1977-1978 Portland Trail Blazers: 58-24 .707
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 36-5 (4543 points scored, 4060 allowed) Road record: 22-19 (4286 points scored, 4265 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Ramsay 8829 points scored (12th of 22 teams), 8325 points allowed (1st) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Corky Calhoun 6'7 210 27 Penn Johnny Davis 6'1 170 22 Dayton Jacky Dorsey 6'7 230 23 Georgia T.R. Dunn 6'4 192 22 Alabama Bob Gross 6'6 200 24 Cal State Long Beach Lionel Hollins 6'3 185 24 Arizona State Maurice Lucas 6'9 215 25 Marquette Lloyd Neal 6'7 225 27 Tennessee State Willie Norwood 6'7 220 30 Alcorn State Tom Owens 6'10 215 28 South Carolina Dale Schlueter 6'10 225 32 Colorado State Larry Steele 6'5 180 28 Kentucky Dave Twardzik 6'1 175 27 Old Dominion Wally Walker 6'6 190 23 Virginia Bill Walton 6'11 210 25 UCLA Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Lionel Hollins 81 2741 531 1202 0 0 223 300 81 196 277 380 157 29 241 268 1285 15.9 F Maurice Lucas 68 2119 453 989 0 0 207 270 186 435 621 173 61 56 192 221 1113 16.4 C Bill Walton 58 1929 460 882 0 0 177 246 118 648 766 291 60 146 206 145 1097 18.9 F Bob Gross 72 2163 381 720 0 0 152 190 180 220 400 254 100 52 179 234 914 12.7 G Johnny Davis 82 2188 343 756 0 0 188 227 65 108 173 217 81 14 151 173 874 10.7 C Tom Owens 82 1714 313 639 0 0 206 278 195 346 541 160 33 37 152 263 832 10.1 F Lloyd Neal 61 1174 272 540 0 0 127 177 116 257 373 81 29 21 96 128 671 11.0 G Dave Twardzik 75 1820 242 409 0 0 183 234 36 98 134 244 107 4 158 186 667 8.9 G Larry Steele 65 1132 210 447 0 0 100 122 34 79 113 87 59 5 66 138 520 8.0 F Corky Calhoun 79 1370 175 365 0 0 66 76 73 142 215 87 42 15 64 141 416 5.3 G T.R. Dunn 63 768 100 240 0 0 37 56 63 84 147 45 46 8 35 74 237 3.8 F Willie Norwood 19 351 40 99 0 0 30 46 22 43 65 19 18 0 39 56 110 5.8 F Wally Walker 9 101 19 41 0 0 5 8 7 10 17 8 2 0 11 13 43 4.8 F Jacky Dorsey 4 51 9 19 0 0 7 11 6 4 10 3 0 1 3 8 25 6.2 C Dale Schlueter 10 109 8 19 0 0 9 18 5 16 21 18 3 2 15 20 25 2.5
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 19 Rich Laurel 10 Hofstra
2 28 Kim Anderson 21 Missouri [pick acquired from NO]
2 41 T.R. Dunn 993 Alabama
3 63 Ricky Brown Alabama
4 85 Greg White USC
5 107 Donn Wilber La Salle
6 128 Myron Jordan Pacific
7 148 Don Smith Oregon State
8 167 Harold Rhodes Washington
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
04/18/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics L 95-104
04/21/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 96-93
04/23/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 84-99
04/26/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 98-100
04/30/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 113-89
05/01/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 94-105
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 6 233 46 108 11 19 19 56 75 15 4 2 19 28 103 17.2
G Lionel Hollins 6 223 40 89 20 29 5 24 29 33 7 0 19 21 100 16.7
C Tom Owens 6 200 38 69 15 21 13 26 39 26 5 7 7 30 91 15.2
G Johnny Davis 6 201 35 76 16 23 3 7 10 13 1 2 11 15 86 14.3
G Larry Steele 6 191 25 60 19 21 8 18 26 14 7 2 12 22 69 11.5
G Dave Twardzik 6 108 11 23 14 14 1 3 4 11 7 0 10 16 36 6.0
F Corky Calhoun 6 109 15 29 4 7 6 8 14 3 2 1 3 6 34 5.7
C Bill Walton 2 49 11 18 5 7 5 17 22 4 3 3 6 1 27 13.5
F Lloyd Neal 3 47 7 21 1 1 2 9 11 2 0 4 6 5 15 5.0
F Willie Norwood 3 44 7 12 1 1 1 3 4 4 0 1 2 11 15 5.0
G T.R. Dunn 4 35 2 4 0 0 1 4 5 3 1 0 1 3 4 1.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/21/1977 at Seattle Supersonics W 106-99 1-0 10/22/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 130-115 2-0 10/25/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 107-85 3-0 10/26/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 108-111 3-1 10/28/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 98-94 4-1 11/01/1977 vs New York Knicks W 113-104 5-1 11/05/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 116-94 6-1 11/06/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 108-106 7-1 11/08/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 130-104 8-1 11/11/1977 at Atlanta Hawks W 132-92 9-1 11/12/1977 at Houston Rockets L 102-104 9-2 11/15/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks W 109-106 10-2 11/16/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 104-111 10-3 11/19/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 109-67 11-3 