2012–13 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 2012–13 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The offseason saw the team draft a pair of first round draft picks, future All-Star Damian Lillard was taken 6th overall and Meyers Leonard was taken 11th overall. Despite the team finishing off 11th place in the Western Conference with a mediocre 33–49 record including a 13-game losing streak to finish, Lillard enjoyed a stellar rookie season, winning Rookie of the Year honors for his efforts.

2012–13 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coachTerry Stotts
General managerNeil Olshey
OwnersPaul Allen
ArenaRose Garden
Results
Record33–49 (.402)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Northwest)
Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionCSN Northwest
KGW
RadioKEX

The Blazers would not miss the playoffs again until 2022.

Key dates
  • June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.[1]
  • 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
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School
16Damian LillardPG United StatesWeber State
111Meyers LeonardC United StatesIllinois
240Will BartonSG United StatesMemphis
241Tyshawn Taylor (traded to Brooklyn)PG United StatesKansas

Roster
2012–13 Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F/C 12 Aldridge, LaMarcus (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1985–07–19 Texas
F 8 Babbitt, Luke 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1989-06-20 Nevada
G 5 Barton, Will 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1991–01–06 Memphis
G/F 88 Batum, Nicolas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–12–14 France
F 18 Claver, Víctor 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1988–08–30 Spain
F/C 19 Freeland, Joel 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1987–02–07 United Kingdom
F/C 21 Hickson, J. J. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 242 lb (110 kg) 1988–09–04 NC State
F/C 1 Jeffries, Jared 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1981–11–25 Indiana
C 11 Leonard, Meyers 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1992–02–27 Illinois
G 0 Lillard, Damian 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1990–07–15 Weber State
G/F 2 Matthews, Wesley 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1986–10–14 Marquette
G 6 Maynor, Eric 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1987–06–11 VCU
G/F 3 Pavlović, Sasha 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1983–11–15 Yugoslavia
G 4 Smith, Nolan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–07–25 Duke
G 9 Williams, Elliot Injured 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989–06–20 Memphis
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2012–09–01

Pre-season
2012 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 October 10 @ L. A. Lakers W 93–75 LaMarcus Aldridge, Damian Lillard (14) LaMarcus Aldridge (8) Damian Lillard (7) Citizens Business Bank Arena
10,500		 1–0
2 October 12 @ Phoenix L 93–104 Damian Lillard (15) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) Damian Lillard (5) US Airways Center
10,698		 1–1
3 October 15 @ Sacramento L 100–117 Damian Lillard (20) LaMarcus Aldridge, J. J. Hickson (7) Nicolas Batum (5) Power Balance Pavilion
9,328		 1–2
4 October 17 Denver W 97–80 Wesley Matthews (19) Joel Freeland (8) Nolan Smith (8) Rose Garden
17,856		 2–2
5 October 19 Golden State L 97–101 LaMarcus Aldridge (18) Meyers Leonard (6) Damian Lillard (7) Rose Garden
19,109		 2–3
6 October 22 Utah W 120–114 Nicolas Batum (27) J. J. Hickson (8) Damian Lillard (8) Rose Garden
19,150		 3–3
7 October 25 @ Utah L 91–97 Wesley Matthews (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (11) Damian Lillard (5) EnergySolutions Arena
18,247		 3–4
2012–13 season schedule

Regular season

Standings
Northwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
c-Oklahoma City Thunder6022.732–34–726–1510–682
x-Denver Nuggets5725.695338–319–2211–582
Utah Jazz4339.5241730–1113–289–782
Portland Trail Blazers3349.4022722–1911–306–1082
Minnesota Timberwolves3151.3782920–2111–304–1282
Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBGP
1c-Oklahoma City Thunder *6022.732–82
2y-San Antonio Spurs *5824.7072.082
3x-Denver Nuggets *5725.6953.082
4y-Los Angeles Clippers5626.6834.082
5x-Memphis Grizzlies5626.6834.082
6x-Golden State Warriors4735.57313.082
7x-Los Angeles Lakers4537.54915.082
8x-Houston Rockets4537.54915.082
9Utah Jazz4339.52417.082
10Dallas Mavericks4141.50019.082
11Portland Trail Blazers3349.40227.082
12Minnesota Timberwolves3151.37829.082
13Sacramento Kings2854.34132.082
14New Orleans Hornets2755.32933.082
15Phoenix Suns2557.30535.082

