1976-1977 Portland Trail Blazers: 49-33 .598
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 35-6 (4834 points scored, 4298 allowed) Road record: 14-26 (4217 points scored, 4293 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (112 points scored, 114 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Ramsay 9163 points scored (3rd of 22 teams), 8705 points allowed (9th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Corky Calhoun 6'7 210 26 Penn Johnny Davis 6'1 170 21 Dayton Herm Gilliam 6'3 190 30 Purdue Bob Gross 6'6 200 23 Cal State Long Beach Lionel Hollins 6'3 185 23 Arizona State Robin Jones 6'9 225 22 St. Louis Maurice Lucas 6'9 215 24 Marquette Clyde Mayes 6'8 225 23 Furman Lloyd Neal 6'7 225 26 Tennessee State Larry Steele 6'5 180 27 Kentucky Dave Twardzik 6'1 175 26 Old Dominion Wally Walker 6'6 190 22 Virginia Bill Walton 6'11 210 24 UCLA Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Maurice Lucas 79 2863 632 1357 0 0 335 438 271 628 899 229 83 56 0 294 1599 20.2 C Bill Walton 65 2264 491 930 0 0 228 327 211 723 934 245 66 211 0 174 1210 18.6 G Lionel Hollins 76 2224 452 1046 0 0 215 287 52 158 210 313 166 38 0 265 1119 14.7 F Bob Gross 82 2232 376 711 0 0 183 215 173 221 394 242 107 57 0 255 935 11.4 G Larry Steele 81 1680 326 652 0 0 183 227 71 117 188 172 118 13 0 216 835 10.3 G Dave Twardzik 74 1937 263 430 0 0 239 284 75 127 202 247 128 15 0 228 765 10.3 G Herm Gilliam 80 1665 326 744 0 0 92 120 64 137 201 170 76 6 0 168 744 9.3 G Johnny Davis 79 1451 234 531 0 0 166 209 62 64 126 148 41 11 0 128 634 8.0 F Lloyd Neal 58 955 160 340 0 0 77 114 87 168 255 58 8 35 0 148 397 6.8 C Robin Jones 63 1065 139 299 0 0 66 109 103 193 296 80 37 38 0 124 344 5.5 F Wally Walker 66 627 137 305 0 0 67 100 45 63 108 51 14 2 0 92 341 5.2 F Corky Calhoun 70 743 85 183 0 0 66 85 40 104 144 35 24 8 0 123 236 3.4 F Clyde Mayes 5 24 2 9 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 2 0 5 4 0.8
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 5 Wally Walker 565 Virginia
2 20 Major Jones 374 Albany State [pick acquired from KCO via NO]
2 22 John Davis 750 Dayton
3 39 Jeff Tyson Western Michigan
4 56 David Everett Grand Canyon
5 73 Gary Reddings Auburn
7 109 Al DeWitt Weber State
8 127 Brant Gibbler Puget Sound
9 145 Rob Torresdal Linfield
10 162 Marcus Leite Pepperdine
Traded draft picks:
#6 to GOL (Duane Barnett)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western First Round
04/12/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 96-83
04/15/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 104-107
04/17/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 106-98
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Western Semifinals
04/20/1977 at Denver Nuggets W 101-100
04/22/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 110-121
04/24/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 110-106
04/26/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 105-96
05/01/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 105-114 (OT)
05/02/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 108-92
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Western Finals
05/06/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers W 121-109
05/08/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers W 99-97
05/10/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 102-97
05/13/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 105-101
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Finals
05/22/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 101-107
05/26/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 89-107
05/29/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 129-107
05/31/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 130-98
06/03/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers W 110-104
06/05/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 109-107
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Maurice Lucas 19 731 164 316 75 101 43 145 188 79 28 23 79 403 21.2
C Bill Walton 19 755 153 302 39 57 56 232 288 104 20 64 80 345 18.2
G Lionel Hollins 19 682 134 321 60 88 13 39 52 85 47 5 74 328 17.3
F Bob Gross 19 583 110 186 48 54 49 63 112 80 32 15 84 268 14.1
G Johnny Davis 16 436 65 133 38 53 10 23 33 52 28 3 32 168 10.5
G Dave Twardzik 14 354 55 93 43 59 4 20 24 39 16 2 47 153 10.9
G Herm Gilliam 18 295 53 123 9 12 7 13 20 32 13 1 29 115 6.4
F Lloyd Neal 19 206 30 63 17 26 21 49 70 17 2 8 34 77 4.1
G Larry Steele 18 261 26 70 24 32 12 15 27 18 9 0 30 76 4.2
F Wally Walker 10 83 20 36 3 7 2 5 7 8 3 0 20 43 4.3
C Robin Jones 19 105 15 32 6 9 8 15 23 9 4 4 24 36 1.9
F Corky Calhoun 12 94 13 25 2 3 6 8 14 4 4 2 16 28 2.3
