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1979-1980 Portland Trail Blazers: 38-44 .463
Previous Season Home record: 26-15 (4235 points scored, 4066 allowed) Road record: 12-29 (4167 points scored, 4403 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)

Head Coach: Jack Ramsay 8402 points scored (21st of 22 teams), 8469 points allowed (2nd) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Billy Ray Bates 6'4 210 23 Kentucky State Jim Brewer 6'9 210 28 Minnesota Ron Brewer 6'4 180 24 Arkansas T.R. Dunn 6'4 192 24 Alabama Bob Gross 6'6 200 26 Cal State Long Beach Lionel Hollins 6'3 185 26 Arizona State Abdul Jeelani 6'8 210 25 Wisconsin - Parkside Kevin Kunnert 7'0 230 28 Iowa Maurice Lucas 6'9 215 27 Marquette Calvin Natt 6'6 220 22 Louisiana - Monroe Tom Owens 6'10 215 30 South Carolina Jim Paxson 6'6 200 22 Dayton Larry Steele 6'5 180 30 Kentucky Dave Twardzik 6'1 175 29 Old Dominion Kermit Washington 6'8 230 28 American
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Ron Brewer 82 2815 548 1182 6 32 184 219 54 160 214 216 98 48 167 154 1286 15.7 C Tom Owens 76 2337 518 1008 1 2 213 283 189 384 573 194 45 53 174 270 1250 16.4 F Kermit Washington 80 2657 421 761 0 3 231 360 325 517 842 167 73 131 170 307 1073 13.4 F Abdul Jeelani 77 1286 288 565 0 6 161 204 114 156 270 95 40 40 117 155 737 9.6 F Maurice Lucas 41 1176 243 552 2 5 100 137 85 240 325 125 23 35 148 141 588 14.3 G Dave Twardzik 67 1594 183 394 4 7 197 252 52 104 156 273 77 1 131 149 567 8.5 G T.R. Dunn 82 1841 240 551 0 3 84 111 132 192 324 147 102 31 91 145 564 6.9 F Bob Gross 62 1581 221 472 1 10 95 114 84 165 249 228 60 47 166 179 538 8.7 F Calvin Natt 25 811 201 419 2 4 107 139 66 112 178 57 24 12 65 57 511 20.4 G Jim Paxson 72 1270 189 460 1 22 64 90 25 84 109 144 48 5 93 97 443 6.2 G Lionel Hollins 20 413 82 213 1 10 34 53 5 15 20 50 30 1 60 35 199 9.9 F Jim Brewer 67 1016 90 184 0 5 14 29 101 156 257 75 42 43 47 129 194 2.9 G Billy Ray Bates 16 235 72 146 8 19 28 39 13 16 29 31 14 2 20 26 180 11.2 G Larry Steele 16 446 62 146 0 4 22 27 13 32 45 67 25 1 33 53 146 9.1 C Kevin Kunnert 18 302 50 114 0 0 26 43 37 75 112 29 7 22 41 59 126 7.0
1979 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1   12  Jim Paxson               784          Dayton                         
  2   40  Andrew Fields                         Cheyney State                    [pick acquired from SA via SEA]
  3   56  Mickey Fox                            St. Mary's (Canada)            
  4   78  Daryll Robinson                       Appalachian State              
  5  100  Matt White                            Penn                           
  6  120  Ray Ellis                             Pepperdine                     
  7  140  Jeff Tropf                            Central Michigan               
  8  159  Willie Pounds                         Chaminade                      
  9  177  Stan Eckwood                          Harding (AR)                   
 10  195  Kelvin Small                          Oregon                         

Traded draft picks:

#2 to NYK (Kim Goetz)


Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western First Round 04/02/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 110-120 04/04/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 105-95 (OT) 04/06/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 86-103
Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Billy Ray Bates 3 104 31 59 2 7 11 14 2 8 10 12 5 1 15 13 75 25.0 G Ron Brewer 3 106 26 61 0 3 5 9 1 2 3 6 3 1 7 10 57 19.0 F Calvin Natt 3 125 21 48 0 2 6 10 9 15 24 2 2 1 10 7 48 16.0 C Tom Owens 3 83 14 26 0 0 5 8 13 8 21 2 1 2 5 14 33 11.0 F Kermit Washington 3 121 13 26 0 1 5 8 12 19 31 6 1 4 4 9 31 10.3 F Jim Brewer 3 67 10 10 0 0 1 3 6 10 16 3 5 2 1 6 21 7.0 G Jim Paxson 3 44 5 16 0 0 6 6 0 4 4 3 2 1 2 2 16 5.3 F Bob Gross 3 51 3 9 0 0 6 6 1 3 4 4 1 0 3 8 12 4.0 G T.R. Dunn 3 24 2 8 0 0 2 2 1 3 4 4 1 0 1 3 6 2.0 G Dave Twardzik 2 20 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 2 0 3 2 2 1.0

