Head coach Jack Ramsay Record 46–36 (.561) | Arena Memorial Coliseum | |
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Place Division: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 5th (Western) Playoff finish West Conference Semifinals (eliminated 1-4) | ||
The 1982–83 season was the 13th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Blazers finished 46–36, a four-game improvement from the previous season.
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In the 1983 NBA Playoffs, the Blazers won their first playoff series since their championship season of 1976–77, defeating the Seattle SuperSonics in their first-round best-of-three series in a two-game sweep and gaining a measure of revenge for the Sonics' having eliminated them from the postseason in 1978 and 1980.
However, the Blazers were bested in their Western Conference semifinal series against the Los Angeles Lakers four games to one, on the Lakers' way to the 1983 NBA Finals.
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.
z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spotWest First Round
(4) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (5) Portland Trail Blazers: Blazers win series 2–0
Last playoff meeting: 1980 Western Conference First round (Seattle won 2-1)
West Conference Semifinals
(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (5) Portland Trail Blazers: Lakers win series 4–1
Last playoff meeting: 1977 Western Conference Finals (Portland won 4-0)