The 1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 39th season of the franchise, 37th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 25th in Los Angeles. The Lakers entered the season as runner-ups of the 1984 NBA Finals, where they lost in heartbreaking fashion to the Boston Celtics in seven games, increasing their losing streak to the Celtics in the NBA Finals to 8 consecutive losses. In the playoffs, the Lakers swept the Phoenix Suns in three games in the First Round, then defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in five games in the Semifinals, before defeating the Denver Nuggets in five games in the Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals for the fifth time in the 1980s, facing off against the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics in a rematch of last season's NBA Finals. This time, however, the Lakers were able to return to their championship ways and win their ninth NBA championship (their fourth in Los Angeles), avenging their NBA Finals loss and getting revenge on the Celtics, defeating them in six games, and marking the first time the Lakers had defeated the Celtics in the NBA Finals. The Lakers also became the first team to have defeated the Celtics in the NBA Finals while on the road, a feat that has since only been accomplished one other time by the Golden State Warriors in 2022. In 2024, HoopsHype would rank this squad as the team with the 22nd-easiest route to the NBA Finals championship (ahead of that year's Boston Celtics squad in terms of higher combined winning percentage of their opponents), with their first two opponents docking the overall percentage from the season there.

NBA draft

Transactions

The Lakers have been involved in the following transactions during the 1984–1985 season.

Free Agent Additions

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

5:30p.m. PDT 13,506 5:00p.m. PST 17,007 7:30p.m. PST 11,545 7:30p.m. PST 7,020 7:30p.m. PST 13,550 7:30p.m. PST 14,148 7:30p.m. PST 11,272 7:30p.m. PST 10,523 7:30p.m. PST 12,666 7:30p.m. PST 13,257 13,287 7:30p.m. PST 12,768 7:30p.m. PST 13,792 6:30p.m. PST 12,671 14,991 7:30p.m. PST 12,270 6:30p.m. PST 11,331 12,766 7:30p.m. PST 15,505 4:30p.m. PST 11,298 4:30p.m. PST 14,532 5:00p.m. PST 17,921 4:30p.m. PST 19,105 7:30p.m. PST 12,476 7:30p.m. PST 8,491 7:30p.m. PST 15,070 4:30p.m. PST 9,844 5:00p.m. PST 16,016 7:30p.m. PST 14,764 7:30p.m. PST 15,582 6:30p.m. PST 17,022 17,505 7:30p.m. PST 14,979 7:30p.m. PST 13,513 7:30p.m. PST 13,024 7:30p.m. PST 14,547 5:30p.m. PST 17,007 9:00a.m. PST 23,475 5:30p.m. PST 11,052 5:00p.m. PST 14,890 7:30p.m. PST 17,505 8:00p.m. PST 13,295 15,274 8:30p.m. PST 17,505 6:30p.m. PST 12,675 7:30p.m. PST 12,666 7:30p.m. PST 17,505 14,064 15,371 13,320 5:00p.m. CST 16,016 16,125 7:30p.m. PST 13,852 12:30p.m. PST 17,505 5:30p.m. PST 19,052 9,606 16,511 16,287 7:30p.m. PST 17,505 6:30p.m. PST 14,660 5:30p.m. PST 17,007 7:30p.m. PST 15,371 8:00p.m. PST 17,505 7:30p.m. PST 17,505 6:30p.m. PST 10,158 7:30p.m. PST 16,130 15,371 6:30p.m. PST 13,473 5:30p.m. PST 16,018 7:30p.m. PST 17,505 7:30p.m. PST 12,666 7:30p.m. PST 10,542 7:30p.m. PST 17,505 7:00p.m. PST 15,922 6:30p.m. PST 17,022 5:30p.m. PST 11,627 14,625 12:30p.m. PST 13,186 7:30p.m. PST 17,505 7:30p.m. PST 10,400 7:30p.m. PST 15,434 11,371

Playoffs

7:30p.m. PST 15,547 12:30p.m. PST 15,261 7:30p.m. PST 8,741 12:30p.m. PST 17,505 7:30p.m. PDT 17,505 7:30p.m. PDT 12,666 12:30p.m. PDT 12,666 7:30p.m. PDT 17,505 12:30p.m. PDT 16,109 8:00p.m. PDT 17,505 7:00p.m. PDT 17,022 3:00p.m. PDT 17,022 8:30p.m. PDT 17,505 12Noon PDT 14,890 6:00p.m. PDT 14,890 12:30p.m. PDT 17,505 6:00p.m. PDT 17,505 6:00p.m. PDT 17,505 10:00a.m. PDT 14,890

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records