2011–12 Portland Trail Blazers season

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Draft

Main article: 2011 NBA draft

Roster

• Nate McMillan
• Kaleb Canales
• Bernie Bickerstaff
• Larry Greer
• Bob Ociepka
• Buck Williams
• Jay Jensen
• Geoff Clark}}

Pre-season

Game log

|- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 1 | December 19 | Utah | | Wesley Matthews (17) | Chris Johnson (6) | Jamal Crawford (7) | Rose Garden | 1–0 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 2 | December 21 | @ Utah | | Raymond Felton (17) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Jamal Crawford (5) | EnergySolutions Arena | 1–1

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 1 | December 26 | Philadelphia | | LaMarcus Aldridge (25) | Marcus Camby (13) | Raymond Felton (8) | Rose Garden 20,509 | 1–0 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 2 | December 27 | Sacramento | | Gerald Wallace (25) | Marcus Camby (9) | Raymond Felton (6) | Rose Garden 20,350 | 2–0 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 3 | December 29 | Denver | | Wes Matthews (25) | Marcus Camby (12) | LaMarcus Aldridge (6) | Rose Garden 20,531 | 3–0 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 4 | January 1 | @ L. A. Clippers | | Jamal Crawford (23) | LaMarcus Aldridge (9) | Raymond Felton (8) | Staples Center 19,060 | 3–1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 5 | January 3 | @ Oklahoma City | | LaMarcus Aldridge (30) | Gerald Wallace (10) | Raymond Felton (7) | Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 | 4–1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 6 | January 5 | L. A. Lakers | | Gerald Wallace (31) | LaMarcus Aldridge (10) | Raymond Felton (10) | Rose Garden 20,444 | 5–1 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 7 | January 6 | @ Phoenix | | LaMarcus Aldridge (14) | Marcus Camby (11) | Jamal Crawford Nolan Smith (3) | US Airways Center 16,235 | 5–2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 8 | January 8 | Cleveland | | LaMarcus Aldridge (28) | Marcus Camby (9) | Raymond Felton (7) | Rose Garden 20,292 | 6–2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 9 | January 10 | L. A. Clippers | | Gerald Wallace (20) | Marcus Camby (11) | Raymond Felton (8) | Rose Garden 20,381 | 7–2 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 10 | January 11 | Orlando | | Jamal Crawford (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge (8) | Raymond Felton (8) | Rose Garden 20,467 | 7–3 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 11 | January 13 | @ San Antonio | | LaMarcus Aldridge (29) | Gerald Wallace (12) | Raymond Felton (7) | AT&T Center 18,581 | 7–4 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 12 | January 14 | @ Houston | | Nicolas Batum (29) | LaMarcus Aldridge (10) | LaMarcus Aldridge Raymond Felton (5) | Toyota Center 11,676 | 7–5 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 13 | January 16 | @ New Orleans | | LaMarcus Aldridge (22) | LaMarcus Aldridge (9) | Raymond Felton (12) | New Orleans Arena 14,759 | 8–5 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 14 | January 18 | @ Atlanta | | Jamal Crawford (22) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Raymond Felton (8) | Philips Arena 13,729 | 8–6 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 15 | January 20 | @ Toronto | | LaMarcus Aldridge (33) | LaMarcus Aldridge (23) | LaMarcus Aldridge Raymond Felton (5) | Air Canada Centre 17,537 | 9–6 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 16 | January 21 | @ Detroit | | LaMarcus Aldridge (25) | Nicolas Batum (9) | Raymond Felton (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,456 | 9–7 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 17 | January 23 | Sacramento | | Jamal Crawford (26) | LaMarcus Aldridge (16) | Three players (5) | Rose Garden 20,363 | 10–7 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 18 | January 24 | Memphis | | LaMarcus Aldridge (23) | Marcus Camby (22) | Jamal Crawford (4) | Rose Garden 20,602 | 11–7 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 19 | January 25 | @ Golden State | | LaMarcus Aldridge (18) | Marcus Camby (16) | Raymond Felton (7) | Oracle Arena 17,923 | 11–8 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 20 | January 27 | Phoenix | | LaMarcus Aldridge (23) | Marcus Camby (20) | Jamal Crawford (10) | Rose Garden 20,664 | 12–8 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 21 | January 30 | @ Utah | | LaMarcus Aldridge (25) | Gerald Wallace (9) | Raymond Felton (7) | EnergySolutions Arena 19,328 | 12–9 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 22 | February 1 | Charlotte | | Jamal Crawford (24) | Marcus Camby (7) | Raymond Felton (7) | Rose Garden 20,608 | 13–9 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 23 | February 2 | @ Sacramento | | LaMarcus Aldridge (28) | LaMarcus Aldridge (14) | Raymond Felton (10) | Power Balance Pavilion 11,740 | 13–10 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 24 | February 4 | Denver | | Nicolas Batum (33) | Marcus Camby (20) | Jamal Crawford (8) | Rose Garden 20,583 | 14–10 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 25 | February 6 | Oklahoma City | | LaMarcus Aldridge (39) | Marcus Camby (15) | Jamal Crawford (5) | Rose Garden 20,559 | 14–11 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 26 | February 8 | Houston | | Jamal Crawford (21) | Gerald Wallace (9) | Jamal Crawford Raymond Felton (6) | Rose Garden 20,350 | 14–12 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 27 | February 10 | @ New Orleans | | Jamal Crawford (31) | LaMarcus Aldridge Marcus Camby (7) | Jamal Crawford (8) | New Orleans Arena 14,421 | 15–12 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 28 | February 11 | @ Dallas | | LaMarcus Aldridge (33) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Nicolas Batum (3) | American Center 20,457 | 15–13 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 29 | February 14 | Washington | | Nicolas Batum (33) | Marcus Camby (12) | Gerald Wallace (8) | Rose Garden 20,558 | 15–14 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 30 | February 15 | @ Golden State | | Gerald Wallace (24) | Marcus Camby (11) | Jamal Crawford Raymond Felton (6) | Oracle Arena 17,934 | 16–14 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 31 | February 16 | L. A. Clippers | | Nicolas Batum Jamal Crawford (19) | Three players (6) | Marcus Camby Gerald Wallace (4) | Rose Garden 20,665 | 16–15 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 32 | February 18 | Atlanta | | Nicolas Batum (22) | LaMarcus Aldridge Kurt Thomas (10) | Raymond Felton (8) | Rose Garden 20,635 | 17–15 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 33 | February 20 | @ L. A. Lakers | | LaMarcus Aldridge Nicolas Batum (18) | Marcus Camby (13) | Nicolas Batum Jamal Crawford (5) | Staples Center 18,997 | 17–16 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 34 | February 21 | San Antonio | | LaMarcus Aldridge (21) | Gerald Wallace (10) | Jamal Crawford (8) | Rose Garden 20,567 | 18–16 |- align="center" |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 35 | February 29 | @ Denver | | Jamal Crawford (21) | LaMarcus Aldridge (9) | Raymond Felton (7) | Pepsi Center 15,715 | 18–17

|- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 36 | March 1 | Miami | | LaMarcus Aldridge (20) | Marcus Camby Wesley Matthews (7) | Three players (4) | Rose Garden 20,597 | 18–18 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 37 | March 3 | Minnesota | | Nicolas Batum (29) | Gerald Wallace (14) | LaMarcus Aldridge Raymond Felton (4) | Rose Garden 20,644 | 18–19 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 38 | March 5 | New Orleans | | Nicolas Batum (19) | Marcus Camby (16) | Raymond Felton (10) | Rose Garden 20,520 | 19–19 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 39 | March 7 | @ Minnesota | | Raymond Felton (23) | Gerald Wallace (9) | Raymond Felton, Gerald Wallace (9) | Target Center 17,118 | 19–20 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 40 | March 9 | @ Boston | | LaMarcus Aldridge (22) | Marcus Camby (10) | Raymond Felton (4) | TD Garden 18,624 | 19–21 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 41 | March 10 | @ Washington | | LaMarcus Aldridge (30) | LaMarcus Aldridge (10) | Jamal Crawford Raymond Felton (5) | Verizon Center 18,071 | 20–21 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 42 | March 13 | @ Indiana | | LaMarcus Aldridge (17) | Joel Przybilla Gerald Wallace (6) | Raymond Felton (2) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,933 | 20–22 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 43 | March 14 | @ New York | | LaMarcus Aldridge Gerald Wallace (15) | Gerald Wallace (12) | Raymond Felton Gerald Wallace (3) | Madison Square Garden 19,763 | 20–23 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 44 | March 16 | @ Chicago | | LaMarcus Aldridge (21) | Nicolas Batum (9) | Raymond Felton (5) | United Center 22,022 | 21–23 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 45 | March 18 | @ Oklahoma City | | Jamal Crawford (23) | Joel Przybilla (11) | Raymond Felton (7) | Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 | 21–24 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 46 | March 20 | Milwaukee | | LaMarcus Aldridge Wesley Matthews (21) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Raymond Felton (9) | Rose Garden 20,387 | 21–25 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 47 | March 22 | Memphis | | Nicolas Batum (24) | Wesley Matthews (9) | Raymond Felton (9) | Rose Garden 20,636 | 22–25 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 48 | March 23 | @ L. A. Lakers | | LaMarcus Aldridge (29) | LaMarcus Aldridge (9) | Raymond Felton (6) | Staples Center 18,997 | 22–26 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 49 | March 25 | Golden State | | Raymond Felton (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge (9) | Raymond Felton (7) | Rose Garden 20,636 | 23–26 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 50 | March 27 | Oklahoma City | | J. J. Hickson (21) | LaMarcus Aldridge (8) | Jonny Flynn (5) | Rose Garden 20,626 | 23–27 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 51 | March 29 | New Orleans | | LaMarcus Aldridge (25) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Raymond Felton (10) | Rose Garden 20,499 | 24–27 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 52 | March 30 | @ L. A. Clippers | | J. J. Hickson (29) | J. J. Hickson (13) | Raymond Felton (8) | Staples Center 19,060 | 24–28

|- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 53 | April 1 | Minnesota | | LaMarcus Aldridge (26) | J. J. Hickson (9) | Raymond Felton (11) | Rose Garden 20,359 | 25–28 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 54 | April 2 | Utah | | Wesley Matthews (33) | Nicolas Batum (10) | Raymond Felton (8) | Rose Garden 20,050 | 25–29 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 55 | April 4 | New Jersey | | LaMarcus Aldridge (24) | Nicolas Batum (10) | Raymond Felton (9) | Rose Garden 20,464 | 26–29 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 56 | April 6 | @ Dallas | | Raymond Felton (30) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Raymond Felton (6) | American Center 20,544 | 27–29 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 57 | April 7 | @ Milwaukee | | LaMarcus Aldridge (21) | Joel Przybilla (10) | Raymond Felton (10) | Bradley Center 14,969 | 27–30 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 58 | April 9 | Houston | | LaMarcus Aldridge (20) | J. J. Hickson (10) | Raymond Felton (8) | Rose Garden 20,487 | 27–31 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 59 | April 11 | Golden State | | J. J. Hickson (23) | Joel Przybilla (14) | Raymond Felton (10) | Rose Garden 20,502 | 28–31 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 60 | April 13 | Dallas | | Nicolas Batum (20) | J. J. Hickson (10) | Jonny Flynn (5) | Rose Garden 20,304 | 28–32 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 61 | April 15 | @ Sacramento | | Wesley Matthews (31) | J. J. Hickson (13) | Jonny Flynn (5) | Power Balance Pavilion 16,012 | 28–33 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 62 | April 16 | @ Phoenix | | Jamal Crawford J. J. Hickson (22) | J. J. Hickson (8) | Jonny Flynn (6) | US Airways Center 15,322 | 28–34 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 63 | April 18 | Utah | | Wesley Matthews (21) | J. J. Hickson (9) | Jonny Flynn (7) | Rose Garden 20,545 | 28–35 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 64 | April 21 | @ Memphis | | J. J. Hickson (23) | J. J. Hickson (13) | Nolan Smith (6) | FedExForum 17,904 | 28–36 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 65 | April 23 | @ San Antonio | | Wesley Matthews (24) | J. J. Hickson (10) | Raymond Felton (7) | AT&T Center 18,581 | 28–37 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 66 | April 26 | @ Utah | | J. J. Hickson (20) | J. J. Hickson (9) | Jonny Flynn (11) | EnergySolutions Arena 19,554 | 28–38