Game log
2012–13 game log
Total: 33–49 (Home: 22–19; Road: 11–30)
October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1October 31L. A. Lakers W 116–106 Nicolas Batum (26) J. J. Hickson (10) Damian Lillard (11) Rose Garden
20,401		 1–0
November : 5–10 (home: 3–3; road: 2–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
2November 2@ Oklahoma City L 92–106 LaMarcus Aldridge (22) LaMarcus Aldridge (15) Damian Lillard (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203		 1–1
3November 3@ Houston W 95–85 LaMarcus Aldridge (27) J. J. Hickson (12) Damian Lillard (9) Toyota Center
18,140		 2–1
4November 5@ Dallas L 91–114 Aldridge & Matthews (20) J. J. Hickson (11) Damian Lillard (5) American Airlines Center
19,521		 2–2
5November 8L. A. Clippers L 90–103 Nicolas Batum (23) Nicolas Batum (9) Batum & Aldridge (5) Rose Garden
20,425		 2–3
6November 10San Antonio L 109–112 Nicolas Batum (35) J. J. Hickson (14) LaMarcus Aldridge (7) Rose Garden
20,447		 2–4
7November 12Atlanta L 87–95 Batum & Hickson (19) J. J. Hickson (18) LaMarcus Aldridge (8) Rose Garden
19,095		 2–5
8November 13@ Sacramento W 103–86 Damian Lillard (22) J. J. Hickson (13) Damian Lillard (9) Sleep Train Arena
10,153		 3–5
9November 16Houston W 119–117 Nicolas Batum (35) Meyers Leonard (8) Lillard & Matthews (5) Rose Garden
20,382		 4-5
10November 18Chicago W 102–94 Batum & Matthews (21) LaMarcus Aldridge (13) Ronnie Price (5) Rose Garden
20,242		 5–5
11November 21@ Phoenix L 87–114 Damian Lillard (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (7) Nicolas Batum (4) US Airways Center
14,263		 5–6
12November 23Minnesota W 103–95 Wesley Matthews (30) J. J. Hickson (13) Damian Lillard (8) Rose Garden
20,555		 6-6
13November 25@ Brooklyn L 85–98 Wesley Matthews (20) J. J. Hickson (10) Damian Lillard (7) Barclays Center
16,542		 6-7
14November 26@ Detroit L 101–108 LaMarcus Aldridge (32) Batum & Aldridge (10) Damian Lillard (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills
10,212		 6-8
15November 28@ Washington L 82–84 Batum & Lillard (20) J. J. Hickson (19) Damian Lillard (5) Verizon Center
14,114		 6-9
16November 30@ Boston L 78–96 LaMarcus Aldridge (23) LaMarcus Aldridge (8) Will Barton (4) TD Garden
18,624		 6-10
December : 9–4 (home: 7–1; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
17December 1@ Cleveland W 118–117 Damian Lillard (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Damian Lillard (11) Quicken Loans Arena
16,624		 7-10
18December 3@ Charlotte W 118–112 LaMarcus Aldridge (25) Batum & Aldridge (13) Damian Lillard (9) Time Warner Cable Arena
12,640		 8-10
19December 5@ Indiana L 92–99 Damian Lillard (23) J. J. Hickson (12) Damian Lillard (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
11,569		 8-11
20December 8Sacramento L 80–99 LaMarcus Aldridge (17) J. J. Hickson (15) Damian Lillard (9) Rose Garden
19,454		 8-12
21December 10Toronto W 92–74 LaMarcus Aldridge (30) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) Damian Lillard (6) Rose Garden
16,863		 9-12
22December 13San Antonio W 98–90 Damian Lillard (29) J. J. Hickson (12) Nicolas Batum (8) Rose Garden
19,118		 10-12
23December 16New Orleans W 95–94 J. J. Hickson (24) J. J. Hickson (16) Nicolas Batum (10) Rose Garden
18,772		 11-12
24December 20Denver W 101–93 Nicolas Batum (22) J. J. Hickson (18) Damian Lillard (10) Rose Garden
19,982		 12-12
25December 22Phoenix W 96–93 Damian Lillard (25) J. J. Hickson (15) Nicolas Batum (8) Rose Garden
19,746		 13-12
26December 23@ Sacramento L 96–108 LaMarcus Aldridge (22) Hickson & Aldridge (11) Nicolas Batum (8) Sleep Train Arena
13,244		 13-13
