1984–85 Boston Celtics season

The 1984–85 Boston Celtics season was the 39th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics entered the season as the defending NBA Champions, coming off an NBA Finals victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games, and increasing their NBA Finals victories over the Lakers to 8.

On March 3, 1985, Kevin McHale surpassed Larry Bird's Celtics single game scoring record when he netted 56 points against the Detroit Pistons. Less than two weeks later, on March 12, Bird answered, scoring a career-high 60 points against the Atlanta Hawks.

In the playoffs, the Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the First Round in four games, the Detroit Pistons in the Semi-finals in six games, and the Philadelphia 76ers in the conference finals in five games to advance to the NBA Finals. In the Finals, they faced off against the Los Angeles Lakers, the team who they beat in last season's NBA Finals in seven games, and have beaten a total of 8 consecutive times in their NBA Finals matchups. However, the Celtics were defeated in six games by the Lakers, marking the first time the Celtics were defeated by the Lakers in the NBA Finals. This also marked the first time the Celtics lost the NBA Finals at home.

Trivia
A majority of this team moved onto coaching later in their careers. Kevin McHale, Rick Carlisle, Larry Bird, Danny Ainge, Dennis Johnson, and Sam Vincent have all coached in the NBA.

Game log

 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 1
 * October 26
 * @ Detroit
 * W 130–123
 * Bird (33)
 * McHale (15)
 * Johnson (9)
 * Pontiac Silverdome 27,563
 * 1–0
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 2
 * October 31
 * New Jersey
 * W 116–105
 * Bird (29)
 * McHale, Parish (15)
 * Bird (8)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 2–0


 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 3
 * November 2
 * Detroit
 * W 127–116
 * Bird (34)
 * Parish, Johnson (10)
 * Johnson (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 3–0
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 4
 * November 7
 * L.A. Clippers
 * W 135–108
 * Bird (31)
 * Bird (14)
 * Johnson (12)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 4–0
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 5
 * November 9
 * Philadelphia
 * W 130–119
 * Bird (42)
 * Maxwell, McHale (8)
 * Ainge (12)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 5–0
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 6
 * November 10
 * @ Washington
 * L 95–112
 * Bird (18)
 * Parish (10)
 * Ainge (4)
 * Capital Centre 14,395
 * 5–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 7
 * November 12
 * @ Indiana
 * W 132–115
 * Bird (29)
 * Bird (9)
 * Ainge (9)
 * Market Square Arena 13,876
 * 6–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 8
 * November 14
 * New York
 * W 115–99
 * Bird (29)
 * McHale (11)
 * Bird (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 7–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 9
 * November 15
 * @ Chicago
 * W 125–105
 * McHale (25)
 * Parish, Bird (17)
 * Johnson (7)
 * Chicago Stadium 17,753
 * 8–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 10
 * November 21
 * Golden State
 * W 135–91
 * Parish (18)
 * McHale (8)
 * Johnson (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 9–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 11
 * November 23
 * Washington
 * W 118–110
 * Bird (29)
 * Bird (13)
 * Johnson (8)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 10–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 12
 * November 24
 * @ Kansas City
 * W 135–124
 * Parish (28)
 * Bird (13)
 * Bird (7)
 * Kemper Arena 17,341
 * 11–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 13
 * November 27
 * @ Dallas
 * W 114–99
 * Bird (40)
 * McHale (12)
 * Bird (9)
 * Reunion Arena 17,007
 * 12–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 14
 * November 28
 * @ Houston
 * W 110–100
 * Bird (23)
 * Parish (11)
 * Bird (9)
 * The Summit 16,016
 * 13–1


