	1986–87 >

The 1985–86 NBA season was Indiana's tenth season in the NBA and 19th season as a franchise.^[1]

Offseason

Draft picks

This table only lists picks through the second round.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	2	Wayman Tisdale	PF/C	United States	Oklahoma
2	26	Bill Martin	F	United States	Georgetown
2	27	Dwayne McClain	SG/SF	United States	Villanova

Roster

1985–86 Indiana Pacers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
SF	15	Anderson, Ron	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fresno State
PG	10	Fleming, Vern	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Georgia
PF	20	Garnett, Bill	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Wyoming
C	55	Gray, Stuart	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	UCLA
PF	33	Kellogg, Clark	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Ohio State
SF	22	Martin, Bill	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Georgetown
SF	44	McClain, Dwayne	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Villanova
SG	4	Richardson, Clint	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Seattle
SG	43	Stansbury, Terence	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Temple
C	40	Stipanovich, Steve	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Missouri
PF	23	Tisdale, Wayman	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Oklahoma
PG	21	Warrick, Bryan	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Saint Joseph's
C	32	Williams, Herb	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	Ohio State

Head coach

George Irvine

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	57	25	.695	–	33–8	24–17	21–9
x-Atlanta Hawks	50	32	.610	7	34–7	16–25	21–9
x-Detroit Pistons	46	36	.561	11	31–10	15–26	18–12
x-Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	27	22–19	8–33	10–20
Cleveland Cavaliers	29	53	.354	28	16–25	13–28	10–19
Indiana Pacers	26	56	.317	31	19–22	7–34	9–20

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	67	15	.817	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	57	25	.695	10
3	x-Philadelphia 76ers	54	28	.659	13
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	50	32	.610	17
5	x-Detroit Pistons	46	36	.561	21
6	x-Washington Bullets	39	43	.476	28
7	x-New Jersey Nets	39	43	.476	28
8	x-Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	37

9	Cleveland Cavaliers	29	53	.354	38
10	Indiana Pacers	26	56	.317	41
11	New York Knicks	23	59	.280	44

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

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Clint Richardson	SG	82	61	2,224	251	372	58	8	794	27.1	3.1	4.5	.7	.1	9.7
Wayman Tisdale	PF	81	60	2,277	584	79	32	44	1,192	28.1	7.2	1.0	.4	.5	14.7
Vern Fleming	PG	80	77	2,870	386	505	131	5	1,136	35.9	4.8	6.3	1.6	.1	14.2
Bill Garnett	PF	80	2	1,197	275	95	39	22	340	15.0	3.4	1.2	.5	.3	4.3
Steve Stipanovich	C	79	65	2,397	623	206	75	69	1,076	30.3	7.9	2.6	.9	.9	13.6
Herb Williams	C	78	74	2,770	710	174	50	184	1,549	35.5	9.1	2.2	.6	2.4	19.9
Terence Stansbury	SG	74	17	1,331	139	206	59	8	498	18.0	1.9	2.8	.8	.1	6.7
Stuart Gray	C	67	3	423	118	15	8	11	155	6.3	1.8	.2	.1	.2	2.3
Bill Martin	SF	66	0	691	102	52	21	7	332	10.5	1.5	.8	.3	.1	5.0
Ron Anderson^†	SF	60	27	1,469	248	136	55	6	621	24.5	4.1	2.3	.9	.1	10.4
Dwayne McClain	SF	45	4	461	30	67	38	4	157	10.2	.7	1.5	.8	.1	3.5
Quinn Buckner	PG	32	3	419	51	86	40	3	117	13.1	1.6	2.7	1.3	.1	3.7
Bryan Warrick^†	PG	31	5	658	66	109	25	2	217	21.2	2.1	3.5	.8	.1	7.0
Clark Kellogg	PF	19	12	568	168	57	28	8	335	29.9	8.8	3.0	1.5	.4	17.6

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

Awards and records

Transactions

References

^ 1985-86 Indiana Pacers