List of Portland Trail Blazers seasons

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The Portland Trail Blazers are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon that competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. The team played its home games in the Memorial Coliseum before moving to the Moda Center in 1995 (called the Rose Garden until 2013). The franchise entered the league as an expansion team in 1970, and has enjoyed a strong following: from 1977 through 1995, the team sold out 814 consecutive home games, the longest such streak in American major professional sports at the time, and which has only since been surpassed by the Boston Red Sox and the Dallas Mavericks. [1] The Trail Blazers are the only NBA team based in the Pacific Northwest, after the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis and became the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001 and the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008.

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The team has advanced to the NBA Finals three times, winning the championship once in 1977. They are the only team in NBA history to win a championship in a franchise's first-ever visit to the postseason. Their other Finals appearances were in 1990 and 1992. [2] [3]

As of the end of the 2022–23 season, the Blazers have an all-time record of 2,271 wins and 2,006 losses in the regular season, with an additional 119 wins and 155 losses in the playoffs. The team has had 32 winning seasons, 18 losing seasons, and three seasons with a 41–41 record. The Blazers have qualified for the NBA playoffs 37 times, including a streak of 21 straight playoff appearances from 1983 through 2003.[ citation needed ]

Seasons

Key
NBA championsConference championsDivision championsPlayoff berth
Season results
SeasonLeague Conference Finish Division FinishWLPct Playoffs [4] Awards Head Coach [5] Ref.
1970–71 NBA Western 9th Pacific 5th2953.354 Geoff Petrie
(Rookie of the Year) [6]
Rolland Todd [7]
1971–72 NBAWestern9thPacific5th1864.220 Sidney Wicks
(Rookie of the Year) [6]
Rolland Todd
(56 games)
Stu Inman
(26 games) [8]
[9]
1972–73 NBAWestern9thPacific5th2161.256 Jack McCloskey [10]
1973–74 NBAWestern9thPacific5th2755.329 [11]
1974–75 NBAWestern6thPacific3rd3844.463 Lenny Wilkens [12]
1975–76 NBAWestern7thPacific5th3745.451 [13]
1976–77 NBAWestern3rdPacific2nd4933.598Won First round (Bulls) 2–1
Won conference semifinals (Nuggets) 4–2
Won conference finals (Lakers) 4–0
Won NBA Finals (76ers) 4–2
Bill Walton
(Finals MVP) [14]
Jack Ramsay [15]
1977–78 NBAWestern1stPacific1st5824.707Lost conference semifinals (SuperSonics) 4–2Bill Walton
(MVP) [16]
[17]
1978–79 NBAWestern6thPacific4th4537.549Lost First round (Suns) 2–1 [18]
1979–80 NBAWestern6thPacific4th3844.463Lost First round (SuperSonics) 2–1 [19]
1980–81 NBAWestern4thPacific3rd4537.549Lost First round (Kings) 2–1 [20]
1981–82 NBAWestern8thPacific5th4240.512 [21]
1982–83 NBAWestern5thPacific4th4636.561Won First round (SuperSonics) 2–0
Lost conference semifinals (Lakers) 4–1
[22]
1983–84 NBAWestern3rdPacific2nd4834.585Lost First round (Suns) 3–2 [23]
1984–85 NBAWestern5thPacific2nd4240.512Won First round (Mavericks) 3–1
Lost conference semifinals (Lakers) 4–1
[24]
1985–86 NBAWestern6thPacific2nd4042.488Lost First round (Nuggets) 3–1 [25]
1986–87 NBAWestern3rdPacific2nd4933.598Lost First round (Rockets) 3–1 Mike Schuler (COY)Mike Schuler [26]
1987–88 NBAWestern4thPacific2nd5329.646Lost First round (Jazz) 3–1 Kevin Duckworth (MIP) [27]
1988–89 NBAWestern8thPacific5th3943.476Lost First round (Lakers) 3–0Mike Schuler
(47 games)
Rick Adelman
(35 games) [8]
[28]
1989–90 NBAWestern3rdPacific2nd5923.720Won First round (Mavericks) 3–0
Won conference semifinals (Spurs) 4–3
Won conference finals (Suns) 4–2
Lost NBA Finals (Pistons) 4–1
Rick Adelman [29]
1990–91 NBAWestern1stPacific1st6319.768Won First round (SuperSonics) 3–2
Won conference semifinals (Jazz) 4–1
Lost conference finals (Lakers) 4–2
Bucky Buckwalter (EOY) [30]