 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 15
 * December 1
 * @ Cleveland
 * W 110–104
 * Bird (34)
 * Parish (16)
 * Johnson (9)
 * Richfield Coliseum 12,503
 * 14–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 16
 * December 2
 * Cleveland
 * W 122–99
 * Bird (23)
 * Maxwell (9)
 * Bird (5)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 15–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 17
 * December 4
 * @ Detroit
 * L 99–104
 * Johnson (25)
 * Bird (17)
 * Bird, Ainge (7)
 * Pontiac Silverdome 19,413
 * 15–2
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 18
 * December 5
 * Denver
 * W 123–107
 * Parish (25)
 * Bird (12)
 * Johnson (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 16–2
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 19
 * December 8
 * @ New Jersey
 * W 107–98
 * Bird (37)
 * Parish (18)
 * Johnson (8)
 * Brendan Byrne Arena 15,581
 * 17–2
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 20
 * December 9
 * Atlanta
 * W 128–127
 * Bird (48)
 * Bird (14)
 * Ainge (11)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 18–2
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 21
 * December 11
 * New Jersey
 * W 130–121
 * Bird (35)
 * Parish (11)
 * Bird, Johnson (10)
 * Hartford Civic Center 13,357
 * 19–2
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 22
 * December 12
 * @ Philadelphia
 * L 107–110
 * Bird (34)
 * Parish (15)
 * Ainge (11)
 * The Spectrum 17,921
 * 19–3
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 23
 * December 14
 * Utah
 * W 117–106
 * McHale (25)
 * Parish (17)
 * Johnson (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 20–3
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 24
 * December 15
 * @ Atlanta
 * W 101–94
 * Bird (23)
 * Parish (15)
 * Bird (6)
 * The Omni 11,808
 * 21–3
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 25
 * December 18
 * @ New York
 * W 126–108
 * Bird (23)
 * Bird (15)
 * Johnson (12)
 * Madison Square Garden 16,798
 * 22–3
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 26
 * December 19
 * Milwaukee
 * L 92–107
 * Bird, Johnson (18)
 * Bird (9)
 * Johnson, Ainge (4)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 22–4
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 27
 * December 21
 * Indiana
 * W 117–107
 * Bird (33)
 * Parish (9)
 * Bird (9)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 23–4
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 28
 * December 22
 * @ Chicago
 * L 85–110
 * Ainge (16)
 * Parish (11)
 * Ainge (5)
 * Chicago Stadium 14,414
 * 23–5
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 29
 * December 26
 * @ Phoenix
 * W 119–114
 * Bird (34)
 * Bird (11)
 * Bird (10)
 * Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,660
 * 24–5
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 30
 * December 27
 * @ L.A. Clippers
 * W 118–103
 * McHale (27)
 * Bird (13)
 * Bird (13)
 * Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 15,371
 * 25–5
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 31
 * December 29
 * @ San Antonio
 * W 120–112
 * McHale (26)
 * Bird (15)
 * Bird (10)
 * HemisFair Arena 15,180
 * 26–5
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 32
 * December 30
 * @ Milwaukee
 * L 98–114
 * Bird, McHale (24)
 * Bird, Parish (14)
 * Ainge (7)
 * MECCA Arena 11,052
 * 26–6


 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 33
 * January 2
 * @ New Jersey
 * W 110–95
 * Bird (23)
 * Parish (13)
 * Bird (10)
 * Brendan Byrne Arena 14,496
 * 27–6
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 34
 * January 4
 * New York
 * W 105–94
 * Bird (32)
 * Parish (12)
 * Johnson (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 28–6
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 35
 * January 7
 * @ New York
 * W 108–97
 * Bird (26)
 * Parish (11)
 * Johnson (12)
 * Madison Square Garden 14,600
 * 29–6
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 36
 * January 9
 * Chicago
 * W 111–108
 * Bird (28)
 * Bird (11)
 * Johnson (6)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 30–6
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 37
 * January 11
 * Washington
 * W 103–101
 * Bird (33)
 * Parish (16)
 * Johnson (11)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 31–6
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 38
 * January 12
 * @ Atlanta
 * W 119–111
 * Ainge (25)
 * Parish (13)
 * Johnson (9)
 * The Omni 16,048
 * 32–6
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 39
 * January 16
 * L.A. Lakers
 * W 104–102
 * Johnson (20)
 * Parish (13)
 * Ainge, Bird, Johnson (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 33–6
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 40
 * January 18
 * @ Indiana
 * L 86–91
 * Bird (25)
 * Bird (12)
 * Johnson (7)
 * Market Square Arena 16,920
 * 33–7
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 41
 * January 20
 * Philadelphia
 * W 113–97
 * Bird (38)
 * Bird, McHale (9)
 * Johnson (9)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 34–7
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 42
 * January 23
 * Seattle
 * L 97–107
 * Bird (30)
 * Parish, McHale (8)
 * Bird (6)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 34–8
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 43
 * January 25
 * Indiana
 * W 125–94
 * Parish (27)
 * Bird (11)
 * Ainge (6)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 35–8
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 44
 * January 27
 * Portland
 * W 128–127
 * Bird (48)
 * Parish (12)
 * Johnson (10)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 36–8
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 45
 * January 29
 * Detroit
 * W 131–130
 * Bird (32)
 * Johnson (11)
 * Ainge (7)
 * Hartford Civic Center 15,685
 * 37–8
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 46
 * January 30
 * @ Philadelphia
 * L 104–122
 * Johnson (20)
 * Parish (8)
 * Bird (8)
 * The Spectrum 17,921
 * 37–9