11/20/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 118-101 12-3 11/23/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 116-111 13-3 11/26/1977 vs New Jersey Nets W 114-102 14-3 11/27/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers W 100-93 15-3 11/29/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 108-96 16-3 12/02/1977 at Phoenix Suns W 106-103 17-3 12/06/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 116-94 18-3 12/07/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 100-122 18-4 12/09/1977 at Boston Celtics W 118-87 19-4 12/10/1977 at New York Knicks W 107-106 20-4 12/13/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 111-108 21-4 12/17/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 117-104 22-4 12/20/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 104-99 23-4 12/23/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 108-98 24-4 12/25/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 109-97 25-4 12/27/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 106-115 25-5 12/28/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 111-106 26-5 12/30/1977 at Golden State Warriors W 108-99 27-5 01/01/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 107-102 28-5 01/03/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 92-90 29-5 01/07/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 109-105 30-5 01/08/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 122-100 31-5 01/10/1978 vs New York Knicks W 126-113 32-5 01/13/1978 at Washington Bullets L 93-102 32-6 01/15/1978 at Boston Celtics W 107-103 33-6 01/17/1978 at Buffalo Braves W 96-94 34-6 01/18/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 127-101 35-6 01/20/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 100-101 35-7 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/22/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 95-106 35-8 01/24/1978 at Kansas City Kings W 120-97 36-8 01/26/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 112-77 37-8 01/29/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 123-88 38-8 01/31/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 136-116 39-8 02/03/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 112-92 40-8 02/09/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 94-88 41-8 02/10/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 112-108 42-8 02/12/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 101-103 42-9 02/14/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 113-100 43-9 02/15/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 102-99 44-9 02/17/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 105-112 44-10 02/19/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 127-104 45-10 02/21/1978 at San Antonio Spurs W 118-114 46-10 02/22/1978 at Washington Bullets W 105-97 47-10 02/24/1978 at Kansas City Kings W 107-96 48-10 02/26/1978 at Chicago Bulls W 100-99 49-10 02/28/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 113-92 50-10 03/02/1978 at New York Knicks L 117-128 50-11 03/04/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 105-100 51-11 03/05/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 126-88 52-11 03/07/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 82-84 52-12 03/08/1978 at Houston Rockets W 97-94 53-12 03/10/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 105-114 53-13 03/12/1978 at Buffalo Braves L 90-96 53-14 03/14/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz L 103-109 53-15 03/17/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 99-118 53-16 03/18/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 105-86 54-16 03/21/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 102-96 55-16 03/23/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 109-116 55-17 03/24/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 95-107 55-18 03/26/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 100-116 55-19 03/28/1978 vs Boston Celtics L 92-104 55-20 03/29/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 94-127 55-21 03/31/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers W 103-101 56-21 04/02/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 86-101 56-22 04/04/1978 vs Houston Rockets L 89-101 56-23 04/06/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 96-115 56-24 04/07/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 97-93 57-24 04/09/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 114-99 58-24 |