27December 26Sacramento W 109–91 LaMarcus Aldridge (28) J. J. Hickson (14) Damian Lillard (11) Rose Garden
20,545		 14-13
28December 28@ L. A. Lakers L 87–104 LaMarcus Aldridge (26) J. J. Hickson (8) Nicolas Batum (8) Staples Center
18,997		 14-14
29December 29Philadelphia W 89–85 Nicolas Batum (22) J. J. Hickson (13) Nicolas Batum (8) Rose Garden
20,569		 15-14
January : 8–8 (home: 5–3; road: 3–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
30January 1@ New York W 105–100 Nicolas Batum (26) LaMarcus Aldridge (14) Batum & Lillard (6) Madison Square Garden
19,033		 16-14
31January 2@ Toronto L 79–102 Damian Lillard (18) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) Damian Lillard (7) Air Canada Centre
18,117		 16-15
32January 4@ Memphis W 86–84 Wesley Matthews (21) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) Damian Lillard (8) FedExForum
15,823		 17-15
33January 5@ Minnesota W 102–97 Batum & Matthews (26) J. J. Hickson (11) Aldridge & Lillard (6) Target Center
16,220		 18-15
34January 7Orlando W 125–119 LaMarcus Aldridge (27) J. J. Hickson (15) Batum & Lillard (10) Rose Garden
19,560		 19-15
35January 10Miami W 92–90 Nicolas Batum (28) LaMarcus Aldridge (15) Damian Lillard (8) Rose Garden
20,536		 20-15
36January 11@ Golden State L 97–103 Damian Lillard (37) J. J. Hickson (12) LaMarcus Aldridge (5) Oracle Arena
19,596		 20-16
37January 13Oklahoma City L 83–87 LaMarcus Aldridge (33) LaMarcus Aldridge (11) Damian Lillard (9) Rose Garden
20,423		 20-17
38January 15@ Denver L 111–115 LaMarcus Aldridge (28) J. J. Hickson (13) Nicolas Batum (7) Pepsi Center
15,521		 20-18
39January 16Cleveland L 88–93 Nicolas Batum (23) Nicolas Batum (12) Damian Lillard (7) Rose Garden
18,880		 20-19
40January 19Milwaukee L 104–110 Damian Lillard (26) LaMarcus Aldridge (14) Damian Lillard (10) Rose Garden
20,487		 20-20
41January 21Washington L 95–98 Damian Lillard (18) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) Nicolas Batum (11) Rose Garden
17,366		 20-21
42January 23Indiana W 100–80 LaMarcus Aldridge (27) J. J. Hickson (13) Batum & Lillard (8) Rose Garden
18,934		 21-21
43January 26L. A. Clippers W 101–100 Batum & Lillard (20) Nicolas Batum (10) Nicolas Batum (12) Rose Garden
20,672		 22-21
44January 27@ L. A. Clippers L 83–96 LaMarcus Aldridge (21) LaMarcus Aldridge (11) Batum & Matthews (8) Staples Center
19,060		 22-22
45January 29Dallas W 106–104 LaMarcus Aldridge (29) J. J. Hickson (15) Damian Lillard (8) Rose Garden
18,888		 23-22
February : 3–9 (home: 2–2; road: 1–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
46February 1@ Utah L 77–86 Damian Lillard (26) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) Damian Lillard (5) EnergySolutions Arena
19,512		 23-23
47February 2Utah W 105–99 Damian Lillard (23) Aldridge & Hickson (11) Nicolas Batum (9) Rose Garden
20,376		 24-23
48February 4@ Minnesota W 100–98 LaMarcus Aldridge (25) LaMarcus Aldridge (13) Damian Lillard (6) Target Center
13,446		 25-23
49February 6@ Dallas L 99–105 LaMarcus Aldridge (27) Aldridge & Hickson (10) Batum & Lillard (6) American Airlines Center
19,746		 25-24
50February 8@ Houston L 103–118 LaMarcus Aldridge (31) LaMarcus Aldridge (11) Damian Lillard (6) Toyota Center
15,655		 25-25
51February 10@ Orlando L 102–110 LaMarcus Aldridge (25) Nicolas Batum (8) Damian Lillard (12) Amway Center
17,966		 25-26
52February 12@ Miami L 104–117 Damian Lillard (33) Wesley Matthews (6) Nicolas Batum (4) American Airlines Arena
20,032		 25-27
53February 13@ New Orleans L 63–99 Damian Lillard (12) Víctor Claver (6) Nicolas Batum (6) New Orleans Arena
11,656		 25-28
All-Star Break
54February 19Phoenix L 98–102 J. J. Hickson (25) J. J. Hickson (16) Damian Lillard (7) Rose Garden
