1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Portland Trail Blazers 1987 49 33 Pacific 2 3 Mike Schuler Jon Spoelstra Larry Weinberg Memorial Coliseum First round(lost to Rockets 1–3) POR The 1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 17th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).1986-87 Portland Trail Blazers The Blazers finished 49–33, third in the Western Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. In the 1987 NBA Playoffs, despite having home-court advantage, the Blazers lost their first-round best-of-five series to the Houston Rockets, three games to one. Draft picks 1986 NBA draft Note: This is not a complete list; only the first two rounds are covered, as well as notable post-second round picks. Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 14 Walter Berry F United States St. John's 1 24 Arvydas Sabonis C () Zalgiris (Lithuania) 2 37 Panagiotis Fasoulas C NC State 3 60 Dražen Petrović G Cibona Zagreb (Yugoslavia) Roster Portland Trail Blazers 1986–87 31 Sam Bowie C 7 1 235 1961-03-17 Kentucky 34 Kenny Carr F 6 7 220 1955-08-15 NC State 22 Clyde Drexler G 6 7 210 1962-06-22 Houston 00 Kevin Duckworth C 7 0 275 1964-04-01 Eastern Illinois 6 Mike Holton Michael Holton G 6 4 185 1961-08-04 UCLA 33 Steve Johnson basketball C 6 10 235 1957-11-03 Oregon State 27 Caldwell Jones F 6 11 217 1950-08-04 Albany State 25 Jerome Kersey F 6 7 215 1962-06-26 Longwood 10 Fernando Martín Fernando Martín Espina C 6 9 220 1962-03-25 Spain 4 Jim Paxson G 6 6 200 1957-07-09 Dayton 30 Terry Porter G 6 3 195 1963-04-08 UW-Stevens Point 11 Ron Rowan G 6 5 200 1962-04-23 St. John's 55 Kiki Vandeweghe F 6 8 220 1958-08-01 UCLA Mike Schuler Rick Adelman https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/1987.html April 20, 1987 Regular season thumb|The Trail Blazers played their home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Season standings POR POR z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log Playoffs Portland Trail Blazers 1987 yes #000000 #FF0000 Portland Trail Blazers First round no yes yes #FF0000 #000000 1 1 0 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 24 | Houston | L 115–125 | Kiki VanDeWeghe (30) | Clyde Drexler (13) | Terry Porter (11) | Memorial Coliseum12,666 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 26 | Houston | W 111–98 | Clyde Drexler (32) | Porter, Johnson (8) | Terry Porter (15) | Memorial Coliseum12,666 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 28 | @ Houston | L 108–117 | Clyde Drexler (26) | Johnson, Jones (10) | Terry Porter (8) | The Summit16,279 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 30 | @ Houston | L 101–113 | Kiki VanDeWeghe (27) | Steve Johnson (12) | Terry Porter (6) | The Summit16,279 | 1–3 |- POR 1987 yes Player statistics Season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Awards and honors Mike Schuler, NBA Coach of the Year References Category:Portland Trail Blazers seasons Portland Trail Blazers 1986 Portland Trail Blazers 1987 Port Portland Portland