1978-1979 Portland Trail Blazers: 45-37 .549
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 33-8 (4512 points scored, 4227 allowed) Road record: 12-29 (4376 points scored, 4558 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Ramsay 8888 points scored (14th of 22 teams), 8785 points allowed (4th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Kim Anderson 6'7 200 23 Missouri Ron Brewer 6'4 180 23 Arkansas T.R. Dunn 6'4 192 23 Alabama Bob Gross 6'6 200 25 Cal State Long Beach Lionel Hollins 6'3 185 25 Arizona State Clemon Johnson 6'10 240 22 Florida A&M Maurice Lucas 6'9 215 26 Marquette Jim McMillian 6'5 215 30 Columbia Lloyd Neal 6'7 225 28 Tennessee State Tom Owens 6'10 215 29 South Carolina Willie Smith 6'2 170 25 Missouri Larry Steele 6'5 180 29 Kentucky Ira Terrell 6'8 200 24 Southern Methodist Mychal Thompson 6'10 226 23 Minnesota Dave Twardzik 6'1 175 28 Old Dominion Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Tom Owens 82 2791 600 1095 0 0 320 403 263 477 740 301 59 58 247 329 1520 18.5 F Maurice Lucas 69 2462 568 1208 0 0 270 345 192 524 716 215 66 81 233 254 1406 20.4 G Ron Brewer 81 2454 434 878 0 0 210 256 88 141 229 165 102 79 153 181 1078 13.3 C Mychal Thompson 73 2144 460 938 0 0 154 269 198 406 604 176 67 134 205 270 1074 14.7 G Lionel Hollins 64 1967 402 886 0 0 172 221 32 117 149 325 114 24 223 199 976 15.2 G Dave Twardzik 64 1570 203 381 0 0 261 299 39 80 119 176 84 4 127 185 667 10.4 G T.R. Dunn 80 1828 246 549 0 0 122 158 145 199 344 103 86 23 93 166 614 7.7 G Larry Steele 72 1488 203 483 0 0 112 136 58 113 171 142 74 10 96 208 518 7.2 F Bob Gross 53 1441 209 443 0 0 96 119 106 144 250 184 70 47 121 161 514 9.7 C Clemon Johnson 74 794 102 217 0 0 36 74 83 143 226 78 23 36 65 121 240 3.2 F Jim McMillian 23 278 33 74 0 0 17 21 16 23 39 33 10 3 16 18 83 3.6 F Ira Terrell 18 160 30 54 0 0 8 15 10 27 37 15 7 6 17 27 68 3.8 F Kim Anderson 21 224 24 77 0 0 15 28 17 28 45 15 4 5 22 42 63 3.0 G Willie Smith 13 131 23 44 0 0 12 17 7 6 13 17 10 1 14 19 58 4.5 F Lloyd Neal 4 48 4 11 0 0 1 1 2 7 9 1 0 1 6 7 9 2.2
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 1 Mychal Thompson 935 Minnesota [pick acquired from IND]
1 7 Ron Brewer 501 Arkansas
2 24 Keith Herron 124 Villanova [pick acquired from BUF via ATL]
2 44 Clemon Johnson 761 Florida A&M
3 66 Sterling Edmunds Dartmouth
5 110 Clay Johnson 80 Missouri
6 131 Tim Evans Puget Sound
7 152 Walter Reason Pacific
8 170 Mark Wickman Linfield
9 186 Paul Cozens Holy Cross
10 202 Tim Workington Biola (LA)
Traded draft picks:
#1 to GOL (Ray Townsend)
#4 to PHO (Wayne Smith)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western First Round
04/10/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 103-107
04/13/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 96-92
04/15/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 91-101
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
C Mychal Thompson 3 121 27 54 5 10 9 22 31 6 2 5 5 11 59 19.7
G Ron Brewer 3 94 22 39 9 13 4 7 11 8 1 9 5 7 53 17.7
G Larry Steele 3 73 16 28 8 9 6 5 11 7 10 0 3 8 40 13.3
C Tom Owens 3 80 15 31 5 8 9 10 19 5 4 1 7 16 35 11.7
F Maurice Lucas 3 104 14 41 5 7 2 30 32 18 3 1 11 12 33 11.0
G Dave Twardzik 3 77 7 14 11 12 4 3 7 10 5 0 9 14 25 8.3
G Lionel Hollins 3 66 8 26 5 7 1 2 3 5 3 0 7 8 21 7.0
C Clemon Johnson 3 47 4 11 6 11 5 12 17 2 2 4 7 5 14 4.7
G T.R. Dunn 3 52 5 11 0 0 2 4 6 4 5 0 1 7 10 3.3
F Ira Terrell 1 6 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/15/1978 vs Chicago Bulls L 97-108 0-1 10/17/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 115-112 1-1 10/18/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 113-125 1-2 10/20/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 108-111 1-3 10/22/1978 vs Phoenix Suns L 116-124 1-4 10/24/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 104-102 2-4 10/28/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 106-95 3-4 10/31/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 112-96 4-4 11/03/1978 vs San Diego Clippers W 119-98 5-4 11/05/1978 vs New York Knicks W 111-96 6-4 11/07/1978 at Washington Bullets L 103-143 6-5 11/08/1978 at Boston Celtics W 112-109 7-5 11/10/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 86-91 7-6 11/12/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 98-91 8-6 11/14/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 123-103 9-6 11/18/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 123-111 10-6 