20,499		 25-29
55February 22@ L. A. Lakers L 107–111 Nicolas Batum & J. J. Hickson (22) J. J. Hickson (11) Wesley Matthews (8) Staples Center
18,997		 25-30
56February 24Boston W 92–86 Wesley Matthews (24) J. J. Hickson (11) Damian Lillard (6) Rose Garden
20,484		 26-30
57February 27Denver L 109–111 Damian Lillard (26) J. J. Hickson (14) Nicolas Batum (9) Rose Garden
20,077		 26-31
March : 7–9 (home: 4–3; road: 3–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
58March 2Minnesota W 109–94 Damian Lillard (24) J. J. Hickson (16) Eric Maynor (12) Rose Garden
20,390		 27-31
59March 4Charlotte W 122–105 LaMarcus Aldridge (23) LaMarcus Aldridge (14) Damian Lillard (7) Rose Garden
18,330		 28-31
60March 6@ Memphis L 85–91 Damian Lillard (20) J. J. Hickson (13) LaMarcus Aldridge (6) FedExForum
16,214		 28-32
61March 8@ San Antonio W 136–106 Damian Lillard (35) J. J. Hickson (11) Damian Lillard (9) AT&T Center
18,581		 29-32
62March 10@ New Orleans L 96–98 Wesley Matthews (24) J. J. Hickson (14) Damian Lillard (8) New Orleans Arena
15,036		 29-33
63March 12Memphis L 97–102 LaMarcus Aldridge (28) Nicolas Batum (10) Damian Lillard (7) Rose Garden
18,754		 29-34
64March 14New York W 105–90 Damian Lillard (26) J. J. Hickson (16) Damian Lillard (10) Rose Garden
20,636		 30-34
65March 16Detroit W 112–101 LaMarcus Aldridge (31) J. J. Hickson (15) Damian Lillard (7) Rose Garden
20,161		 31-34
66March 18@ Philadelphia L 100–101 LaMarcus Aldridge (32) LaMarcus Aldridge (14) Damian Lillard (7) Wells Fargo Center
15,623		 31-35
67March 19@ Milwaukee L 95–102 Wesley Matthews (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (15) Damian Lillard (11) BMO Harris Bradley Center
14,397		 31-36
68March 21@ Chicago W 99–89 LaMarcus Aldridge (28) J. J. Hickson (21) Damian Lillard (7) United Center
21,946		 32-36
69March 22@ Atlanta W 104–93 Wesley Matthews (28) LaMarcus Aldridge (13) Nicolas Batum (7) Philips Arena
16,348		 33-36
70March 24@ Oklahoma City L 83–103 Damian Lillard (19) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) Nicolas Batum (8) Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203		 33-37
71March 27Brooklyn L 93–111 LaMarcus Aldridge (24) Meyers Leonard (9) Nicolas Batum (6) Rose Garden
20,127		 33-38
72March 29Utah L 95–105 Damian Lillard (24) J. J. Hickson (14) Damian Lillard (7) Rose Garden
19,527		 33-39
73March 30@ Golden State L 98–125 Meyers Leonard (22) J. J. Hickson (10) Nicolas Batum (9) Oracle Arena
19,596		 33-40
April : 0–9 (home: 0–6; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
74April 1@ Utah L 102–112 Wesley Matthews (23) J. J. Hickson (7) Eric Maynor (8) EnergySolutions Arena
18,336		 33–41
75April 3Memphis L 76–94 J. J. Hickson (17) J. J. Hickson (9) Eric Maynor (10) Rose Garden
19,275		 33–42
76April 5Houston L 98–116 LaMarcus Aldridge (32) LaMarcus Aldridge (13) Damian Lillard (7) Rose Garden
20,400		 33–43
77April 7Dallas L 91–96 Will Barton (22) Will Barton (13) Maynor & Barton (6) Rose Garden
20,228		 33–44
78April 10L. A. Lakers L 106–113 Damian Lillard (38) LaMarcus Aldridge (16) Damian Lillard (9) Rose Garden
20,598		 33–45
79April 12Oklahoma City L 90–106 Will Barton (18) J. J. Hickson (7) Damian Lillard (8) Rose Garden
20,577		 33–46
80April 14@ Denver L 109–118 Damian Lillard (30) Hickson & Barton (9) Hickson & Lillard (6) Pepsi Center
19,155		 33–47
81April 16@ L. A. Clippers L 77–93 Will Barton (17) Hickson, Barton & Freeland (6) Damian Lillard (8) Staples Center
19,183		 33–48
82April 17Golden State L 88–99 LaMarcus Aldridge (30) LaMarcus Aldridge (21) Eric Maynor (6) Rose Garden
20,261		 33–49
2012–13 season schedule

