2004–05 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 2004–05 NBA season was the 35th season for the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association.[1] During the offseason, the Blazers acquired Nick Van Exel from the Golden State Warriors and signed free agent Joel Przybilla. The Blazers played around .500 for the first two months, but started to struggle losing 11 of their 15 games in January. Head coach Maurice Cheeks was fired midway through the season with a record of 22–33. He was replaced by general manager Kevin Pritchard, who acted as interim coach for the remainder of the season, in which the team went 5–22. For the second year in a row, the Blazers did not qualify for the playoffs. The team's overall record of 27–55 was their worst since 1973–74, their fourth season of existence.

2004–05 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach
General managerJohn Nash
Owner(s)Paul Allen
ArenaRose Garden Arena
Results
Record27–55 (.329)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Northwest)
Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television
RadioKXL

Following the season, Pritchard was fired as coach, Van Exel signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs, Shareef Abdur-Rahim was traded to the New Jersey Nets, but failed his physical and later on signed with the Sacramento Kings, Damon Stoudamire signed with the Memphis Grizzlies, and Derek Anderson signed with the Houston Rockets.

For the season, they slightly once again changed their primary logo added Trail on their wordmark of the Blazers' primary logo they remained until 2017.

Draft picks
Main article: 2004 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club Team
1 13 Sebastian Telfair G  United States
1 23 Sergei Monia G  Russia CSKA Moscow (Russia)
2 47 Ha Seung-Jin C  South Korea Yonsei University (South Korea)