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/23/1976 vs New York Nets W 114-104 1-0 10/26/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 110-96 2-0 10/28/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 92-112 2-1 10/30/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 131-97 3-1 11/02/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 129-116 4-1 11/05/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 146-104 5-1 11/07/1976 vs New York Knicks W 119-93 6-1 11/09/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 119-102 7-1 11/11/1976 at Atlanta Hawks L 105-107 7-2 11/13/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 101-113 7-3 11/16/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 98-100 7-4 11/19/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 124-111 8-4 11/21/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 121-98 9-4 11/24/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 117-115 10-4 11/26/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 96-99 10-5 11/27/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 103-95 11-5 11/28/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 145-115 12-5 11/30/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 106-115 12-6 12/01/1976 at Indiana Pacers W 101-100 13-6 12/03/1976 at Phoenix Suns W 113-99 14-6 12/04/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 112-108 15-6 12/05/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 93-89 16-6 12/07/1976 at New York Knicks W 111-94 17-6 12/08/1976 at Boston Celtics L 95-104 17-7 12/10/1976 at Buffalo Braves W 103-102 18-7 12/11/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 107-108 18-8 12/14/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 104-84 19-8 12/17/1976 vs Denver Nuggets W 127-105 20-8 12/18/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 111-115 20-9 12/21/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 99-94 21-9 12/25/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 110-95 22-9 12/26/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 87-89 22-10 12/28/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 84-79 23-10 12/29/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 111-120 23-11 12/30/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 107-127 23-12 01/01/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 89-82 24-12 01/02/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-104 24-13 01/04/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 128-84 25-13 01/07/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 130-118 26-13 01/09/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 150-113 27-13 01/11/1977 vs New York Knicks W 131-111 28-13 01/14/1977 at Boston Celtics W 107-92 29-13 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/15/1977 at Washington Bullets L 107-113 29-14 01/16/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 120-125 29-15 01/19/1977 at New York Nets W 109-94 30-15 01/20/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 99-91 31-15 01/22/1977 at Houston Rockets L 107-110 31-16 01/23/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 118-123 31-17 01/26/1977 at Denver Nuggets W 107-102 32-17 01/27/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 112-104 33-17 01/30/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 97-91 34-17 02/02/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 107-119 34-18 02/03/1977 at Indiana Pacers W 107-98 35-18 02/05/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 104-116 35-19 02/08/1977 vs Denver Nuggets L 111-119 35-20 02/11/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks L 108-121 35-21 02/15/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 96-117 35-22 02/16/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 118-125 35-23 02/18/1977 at Chicago Bulls W 90-87 36-23 02/19/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 124-133 36-24 02/22/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 113-111 37-24 02/25/1977 vs Houston Rockets L 106-123 37-25 03/01/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 108-107 38-25 03/04/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-113 38-26 03/05/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 134-104 39-26 03/08/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 95-102 39-27 03/10/1977 at New York Knicks L 104-108 39-28 03/11/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 112-114 39-29 03/15/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 131-104 40-29 03/17/1977 at Golden State Warriors W 115-106 41-29 03/18/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 134-110 42-29 03/20/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 106-126 42-30 03/22/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 95-106 42-31 03/23/1977 at Houston Rockets L 104-109 42-32 03/25/1977 at New York Nets W 131-103 43-32 03/27/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 116-128 43-33 03/29/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 127-101 44-33 04/01/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 109-98 45-33 04/03/1977 at Seattle Supersonics W 119-104 46-33 04/05/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 110-105 47-33 04/08/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 122-111 48-33 04/09/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 145-116 49-33 |