1988–89 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 1988–89 season was the 19th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Blazers finished 39–43, eighth in the Western Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive year.

The team was racked with dissension and posted a 25–22 record before coach Mike Schuler was fired in mid-February. Then-assistant coach Rick Adelman was promoted to replace him on an interim basis. After the Blazers reached the 1989 NBA Playoffs, Adelman was made the head coach on a full-time basis.

In the 1989 NBA Playoffs, the Blazers were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the fourth straight year, losing three straight to the eventual Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers.

Clyde Drexler and Kevin Duckworth were both selected to the 1989 NBA All-Star Game.

Draft picks

Roster

Roster listing

Portland Trail Blazers roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F/C 35 Anderson, Richard 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UC Santa Barbara C 31 Bowie, Sam 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Kentucky F 24 Branch, Adrian 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Maryland F/C 2 Bryant, Mark 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Seton Hall G 22 Drexler, Clyde 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Houston C 00 Duckworth, Kevin 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 275 lb (125 kg) Eastern Illinois C 32 Ferreira, Rolando 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Houston C 33 Johnson, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Oregon State F/C 27 Jones, Caldwell 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Albany State F 25 Kersey, Jerome 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Longwood G 30 Porter, Terry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) UW-Stevens Point G 14 Sichting, Jerry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Purdue G 7 Steppe, Brook 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Georgia Tech G 21 Young, Danny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Wake Forest	Head coach Rick Adelman (Loyola Marymount) Assistant coach(es) Maurice Lucas (Marquette) Jack Schalow (Pacific) John Wetzel (Virginia Tech) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

The Trail Blazers played their home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Season standings

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

Playoffs

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (8) Portland Trail Blazers: Lakers win series 3-0

• Game 1 @ Great Western Forum, Los Angeles (April 27): Los Angeles 128, Portland 108
• Game 2 @ Great Western Forum, Los Angeles (April 30): Los Angeles 113, Portland 105
• Game 3 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland (May 3): Los Angeles 116, Portland 108

Last Playoff Meeting: 1985 Western Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles won 4-1)

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and honors

• Clyde Drexler, NBA All-Star
• Kevin Duckworth, NBA All-Star

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