1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 1986–87 season was the 17th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] The Blazers finished 49–33, third in the Western Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.

1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coachMike Schuler
General managerJon Spoelstra
Owner(s)Larry Weinberg
ArenaMemorial Coliseum
Results
Record49–33 (.598)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Rockets 1–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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  Soviet Union
( Lithuania)		 Zalgiris (Lithuania)
2 37 Panagiotis Fasoulas C  Greece NC State
3 60 Dražen Petrović G  Yugoslavia Cibona Zagreb (Yugoslavia)

Roster
1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 31 Bowie, Sam Injured 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1961-03-17 Kentucky
F 34 Carr, Kenny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1955-08-15 NC State
G 22 Drexler, Clyde (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1962-06-22 Houston
C 00 Duckworth, Kevin 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1964-04-01 Eastern Illinois
G 6 Holton, Mike 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1961-08-04 UCLA
C 33 Johnson, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1957-11-03 Oregon State
F 27 Jones, Caldwell 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1950-08-04 Albany State
F 25 Kersey, Jerome 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1962-06-26 Longwood
C 10 Martín, Fernando 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1962-03-25 Spain
G 4 Paxson, Jim 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1957-07-09 Dayton
G 30 Porter, Terry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1963-04-08 UW–Stevens Point
G 11 Rowan, Ron 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1962-04-23 St. John's
F 55 Vandeweghe, Kiki 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1958-08-01 UCLA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 20, 1987

Regular season
The Trail Blazers played their home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Season standings
Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 6517.793–37–428–1324–6
x-Portland Trail Blazers 4933.5981634–715–2617–13
x-Golden State Warriors 4240.5122325–1617–2417–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics 3943.4762625–1614–2715–15
Phoenix Suns 3646.4392926–1510–3114–16
Los Angeles Clippers 1270.146539–323–383–27
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers6517.793–
2 y-Dallas Mavericks5527.67110
3 x-Portland Trail Blazers4933.59816
4 x-Utah Jazz4438.53721
5 x-Golden State Warriors4240.51223
6 x-Houston Rockets4240.51223
7 x-Seattle SuperSonics3943.47626
8 x-Denver Nuggets3745.45128
9 Phoenix Suns3646.43929
10 Sacramento Kings2953.35436
11 San Antonio Spurs2854.34137
12 Los Angeles Clippers1270.14653
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1986-87 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta –3–34–24–22–02–03–31–11–13–32–01–13–35–05–13–31–11–12–02–02–02–05–0
Boston 3–3–6–03–22–02–03–22–02–05–12–00–23–34–24–23–32–02–02–02–02–01–14–2
Chicago 2–40–6–5–11–11–13–30–20–23–22–00–24–23–24–23–31–11–11–11–12–00–23–3
Cleveland 2–42–31–5–0–21–11–51–10–23–32–00–21–54–24–12–41–11–11–11–11–10–22–4
Dallas 0–20–21–12–0–4–21–15–03–30–25–03–22–02–02–02–03–22–35–14–25–03–31–1
Denver 0–20–21–11–12–4–0–24–13–31–12–30–51–12–02–00–23–23–22–45–12–32–41–1
Detroit 3–32–33–35–11–12–0–1–11–13–32–01–13–35–16–05–01–10–21–11–12–01–13–3
Golden State 1–10–22–01–10–51–41–1–4–10–26–02–40–22–02–01–11–54–24–14–14–22–30–2
Houston 1–10–22–02–03–33–31–11–4–2–04–11–40–21–11–10–23–22–35–15–11–43–31–1
Indiana 3–31–52–33–32–01–13–32–00–2–2–00–22–45–13–22–41–10–21–12–01–11–14–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–20–20–53–20–20–61–40–2–0–60–21–10–20–21–50–61–41–42–42–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–12–02–02–02–35–01–14–24–12–06–0–1–12–02–02–05–15–15–04–14–23–21–1
Milwaukee 3–33–32–45–10–21–13–32–02–04–22–01–1–4–24–22–32–00–22–01–12–01–14–1
New Jersey 0–52–42–32–40–20–21–50–21–11–51–10–22–4–5–13–31–10–20–20–20–21–12–4
New York 1–52–42–41–40–20–20–60–21–12–32–00–22–41–5–3–31–10–22–01–10–21–12–4
Philadelphia 3–33–33–34–20–22–00–51–12–04–22–00–23–23–33–3–1–12–02–01–12–01–13–3
Phoenix 1–10–21–11–12–32–31–15–12–31–15–11–50–21–11–11–1–2–42–32–31–54–10–2
Portland 1–10–21–11–13–22–32–02–43–22–06–01–52–02–02–00–24–2–3–24–14–23–21–1
Sacramento 0–20–21–11–11–54–21–11–41–51–14–10–50–22–00–20–23–22–3–3–32–31–51–1
San Antonio 0–20–21–11–12–41–51–11–41–50–24–11–41–12–01–11–13–21–43–3–1–42–40–2
Seattle 0–20–20–21–10–53–20–22–44–11–14–22–40–22–02–00–25–12–43–24–1–3–21–1
Utah 0–21–12–02–03–34–21–13–23–31–13–22–31–11–11–11–11–42–35–14–22–3–1–1
Washington 0–52–43–34–21–11–13–32–01–12–42–01–11–44–24–23–32–01–11–12–01–11–1—

Playoffs
1987 playoff game log
First round: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 24 Houston L 115–125 Kiki VanDeWeghe (30) Clyde Drexler (13) Terry Porter (11) Memorial Coliseum
12,666		 0–1
2 April 26 Houston W 111–98 Clyde Drexler (32) Porter, Johnson (8) Terry Porter (15) Memorial Coliseum
12,666		 1–1
3 April 28 @ Houston L 108–117 Clyde Drexler (26) Johnson, Jones (10) Terry Porter (8) The Summit
16,279		 1–2
4 April 30 @ Houston L 101–113 Kiki VanDeWeghe (27) Steve Johnson (12) Terry Porter (6) The Summit
16,279		 1–3
1987 schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Awards and honors

Transactions

References
  1. 1986-87 Portland Trail Blazers
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