New Jersey Nets Playoff Rosters

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1985-1986 New Jersey Nets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Otis Birdsong GF 6-3 190 Dec 9, 1955 30 Houston 8 1977 1st Rnd, #2, Kansas City Kings
Bobby Cattage PF 6-9 250 Aug 17, 1958 27 Auburn 2 1981 8th Rnd, #165, Utah Jazz
Darwin Cook PG 6-3 184 Aug 6, 1958 27 Portland 0 1980 4th Rnd, #70, Detroit Pistons
Darryl Dawkins C 6-11 251 Jan 11, 1957 29 Evans High School (Florida) 10 1975 1st Rnd, #7, Philadelphia Sixers
Mike Gminski C 6-11 250 Aug 3, 1959 26 Duke 5 1980 1st Rnd, #7, New Jersey Nets
Mickey Johnson PF 6-10 190 Aug 31, 1952 33 Aurora 11 1974 4th Rnd, #56, Portland Trail Blazers
Albert King GF 6-6 190 Dec 17, 1959 26 Maryland 4 1981 1st Rnd, #10, New Jersey Nets
Mike O'Koren GF 6-7 207 Feb 7, 1958 28 North Carolina 5 1980 1st Rnd, #6, New Jersey Nets
Kelvin Ransey PG 6-1 170 May 3, 1958 27 Ohio State 5 1980 1st Rnd, #4, Chicago Bulls
Jeff Turner FC 6-9 230 Apr 9, 1962 24 Vanderbilt 1 1984 1st Rnd, #17, New Jersey Nets
Buck Williams PF 6-8 215 Mar 8, 1960 26 Maryland 4 1981 1st Rnd, #3, New Jersey Nets
Ray Williams PG 6-3 188 Oct 14, 1954 31 Minnesota 8 1977 1st Rnd, #10, New York Knicks

1985-1986 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Boston Celtics #8 Chicago Bulls BOS in 3
First Round #2 Milwaukee Bucks #7 New Jersey Nets MIL in 3
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 Washington Bullets PHI in 5
First Round #4 Atlanta Hawks #5 Detroit Pistons ATL in 4
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #4 Atlanta Hawks BOS in 5
Second Round #2 Milwaukee Bucks #3 Philadelphia Sixers MIL in 7
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #2 Milwaukee Bucks BOS in 4

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #8 San Antonio Spurs LAL in 3
First Round #2 Houston Rockets #7 Sacramento Kings HOU in 3
First Round #3 Denver Nuggets #6 Portland Trail Blazers DEN in 4
First Round #4 Dallas Mavericks #5 Utah Jazz DAL in 4
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #4 Dallas Mavericks LAL in 6
Second Round #2 Houston Rockets #3 Denver Nuggets HOU in 6
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #2 Houston Rockets HOU in 5

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Boston Celtics #2 Houston Rockets BOS in 6

1985-1986 New Jersey Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Otis Birdsong 3 44.0 23.0 4.0 3.3 2.0 1.0 3.0
Buck Williams 3 42.0 20.7 10.3 0.7 2.0 0.3 2.0
Mike Gminski 3 36.3 19.3 10.0 1.7 1.3 0.7 3.0
Albert King 3 32.7 13.7 4.3 3.3 0.7 0.3 1.7
Darwin Cook 3 25.7 9.3 2.3 5.7 1.7 0.7 2.0
Kelvin Ransey 3 22.7 9.0 2.3 4.0 0.3 0.0 1.3
Mickey Johnson 3 18.0 5.7 3.7 0.7 0.7 0.0 1.0
Darryl Dawkins 1 17.0 10.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 2.0 2.0
Ray Williams 1 40.0 10.0 7.0 1.0 4.0 1.0 2.0
Jeff Turner 3 6.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.3
Mike O'Koren 2 10.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.5

1985-1986 New Jersey Nets Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record New Jersey Leaders Milwaukee Leaders
Apr 18, 1986
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Milwaukee		 L, 119-107 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Opening Round 		0-1 PTS: 27. B. Williams
REB: 14. B. Williams
AST: 7. O. Birdsong 		PTS: 25. Craig Hodges
REB: 10. Alton Lister
AST: 10. Paul Pressey
Apr 20, 1986
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Milwaukee		 L, 111-97 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Opening Round 		0-2 PTS: 28. Mike Gminski
REB: 13. Mike Gminski
AST: 7. Darwin Cook 		PTS: 28. T. Cummings
REB: 7. T. Cummings
AST: 7. Paul Pressey
Apr 22, 1986
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Milwaukee		 L, 113-118 Izod Center
Opening Round 		0-3 PTS: 28. O. Birdsong
REB: 10. B. Williams
AST: 4. K. Ransey 		PTS: 23. T. Cummings
REB: 11. T. Cummings
AST: 5. S. Moncrief