2012–13 Portland Trail Blazers season

Key dates

• June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
• July 1: Free agency started and players were allowed to negotiate contracts with new or their old teams.
• July 11: Ten-day moratorium ended; players were allowed to sign contracts with new or their old teams and teams were allowed to resume making trades.

Draft

Main article: 2012 NBA draft

Roster

• Terry Stotts
• Kaleb Canales
• Kim Hughes
• Dale Osbourne
• Jay Triano
• David Vanterpool
• Bob Medina
• Jay Jensen
• Geoff Clark

Pre-season

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 10 | @ L. A. Lakers | | LaMarcus Aldridge, Damian Lillard (14) | LaMarcus Aldridge (8) | Damian Lillard (7) | Citizens Business Bank Arena 10,500 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | October 12 | @ Phoenix | | Damian Lillard (15) | LaMarcus Aldridge (10) | Damian Lillard (5) | US Airways Center 10,698 | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | October 15 | @ Sacramento | | Damian Lillard (20) | LaMarcus Aldridge, J. J. Hickson (7) | Nicolas Batum (5) | Power Balance Pavilion 9,328 | 1–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | October 17 | Denver | | Wesley Matthews (19) | Joel Freeland (8) | Nolan Smith (8) | Rose Garden 17,856 | 2–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | October 19 | Golden State | | LaMarcus Aldridge (18) | Meyers Leonard (6) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden 19,109 | 2–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | October 22 | Utah | | Nicolas Batum (27) | J. J. Hickson (8) | Damian Lillard (8) | Rose Garden 19,150 | 3–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | October 25 | @ Utah | | Wesley Matthews (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Damian Lillard (5) | EnergySolutions Arena 18,247 | 3–4

