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1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season

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Head coach
  
Mike Schuler

Record
  
49–33 (.598)

Arena
  
Memorial Coliseum

1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season

Place
  
Division: 2nd (Pacific) Conference: 3rd (Western)

Playoff finish
  
West First Round (eliminated 1-3)

The 1986–87 season was the 17th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Blazers finished 49–33, third in the Western Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.

Contents

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

Note: This is not a complete list; only the first two rounds are covered, as well as notable post-second round picks.

z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot

West First Round

(3) Portland Trail Blazers vs.(6) Houston Rockets: Rockets win series 3-1

  • Game 1 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland (April 24): Houston 125, Portland 115
  • Game 2 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland (April 26): Portland 111, Houston 98
  • Game 3 @ The Summit, Houston (April 28): Houston 117, Portland 108
  • Game 4 @ The Summit, Houston (April 30): Houston 113, Portland 101

    • Awards and honors

  • Mike Schuler, NBA Coach of the Year

    • References

    1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season Wikipedia
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