The Portland Trail Blazers are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [1] The franchise entered the NBA in 1970, and is one of two major league franchise in Oregon. The Trail Blazers sold out 814 consecutive home games from 1977 through 1995, the second longest such streak for American professional sports teams which was broken July 9, 2011, by the Dayton Dragons. [2] The team has played their home games at the Moda Center (formerly known as the Rose Garden), since the 1995–96 NBA season. The Trail Blazers are owned by the Paul G. Allen Trust chaired by Jody Allen, since the passing of owner Paul Allen in 2018. Since the team joined the NBA in 1970, it has won one NBA championship, three conference championships, six division championships, and has appeared in the NBA playoffs 34 times. [3]
The team has advanced to the NBA Finals three times, winning the NBA Championship once, in 1977. The other NBA Finals appearances were in 1990 and 1992. [4] The team has qualified for the playoffs in the majority of its seasons, including a streak of 21 straight appearances from 1983 to 2003. [5] Six Hall of Fame players have played for the Trail Blazers (Lenny Wilkens, Bill Walton, Clyde Drexler, Dražen Petrović, Scottie Pippen, and Arvydas Sabonis), [6] [7] four of whom (Wilkens, Walton, Drexler, and Pippen) were recognized as one of the league's 50 greatest. Bill Walton is the franchise's most decorated player; he was the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1977, and the regular season MVP the following year. [4] [8] Four Blazer rookies (Geoff Petrie, Sidney Wicks, Brandon Roy. and Damian Lillard) have won the NBA Rookie of the Year award. Two Hall of Fame coaches, Lenny Wilkens and Jack Ramsay, have coached the Blazers, and two others, Mike Schuler and Mike Dunleavy, have won the NBA Coach of the Year award with the team. [6]
The Blazers have set several team and individual league records. They are the only team to have held a team scoreless during overtime on two occasions. In a game that went to four overtime periods, the Blazers and the Chicago Bulls combined to commit 87 personal fouls. In another four-overtime game, the Blazers and the Utah Jazz collected a combined 106 defensive rebounds. The Blazers set two records against the Golden State Warriors: the record for combined three-point field-goal attempts by both teams and the record for the most three-point field-goal attempts by one player. This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Portland Trail Blazers.
Bold denotes still active with team.
Italic denotes still active but not with team.
Points scored (regular season) (as of the end of the 2023–24 season) [9]
Other statistics (regular season) (as of the end of the 2023–24 season) [9]
Most games played | |
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Player | Games |
Clyde Drexler | 867 |
Jerome Kersey | 831 |
Damian Lillard | 769 |
Terry Porter | 758 |
LaMarcus Aldridge | 648 |
Clifford Robinson | 644 |
Jim Paxson | 627 |
Larry Steele | 610 |
CJ McCollum | 564 |
Buck Williams | 557 |
Most minutes played | |
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Player | Minutes |
Clyde Drexler | 29,496 |
Damian Lillard | 27,942 |
Terry Porter | 23,978 |
LaMarcus Aldridge | 22,972 |
Jerome Kersey | 21,760 |
Clifford Robinson | 19,839 |
Rasheed Wallace | 19,309 |
Mychal Thompson | 18,913 |
Jim Paxson | 18,398 |
CJ McCollum | 17,746 |
Most rebounds | |
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Player | Rebounds |
LaMarcus Aldridge | 5,434 |
Clyde Drexler | 5,339 |
Jerome Kersey | 5,078 |
Mychal Thompson | 4,878 |
Buck Williams | 4,861 |
Sidney Wicks | 4,086 |
Rasheed Wallace | 3,797 |
Arvydas Sabonis | 3,436 |
Lloyd Neal | 3,370 |
Clifford Robinson | 3,352 |
Most assists | |
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Player | Assists |
Terry Porter | 5,319 |
Damian Lillard | 5,151 |
Clyde Drexler | 4, 933 |
Damon Stoudamire | 3,018 |
Rod Strickland | 2,573 |
Geoff Petrie | 2,057 |
Jim Paxson | 2,007 |
CJ McCollum | 1,892 |
Mychal Thompson | 1,848 |
Jerome Kersey | 1,762 |
Most steals | |
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Player | Steals |
Clyde Drexler | 1,795 |
Terry Porter | 1,182 |
Jerome Kersey | 1,059 |
Jim Paxson | 857 |
Larry Steele | 846 |
Damian Lillard | 732 |
Clifford Robinson | 69 |
Lionel Hollins | 598 |
Bob Gross | 593 |
Damon Stoudamire | 556 |
Most blocks | |
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Player | Blocks |
Mychal Thompson | 768 |
Clifford Robinson | 726 |
Rasheed Wallace | 693 |
LaMarcus Aldridge | 658 |
Joel Przybilla | 623 |
Jerome Kersey | 622 |
Clyde Drexler | 594 |
Bill Walton | 533 |
Arvydas Sabonis | 494 |
Wayne Cooper | 425 |
Most three-pointers made | |
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Player | 3-pointers made |
Damian Lillard | 2,387 |
CJ McCollum | 1,297 |
Wesley Matthews | 826 |
Terry Porter | 773 |
Anfernee Simons | 752 |
Nicolas Batum | 751 |
Damon Stoudamire | 717 |