 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 47
 * February 1
 * Kansas City
 * W 142–123
 * Bird (38)
 * Bird (11)
 * Johnson (13)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 38–9
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 48
 * February 2
 * @ Washington
 * W 97–91
 * Bird (21)
 * Bird, Parish (12)
 * Bird, Johnson (8)
 * Capital Centre 19,105
 * 39–9
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 49
 * February 5
 * @ Chicago
 * W 110–106
 * Bird (27)
 * Bird (9)
 * Bird, Johnson (7)
 * Chicago Stadium 18,061
 * 40–9
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 50
 * February 6
 * Cleveland
 * W 113–108
 * Bird (26)
 * Parish, Bird (11)
 * Ainge (6)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 41–9
 * - align="center"
 * colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break
 * - style="background:#cfc;"
 * - bgcolor="#bbffbb"
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 51
 * February 12
 * @ Portland
 * L 103–111
 * Bird (25)
 * Bird (11)
 * Johnson (9)
 * Memorial Coliseum 12,666
 * 41–10
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 52
 * February 14
 * @ Seattle
 * W 110–94
 * McHale (26)
 * Bird (13)
 * Johnson (10)
 * Kingdome 13,509
 * 42–10
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 53
 * February 15
 * @ Golden State
 * W 107–100
 * Bird (30)
 * Parish (22)
 * Johnson, Ainge, Bird (7)
 * Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 13,295
 * 43–10
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 54
 * February 17
 * @ L.A. Lakers
 * L 111–117
 * Bird (33)
 * Bird (15)
 * Ainge, Johnson (10)
 * The Forum 17,505
 * 43–11
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 55
 * February 18
 * @ Utah
 * W 110–94
 * Bird (30)
 * Bird (12)
 * Bird (10)
 * Salt Palace Acord Arena 12,716
 * 44–11
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 56
 * February 20
 * @ Denver
 * L 129–132
 * Bird (40)
 * Bird, McHale (9)
 * Bird, Ainge (6)
 * McNichols Sports Arena 17,022
 * 44–12
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 57
 * February 22
 * Chicago
 * W 115–105
 * Bird (34)
 * McHale, Parish (11)
 * Johnson (12)
 * Hartford Civic Center 15,685
 * 45–12
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 58
 * February 24
 * @ Indiana
 * W 113–100
 * Bird (45)
 * Parish (17)
 * Johnson (12)
 * Market Square Arena 16,920
 * 46–12
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 59
 * February 27
 * San Antonio
 * W 111–102
 * Bird (35)
 * Bird, McHale (14)
 * Ainge (12)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 47–12


 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 60
 * March 1
 * Atlanta
 * L 105–114
 * Bird (34)
 * McHale (11)
 * Johnson (9)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 47–13
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 61
 * March 3
 * Detroit
 * W 138–129
 * McHale (56)
 * McHale (16)
 * Bird (10)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 48–13
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 62
 * March 5
 * @ New York
 * W 110–102
 * McHale (42)
 * Bird (19)
 * Bird (10)
 * Madison Square Garden 14,243
 * 49–13
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 63
 * March 6
 * Chicago
 * L 104–107
 * Parish (26)
 * Parish (13)
 * Bird (10)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 49–14
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 64
 * March 8
 * Dallas
 * W 133–122
 * Bird (32)
 * Bird (15)
 * Bird (9)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 50–14
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 65
 * March 12
 * @ Atlanta
 * W 126–115
 * Bird (60)
 * Parish (19)
 * Johnson (17)
 * Lakefront Arena 10,079
 * 51–14
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 66
 * March 13
 * Phoenix
 * W 123–106
 * Bird (31)
 * Parish (14)
 * Bird (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 52–14
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 67
 * March 15
 * @ Cleveland
 * W 119–96
 * Bird (35)
 * McHale (14)
 * Williams (6)
 * Richfield Coliseum 20,900
 * 53–14
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 68
 * March 17
 * Houston
 * W 134–120
 * Bird (48)
 * Bird (15)
 * Bird, Buckner (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 54–14
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 69
 * March 20
 * Milwaukee
 * W 107–105
 * McHale (28)
 * Parish (19)
 * Bird (10)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 53–14
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 70
 * March 22
 * Cleveland
 * W 129–117
 * Bird (36)
 * Parish (11)
 * Bird (15)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 56–14
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 71
 * March 23
 * @ Washington
 * W 104–98
 * McHale (29)
 * Bird (12)
 * Bird (9)
 * Capital Centre 19,015
 * 57–14
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 72
 * March 27
 * @ New Jersey
 * W 105–95
 * McHale (23)
 * McHale (16)
 * Williams (6)
 * Brendan Byrne Arena 18,333
 * 58–14
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 73
 * March 29
 * Philadelphia
 * W 112–108
 * Bird (24)
 * McHale (13)
 * Johnson (8)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 59–14
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 74
 * March 31
 * @ Detroit
 * L 105–113
 * Wedman (31)
 * Parish (14)
 * Wedman (5)
 * Joe Louis Arena 22,136
 * 59–15


