1987–88 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 1987–88 season was the 18th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] The Blazers finished 53–29, fourth in the Western Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. It was a four-game improvement over the previous season. In the 1988 NBA Playoffs, the Blazers were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the third straight year, this time falling to the Utah Jazz three games to one in the best-of-five series.

1987–88 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coachMike Schuler
General managerJon Spoelstra
Owner(s)Larry Weinberg
ArenaMemorial Coliseum
Results
Record53–29 (.646)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Jazz 1–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Kevin Duckworth averaged 15.8 points per game and was named Most Improved Player of The Year, while Clyde Drexler was selected for the 1988 NBA All-Star Game. Steve Johnson was also selected, but did not play due to injury.

Draft picks
Main article: 1987 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
117Ronnie MurphyF United StatesJacksonville
229Lester Fonville United StatesJackson State
230Nikita WilsonPF United StatesLouisiana State
363Kevin GambleSF/SG United StatesIowa
486Norwood Barber United StatesFlorida State
5109David Moss United StatesTulsa
6132Bernard Jackson United StatesLoyola (IL)
7155Kenny Stone United StatesGeorge Fox

Roster
1987–88 Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 35 Anderson, Richard 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1960–11–19 California
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 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1957–11–03 Oregon State
C 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
F 20 Lucas, Maurice 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1952–02–18 Marquette
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 Wisconsin
G 14 Sichting, Jerry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) 1956–11–29 Purdue
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: February 23, 1988

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 6220.756–36–526–1523–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers 5329.646933–820–2123–7
x-Seattle SuperSonics 4438.5371832–912–2919–11
Phoenix Suns 2854.3413422–196–3511–19
Golden State Warriors 2062.2444216–254–377–23
Los Angeles Clippers 1765.2074514–273–387–23
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers6220.756–
2 y-Denver Nuggets5428.6598
3 x-Dallas Mavericks5329.6469
4 x-Portland Trail Blazers5329.6469
5 x-Utah Jazz4735.57315
6 x-Houston Rockets4636.56116
7 x-Seattle SuperSonics4438.53718
8 x-San Antonio Spurs3151.37831
9 Phoenix Suns2854.34134
10 Sacramento Kings2458.29338
11 Golden State Warriors2062.24442
12 Los Angeles Clippers1765.20745
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1987-88 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 –2–42–35–12–01–12–42–01–14–22–00–23–35–03–36–01–10–21–12–02–01–13–3
Boston 4–2–3–32–32–00–23–32–01–15–02–00–23–35–15–14–22–02–02–02–01–12–05–1
Chicago 3–23–3–3–30–21–12–42–02–03–32–01–15–15–13–24–22–01–11–11–11–12–03–3
Cleveland 1–53–23–3–1–11–11–50–21–14–21–11–12–45–12–43–21–11–12–02–01–10–26–0
Dallas 0–20–22–01–1–3–31–14–14–22–05–01–42–01–11–11–15–03–25–15–13–23–31–1
Denver 1–12–01–11–13–3–1–14–14–21–15–03–21–12–01–12–03–22–34–25–14–12–42–0
Detroit 4–23–34–25–11–11–1–2–01–13–31–10–24–25–14–24–12–01–12–01–11–12–03–2
Golden State 0–20–20–22–01–41–40–2–0–50–23–30–60–22–00–21–12–41–52–33–21–51–40–2
Houston 1–11–10–21–12–42–41–15–0–2–03–21–42–01–11–11–14–14–14–22–43–23–32–0
Indiana 2–40–53–32–40–21–13–32–00–2–1–11–13–36–02–32–42–00–22–02–01–11–12–4
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–21–10–50–51–13–32–31–1–1–50–20–20–21–12–40–63–20–51–51–40–2
L.A. Lakers 2–02–01–11–14–12–32–06–04–11–15–1–0–22–02–02–05–13–34–15–04–24–11–1
Milwaukee 3–33–31–54–20–21–12–42–00–23–32–02–0–3–23–32–41–11–12–01–11–11–14–1
New Jersey 0–51–51–51–51–10–21–50–21–10–62–00–22–3–3–32–41–10–21–11–10–21–10–6
New York 3–31–52–34–21–11–12–42–01–13–22–00–23–33–3–3–30–21–11–11–10–21–13–3
Philadelphia 0–62–42–42–31–10–21–41–11–14–21–10–24–24–23–3–1–11–11–11–11–12–03–3
Phoenix 1–10–20–21–10–52–30–24–21–40–24–21–51–11–12–01–1–0–63–22–32–42–30–2
Portland 2–00–21–11–12–33–21–15–11–42–06–03–31–12–01–11–16–0–4–15–03–31–42–0
Sacramento 1–10–21–10–21–52–40–23–22–40–22–31–40–21–11–11–12–31–4–3–31–41–50–2
San Antonio 0–20–21–10–21–51–51–12–34–20–25–00–51–11–11–11–13–20–53–3–3–23–30–2
Seattle 0–21–11–11–12–31–41–15–12–31–15–12–41–12–02–01–14–23–34–12–3–1–42–0
Utah 1–10–20–22–03–34–20–24–13–31–14–11–41–11–11–10–23–24–15–13–34–1–2–0
Washington 3–31–53–30–61–10–22–32–00–24–22–01–11–46–03–33–32–00–22–02–00–20–2—