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 101-85 1-0 10/14/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 109-93 2-0 10/16/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 88-81 3-0 10/18/1979 at Utah Jazz W 107-92 4-0 10/19/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers W 99-82 5-0 10/21/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 91-74 6-0 10/23/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 90-88 7-0 10/24/1979 at Denver Nuggets W 88-87 8-0 10/26/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 95-93 9-0 10/28/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 88-89 9-1 10/31/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 106-111 9-2 11/02/1979 at San Diego Clippers W 123-102 10-2 11/04/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 127-124 11-2 11/07/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 90-97 11-3 11/08/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 89-98 11-4 11/10/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 94-90 12-4 11/11/1979 at Kansas City Kings W 112-109 13-4 11/13/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 92-101 13-5 11/16/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 97-98 13-6 11/17/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 103-96 14-6 11/18/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 100-95 15-6 11/20/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 114-99 16-6 11/23/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 90-94 16-7 11/25/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 86-87 16-8 11/28/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 99-106 16-9 11/30/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 100-107 16-10 12/01/1979 at Houston Rockets L 112-120 16-11 12/06/1979 at Utah Jazz L 82-87 16-12 12/07/1979 vs Chicago Bulls L 93-95 16-13 12/09/1979 vs San Diego Clippers L 96-98 16-14 12/11/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 93-104 16-15 12/12/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 85-124 16-16 12/15/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 106-98 17-16 12/16/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 123-101 18-16 12/19/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 106-114 18-17 12/21/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 100-97 19-17 12/23/1979 vs New York Knicks L 103-111 19-18 12/25/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 113-91 20-18 12/26/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 99-119 20-19 12/28/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 97-126 20-20 12/30/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 100-107 20-21 01/01/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 109-99 21-21
Date Opponent Result Record 01/02/1980 at Golden State Warriors L 92-111 21-22 01/04/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 115-97 22-22 01/06/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 119-102 23-22 01/08/1980 vs Indiana Pacers L 118-122 23-23 01/11/1980 at New Jersey Nets W 128-107 24-23 01/13/1980 at Washington Bullets L 95-127 24-24 01/16/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 110-121 24-25 01/18/1980 at Boston Celtics L 93-111 24-26 01/20/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 88-89 24-27 01/24/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 111-103 25-27 01/26/1980 at Denver Nuggets L 96-100 25-28 01/29/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 96-103 25-29 01/31/1980 vs Kansas City Kings W 94-93 26-29 02/05/1980 at Kansas City Kings W 105-99 27-29 02/08/1980 at San Diego Clippers L 104-118 27-30 02/12/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks L 89-95 27-31 02/13/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 103-129 27-32 02/15/1980 vs Boston Celtics L 91-106 27-33 02/17/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 103-98 28-33 02/19/1980 at New York Knicks L 103-113 28-34 02/23/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 130-107 29-34 02/24/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 115-100 30-34 02/26/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 96-98 30-35 02/29/1980 vs Utah Jazz L 87-91 30-36 03/02/1980 vs Chicago Bulls W 110-107 31-36 03/04/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics L 97-98 31-37 03/06/1980 at Utah Jazz L 110-117 31-38 03/07/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 113-104 32-38 03/09/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 142-121 33-38 03/12/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 94-102 33-39 03/14/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 110-120 33-40 03/15/1980 at Chicago Bulls L 108-110 33-41 03/18/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 123-122 34-41 03/19/1980 at Golden State Warriors W 115-113 35-41 03/21/1980 vs Phoenix Suns L 100-111 35-42 03/23/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 98-91 36-42 03/25/1980 vs Kansas City Kings W 106-102 37-42 03/27/1980 at San Diego Clippers W 96-93 38-42 03/28/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 100-114 38-43 03/30/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 104-135 38-44

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