Player statistics

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="" | | 55 || 55 ||style=|36.3 || .512 || .182 || .814 || 8.0 || 2.4 || .9 || .8 ||style=|21.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | | 40 || 4 || 13.4 || .410 ||style=|.430 || .850 || 2.4 || .4 || .3 || .1 || 5.1 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | | 59 || 34 || 30.4 || .451 || .391 || .836 || 4.6 || 1.4 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 13.9 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |
| 40 || 40 || 22.4 || .416 || || .474 ||style=|8.9 || 1.9 || .8 ||style=|1.4 || 3.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | | 60 || 6 || 26.9 || .384 || .308 ||style=|.927 || 2.0 || 3.2 || .9 || .2 || 14.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | | 60 ||style=|56 || 31.8 || .407 || .305 || .806 || 2.5 ||style=|6.5 || 1.3 || .2 || 11.4 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |
| 18 || 1 || 15.6 || .378 || .320 || .720 || 1.7 || 3.8 || .2 || .1 || 5.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | | 19 || 10 || 31.6 || .543 || .000 || .645 || 8.3 || 1.2 || .6 || .9 || 15.1 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |
| 1 || 0 || 5.0 ||style=|1.000 || || || 1.0 || .0 || 1.0 || .0 || 2.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |
| 20 || 0 || 4.7 || .478 || || .833 || .9 || .1 || .1 || .4 || 1.6 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | |- align="center" bgcolor="" | | 27 || 19 || 16.6 || .458 || || .611 || 5.1 || .2 || .1 || .6 || 2.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | | 47 || 0 || 9.9 || .504 || .000 || .717 || 2.3 || .4 || .3 || .1 || 3.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | | 44 || 4 || 12.3 || .372 || .289 || .714 || 1.3 || 1.4 || .4 || .1 || 3.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |
| 15 || 3 || 7.7 || .444 || || .650 || 2.3 || .0 || .1 || .5 || 1.9 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | | 53 || 3 || 15.2 || .465 || || .700 || 3.5 || .9 || .5 || .6 || 3.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |
| 42 || 42 || 35.8 || .472 || .265 || .776 || 6.6 || 2.7 ||style=|1.5 || .6 || 13.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | | 24 || 0 || 6.2 || .500 || .296 || .333 || .8 || .3 || .3 || .1 || 3.7 |}

• Statistics with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Awards and records

• Jamal Crawford led the league in free throw percentage with .927.

All-Star

• LaMarcus Aldridge made his first All-Star appearance as a reserve for the West in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game.

Injuries

• Before the start of the regular season, Brandon Roy announced his retirement due to a degenerative knee condition.
• LaMarcus Aldridge underwent heart surgery two weeks before the start of the regular season. Two weeks before the end of the season he had surgery to repair a torn labrum on his right hip.
• In February, Greg Oden, who was scheduled to miss the season after procedures on both of his knees, had microfracture surgery on his left knee.
• Shawne Williams had surgery in February to remove bone fragments from his left foot and missed the remainder of the season.
• In March Elliot Williams had surgery to repair his left dislocated shoulder capsule and was scheduled to miss the remainder of the season.

Transactions

Main article: List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions

Overview

Trades

Free agents

Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends. The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.

References

References

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3. [https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/7692811/portland-trail-blazers-waive-former-no-1-overall-pick-greg-oden Blazers waive center Greg Oden], [[ESPN.com]]. March 15, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
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5. [https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/7337334/portland-trail-blazers-lamarcus-aldridge-miss-two-weeks-heart-procedure LaMarcus Aldridge to miss two weeks], [[ESPN.com]]. December 10, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
6. [https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/7806774/hip-surgery-end-season-portland-trail-blazers-lamarcus-aldridge LaMarcus Aldridge needs hip surgery], [[ESPN.com]]. April 12, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
7. [https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/7595246/surgery-greg-oden-portland-trail-blazers-turned-third-microfracture Greg Oden has microfracture surgery], [[ESPN.com]]. February 21, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
8. [https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-nets-shawnewilliams Nets F Shawne Williams has surgery on left foot], [[Yahoo! Sports]], February 22, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
9. [http://www.blazersedge.com/2012/3/8/2855844/blazers-g-elliot-williams-dislocates-left-shoulder Blazers G Elliot Williams Underwent Surgery On Left Shoulder; Done For Season], [[SB Nation]]. March 30, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
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