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || October 31 || L. A. Lakers | | Nicolas Batum (26) | J. J. Hickson (10) | Damian Lillard (11) | Rose Garden 20,401 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || November 2 || @ Oklahoma City | | LaMarcus Aldridge (22) | LaMarcus Aldridge (15) | Damian Lillard (7) | Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || November 3 || @ Houston | | LaMarcus Aldridge (27) | J. J. Hickson (12) | Damian Lillard (9) | Toyota Center 18,140 | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || November 5 || @ Dallas | | Aldridge & Matthews (20) | J. J. Hickson (11) | Damian Lillard (5) | American Airlines Center 19,521 | 2–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || November 8 || L. A. Clippers | | Nicolas Batum (23) | Nicolas Batum (9) | Batum & Aldridge (5) | Rose Garden 20,425 | 2–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 || November 10 || San Antonio | | Nicolas Batum (35) | J. J. Hickson (14) | LaMarcus Aldridge (7) | Rose Garden 20,447 | 2–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || November 12 || Atlanta | | Batum & Hickson (19) | J. J. Hickson (18) | LaMarcus Aldridge (8) | Rose Garden 19,095 | 2–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 || November 13 || @ Sacramento | | Damian Lillard (22) | J. J. Hickson (13) | Damian Lillard (9) | Sleep Train Arena 10,153 | 3–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || November 16 || Houston | | Nicolas Batum (35) | Meyers Leonard (8) | Lillard & Matthews (5) | Rose Garden 20,382 | 4–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 || November 18 || Chicago | | Batum & Matthews (21) | LaMarcus Aldridge (13) | Ronnie Price (5) | Rose Garden 20,242 | 5–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || November 21 || @ Phoenix | | Damian Lillard (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge (7) | Nicolas Batum (4) | US Airways Center 14,263 | 5–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 || November 23 || Minnesota | | Wesley Matthews (30) | J. J. Hickson (13) | Damian Lillard (8) | Rose Garden 20,555 | 6-6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || November 25 || @ Brooklyn | | Wesley Matthews (20) | J. J. Hickson (10) | Damian Lillard (7) | Barclays Center 16,542 | 6–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || November 26 || @ Detroit | | LaMarcus Aldridge (32) | Batum & Aldridge (10) | Damian Lillard (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills 10,212 | 6–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 || November 28 || @ Washington | | Batum & Lillard (20) | J. J. Hickson (19) | Damian Lillard (5) | Verizon Center 14,114 | 6–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 || November 30 || @ Boston | | LaMarcus Aldridge (23) | LaMarcus Aldridge (8) | Will Barton (4) | TD Garden 18,624 | 6–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 || December 1 || @ Cleveland | | Damian Lillard (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge (9) | Damian Lillard (11) | Quicken Loans Arena 16,624 | 7–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 || December 3 || @ Charlotte | | LaMarcus Aldridge (25) | Batum & Aldridge (13) | Damian Lillard (9) | Time Warner Cable Arena 12,640 | 8–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || December 5 || @ Indiana | | Damian Lillard (23) | J. J. Hickson (12) | Damian Lillard (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,569 | 8–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 || December 8 || Sacramento | | LaMarcus Aldridge (17) | J. J. Hickson (15) | Damian Lillard (9) | Rose Garden 19,454 | 8–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 21 || December 10 || Toronto | | LaMarcus Aldridge (30) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Damian Lillard (6) | Rose Garden 16,863 | 9–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 || December 13 || San Antonio | | Damian Lillard (29) | J. J. Hickson (12) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Rose Garden 19,118 | 10–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 || December 16 || New Orleans | | J. J. Hickson (24) | J. J. Hickson (16) | Nicolas Batum (10) | Rose Garden 18,772 | 11–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 || December 20 || Denver | | Nicolas Batum (22) | J. J. Hickson (18) | Damian Lillard (10) | Rose Garden 19,982 | 12-12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 || December 22 || Phoenix | | Damian Lillard (25) | J. J. Hickson (15) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Rose Garden 19,746 | 13–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || December 23 || @ Sacramento | | LaMarcus Aldridge (22) | Hickson & Aldridge (11) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Sleep Train Arena 13,244 | 13-13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 || December 26 || Sacramento | | LaMarcus Aldridge (28) | J. J. Hickson (14) | Damian Lillard (11) | Rose Garden 20,545 | 14–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 || December 28 || @ L. A. Lakers | | LaMarcus Aldridge (26) | J. J. Hickson (8) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Staples Center 18,997 | 14-14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 || December 29 || Philadelphia | | Nicolas Batum (22) | J. J. Hickson (13) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Rose Garden 20,569 | 15–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 30 || January 1 || @ New York | | Nicolas Batum (26) | LaMarcus Aldridge (14) | Batum & Lillard (6) | Madison Square Garden 19,033 | 16–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 || January 2 || @ Toronto | | Damian Lillard (18) | LaMarcus Aldridge (10) | Damian Lillard (7) | Air Canada Centre 18,117 | 16–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 || January 4 || @ Memphis | | Wesley Matthews (21) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Damian Lillard (8) | FedExForum 15,823 | 17–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 || January 5 || @ Minnesota | | Batum & Matthews (26) | J. J. Hickson (11) | Aldridge & Lillard (6) | Target Center 16,220 | 18–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 || January 7 || Orlando | | LaMarcus Aldridge (27) | J. J. Hickson (15) | Batum & Lillard (10) | Rose Garden 19,560 | 19–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 35 || January 10 || Miami | | Nicolas Batum (28) | LaMarcus Aldridge (15) | Damian Lillard (8) | Rose Garden 20,536 | 20–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 36 || January 11 || @ Golden State | | Damian Lillard (37) | J. J. Hickson (12) | LaMarcus Aldridge (5) | Oracle Arena 19,596 | 20–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 37 || January 13 || Oklahoma City | | LaMarcus Aldridge (33) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Damian Lillard (9) | Rose Garden 20,423 | 20–17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 38 || January 15 || @ Denver | | LaMarcus Aldridge (28) | J. J. Hickson (13) | Nicolas Batum (7) | Pepsi Center 15,521 | 20–18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 39 || January 16 || Cleveland | | Nicolas Batum (23) | Nicolas Batum (12) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden 18,880 | 20–19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 40 || January 19 || Milwaukee | | Damian Lillard (26) | LaMarcus Aldridge (14) | Damian Lillard (10) | Rose Garden 20,487 | 20-20 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 41 || January 21 || Washington | | Damian Lillard (18) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Nicolas Batum (11) | Rose Garden 17,366 | 