1978-79 Portland Trail Blazers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 45-37
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Phoenix Suns 2-1
Coach: Jack Ramsay (45-37)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 519,306, Avg. 12,666 in 41 home dates

1978-79 Portland Trail Blazers Roster
1978-79 Portland Trail Blazers Results

The Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

Portland netted 8,888 points and yielded 8,785.

Jack Ramsay coached the team. The 1978-79 Portland Trail Blazers lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Tom Owens	C-F	82	82	2791	1095	600			403	320	263	477	740	301	59	58	247	329	1520
Maurice Lucas	F-C	69	65	2462	1208	568			345	270	192	524	716	215	66	81	233	254	1406
Ron Brewer	G	81	48	2454	878	434			256	210	88	141	229	165	102	79	153	181	1078
Mychal Thompson	C-F	73	33	2144	938	460			269	154	198	406	604	176	67	134	205	270	1074
Lionel Hollins	G	64	56	1967	886	402			221	172	32	117	149	325	114	24	223	199	976
Dave Twardzik	G	64	48	1570	381	203			299	261	39	80	119	176	84	4	127	185	667
T.R. Dunn	G-F	80	15	1828	549	246			158	122	145	199	344	103	86	23	93	166	614
Larry Steele	G-F	72	26	1488	483	203			136	112	58	113	171	142	74	10	96	208	518
Bob Gross	F-G	53	34	1441	443	209			119	96	106	144	250	184	70	47	121	161	514
Clemon Johnson	C-F	74	0	794	217	102			74	36	83	143	226	78	23	36	65	121	240
Jim McMillian	F	23	3	278	74	33			21	17	16	23	39	33	10	3	16	18	83
Ira Terrell	F-C	18	0	160	54	30			15	8	10	27	37	15	7	6	17	27	68
Kim Anderson	F	21	0	224	77	24			28	15	17	28	45	15	4	5	22	42	63
Willie Smith	G	13	0	131	44	23			17	12	7	6	13	17	10	1	14	19	58
Lloyd Neal	C-F	4	0	48	11	4			1	1	2	7	9	1	0	1	6	7	9
Totals		791	410	19780	7338	3541	0	0	2362	1806	1256	2435	3691	1946	776	512	1638	2187	8888

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Tom Owens	C-F	82	82	34.0	54.8	79.4	3.2	5.8	9.0	3.7	0.7	0.7	3.0	4.0	18.5
Maurice Lucas	F-C	69	65	35.7	47.0	78.3	2.8	7.6	10.4	3.1	1.0	1.2	3.4	3.7	20.4
Ron Brewer	G	81	48	30.3	49.4	82.0	1.1	1.7	2.8	2.0	1.3	1.0	1.9	2.2	13.3
Mychal Thompson	C-F	73	33	29.4	49.0	57.2	2.7	5.6	8.3	2.4	0.9	1.8	2.8	3.7	14.7
Lionel Hollins	G	64	56	30.7	45.4	77.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	5.1	1.8	0.4	3.5	3.1	15.3
Dave Twardzik	G	64	48	24.5	53.3	87.3	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.8	1.3	0.1	2.0	2.9	10.4
T.R. Dunn	G-F	80	15	22.9	44.8	77.2	1.8	2.5	4.3	1.3	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.1	7.7
Larry Steele	G-F	72	26	20.7	42.0	82.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	2.0	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.9	7.2
Bob Gross	F-G	53	34	27.2	47.2	80.7	2.0	2.7	4.7	3.5	1.3	0.9	2.3	3.0	9.7
Clemon Johnson	C-F	74	0	10.7	47.0	48.6	1.1	1.9	3.1	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.6	3.2
Jim McMillian	F	23	3	12.1	44.6	81.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.8	3.6
Ira Terrell	F-C	18	0	8.9	55.6	53.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.9	1.5	3.8
Kim Anderson	F	21	0	10.7	31.2	53.6	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.0	3.0
Willie Smith	G	13	0	10.1	52.3	70.6	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.5	4.5
Lloyd Neal	C-F	4	0	12.0	36.4	100.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.3
Averages		791	410	25.0	48.3	76.5	1.6	3.1	4.7	2.5	1.0	0.6	2.1	2.8	11.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Mychal Thompson	C-F	3	121	54	27			10	5	9	22	31	6	2	5	5	11	59
Ron Brewer	G	3	94	39	22			13	9	4	7	11	8	1	9	5	7	53
Larry Steele	G-F	3	73	28	16			9	8	6	5	11	7	10	0	3	8	40
Tom Owens	C-F	3	80	31	15			8	5	9	10	19	5	4	1	7	16	35
Maurice Lucas	F-C	3	104	41	14			7	5	2	30	32	18	3	1	11	12	33
Dave Twardzik	G	3	77	14	7			12	11	4	3	7	10	5	0	9	14	25
Lionel Hollins	G	3	66	26	8			7	5	1	2	3	5	3	0	7	8	21
Clemon Johnson	C-F	3	47	11	4			11	6	5	12	17	2	2	4	7	5	14
T.R. Dunn	G-F	3	52	11	5			0	0	2	4	6	4	5	0	1	7	10
Ira Terrell	F-C	1	6	4	0			0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		28	720	259	118	0	0	77	54	42	97	139	65	35	20	55	88	290

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Mychal Thompson	C-F	3	40.3	50.0	50.0	3.0	7.3	10.3	2.0	0.7	1.7	1.7	3.7	19.7
Ron Brewer	G	3	31.3	56.4	69.2	1.3	2.3	3.7	2.7	0.3	3.0	1.7	2.3	17.7
Larry Steele	G-F	3	24.3	57.1	88.9	2.0	1.7	3.7	2.3	3.3	0.0	1.0	2.7	13.3
Tom Owens	C-F	3	26.7	48.4	62.5	3.0	3.3	6.3	1.7	1.3	0.3	2.3	5.3	11.7
Maurice Lucas	F-C	3	34.7	34.1	71.4	0.7	10.0	10.7	6.0	1.0	0.3	3.7	4.0	11.0
Dave Twardzik	G	3	25.7	50.0	91.7	1.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.7	0.0	3.0	4.7	8.3
Lionel Hollins	G	3	22.0	30.8	71.4	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.0	0.0	2.3	2.7	7.0
Clemon Johnson	C-F	3	15.7	36.4	54.5	1.7	4.0	5.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.3	1.7	4.7
T.R. Dunn	G-F	3	17.3	45.5		0.7	1.3	2.0	1.3	1.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	3.3
Ira Terrell	F-C	1	6.0	0.0		0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		791	25.7	45.6	70.1	1.5	3.5	5.0	2.3	1.3	0.7	2.0	3.1	10.4