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PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

The Portland Trail Blazers were founded in 1970 and entered the NBA as one of three (Cleveland and Buffalo were the others) expansion teams. The Trail Blazers did not make the postseason in their first six years of existence.

A number of high draft picks, the dispersal draft when the NBA and ABA merged, and the hiring of head coach Jack Ramsay led to the rise of the Portland franchise. From 1977 to 2003, the Trail Blazers missed the playoffs just once. The team has enjoyed a strong following and set a record with 814 consecutive home game sellouts.

Nationally televised Trail Blazers games can be viewed on a variety of networks including ESPN, ESPN+, ABC, and TNT. A regional schedule of games is available on NBC Sports Northwest and fans can watch the Trail Blazers complete schedule via live stream using the NBC Sports app or by going to NBA.tv.

HOME OF THE TRAIL BLAZERS

Prior to 1995, Portland played at the Memorial Coliseum. In 1995, the Trail Blazers moved into the Moda Center where they continue to play. The Moda Center sits right next to the renamed Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Moda Center seats 19,393 fans for Trail Blazers’ home games.

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY

The Trail Blazers have a long history of success. It began in 1976-77 when they made the playoffs for the first time and ended up winning the franchise’s only NBA title. Portland has won three conference championships (1977, 1990, and 1992).

The Trail Blazers have won division titles six times (1978, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2015, and 2018). They won four Pacific Division crowns and two Northwest Division – where they currently reside – titles.

BEST OF THE TRAIL BLAZERS

Portland has had a number of outstanding players including Clyde Drexler, the franchise’s all-time leading scorer (18,040 points). Drexler was a first-round NBA draft pick in 1983. He would be selected to the NBA All-Star Game 10 times, eight while with Portland. He made the All-NBA First, Second, or Third Team in five different seasons. Drexler was inducted into the College and Pro Basketball Halls of Fame and was a member of the 1992 men’s Olympic “Dream Team” that won a gold medal.

Damian Lillard is second on the Trail Blazers all-time scoring list with 13,681 points and counting. He was the sixth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft and won the 2013 NBA Rookie of the Year, one of four Portland players to win the award. Lillard has been to five All-Star games and has made an All-NBA team four times. He is third on the all-time assists list (3,479) and first in 3-pointers made (1,269).

Geoff Petrie was the eighth overall pick in the 1970 NBA draft and, like Lillard, was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1971 after averaging 24.8 points per game. Petrie would become a two-time NBA All-Star and is still eighth on Portland’s all-time scoring list (9,732 points). A knee injury ended his career after just six seasons.

Bill Walton played just six seasons in Portland, but he was an integral part of the 1977 NBA championship. Walton was the first pick in the 1974 NBA draft. He won the 1975 Rookie of the Year and was a two-time All-Star selection. In 1978, Walton averaged 18.9 points, 13.2 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 2.5 block shots per game and was named the NBA MVP.