Game log

Regular season
1987–88 game log
Total: 53–29 (home: 33–8; road: 20–21)
November: 7–5 (home: 6–1; road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 November 6 Phoenix W 118–104 Memorial Coliseum 1–0
2 November 7 @ L.A. Clippers W 124–99 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 2–0
3 November 10 Houston L 111–118 Memorial Coliseum 2–1
4 November 12 @ Denver L 113–126 McNichols Sports Arena 2–2
5 November 14 @ Dallas L 116–127 Reunion Arena 2–3
6 November 17, 1987
7:30 pm PST		 @ L.A. Lakers L 115–142 The Forum
16,347		 2–4
7 November 18 @ Seattle L 114–120 Seattle Center Coliseum 2–5
8 November 20 Washington W 120–101 Memorial Coliseum 3–5
9 November 22 Indiana W 120–110 Memorial Coliseum 4–5
10 November 24 Sacramento W 98–94 Memorial Coliseum 5–5
11 November 27 L.A. Clippers W 97–87 Memorial Coliseum 6–5
12 November 29 New Jersey W 125–104 Memorial Coliseum 7–5
December: 10–5 (home: 5–0; road: 5–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
13 December 1 Phoenix W 102–100 Memorial Coliseum 8–5
14 December 2, 1987
7:30 pm PST		 @ L.A. Lakers W 117–104 The Forum
17,505		 9–5
15 December 5 @ Phoenix W 133–115 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10–5
16 December 6 New York W 117–99 Memorial Coliseum 11–5
17 December 8, 1987
4:30 pm PST		 @ Detroit L 117–127 Pontiac Silverdome
17,126		 11–6
18 December 9 @ Philadelphia L 86–94 The Spectrum 11–7
19 December 11 @ Milwaukee L 112–125 MECCA Arena 11–8
20 December 12 @ Indiana W 108–101 Market Square Arena 12–8
21 December 15 Seattle W 128–109 Memorial Coliseum 13–8
22 December 18 @ Phoenix W 129–114 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14–8
23 December 20 San Antonio W 148–126 Memorial Coliseum 15–8
24 December 22 Golden State W 136–91 Memorial Coliseum 16–8
25 December 26 @ Cleveland L 117–120 Richfield Coliseum 16–9
26 December 29 @ New York L 110–123 Madison Square Garden 16–10
27 December 30 @ Washington W 117–112 Capital Centre 17–10
January: 8–5 (home: 7–2; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
28 January 1 Philadelphia W 127–125 Memorial Coliseum 18–10
29 January 3, 1988
5:00 pm PST		 L.A. Lakers L 81–98 Memorial Coliseum
12,666		 18–11
30 January 5 Seattle W 126–114 Memorial Coliseum 19–11
31 January 8 Sacramento W 98–91 Memorial Coliseum 20–11
32 January 13 @ Utah L 104–116 Salt Palace 20–12
33 January 14 @ Houston L 98–103 The Summit 20–13
34 January 16 @ San Antonio W 121–120 HemisFair Arena 21–13
35 January 19 Dallas L 116–120 Memorial Coliseum 21–14
36 January 22 Denver W 126–106 Memorial Coliseum 22–14
37 January 24, 1988
7:00 pm PST		 Detroit W 119–111 Memorial Coliseum
12,666		 23–14
38 January 26 Milwaukee W 112–106 Memorial Coliseum 24–14
39 January 27 @ Golden State L 110–115 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 24–15
40 January 29 Phoenix W 128–119 Memorial Coliseum 25–15
February: 9–6 (home: 5–3; road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
41 February 2 Atlanta W 121–118 Memorial Coliseum 26–15
42 February 4 Utah L 123–126 Memorial Coliseum 26–16
43 February 9 Seattle W 139–123 Memorial Coliseum 27–16
44 February 11 @ Sacramento L 113–123 ARCO Arena 27–17
45 February 12 Denver W 120–105 Memorial Coliseum 28–17
