1979–80 Portland Trail Blazers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Portland Trail Blazers 1980 38 44 Pacific 4 6 Jack Ramsay Harry Glickman Larry Weinberg Memorial Coliseum KOIN KEX First round(lost to SuperSonics 1–2) POR The 1979–80 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 10th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).1979-80 Portland Trail Blazers The Blazers lost seven more games than the previous season, ending with a record of 38–44, their first losing record since the 1975–76 season; despite that, they qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. The Blazers were ousted from the 1980 NBA Playoffs after losing their best-of-three series to the Seattle SuperSonics, two games to one. The Blazers' season was documented in the 1981 book The Breaks of the Game by journalist David Halberstam. The Breaks of the Game was a New York Times best-seller and is considered one of the greatest sports books ever written.https://vault.si.com/vault/2002/12/16/the-top-100-sports-books-of-all-time https://web.archive.org/web/20200804180129/https://vault.si.com/vault/2002/12/16/the-top-100-sports-books-of-all-time dead August 4, 2020 The Top 100 Sports Books of All Time Draft picks 1979 NBA draft Note: This is not a complete list; only the first two rounds are covered, as well as any other picks by the franchise who played at least one NBA game. Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 12 Jim Paxson G/F Dayton 2 40 Andrew Fields F Cheyney State Roster Portland Trail Blazers 1979–80 #000000 #FFFFFF #d1210a #FFFFFF 12 Billy Ray Bates G 6 4 210 1956–05–31 Kentucky State 52 Jim Brewer basketball PF 6 9 210 1951–12–02 Minnesota 10 Ron Brewer G 6 4 180 1955–07–16 Arkansas 30 Bob Gross F 6 6 200 1953–08–03 Long Beach State 11 Abdul Jeelani F 6 8 210 1954–02–10 UW–Parkside 44 Kevin Kunnert C 6 9 230 1951–11–11 Iowa yes 33 Calvin Natt SF 6 6 220 1957–01–08 Louisiana-Monroe 25 Tom Owens F/C 6 10 215 1949–06–28 South Carolina 4 Jim Paxson G 6 6 200 1957–07–09 Dayton 15 Larry Steele F 6 5 180 1949–05–05 Kentucky 43 Mychal Thompson C/F 6 10 226 1955–01–30 Minnesota yes IN 13 Dave Twardzik G 6 1 175 1950–09–20 Old Dominion 42 Kermit Washington F 6 8 230 1951–09–17 American Jack Ramsay Bucky Buckwalter 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 1980 yes #000000 #FF0000 Portland Trail Blazers First round no yes yes #FF0000 #000000 1 0 0 2 |- | 1 | April 2 | @ Seattle | L 110–120 | Ron Brewer (24) | Kermit Washington (7) | Kermit Washington (12) | Kingdome26,412 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 4 | Seattle | W 105–95 (OT) | Natt, R. Brewer (27) | Jim Brewer (12) | T. R. Dunn (4) | Memorial Coliseum12,666 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 6 | @ Seattle | L 86–103 | Billy Ray Bates (26) | Tom Owens (16) | Billy Ray Bates (3) | Kingdome23,546 | 1–2 |- POR 1980 yes Awards and honors Calvin Natt, All-NBA Rookie Team Kermit Washington, NBA All-Defensive Second Team References Category:Portland Trail Blazers seasons Portland Trail Blazers 1979 Portland Trail Blazers 1979 Port Portland Portland