20–21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 42 || January 23 || Indiana | | LaMarcus Aldridge (27) | J. J. Hickson (13) | Batum & Lillard (8) | Rose Garden 18,934 | 21-21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 43 || January 26 || L. A. Clippers | | Batum & Lillard (20) | Nicolas Batum (10) | Nicolas Batum (12) | Rose Garden 20,672 | 22–21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 44 || January 27 || @ L. A. Clippers | | LaMarcus Aldridge (21) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Batum & Matthews (8) | Staples Center 19,060 | 22-22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 45 || January 29 || Dallas | | LaMarcus Aldridge (29) | J. J. Hickson (15) | Damian Lillard (8) | Rose Garden 18,888 | 23–22 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 46 || February 1 || @ Utah | | Damian Lillard (26) | LaMarcus Aldridge (10) | Damian Lillard (5) | EnergySolutions Arena 19,512 | 23-23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 47 || February 2 || Utah | | Damian Lillard (23) | Aldridge & Hickson (11) | Nicolas Batum (9) | Rose Garden 20,376 | 24–23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 48 || February 4 || @ Minnesota | | LaMarcus Aldridge (25) | LaMarcus Aldridge (13) | Damian Lillard (6) | Target Center 13,446 | 25–23 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 49 || February 6 || @ Dallas | | LaMarcus Aldridge (27) | Aldridge & Hickson (10) | Batum & Lillard (6) | American Airlines Center 19,746 | 25–24 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 50 || February 8 || @ Houston | | LaMarcus Aldridge (31) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Damian Lillard (6) | Toyota Center 15,655 | 25-25 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 51 || February 10 || @ Orlando | | LaMarcus Aldridge (25) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Damian Lillard (12) | Amway Center 17,966 | 25–26 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 52 || February 12 || @ Miami | | Damian Lillard (33) | Wesley Matthews (6) | Nicolas Batum (4) | American Airlines Arena 20,032 | 25–27 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 53 || February 13 || @ New Orleans | | Damian Lillard (12) | Víctor Claver (6) | Nicolas Batum (6) | New Orleans Arena 11,656 | 25–28 |- align="center" |- style="background:#fcc;" | 54 || February 19 || Phoenix | | J. J. Hickson (25) | J. J. Hickson (16) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden 20,499 | 25–29 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 55 || February 22 || @ L. A. Lakers | | Nicolas Batum & J. J. Hickson (22) | J. J. Hickson (11) | Wesley Matthews (8) | Staples Center 18,997 | 25–30 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 56 || February 24 || Boston | | Wesley Matthews (24) | J. J. Hickson (11) | Damian Lillard (6) | Rose Garden 20,484 | 26–30 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 57 || February 27 || Denver | | Damian Lillard (26) | J. J. Hickson (14) | Nicolas Batum (9) | Rose Garden 20,077 | 26–31 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 58 || March 2 || Minnesota | | Damian Lillard (24) | J. J. Hickson (16) | Eric Maynor (12) | Rose Garden 20,390 | 27–31 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 59 || March 4 || Charlotte | | LaMarcus Aldridge (23) | LaMarcus Aldridge (14) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden 18,330 | 28–31 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 60 || March 6 || @ Memphis | | Damian Lillard (20) | J. J. Hickson (13) | LaMarcus Aldridge (6) | FedExForum 16,214 | 28–32 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 61 || March 8 || @ San Antonio | | Damian Lillard (35) | J. J. Hickson (11) | Damian Lillard (9) | AT&T Center 18,581 | 29–32 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 62 || March 10 || @ New Orleans | | Wesley Matthews (24) | J. J. Hickson (14) | Damian Lillard (8) | New Orleans Arena 15,036 | 29–33 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 63 || March 12 || Memphis | | LaMarcus Aldridge (28) | Nicolas Batum (10) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden 18,754 | 29–34 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 64 || March 14 || New York | | Damian Lillard (26) | J. J. Hickson (16) | Damian Lillard (10) | Rose Garden 20,636 | 30–34 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 65 || March 16 || Detroit | | LaMarcus Aldridge (31) | J. J. Hickson (15) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden 20,161 | 31–34 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 66 || March 18 || @ Philadelphia | | LaMarcus Aldridge (32) | LaMarcus Aldridge (14) | Damian Lillard (7) | Wells Fargo Center 15,623 | 31–35 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 67 || March 19 || @ Milwaukee | | Wesley Matthews (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge (15) | Damian Lillard (11) | BMO Harris Bradley Center 14,397 | 31–36 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 68 || March 21 || @ Chicago | | LaMarcus Aldridge (28) | J. J. Hickson (21) | Damian Lillard (7) | United Center 21,946 | 32–36 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 69 || March 22 || @ Atlanta | | Wesley Matthews (28) | LaMarcus Aldridge (13) | Nicolas Batum (7) | Philips Arena 16,348 | 33–36 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 70 || March 24 || @ Oklahoma City | | Damian Lillard (19) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 | 33–37 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 71 || March 27 || Brooklyn | | LaMarcus Aldridge (24) | Meyers Leonard (9) | Nicolas Batum (6) | Rose Garden 20,127 | 33–38 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 72 || March 29 || Utah | | Damian Lillard (24) | J. J. Hickson (14) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden 19,527 | 33–39 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 73 || March 30 || @ Golden State | | Meyers Leonard (22) | J. J. Hickson (10) | Nicolas Batum (9) | Oracle Arena 19,596 | 33–40 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 74 || April 1 || @ Utah | | Wesley Matthews (23) | J. J. Hickson (7) | Eric Maynor (8) | EnergySolutions Arena 18,336 | 33–41 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 75 || April 3 || Memphis | | J. J. Hickson (17) | J. J. Hickson (9) | Eric Maynor (10) | Rose Garden 19,275 | 33–42 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 76 || April 5 || Houston | | LaMarcus Aldridge (32) | LaMarcus Aldridge (13) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden 20,400 | 33–43 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 77 || April 7 || Dallas | | Will Barton (22) | Will Barton (13) | Maynor & Barton (6) | Rose Garden 20,228 | 33–44 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 78 || April 10 || L. A. Lakers | | Damian Lillard (38) | LaMarcus Aldridge (16) | Damian Lillard (9) | Rose Garden 20,598 | 33–45 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 79 || April 12 || Oklahoma City | | Will Barton (18) | J. J. Hickson (7) | Damian Lillard (8) | Rose Garden 20,577 | 33–46 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 80 || April 14 || @ Denver | | Damian Lillard (30) | Hickson & Barton (9) | Hickson & Lillard (6) | Pepsi Center 19,155 | 33–47 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 81 || April 16 || @ L. A. Clippers | | Will Barton (17) | Hickson, Barton & Freeland (6) | Damian Lillard (8) | Staples Center 19,183 | 33–48 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 82 || April 17 || Golden State | | LaMarcus Aldridge (30) | LaMarcus Aldridge (21) | Eric Maynor (6) | Rose Garden 20,261 | 33–49