46 February 14 Houston L 103–115 Memorial Coliseum 28–18
47 February 15 @ Utah L 94–112 Salt Palace 28–19
48 February 17 @ L.A. Clippers W 110–96 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 29–19
49 February 19 Boston L 104–124 Memorial Coliseum 29–20
50 February 21 San Antonio W 117–112 Memorial Coliseum 30–20
51 February 23 @ New Jersey W 114–102 Brendan Byrne Arena 31–20
52 February 24 @ Boston L 112–113 Boston Garden 31–21
53 February 26 @ Chicago W 104–96 Chicago Stadium 32–21
54 February 27 @ Atlanta W 123–120 The Omni 33–21
55 February 29 Cleveland W 107–94 Memorial Coliseum 34–21
March: 9–4 (home: 4–0; road: 5–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
56 March 3 @ Phoenix W 135–112 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 35–21
57 March 5 Golden State W 123–117 Memorial Coliseum 36–21
58 March 8 @ Dallas W 112–110 Reunion Arena 37–21
59 March 10 @ Houston W 112–109 The Summit 38–21
60 March 13 L.A. Clippers W 121–100 Memorial Coliseum 39–21
61 March 15, 1988
7:30 pm PST		 L.A. Lakers W 112–95 Memorial Coliseum 40–21
62 March 17 @ Denver L 115–116 (OT) McNichols Sports Arena 40–22
63 March 18 @ Golden State W 121–116 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 41–22
64 March 20 Dallas W 105–99 Memorial Coliseum 42–22
65 March 23 @ Seattle L 108–118 Seattle Center Coliseum 42–23
66 March 25 @ Dallas L 101–106 Reunion Arena 42–24
67 March 26 @ Houston L 109–115 The Summit 42–25
68 March 29 @ San Antonio W 136–113 HemisFair Arena 43–25
April: 10–4 (home: 6–2; road: 4–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
69 April 1 Chicago L 101–116 Memorial Coliseum 43–26
70 April 3 San Antonio W 110–107 Memorial Coliseum 44–26
71 April 5 L.A. Clippers W 141–119 Memorial Coliseum 45–26
72 April 6 @ L.A. Clippers W 111–103 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 46–26
73 April 8 @ Seattle L 100–114 Seattle Center Coliseum 46–27
74 April 9, 1988
7:30 pm PDT		 L.A. Lakers W 119–109 Memorial Coliseum
12,666		 47–27
75 April 12, 1988
7:30 pm PDT		 @ L.A. Lakers L 103–109 The Forum
17,505		 47–28
76 April 14 @ Utah W 128–123 Salt Palace 48–28
77 April 15 Golden State W 147–113 Memorial Coliseum 49–28
78 April 17 Sacramento W 112–102 Memorial Coliseum 50–28
79 April 19 Utah L 122–129 Memorial Coliseum 50–29
80 April 20 @ Golden State W 131–117 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 51–29
81 April 22 Denver W 141–135 (OT) Memorial Coliseum 52–29
82 April 23 @ Sacramento W 124–110 ARCO Arena 53–29
1987–88 schedule

Playoffs
1988 playoff game log
First round: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 28 Utah W 108–96 Clyde Drexler (26) Clyde Drexler (13) Terry Porter (12) Memorial Coliseum
12,666		 1–0
2 April 30 Utah L 105–114 Clyde Drexler (25) Maurice Lucas (14) Terry Porter (7) Memorial Coliseum
12,666		 1–1
3 May 4 @ Utah L 108–113 Jerome Kersey (23) Kevin Duckworth (16) Drexler, Porter (4) Salt Palace
12,444		 1–2
4 May 6 @ Utah L 96–111 Kevin Duckworth (33) Kersey, Duckworth (10) Clyde Drexler (6) Salt Palace
12,444		 1–3
1988 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

Awards and honors

Transactions

References
  1. 1987-88 Portland Trail Blazers
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