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."[2]

Injuries

Reserve guard Elliot Williams tore his left Achilles tendon during a team workout on September 9. He was out for the season.[3]

Transactions
Main article: List of 2012–13 NBA season transactions

Overview
Players added

Via draft

Via free agency

Via trade

 Players lost

Via trade

Via free agency

  • a Waived during the pre-season.

Trades
June 28, 2012
(draft day)		 To Portland Trail Blazers
Cash considerations[4]		 To Brooklyn Nets
Draft rights to Tyshawn Taylor[4]
July 16, 2012 To Portland Trail Blazers
Jared Jeffries (sign and trade)
Dan Gadzuric
Draft rights to Kostas Papanikolaou
Draft rights to Georgios Printezis
Future second-round pick		 To New York Knicks
Raymond Felton (sign and trade)
Kurt Thomas
July 20, 2012
(three-team trade)		 To Portland Trail Blazers
Sasha Pavlović (sign and trade from Boston)
Two 2013 second-round picks (from Boston)
Cash considerations (from Boston)		 To Houston Rockets
Draft rights to Jon Diebler

Free agents
Additions
Player Date signed Former team
J. J. Hickson July 13 Portland Trail Blazers
(re-signed)
Nicolas Batum July 18 Portland Trail Blazers
(re-signed)
Ronnie Price July 18 Phoenix Suns
Subtractions
Player Date signed New team
Jamal Crawford July 11 Los Angeles Clippers
Hasheem Thabeet July 11 Oklahoma City Thunder
Joel Przybilla August 9 Milwaukee Bucks
Craig Smith August 11 Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel)
Jonny Flynn October 1 Detroit Pistons

References
  1. "NBA Draft Info". ESPN. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  2. "Damian Lillard becomes third Blazer to win an NBA rookie-of-the-month award". December 6, 2012.
  3. Golliver, Ben (September 11, 2012). Blazers G Elliot Williams tears Achilles during team workout, CBSSports.com. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  4. "Rapid Reaction: Nets trade for Taylor". ESPN.com. June 28, 2012.
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