1985-86 Los Angeles Clippers Roster

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 32-50
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Don Chaney (32-50)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 341,614, Avg. 8,332 in 41 home dates
1985-86 Los Angeles Clippers Statistics
1985-86 Los Angeles Clippers Results

The Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 32 wins and 50 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference.

Los Angeles racked up 8,907 points and yielded 9,475. Marques Johnson netted a team-best 1,525 points for the Clippers, while Cedric Maxwell accounted for 624 rebounds. Norm Nixon dished out 576 assists for the squad.

On defense, Marques Johnson added 107 steals, and Benoit Benjamin swatted 206 opponent shot attempts.

Don Chaney coached the team.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown
Benoit BenjaminCNovember 22, 19647'0"250CreightonMonroe, LA USA
Junior BridgemanF-GSeptember 17, 19536'5"210LouisvilleEast Chicago, IN USA
Wallace BryantCJuly 14, 19597'0"245San FranciscoMadrid, ESP
Michael CageF-CJanuary 28, 19626'9"224San Diego StateWest Memphis, AR USA
Jeff CrossFSeptember 1, 19616'10"240MaineChicago, IL USA
James DonaldsonCAugust 16, 19577'2"275Washington StateHeacham, ENG
Franklin EdwardsGFebruary 2, 19596'1"170Cleveland StateNew York, NY USA
Lancaster GordonGJune 24, 19626'3"185LouisvilleJackson, MS USA
Marques JohnsonF-GFebruary 8, 19566'7"218UCLANachitoches, LA USA
Ozell JonesC-FNovember 20, 19606'11"235Cal. St.-FullertonLong Beach, CA USA
Cedric MaxwellFNovember 21, 19556'8"205UNC-CharlotteKinston, NC USA
Jay MurphyFJune 26, 19626'9"220Boston CollegeMeriden, CT USA
Kurt NimphiusC-FMarch 13, 19586'10"218Arizona StateMilwaukee, WI USA
Norm NixonGOctober 11, 19556'2"170DuquesneMacon, GA USA
Derek SmithG-FNovember 1, 19616'6"205LouisvilleHogansville, GA USA
Jim ThomasGOctober 19, 19606'2"190IndianaLakeland, FL USA
Darnell ValentineGFebruary 3, 19596'1"183KansasChicago, IL USA
Rory WhiteFAugust 16, 19596'8"210South AlabamaTuskegee, AL USA
Jamaal WilkesF-GMay 2, 19536'6"190UCLABerkeley, CA USA



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