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1977–78 Portland Trail Blazers season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

(lost to SuperSonics 2–4)

The 1977–78 Portland Trail Blazers season was the eighth season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Fresh off their first NBA Championship win the previous season, the Blazers led the league with a franchise-best 58–24 record, earning a first-round bye in the 1978 NBA Playoffs. However, they were defeated by the eventual Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics four games to two.

The team started with 50 wins in their first 60 games, but due to Bill Walton's foot injury they only managed to go 8–14 the rest of the way. This would be Walton's last season with the club, as he sat out the 1979 season and then was signed by the San Diego Clippers.

Prior to the season, the Blazers changed their uniforms to display blazing lines from side to side (red and black for the home, red and white for the road jersey). The team also changed the road jersey to be black rather than the red they previously wore since their inception (the team would wear black road uniforms until they changed it to red in 1979). The Blazers eventually eclipsed their franchise-record win total from this season with a 59–23 showing in 1989–90.

Draft picks

Main article: 1977 NBA draft

Note: This is not a complete list; only the first two rounds are covered, as well as any other picks by the franchise who played at least one NBA game.

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool/Club team
119Rich LaurelGHofstra
228Kim AndersonFMissouri
241T. R. DunnGAlabama

Roster

  • Jack Ramsay
  • Jack McKinney

Regular season

Season standings

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

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 18 | Seattle | L 95–104 | Johnny Davis (20) | Bill Walton (16) | Lionel Hollins (9) | Memorial Coliseum 12,666 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 21 | Seattle | W 96–93 | Maurice Lucas (19) | Maurice Lucas (14) | Lionel Hollins (5) | Memorial Coliseum 12,666 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 23 | @ Seattle | L 84–99 | Tom Owens (24) | Owens, Lucas (9) | Dave Twardzik (5) | Seattle Center Coliseum 14,098 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 26 | @ Seattle | L 98–100 | Lionel Hollins (35) | Maurice Lucas (16) | Tom Owens (8) | Seattle Center Coliseum 14,098 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | April 30 | Seattle | W 113–89 | Tom Owens (31) | Maurice Lucas (13) | Davis, Owens (6) | Memorial Coliseum 12,666 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | May 1 | @ Seattle | L 94–105 | Johnny Davis (23) | Maurice Lucas (12) | Lionel Hollins (9) | Seattle Center Coliseum 14,098

2–4

Player statistics

Season

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Playoffs

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Awards and honors

  • Bill Walton, NBA Most Valuable Player Award
  • Bill Walton, All-NBA First Team
  • Bill Walton, NBA All-Defensive First Team
  • Bill Walton, NBA All-Star
  • Maurice Lucas, NBA All-Defensive First Team
  • Maurice Lucas, NBA All-Star
  • Lionel Hollins, NBA All-Defensive First Team
  • Lionel Hollins, NBA All-Star
  • Bob Gross, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/1978.html 1977–78 Portland Trail Blazers]
  2. [https://www.si.com/vault/1978/08/21/822902/off-on-a-wronged-foot-bill-walton-quit-the-blazers-after-a-dispute-over-team-medical-policy-and-headed-for-golden-state Off on a Wrong Foot - Sports Illustrated]
  3. (July 30, 2017). "What's the best Portland Trail Blazers uniform? A look back at the jerseys by era".
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