 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 75
 * April 2
 * @ Milwaukee
 * L 103–109
 * McHale (25)
 * McHale (12)
 * Johnson, Williams (7)
 * MECCA Arena 11,052
 * 59–16
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 76
 * April 3
 * Indiana
 * W 119–103
 * Bird (35)
 * Parish (13)
 * Bird, Williams (6)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 60–16
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 77
 * April 5
 * Washington
 * W 115–104
 * Bird (26)
 * Bird (15)
 * Ainge (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 61–16
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 78
 * April 7
 * New York
 * W 114–102
 * Bird (38)
 * Parish (21)
 * Bird (10)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 62–16
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 79
 * April 9
 * @ Philadelphia
 * L 104–113
 * Wedman (24)
 * McHale (10)
 * Bird (9)
 * The Spectrum 17,921
 * 62–17
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 80
 * April 11
 * @ Cleveland
 * W 121–115
 * Bird (29)
 * McHale (11)
 * Bird (12)
 * Richfield Coliseum 20,363
 * 63–17
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 81
 * April 12
 * Milwaukee
 * L 113–115 (OT)
 * Bird (47)
 * Bird (14)
 * Williams (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 63–18
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 82
 * April 14
 * New Jersey
 * L 118–129
 * McHale, Bird (23)
 * Bird (7)
 * Johnson (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 63–19

Playoffs

 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 1
 * April 18
 * Cleveland
 * W 126–123
 * Larry Bird (40)
 * Kevin McHale (12)
 * Dennis Johnson (11)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 1–0
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 2
 * April 20
 * Cleveland
 * W 108–106
 * Larry Bird (30)
 * Bird, Parish (11)
 * Larry Bird (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 2–0
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 3
 * April 23
 * @ Cleveland
 * L 98–105
 * Scott Wedman (30)
 * Kevin McHale (11)
 * Dennis Johnson (10)
 * Richfield Coliseum 20,900
 * 2–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 4
 * April 25
 * @ Cleveland
 * W 117–115
 * Larry Bird (34)
 * Larry Bird (14)
 * Larry Bird (7)
 * Richfield Coliseum 20,900
 * 3–1


 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 1
 * April 28
 * Detroit
 * W 133–99
 * Robert Parish (27)
 * Robert Parish (16)
 * Ainge, Williams (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 1–0
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 2
 * April 30
 * Detroit
 * W 121–114
 * Larry Bird (42)
 * McHale, Bird (10)
 * Dennis Johnson (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 2–0
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 3
 * May 2
 * @ Detroit
 * L 117–125
 * Dennis Johnson (27)
 * Larry Bird (13)
 * Larry Bird (8)
 * Joe Louis Arena 14,209
 * 2–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 4
 * May 5
 * @ Detroit
 * L 99–102
 * Kevin McHale (24)
 * Kevin McHale (10)
 * Larry Bird (7)
 * Joe Louis Arena 14,350
 * 2–2
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 5
 * May 8
 * Detroit
 * W 130–123
 * Larry Bird (43)
 * Larry Bird (13)
 * Johnson, Ainge (6)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 3–2
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 6
 * May 10
 * @ Detroit
 * W 123–113
 * Dennis Johnson (22)
 * Robert Parish (13)
 * Danny Ainge (9)
 * Joe Louis Arena 21,193
 * 4–2


 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 1
 * May 12
 * Philadelphia
 * W 108–93
 * Kevin McHale (28)
 * Robert Parish (13)
 * Dennis Johnson (8)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 1–0
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 2
 * May 14
 * Philadelphia
 * W 106–98
 * Larry Bird (24)
 * Robert Parish (16)
 * Bird, Johnson (7)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 2–0
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 3
 * May 18
 * @ Philadelphia
 * W 105–94
 * Larry Bird (26)
 * Robert Parish (14)
 * Danny Ainge (7)
 * Spectrum 17,921
 * 3–0
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 4
 * May 19
 * @ Philadelphia
 * L 104–115
 * Kevin McHale (25)
 * Kevin McHale (17)
 * Danny Ainge (8)
 * Spectrum 17,921
 * 3–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 5
 * May 22
 * Philadelphia
 * W 102–100
 * Dennis Johnson (23)
 * Kevin McHale (14)
 * Dennis Johnson (8)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 4–1


