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1987–88 Portland Trail Blazers season

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Head coach
  
Mike Schuler

Record
  
53–29 (.646)

Arena
  
Memorial Coliseum

1987–88 Portland Trail Blazers season

Place
  
Division: 2nd (Pacific) Conference: 4th (Western)

Playoff finish
  
West First Round (eliminated 1-3)

The 1987–88 season was the 18th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Blazers finished 53–29, fourth in the Western Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. It was a four-game improvement over the previous season. In the 1988 NBA Playoffs, the Blazers were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the third straight year, this time falling to the Utah Jazz three games to one in the best-of-five series.

Contents

Kevin Duckworth averaged 15.8 points per game and was named Most Improved Player of The Year.

Season standings

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

West First Round

(4) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (5) Utah Jazz:Jazz win series 3-1

  • Game 1 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland (April 28): Portland 108, Utah 96
  • Game 2 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland (April 30): Utah 114, Portland 105
  • Game 3 @ Salt Palace, Salt Lake City (May 4): Utah 113, Portland 108
  • Game 4 @ Salt Palace, Salt Lake City (May 6): Utah 111, Portland 96

    • Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff series)

    Awards and honors

  • Clyde Drexler, All-NBA Second Team
  • Kevin Duckworth, NBA Most Improved Player

    • References

    1987–88 Portland Trail Blazers season Wikipedia
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