1978-79 Portland Trail Blazers Roster

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 45-37
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Phoenix Suns 2-1
Coach: Jack Ramsay (45-37)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 519,306, Avg. 12,666 in 41 home dates
1978-79 Portland Trail Blazers Statistics
1978-79 Portland Trail Blazers Results

The Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

Portland netted 8,888 points and yielded 8,785. Tom Owens tossed in a team-high 1,520 points for the Trail Blazers, while Maurice Lucas scored 17 or more per game, too. Tom Owens racked up 740 rebounds. Lionel Hollins dished out 325 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Lionel Hollins added 114 steals, and Mychal Thompson swatted 134 opponent shot attempts.

Jack Ramsay coached the team. The 1978-79 Portland Trail Blazers lost in the conference first round.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown
Kim AndersonFMay 12, 19556'7"200MissouriSedalia, MO USA
Ron BrewerGSeptember 16, 19556'4"180ArkansasFort Smith, AR USA
T.R. DunnG-FFebruary 1, 19556'4"192AlabamaBirmingham, AL USA
Bob GrossF-GAugust 3, 19536'6"200Long Beach StateSan Pedro, CA USA
Lionel HollinsGOctober 19, 19536'3"185Arizona StateArkansas City, KS USA
Clemon JohnsonC-FSeptember 12, 19566'10"240Florida A&MMonticello, FL USA
Maurice LucasF-CFebruary 18, 19526'9"215MarquettePittsburgh, PA USA
Jim McMillianFMarch 11, 19486'5"215ColumbiaRaeford, NC USA
Lloyd NealC-FDecember 10, 19506'7"225Tennessee StateTalbottom, GA USA
Tom OwensC-FJune 28, 19496'10"215South CarolinaBronx, NY USA
Willie SmithGOctober 26, 19536'2"170MissouriLas Vegas, NV USA
Larry SteeleG-FMay 5, 19496'5"180KentuckyGreencastle, IN USA
Ira TerrellF-CJune 19, 19546'8"200SMUDallas, TX USA
Mychal ThompsonC-FJanuary 30, 19556'10"226MinnesotaNassau, BAH
Dave TwardzikGSeptember 20, 19506'1"175Old DominionHershey, PA USA



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