Ad inizio stagione, qualcuno pronosticava persino che potessero concludere col peggior record del campionato: i Portland Trail Blazers, con un Dame Lillard cresciuto e sempre più conscio delle sue potenzialità, non solo hanno raggiunto la post season, ma si sono addirittura qualificati al quinto posto, scampando il pericolo “prime della classe” e ritrovandosi i Clippers come avversari (non certo una squadretta, ma almeno un avversario con cui potersi confrontare senza sproporzioni mostruose). Riusciranno i ragazzi dell’Oregon a passare indenni il primo round?
Vediamo la scheda dei Portland Trail Blazers.
Dati Franchigia
Moda Center, Portland, Oregon: la casa dei Portland Trail Blazers
Stadio: Moda Center
Division: Northwest
Conference: Western
Palmares: 1 titolo NBA
Roster
Head Coach: Terry Stotts
Starting Five
Point Guard: Damian Lillard
Shooting Guard: C.J. McCollum
Small Forward: Al-Farouq Aminu
Power Forward: Noah Vonleh
Center: Mason Plumlee
Bench
Brian Roberts
Allen Crabbe
Gerald Henderson
Pat Connaughton
Maurice Harkless
Luis Montero
Meyers Leonard
Cliff Alexander
Ed Davis
Chris Kaman
Statistiche Regular Season
| PLAYER | GP | GS | MIN | PPG | OFFR | DEFR | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TPG | FPG | A/TO | PER |
| Damian Lillard, PG | 75 | 75 | 35.7 | 25.1 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 0.87 | 0.37 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 22.2 |
| C.J. McCollum, SG | 80 | 80 | 34.8 | 20.8 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 1.21 | 0.29 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 17.8 |
| Allen Crabbe, SG | 81 | 8 | 26.0 | 10.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.78 | 0.20 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 12.3 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu, SF | 82 | 82 | 28.5 | 10.2 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 0.88 | 0.65 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 12.8 |
| Mason Plumlee, C | 82 | 82 | 25.4 | 9.1 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 0.83 | 1.04 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 17.2 |
| Gerald Henderson, SG | 72 | 0 | 19.9 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.54 | 0.26 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 13.0 |
| Meyers Leonard, PF | 61 | 10 | 21.9 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 0.13 | 0.30 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 11.4 |
| Ed Davis, C | 81 | 0 | 20.8 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 0.70 | 0.89 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 18.8 |
| Maurice Harkless, SF | 78 | 14 | 18.7 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.63 | 0.45 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 13.4 |
| Noah Vonleh, PF | 78 | 56 | 15.1 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 8.6 |
| Brian Roberts, PG† | 21 | 0 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 13.7 |
| Chris Kaman, C | 16 | 2 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 11.2 |
| Tim Frazier, PG† | 35 | 1 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.29 | 0.03 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 4.8 |
| Cliff Alexander, PF | 8 | 0 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.7 |
| Luis Montero, SG | 12 | 0 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -2.7 |
| Pat Connaughton, SG | 34 | 0 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| Totals | 82 | — | — | 105.1 | 11.6 | 33.9 | 45.5 | 21.3 | 6.85 | 4.63 | 14.1 | 21.7 | 1.5 | — |
Team Leaders
POINTS
Damian Lillard
#0
25.1
REBOUNDS
Mason Plumlee
#24
7.7
ASSISTS
Damian Lillard
#0
6.8
STEALS
C.J. McCollum
#3
1.2
BLOCKS
Mason Plumlee
#24
1.0