 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 1
 * May 27, 1985 3:00p.m. EDT
 * L.A. Lakers
 * W 148–114
 * McHale, Wedman (26)
 * McHale (9)
 * Johnson (10)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 1–0
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 2
 * May 30, 1985 9:00p.m. EDT
 * L.A. Lakers
 * L 102–109
 * Bird (30)
 * Bird (12)
 * Johnson (8)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 1–1
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 3
 * June 2, 1985 3:30p.m. EDT
 * @ L.A. Lakers
 * L 111–136
 * McHale (31)
 * McHale (10)
 * Ainge (10)
 * The Forum 17,505
 * 1–2
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
 * 4
 * June 5, 1985 9:00p.m. EDT
 * @ L.A. Lakers
 * W 107–105
 * McHale (28)
 * McHale (12)
 * Johnson (12)
 * The Forum 17,505
 * 2–2
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 5
 * June 7, 1985 9:00p.m. EDT
 * @ L.A. Lakers
 * L 111–120
 * Parish (26)
 * McHale (10)
 * Johnson (17)
 * The Forum 17,505
 * 2–3
 * - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
 * 6
 * June 9, 1985 1:00p.m. EDT
 * L.A. Lakers
 * L 100–111
 * McHale (32)
 * McHale (16)
 * Ainge (11)
 * Boston Garden 14,890
 * 2–4

Regular season
* – Recorded statistics when playing for Boston


 * Larry Bird
 * 80|| 77|| 39.5 || .522|| .427||.882|| 10.5|| 6.6 || 1.6 || 1.2|| 28.7
 * Dennis Johnson
 * 80|| 77|| 37.2 || .462|| .269|| .853||4.0|| 6.8|| 1.2|| .5|| 15.7
 * Robert Parish
 * 79|| 78|| 36.1 || .524||.000|| .743|| 10.6|| 1.6 || .7 || 1.3|| 17.6
 * Danny Ainge
 * 75|| 73|| 34.2 || .529|| .268|| .868|| 3.6|| 5.3 || 1.6 || .1|| 12.9
 * Kevin Mchale
 * 79|| 31|| 33.6 || .570|| 1.000|| .760|| 9.0|| 1.8 || .4 || 1.5|| 19.8
 * Cedric Maxwell
 * 57|| 51|| 26.2 || .533|| .000|| .831|| 4.2|| 1.8 || .6 || .3|| 11.1
 * Ray Williams
 * 23|| 5|| 20.0 || .385|| .261|| .674|| 2.5|| 3.9 || 1.3 || .2|| 6.4
 * Scott Wedman
 * 78|| 5|| 14.4 ||.478|| .500|| .764|| 2.0|| 1.2 || .3 || .1|| 6.4
 * Quinn Buckner
 * 75|| 6|| 11.4 || .383|| .000|| .640|| 1.2|| 2.0 || .8 || .0|| 2.4
 * Carlos Clark
 * 62|| 3|| 9.1 || .421|| .000|| .774|| 1.1|| .8 || .6 || .0|| 2.7
 * M.L. Carr
 * 47|| 0|| 8.4 || .416|| .391||1.000|| .9|| .5 || .4 || .1|| 3.2
 * Greg Kite
 * 55|| 4|| 7.7 || .375|| .000|| .688|| 1.6|| .3 || .1 || .2|| 1.6
 * Rick Carlisle
 * 38|| 0|| 4.7 || 388|| .000|| .882|| .6|| .7 || .1 || .0|| 1.8
 * }
 * Carlos Clark
 * 62|| 3|| 9.1 || .421|| .000|| .774|| 1.1|| .8 || .6 || .0|| 2.7
 * M.L. Carr
 * 47|| 0|| 8.4 || .416|| .391||1.000|| .9|| .5 || .4 || .1|| 3.2
 * Greg Kite
 * 55|| 4|| 7.7 || .375|| .000|| .688|| 1.6|| .3 || .1 || .2|| 1.6
 * Rick Carlisle
 * 38|| 0|| 4.7 || 388|| .000|| .882|| .6|| .7 || .1 || .0|| 1.8
 * }
 * Rick Carlisle
 * 38|| 0|| 4.7 || 388|| .000|| .882|| .6|| .7 || .1 || .0|| 1.8
 * }

Awards and records

 * Larry Bird, NBA Most Valuable Player Award
 * Kevin McHale, NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
 * Larry Bird, All-NBA First Team
 * Dennis Johnson, NBA All-Defensive Second Team