In the NBA of 1985 the final of the previous year was repeated, but this time with a different winner, with the Angeles Lakers beating the Boston Celtics 4-2. Despite the good work of McHale and Bird, in the end the Magic-Worthy-Abdul-Jabbar trident won with solvency

Angeles Lakers 
*Johnson – 18.3p, 14.0a, 6.8r. 
*Scott – 11.2p, 3.7r.
*Worthy – 23.7p, 4.5r.
*McAdoo – 8.2p, 3.0r.
*Abdul-Jabbar – 25.7p, 9.0r, 5.2a. 
Cooper – 10.2p, 3.7a.
Spriggs – 3.5p, 1.8r. (4)
McGee – 4.8p, 1.0r. (4)
Kupchak – 5.2p, 3.3r.
Rambis – 7.5p, 8.5r.
Lester – 1.0p. (2)
Nevitt – 0p. (1)

Boston Celtics
*Johnson – 16.0p, 9.5a.
*Ainge – 11.0p, 7.0r.
*Bird – 23.8p, 8.8r, 5.0a.
*McHale – 26.0p, 10.7r.
*Parish – 17.2p, 9.0r.
Williams – 3.5p, 2.8a.
Maxwell – 2.6p, 1.0r. (5)
Buckner – 3.0p, 1.5r. (4)
Wedman – 9.3p, 3.3r.
Kite – 1.8p, 2.0r. (5)
Carr – 2.3p. (3)
Clark – 2.0p, 1.5a. (2)

To reach the final they eliminated …
Angeles Lakers – Phoenix Suns (3-0), Portland Blazers (4-1), Denver Nuggets (4-1)
Boston Celtics – Cleveland Cavaliers (3-1), Detroit Pistons (4-2), Philadelphia Sixers (4-1)