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1979–80 Portland Trail Blazers season

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Head coach
  
Record
  
38–44 (.463)

Arena
  
Memorial Coliseum

1979–80 Portland Trail Blazers season

Place
  
Division: 4th (Pacific)Conference: 6th (Western)

Playoff finish
  
West First Round (eliminated 1-2)

The 1979–80 season was the 10th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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.

Contents

The Blazers were ousted from the 1980 NBA Playoffs after losing their best-of-three series to the Seattle SuperSonics, two games to one.

Draft Picks

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.

Season standings

z - clinched division titley - clinched division titlex - clinched playoff spot

West First Round

(3) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (6) Portland Trail Blazers: Sonics win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Seattle: Seattle 120, Portland 110
  • Game 2 @ Portland: Portland 105, Seattle 95
  • Game 3 @ Seattle: Seattle 103, Portland 86
  • Last playoff meeting: 1978 Western Conference Semifinals (Seattle won 4-2)

    Awards and honors

  • Calvin Natt, All-NBA Rookie Team
  • Kermit Washington, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
  • References

    1979–80 Portland Trail Blazers season Wikipedia


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