Clifford Robinson | 492 |
Steve Blake | 492 |
Clyde Drexler | 464 |
The NBA All-Star Game is played between the Eastern Conference All-Star Team and the Western Conference All-Star Team; the teams' starters are chosen through fan voting, and the teams' reserves are chosen by NBA teams' coaches. [10]
The NBA presents several annual awards to recognize its teams, players and coaches for their accomplishments. In addition, three honorary teams (All-NBA, All-Rookie, All-Defensive) are formed by voting to honor the best players, best rookies and best defenders respectively.
European players in the NBA are currently eligible for three prestigious continent-wide awards for their performances with their club and national teams:
Two Blazers players have won at least one of these awards while in Portland.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts, honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball, all-time great coaches, referees, and other major contributors to the game. In 1996, the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (also referred to as the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team or NBA's Top 50) were chosen by a panel of media, former players and coaches, current and former general managers and team executives. Five Trail Blazers players have been inducted into the Naismith Hall solely as players, [6] [7] and the team had four players selected to be in the NBA's Top 50 Players list. [45] The Blazers have also had one coach inducted into the Naismith Hall exclusively in that capacity. Finally, Lenny Wilkens, who both played for and coached the Blazers, is one of only three individuals to have been inducted into the Naismith Hall in both roles.
The Blazers have had three players inducted to the FIBA Hall of Fame. In addition to Petrović (inducted as part of the inaugural class in 2007) and Sabonis (inducted in 2010), Fernando Martín, who played for the Blazers in the 1986–87 season, was inducted alongside Petrović.
Several players (and others) have had their numbers retired by the team. These are: [6]
Two non-players also have honorary jerseys hanging in the rafters:
Drexler, Lucas, Petrie, Twardzik, and Walton are members of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, which honors Oregon athletes, teams, coaches, and others who have made a significant contribution to sports in Oregon. Also inducted into the Hall are the 1976–77 team, and the following Trail Blazers' players: [48]
Several league record performances have been recorded by members of the Trail Blazers or the team as a whole; or against the Trail Blazers by an opponent. A partial list is as follows:
The Portland Trail Blazers are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete 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. 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. 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.
William Theodore Walton III was an American professional basketball player and television sportscaster. He played college basketball at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Portland Trail Blazers, San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers, and Boston Celtics. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
Clyde Austin Drexler is an American former professional basketball player who currently works as the commissioner of the Big3 3-on-3 basketball league. Nicknamed "Clyde the Glide", he played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), spending a majority of his career with the Portland Trail Blazers before finishing with the Houston Rockets. He was a ten-time NBA All-Star and named to the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams. Drexler won an NBA championship with Houston in 1995, and earned a gold medal on the 1992 United States Olympic team known as "The Dream Team". He was inducted twice into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2004 for his individual career and in 2010 as a member of the "Dream Team". Drexler is widely considered one of the greatest basketball players and greatest shooting guards of all time.
Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and businessman. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest European players of all time and one of the best big-man passers in the history of the game. Sabonis won the Euroscar six times and the Mr. Europa Award twice. He played in a variety of leagues, including the Spanish ACB League, and spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Playing the center position, Sabonis won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in South Korea, for the Soviet Union, and later earned bronze medals at the 1992 Olympic Games and 1996 Olympic Games representing Lithuania. He retired from professional basketball in 2005. Sabonis was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1986 NBA draft, but he did not play his first NBA game until 1995, at the age of 30.
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