High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1985 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association`s 1984-85 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics, four games to two, in the NBA Finals. The Lakers` Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named NBA Finals MVP for the second time in his long career (he had won the award under his former name, Lew Alcindor, as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971).