1991–92 NBAWestern1stPacific1st5725.695Won First round (Lakers) 3–1
Won conference semifinals (Suns) 4–1
Won conference finals (Jazz) 4–2
Lost NBA Finals (Bulls) 4–2
[31]
1992–93 NBAWestern4thPacific3rd5131.622Lost First round (Spurs) 3–1 Clifford Robinson (SIX)
Terry Porter (JWKC)
[32]
1993–94 NBAWestern7thPacific4th4735.573Lost First round (Rockets) 3–1 [33]
1994–95 NBAWestern7thPacific4th4438.537Lost First round (Suns) 3–0 P.J. Carlesimo [34]
1995–96 NBAWestern6thPacific3rd4438.537Lost First round (Jazz) 3–2 Chris Dudley (JWKC) [35]
1996–97 NBAWestern5thPacific3rd4933.598Lost First round (Lakers) 3–1 [36]
1997–98 NBAWestern6thPacific4th4636.561Lost First round (Lakers) 3–1 Mike Dunleavy [37]
1998–99 [a] NBAWestern2ndPacific1st3515.700Won First round (Suns) 3–0
Won conference semifinals (Jazz) 4–2
Lost conference finals (Spurs) 4–0
Mike Dunleavy (COY)
Brian Grant (JWKC)
[39]
1999–00 NBAWestern3rdPacific2nd5923.720Won First round (Timberwolves) 3–1
Won conference semifinals (Jazz) 4–1
Lost conference finals (Lakers) 4–3
[40]
2000–01 NBAWestern7thPacific4th5032.610Lost First round (Lakers) 3–0 [41]
2001–02 NBAWestern6thPacific3rd4933.598Lost First round (Lakers) 3–0 Maurice Cheeks [42]
2002–03 NBAWestern6thPacific3rd5032.610Lost First round (Mavericks) 4–3 [43]
2003–04 NBAWestern10thPacific3rd4141.500 Zach Randolph (MIP) [44]
2004–05 NBAWestern13th Northwest 4th2755.329Maurice Cheeks
(55 games)
Kevin Pritchard
(27 games) [8]
[45]
2005–06 NBAWestern15thNorthwest5th2161.256 Nate McMillan [46]
2006–07 NBAWestern12thNorthwest3rd3250.390 Brandon Roy (ROY) [47]
2007–08 NBAWestern10thNorthwest3rd4141.500 [48]
2008–09 NBAWestern4thNorthwest2nd5428.659Lost First round (Rockets) 4–2 [49]
2009–10 NBAWestern6thNorthwest3rd5032.610Lost First round (Suns) 4–2 [50]
2010–11 NBAWestern6thNorthwest3rd4834.585Lost First round (Mavericks) 4–2 [51]
2011–12 [b] NBAWestern11thNorthwest4th2838.424Nate McMillan
(59 games)
Kaleb Canales
(23 games) [8]
[53]
2012–13 NBAWestern11thNorthwest4th3349.402 Damian Lillard (ROY) Terry Stotts [54]
2013–14 NBAWestern5thNorthwest2nd5428.659Won First round (Rockets) 4–2
Lost conference semifinals (Spurs) 4–1
[55]
2014–15 NBAWestern4thNorthwest1st5131.622Lost First round (Grizzlies) 4–1 [56]
2015–16 NBAWestern5thNorthwest2nd4438.537Won First round (Clippers) 4–2
Lost conference semifinals (Warriors) 4–1
CJ McCollum (MIP) [57]
2016–17 NBAWestern8thNorthwest3rd4141.500Lost First round (Warriors) 4–0 [58]
2017–18 NBAWestern3rdNorthwest1st4933.598Lost First round (Pelicans) 4–0 [59]
2018–19 NBAWestern3rdNorthwest2nd5329.646Won First round (Thunder) 4–1
Won conference semifinals (Nuggets) 4–3
Lost conference finals (Warriors) 4–0
Damian Lillard (JWKC) [60]
2019–20 [c] NBAWestern8thNorthwest4th3539.473Lost First round (Lakers) 4–1 [63]
2020–21 [d] NBAWestern6thNorthwest3rd4230.583Lost First round (Nuggets) 4–2 [65]
2021–22 NBAWestern13thNorthwest4th2755.329 Chauncey Billups [66]
2022–23 NBAWestern13thNorthwest5th3349.402 [67]
2023–24 NBAWestern15thNorthwest5th2161.256 [68]
All-time regular & postseason record 2,4112,225.5201970–present
All-time regular season record 2,2922,070.525
All-time postseason record 119155.434Playoff Series Record: 22–36
1 NBA Championship, 3 conference titles, 6 division titles

See also

Notes

  1. Due to a lockout, the season did not start until February 5, 1999, and all 29 teams played a shortened 50 game regular season schedule. [38]
  2. Due to a lockout, the season did not start until December 25, 2011 and all 30 teams played a shortened 66-game regular season schedule. [52]
  3. The season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 11 after Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positive. The season resumed in July 2020 with the 16 teams who were in playoff position when the season was suspended and the six teams that were six games or fewer behind the eighth seed taking part in the NBA Bubble at Walt Disney World. [61] [62]
  4. The season was shortened to 72 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [64]

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