Roster
Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 33 United States Abdur-Rahim, Shareef 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) California
G/F 1 United States Anderson, Derek Injured 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 194 lb (88 kg) Kentucky
G/F 14 United States Frahm, Richie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Gonzaga
F 38 Russia Khryapa, Viktor 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Russia
F 23 United States Miles, Darius 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) East St. Louis HS (IL)
F 25 United States Outlaw, Travis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Starkville HS (MS)
G/F 21 United States Patterson, Ruben 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Cincinnati
C 10 United States Przybilla, Joel 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Minnesota
F/C 50 United States Randolph, Zach Injured 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Michigan State
C 42 United States Ratliff, Theo Injured 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Wyoming
C 5 South Korea Seung-jin, Ha 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 305 lb (138 kg) Yonsei
G 3 United States Stoudamire, Damon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 171 lb (78 kg) Arizona
G 31 United States Telfair, Sebastian 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Lincoln HS (Brooklyn)
G 19 United States Van Exel, Nick Injured 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Cincinnati
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings
Northwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Seattle SuperSonics 5230.634–26–1526–1511–5
x-Denver Nuggets 4933.598331–1018–239–7
Minnesota Timberwolves 4438.537824–1720–2110–6
Portland Trail Blazers 2755.3292518–239–324–12
Utah Jazz 2656.3172618–238–336–10
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Phoenix Suns6220.756—
2 y-San Antonio Spurs5923.7203
3 y-Seattle SuperSonics5230.63410
4 x-Dallas Mavericks5824.7074
5 x-Houston Rockets5131.62211
6 x-Sacramento Kings5032.61012
7 x-Denver Nuggets4933.59813
8 x-Memphis Grizzlies4537.54917
9 Minnesota Timberwolves4438.53718
10 Los Angeles Clippers3745.45125
11 Los Angeles Lakers3448.41528
12 Golden State Warriors3448.41528
13 Portland Trail Blazers2755.32935
14 Utah Jazz2656.31736
15 New Orleans Hornets1864.22044
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
2004-05 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta –1–31–30–40–41–10–21–30–21–10–30–21–10–20–41–21–10–31–11–31–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–20–20–4
Boston 3–1–4–02–21–20–20–21–31–11–11–22–01–11–11–23–11–11–32–03–13–01–31–11–10–20–22–03–12–03–1
Charlotte 3–10–4–0–40–40–21–12–10–22–00–30–20–20–21–30–41–10–41–11–33–10–30–20–21–10–20–21–21–10–4
Chicago 4–02–24–0–2–21–11–12–21–10–22–20–21–12–01–32–22–00–41–14–03–02–10–22–01–10–21–13–02–01–2
Cleveland 4–02–14–02–2–1–11–12–22–00–21–31–11–12–00–32–21–11–32–01–33–10–31–12–00–20–20–23–12–01–2
Dallas 1–12–02–01–11–1–2–11–13–12–21–11–22–24–02–02–02–22–04–02–01–11–11–24–03–11–33–12–03–02–0
Denver 2–02–01–11–11–11–2–1–12–21–22–02–12–24–01–12–02–21–14–01–11–11–10–43–11–22–22–22–02–22–0
Detroit 3–13–11–22–22–21–11–1–2–02–02–22–02–00–22–12–21–12–12–03–03–13–11–11–11–11–11–13–11–14–0
Golden State 2–01–12–01–10–21–32–20–2–1–21–10–41–31–30–22–01–20–22–21–11–11–12–22–23–10–32–21–12–11–1
Houston 1–11–10–22–02–02–22–10–22–1–1–13–02–23–11–11–11–22–03–11–12–02–02–24–02–22–23–11–12–21–1
Indiana 3–02–13–02–23–11–10–22–21–11–1–0–21–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–30–41–12–00–21–10–22–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 2–00–22–02–01–12–11–20–24–00–32–0–2–21–31–11–11–31–13–11–11–11–10–42–20–40–42–11–12–21–1
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–22–20–23–12–21–12–2–0–30–22–02–11–13–01–11–10–20–42–11–30–41–31–11–30–2
Memphis 2–01–12–00–20–20–40–42–03–11–30–23–13–0–1–12–03–12–03–11–11–12–02–23–10–33–10–32–03–00–2
Miami 4–02–13–13–13–00–21–11–22–01–11–31–12–01–1–4–01–13–02–04–04–02–21–11–12–01–10–23–12–04–0
Milwaukee 2–11–34–02–22–20–20–22–20–21–12–21–10–20–20–4–1–12–11–12–12–10–40–20–20–20–21–12–21–11–3
Minnesota 1–11–11–10–21–12–22–21–12–12–10–23–11–21–31–11–1–2–04–01–11–12–01–34–03–11–21–30–23–11–1
New Jersey 3–03–14–04–03–10–21–11–22–00–22–21–11–10–20–31–20–2–2–03–11–33–10–21–11–10–20–22–22–01–3
New Orleans 1–10–21–11–10–20–40–40–22–21–31–11–30–31–30–21–10–40–2–1–10–21–10–42–11–20–40–30–22–21–1
New York 3–11–33–10–43–10–21–10–31–11–12–21–11–11–10–41–21–11–31–1–1–23–10–21–10–21–10–21–32–02–1
Orlando 3–10–31–30–31–31–11–11–31–10–23–11–11–11–10–41–21–13–12–02–1–2–20–21–11–11–11–12–22–02–2
Philadelphia 3–13–13–01–23–01–11–11–31–10–24–01–12–00–22–24–00–21–31–11–32–2–0–21–10–20–21–13–11–12–1
Phoenix 2–01–12–02–01–12–14–01–12–22–21–14–04–02–21–12–03–12–04–02–02–02–0–3–02–21–22–12–03–11–1
Portland 2–01–12–00–20–20–41–31–12–20–40–22–21–21–31–12–00–41–11–21–11–11–10–3–1–31–21–31–12–20–2
Sacramento 2–02–01–11–12–01–32–11–11–32–22–04–03–13–00–22–01–31–12–12–01–12–02–23–1–1–31–31–12–12–0
San Antonio 2–02–02–02–02–03–12–21–13–02–21–14–04–01–31–12–02–12–04–01–11–12–02–12–13–1–2–21–12–21–1
Seattle 2–00–22–01–12–01–32–21–12–21–32–01–23–13–02–01–13–12–03–02–01–11–11–23–13–12–2–2–03–10–2
Toronto 2–11–32–10–31–30–20–21–31–11–11–21–11–10–21–32–22–02–22–03–12–21–30–21–11–11–10–2–2–01–3
Utah 2–00–21–10–20–20–32–21–11–22–20–22–23–10–30–21–11–30–22–20–20–21–11–32–21–22–21–30–2–0–2
Washington 4–01–34–02–12–10–20–20–41–11–12–21–12–02–00–43–11–13–11–11–22–21–21–12–00–21–12–03–12–0—

Game log
Dateopponentscorerecord
November 3@ Golden State78-75
November 5vs LA Clippers94-812-0
November 7@ Toronto97-1012-1
November 9@ New Jersey60-642-2
November 10@ Boston88-902-3
November 13vs Toronto105-1023-3
November 17vs Memphis82-1013-4
November 19vs Milwaukee110-984-4
November 21vs Houston93-974-5
November 23@ Miami99-875-5
November 24@ Orlando89-836-5
November 26@ Dallas83-926-6
November 28vs New Jersey83-717-6
November 30vs Seattle100-948-6
December 4@Seattle89-998-7

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 records

References
  1. 2004–05 Portland Trail Blazers
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