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1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season
NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
(lost to Rockets 1–3)
The 1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 17th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Blazers finished 49–33, third in the Western Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.
In the 1987 NBA Playoffs, despite having home-court advantage, the Blazers lost their first-round best-of-five series to the Houston Rockets, three games to one.
Draft picks
Main article: 1986 NBA draft
Note: This is not a complete list; only the first two rounds are covered, as well as notable post-second round picks.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | Walter Berry | F | United States | St. John's |
| 1 | 24 | Arvydas Sabonis | C | ||
| () | Zalgiris (Lithuania) | ||||
| 2 | 37 | Panagiotis Fasoulas | C | NC State | |
| 3 | 60 | Dražen Petrović | G | Cibona Zagreb (Yugoslavia) |
Roster
- Mike Schuler
- Rick Adelman
Regular season
Season standings
:z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot
Game log
Playoffs
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 24 | Houston | L 115–125 | Kiki VanDeWeghe (30) | Clyde Drexler (13) | Terry Porter (11) | Memorial Coliseum 12,666 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 26 | Houston | W 111–98 | Clyde Drexler (32) | Porter, Johnson (8) | Terry Porter (15) | Memorial Coliseum 12,666 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 28 | @ Houston | L 108–117 | Clyde Drexler (26) | Johnson, Jones (10) | Terry Porter (8) | The Summit 16,279 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 30 | @ Houston | L 101–113 | Kiki VanDeWeghe (27) | Steve Johnson (12) | Terry Porter (6) | The Summit 16,279
| 1–3 |
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Player statistics
Season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Playoffs
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Awards and honors
- Mike Schuler, NBA Coach of the Year
References
References
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/1987.html 1986-87 Portland Trail Blazers]
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