1970–71 Portland Trail Blazers season

The Portland Trail Blazers were one of three new teams to join the NBA for the 1970–71 season.[1] The franchise played its inaugural regular season game on a Friday night in Portland, beating the fellow expansion Cleveland Cavaliers 115–112 on October 16, with 4,273 in attendance.[2][3][4]

1970–71 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coachRolland Todd
ArenaMemorial Coliseum
Results
Record29–53 (.354)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKPTV
RadioKOIN

Portland finished last in the Pacific Division with a record of 29–53 (.354).[4] Of the three expansion teams, their record was the best; with seven more wins than the Buffalo Braves and fourteen more than the Cavaliers. The leading scorer for the Blazers was Geoff Petrie; he averaged 24.8 points per game and shared Rookie of the Year honors with Boston Celtics star Dave Cowens.[4]

Offseason

NBA Draft
Main article: 1970 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
18Geoff PetrieSG United StatesPrinceton
225Walt GilmorePFFort Valley State
342Bill CainIowa State
459Jim PenixBowling Green
576Ron KnightPFCal State LA
693George JankyDayton
7110Claude EnglishF United StatesRhode Island
8127Doug BoydTCU
9144Billy GaskinsOregon
10161Israel OliverElizabeth City State
11176Don McClemoreBowling Green
12188Paul AdamsCentral Washington
13199Alex BoydNevada-Reno
14208Frank LoteridgeTexas–Pan American
15218John CanadyMiami (FL)
16226Doug WilliamsSt. Mary's (TX)
18235Bruce ButchkoSouthern Illinois
19239Mark GabrielHanover
Source:[5]

Expansion Draft
Player Position Team
Rick Adelman PG San Diego Rockets
Jerry Chambers SF Phoenix Suns
LeRoy Ellis C Baltimore Bullets
Fred Hetzel SF Philadelphia 76ers
Joe Kennedy SF Seattle SuperSonics
Ed Manning SF/PF Chicago Bulls
Stan McKenzie SF Phoenix Suns
Dorie Murrey PF Seattle SuperSonics
Pat Riley SG San Diego Rockets
Dale Schlueter C San Francisco Warriors
Larry Siegfried PG Boston Celtics
Source:[6][7]

Roster
Roster listing
Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
PG 12 Adelman, Rick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-06-16 Loyola Marymount
SG 33 Barnett, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1944-07-07 Oregon
C 25 Ellis, Leroy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1940-03-10 St. John's
F 15 English, Claude 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1946-12-26 Rhode Island
PF 48 Gilmore, Walt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1947-02-27 Fort Valley State
PF 44 Gregor, Gary 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1945-08-13 South Carolina
SF 11 Halimon, Shaler 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 199 lb (90 kg) 1945-03-30 Utah State
PF 38 Knight, Ron 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1947-08-04 Cal State LA
PF 35 Manning, Ed 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1944-01-02 Jackson State
SF 40 McKenzie, Stan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1944-10-06 New York
PF 41 Murrey, Dorie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1943-09-07 Detroit
SG 45 Petrie, Geoff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1948-04-17 Princeton
C 54 Schlueter, Dale 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1945-11-12 Colorado State
F 34 Stricker, Bill 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1948-01-22 Pacific
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured
Source:

Regular season
Main article: 1970–71 NBA season

Season standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 4834.585–30–1117–221–115–7
x-San Francisco Warriors 4141.500720–1819–212–212–10
San Diego Rockets 4042.488824–1515–261–114–8
Seattle SuperSonics 3844.4631027–1311–300–110–14
Portland Trail Blazers 2953.3541918–219–262–63–15
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks6616.805
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers4834.585
3 x-Chicago Bulls5131.622
4 x-San Francisco Warriors4141.500
5 Phoenix Suns4834.585
6 Detroit Pistons4537.549
7 San Diego Rockets4042.488
8 Seattle SuperSonics3844.463
9 Portland Trail Blazers2953.354

Record vs. opponents
1970–71 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —3–32–43–11–42–44–00–53–21–43–34–21–42–22–32–33–2
Baltimore 3–3—3–33–12–33–34–02–32–31–42–43–33–22–24–12–33–2
Boston 4–23–3—4–04–14–23–12–33–20–50–64–22–32–23–23–23–2
Buffalo 1–31–30–4—0–40–45–71–52–20–42–20–41–36–61–31–31–3
Chicago 4–13–21–44–0—4–04–03–32–41–53–23–23–33–16–04–23–2
Cincinnati 4–23–32–44–00–4—5–11–41–41–42–41–51–44–01–32–31–4
Cleveland 0–40–41–37–50–41–5—2–20–40–40–41–30–42–100–41–30–4
Detroit 5–03–23–25–13–34–12–2—2–31–52–32–32–43–14–21–43–1
Los Angeles 2–33–22–32–24–24–14–03–2—1–43–23–22–44–03–34–24–2
Milwaukee 4–14–15–04–05–14–14–05–14–1—1–44–14–23–14–16–05–1
New York 3–34–26–02–22–34–24–03–22–34–1—2–44–13–14–13–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–32–44–02–35–13–13–22–31–44–2—3–24–03–23–23–2
Phoenix 4–12–33–23–13–34–14–04–24–22–41–42–3—4–02–43–23–2
Portland 2–22–22–26–61–30–410–21–30–41–31–30–40–4—0–41–32–4
San Diego 3–21–42–33–10–63–14–02–43–31–41–42–34–24–0—2–45–1
San Francisco 3–23–22–33–12–43–23–14–12–40–62–32–32–33–14–2—3–3
Seattle 2–32–32–33–12–34–14–01–32–41–53–22–32–34–21–53–3—

Awards and honors

References
  1. Carry, Peter (November 2, 1970). "Geoff who? and Mod Todd". Sports Illustrated. p. 66.
  2. Cawood, Neil (October 17, 1970). "Barnett, Petrie pace Blazers to first win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  3. "Blazers win their debut". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. October 17, 1970. p. 9.
  4. Portland Trail Blazers (1970–Present)
  5. "Portland Trail Blazers Draft Picks". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  6. BOBCATS: All-Time Expansion Draft Results Archived 2008-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Player information from Basketball Reference
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