Awards and records

On December 5, 2012, Damian Lillard was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for November, making him the third rookie in Blazers history to earn the honor, following Arvydas Sabonis (1994) and Brandon Roy (2007). When asked about the honor, Lillard stated "I’m happy that I can get it, but I think all that it says is that I played good for one month. My mind has been focused on being consistent for the whole season, so ... it's a big deal to win the award, but it's not a big deal for the season. I’ll be happy about it and then it’ll be gone. It's a new month already."

Injuries

Reserve guard Elliot Williams tore his left Achilles tendon during a team workout on September 9. He was out for the season.

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | 82 || 82 || 38.6 || .429 || .368 || .844 || 3.1 || 6.5 || .9 || .2 || 19.0 |- | 80 || 80 || 29.0 || .562 || .000 || .679 || 10.4 || 1.1 || .6 || .6 || 12.7 |- | 74 || 74 || 37.7 || .484 || .143 || .810 || 9.1 || 2.6 || .8 || 1.2 || 21.1 |- | 73 || 73 || 38.5 || .423 || .372 || .848 || 5.6 || 4.9 || 1.2 || 1.1 || 14.3 |- | 73 || 5 || 12.2 || .382 || .138 || .769 || 2.0 || .8 || .5 || .1 || 4.0 |- | 69 || 69 || 34.8 || .436 || .398 || .797 || 2.8 || 2.5 || 1.3 || .3 || 14.8 |- | 69 || 9 || 17.5 || .545 || .429 || .809 || 3.7 || .5 || .2 || .6 || 5.5 |- | 62 || 0 || 11.8 || .368 || .348 || .769 || 2.2 || .5 || .2 || .1 || 3.9 |- | 51 || 1 || 9.4 || .408 || || .667 || 2.3 || .3 || .3 || .2 || 2.6 |- | 49 || 16 || 16.6 || .392 || .287 || .467 || 2.4 || .9 || .5 || .2 || 3.8 |- | 40 || 0 || 7.2 || .368 || .214 || .714 || .7 || .9 || .2 || .0 || 2.8 |- | 39 || 1 || 13.5 || .353 || .300 || .167 || 1.4 || .8 || .6 || .1 || 2.6 |- | 39 || 0 || 13.1 || .325 || .256 || .708 || 1.1 || 1.9 || .7 || .1 || 2.7 |- | 38 || 0 || 9.2 || .296 || .000 || .522 || 1.6 || .4 || .2 || .2 || 1.2 |- | 27 || 0 || 21.2 || .422 || .380 || .683 || 1.0 || 4.0 || .4 || .0 || 6.9 |}

• † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Trail Blazers only.

Transactions

Main article: List of 2012–13 NBA season transactions

Overview

• Waived during the pre-season.

Trades

Free agents

References

References

1. "NBA Draft Info". [[ESPN]].
2. (6 December 2012). "Damian Lillard becomes third Blazer to win an NBA rookie-of-the-month award".
3. Golliver, Ben (September 11, 2012). [http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/eye-on-basketball/20155414/blazers-g-elliot-williams-tears-achilles-during-team-workout Blazers G Elliot Williams tears Achilles during team workout], ''[[CBSSports.com]]''. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
4. (June 28, 2012). "Rapid Reaction: Nets trade for Taylor". ESPN.com.