11/19/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 85-88 10-7 11/21/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 93-123 10-8 11/22/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 96-115 10-9 11/24/1978 vs Chicago Bulls L 99-100 10-10 11/25/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 127-105 11-10 11/28/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 102-97 12-10 11/30/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 98-97 13-10 12/02/1978 at New York Knicks L 77-111 13-11 12/06/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 109-115 13-12 12/08/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 99-100 13-13 12/09/1978 at Houston Rockets L 110-116 13-14 12/12/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 117-115 14-14 12/15/1978 at Denver Nuggets W 116-113 15-14 12/17/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 123-110 16-14 12/23/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 114-109 17-14 12/25/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 115-102 18-14 12/28/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 127-129 18-15 12/29/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 95-118 18-16 01/02/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 108-109 18-17 01/05/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 98-96 19-17 01/09/1979 vs Indiana Pacers L 104-112 19-18 01/11/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 101-104 19-19 01/12/1979 at Boston Celtics L 125-128 19-20 01/14/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 106-112 19-21 01/17/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 110-111 19-22 01/19/1979 at New Orleans Jazz L 101-107 19-23 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/20/1979 at San Antonio Spurs W 118-113 20-23 01/24/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 121-122 20-24 01/25/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 108-103 21-24 01/28/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 116-94 22-24 01/30/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 82-76 23-24 01/31/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 112-115 23-25 02/02/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 117-100 24-25 02/06/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 110-93 25-25 02/09/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 125-106 26-25 02/11/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 91-87 27-25 02/13/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 120-101 28-25 02/15/1979 at Houston Rockets L 116-119 28-26 02/16/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 120-121 28-27 02/18/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 111-104 29-27 02/20/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 97-99 29-28 02/21/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 83-106 29-29 02/23/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 99-110 29-30 02/25/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 126-119 30-30 02/27/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 118-115 31-30 03/02/1979 vs Houston Rockets L 98-118 31-31 03/04/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 106-102 32-31 03/06/1979 at New York Knicks W 118-110 33-31 03/07/1979 at New Orleans Jazz W 103-102 34-31 03/09/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 116-125 34-32 03/11/1979 at Kansas City Kings W 115-100 35-32 03/13/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 103-82 36-32 03/14/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 105-110 36-33 03/17/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 124-113 37-33 03/20/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 115-109 38-33 03/21/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers W 114-110 39-33 03/24/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 100-98 40-33 03/25/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 110-122 40-34 03/27/1979 vs New York Knicks W 123-112 41-34 03/29/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 120-103 42-34 03/30/1979 at Washington Bullets W 132-104 43-34 04/01/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks W 109-107 44-34 04/03/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 106-102 45-34 04/04/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 95-106 45-35 04/06/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 87-91 45-36 04/07/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 98-99 45-37 |