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1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers season

NBA professional basketball team season

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Larry Weinberg

The 1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers season was the fourth season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Blazers finished at 27–55, a six-game improvement from the previous season.

The season started with promise as Portland opened the year with a 10–8 record. A nine-game losing streak followed and sent the Blazers sinking in the standings. They managed to cling to just under .500 but the months of January and February were unkind. Geoff Petrie and Sidney Wicks each garnered selections to the 1974 NBA All-Star game, but massive deficiencies on defense plagued the Blazers. Their lack of a size and experience at center allowed opponents to score almost at will. The Blazers lost 23 of 25 games and wound up with the worst record in the Western Conference. Coach Jack McCloskey was relieved of his duties at the end of the season.

Draft picks

Main article: 1973 NBA draft

;Information from Sports Reference

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club team
1	15	Barry Parkhill	G	Virginia
4	55	Bird Averitt	G	Pepperdine
5	74	Bernard Hardin	F	New Mexico
7	110	Doug Richards	G	Brigham Young
8	128	Eldridge Broussard	N/A	Pacific University
9	128	Lee Haven	N/A	Colorado
10	163	Ron Jones	N/A	Oregon State

Roster

Jack McCloskey

Regular season

Season standings

:z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

1973–74 Game log
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Awards and honors

Sidney Wicks, NBA All-Star
Geoff Petrie, NBA All-Star

Transactions

September 27, 1973 – Waived forward Bob Davis
October 1, 1973 – Signed free agent guard Mo Layton
October 14, 1973 – Traded guard Rick Adelman to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for a second round pick in the 1974 NBA draft (Phil Lumpkin was chosen).
October 31, 1973 – Waived guard Charlie Davis and signed free agent guard Mark Sibley
December 1, 1973 – Waived guard Mo Layton
December 26, 1973 – Signed free agent guard Bob Verga
January 8, 1974 – Waived guard Bernie Fryer
May 20, 1974 – Forward Ollie Johnson was selected by the New Orleans Jazz in the 1974 NBA expansion draft
June 12, 1974 – Waived guards Mark Sibley and Bob Verga ;Transactions via Sports Reference

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/1974.html 1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers]
"1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers Transactions". Sports Reference, LLC.
"1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers Transactions". Sports Reference, LLC.

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