1971-1972 Portland Trail Blazers: 18-64 .220
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 14-26 (4302 points scored, 4486 allowed) Road record: 4-35 (4125 points scored, 4705 allowed) Other sites: 0-3 (332 points scored, 366 allowed) Head Coaches: Rolland Todd (12-44), Stu Inman (6-20) 8759 points scored (15th of 17 teams), 9557 points allowed (17th) NBA Averages: 110.2 points/game (9036.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Rick Adelman 6'1 175 25 Loyola Marymount Gary Gregor 6'7 225 26 South Carolina Darrall Imhoff 6'10 220 33 California Ron Knight 6'7 215 24 Cal State Los Angeles Jim Marsh 6'7 215 25 Southern California Willie McCarter 6'3 175 25 Drake Stan McKenzie 6'5 195 27 New York University Geoff Petrie 6'4 190 23 Princeton Dale Schlueter 6'10 225 26 Colorado State Bill Smith 7'0 220 22 Syracuse Larry Steele 6'5 180 22 Kentucky Sidney Wicks 6'8 225 22 UCLA Charlie Yelverton 6'2 190 23 Fordham Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Sidney Wicks 82 3245 784 1837 0 0 441 621 0 0 943 350 0 0 0 186 2009 24.5 F Stan McKenzie 82 2036 410 834 0 0 315 379 0 0 272 148 0 0 0 240 1135 13.8 G Geoff Petrie 60 2155 465 1115 0 0 202 256 0 0 133 248 0 0 0 108 1132 18.9 C Dale Schlueter 81 2693 353 672 0 0 241 326 0 0 860 285 0 0 0 277 947 11.7 F Gary Gregor 82 2371 399 884 0 0 114 151 0 0 591 187 0 0 0 201 912 11.1 G Rick Adelman 80 2445 329 753 0 0 151 201 0 0 229 413 0 0 0 209 809 10.1 G Charlie Yelverton 69 1227 206 530 0 0 133 188 0 0 201 81 0 0 0 145 545 7.9 G Larry Steele 72 1311 148 308 0 0 70 97 0 0 282 161 0 0 0 198 366 5.1 F Ron Knight 49 483 112 257 0 0 31 62 0 0 116 33 0 0 0 52 255 5.2 G Willie McCarter 39 612 103 257 0 0 37 55 0 0 43 85 0 0 0 58 243 6.2 C Bill Smith 22 448 72 173 0 0 38 64 0 0 135 19 0 0 0 73 182 8.3 F Jim Marsh 39 375 39 117 0 0 41 59 0 0 84 30 0 0 0 50 119 3.1 C Darrall Imhoff 40 404 42 103 0 0 21 35 0 0 107 50 0 0 0 76 105 2.6
1971 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 2 Sidney Wicks 760 UCLA
2 25 Charlie Yelverton 69 Fordham [pick acquired from GOL]
2 27 Rick Fisher 12 Colorado State [pick acquired from BAL]
3 37 Larry Steele 610 Kentucky
3 42 Bill Smith 30 Syracuse [pick acquired from GOL]
4 54 Bobby Fields 22 La Salle
5 71 Hector Blondet Murray State
6 88 Jim Day Morehead State
7 105 Gene Knolle Texas Tech
8 122 John Sutter Tulane
9 139 Goo Kennedy 32 301 Texas Christian
10 155 Greg Starrick Southern Illinois
11 171 Howard Burford Gonzaga
12 185 Don Sechler Delaware Valley
Traded draft picks:
#2 to CHI (Willie Sojourner)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/15/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics L 88-119 0-1 10/17/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 94-127 0-2 10/19/1971 vs Detroit Pistons L 99-101 0-3 10/23/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 104-100 1-3 10/26/1971 vs Chicago Bulls L 111-123 1-4 10/29/1971 vs Buffalo Braves L 119-120 1-5 11/04/1971 at Houston Rockets W 112-110 2-5 11/06/1971 at Boston Celtics L 109-124 2-6 11/07/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 99-120 2-7 11/09/1971 at Buffalo Braves L 100-109 2-8 11/10/1971 at Detroit Pistons L 122-139 2-9 11/12/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 104-106 2-10 11/13/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 108-130 2-11 11/16/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 105-125 2-12 11/18/1971 at Golden State Warriors L 105-115 2-13 11/19/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 118-105 3-13 11/20/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics L 100-104 3-14 11/23/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 94-130 3-15 11/24/1971 at Cincinnati Royals L 112-114 3-16 11/26/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 105-120 3-17 11/27/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers L 93-116 3-18 11/30/1971 vs Phoenix Suns L 111-121 3-19 12/01/1971 at Phoenix Suns L 103-139 3-20 12/03/1971 vs Golden State Warriors W 115-107 4-20 12/05/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-123 4-21 12/07/1971 at Detroit Pistons W 131-130 5-21 12/08/1971 at Baltimore Bullets L 97-115 5-22 12/10/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 101-100 6-22 12/11/1971 at New York Knicks L 102-134 6-23 12/14/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 114-129 6-24 12/17/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 127-126 7-24 12/18/1971 at Seattle Supersonics L 105-107 7-25 12/19/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 114-113 8-25 12/21/1971 vs Houston Rockets L 119-132 8-26 12/23/1971 vs New York Knicks L 117-120 8-27 12/25/1971 vs Chicago Bulls L 88-109 8-28 12/27/1971 at Atlanta Hawks L 121-135 8-29 12/28/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 111-112 8-30 12/29/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 84-123 8-31 12/30/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 92-117 8-32 01/02/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 108-90 9-32 01/04/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks L 91-103 9-33 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/06/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 115-119 9-34 01/07/1972 vs Boston Celtics L 114-120 9-35 01/08/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 125-102 10-35 01/11/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets W 114-106 11-35 01/14/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 102-100 12-35 01/15/1972 at Chicago Bulls L 100-120 12-36 01/16/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 97-126 12-37 01/21/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers L 122-136 12-38 01/22/1972 at Baltimore Bullets L 99-116 12-39 01/23/1972 at Boston Celtics L 105-115 12-40 01/25/1972 at Houston Rockets L 104-118 12-41 01/28/1972 vs Golden State Warriors L 102-105 12-42 01/30/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 131-153 12-43 02/01/1972 vs Phoenix Suns L 117-129 12-44 02/04/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 114-113 13-44 02/05/1972 vs Phoenix Suns L 117-118 13-45 02/06/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 94-107 13-46 02/08/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals W 104-100 14-46 02/11/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 110-106 15-46 02/12/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 97-125 15-47 02/13/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics L 117-127 15-48 02/15/1972 vs Boston Celtics L 104-111 15-49 02/18/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 114-125 15-50 02/19/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 94-115 15-51 02/20/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 105-109 15-52 02/22/1972 at New York Knicks L 105-122 15-53 02/23/1972 at Cincinnati Royals L 106-110 15-54 02/25/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 104-113 15-55 02/27/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 110-113 15-56 02/29/1972 vs Chicago Bulls L 92-116 15-57 03/03/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets L 80-90 15-58 03/04/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks L 101-120 15-59 03/07/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 98-94 16-59 03/09/1972 vs Houston Rockets L 111-114 16-60 03/14/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 98-109 16-61 03/16/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 94-107 16-62 03/17/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 114-109 17-62 03/18/1972 vs New York Knicks W 133-86 18-62 03/21/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 128-160 18-63 03/26/1972 at Houston Rockets L 109-131 18-64 |