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The 1976–77 Portland Trail Blazers season was the Portland Trail Blazers' seventh season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The revamped Trail Blazers had an exceptional start, winning 22 of their first 31 games. The team won their last 5 games to post a record of 49–33. [1]
The 1977–78 Portland Trail Blazers season was the eighth season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [1] Fresh off their first NBA Championship win the previous season, the Blazers led the league with a franchise-best 58–24 record, earning a first-round bye in the 1978 NBA Playoffs.
The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the Memorial Coliseum, before moving to the Rose Garden (renamed to the Moda Center in 2013) in 1995. [2] The team has enjoyed a strong following; from 1977 through 1995, the team sold out 814 consecutive home games, the longest such streak in American major professional sports. [3]
The Trail Blazers missed the playoffs the next two seasons as Walton struggled with injuries, but continued to add key pieces, such as Dave Twardzik, Lloyd Neal, Lionel Hollins, and Maurice Lucas. In 1976, Jack Ramsay was hired as head coach, and with a fully healthy Walton, Portland made the playoffs for the first time in the 1976–77 season ...
Bill Walton played for the Blazers from 1974–1979. The Blazers selected the first players to join their team in the 1970 NBA draft. The team chose Geoff Petrie 8th overall, making him the first draft pick in franchise history. A couple months later, they took part in the 1970 NBA expansion draft to further fill out their inaugural roster.
The 1976–77 NBA season was the 31st season of the National Basketball Association.The season ended with the Portland Trail Blazers winning their first NBA Championship in franchise history, beating the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the NBA Finals.
The Portland Trail Blazers retired his jersey number, 20, in a ceremony on November 4, 1988. [ 17 ] On August 23, 1997, at the ABA's 30 Year Reunion celebration, Lucas was named to the All-Time All-ABA Team along with Hall of Fame members Julius Erving , Dan Issel , George Gervin , Rick Barry , Connie Hawkins and other ABA greats.
Portland Trail Blazers; ... Portland Trail Blazers roster. Players Coaches Pos. No. ... The 1977–1991 set featured lowercase lettering, while a red uniform was used ...