1989–90 Portland Trail Blazers season

NBA_season

team = Portland Trail Blazers
end_year = 1990
wins = 59
losses = 23
division_place = 2
conf_place =
coach = Rick Adelman
arena = Memorial Coliseum (Portland)
playoffs = Lost NBA Finals

Clyde Drexler continued to be the leading scorer for the Trail Blazers with 23.3 ppg, as the Blazers rebounded off their disappointing season to post a solid 59-23 record good enough for second place in the Pacific, as the Blazers were made stronger by acquiring Buck Williams, a 6-8 rebounding machine from the New Jersey Nets for Sam Bowie. The acquisition of Williams helped make the Blazers stronger for the playoffs and it showed as they won their first playoff series in seven years by sweeping the Dallas Mavericks in three straight games. In the second round the Blazers needed seven games to get past the San Antonio Spurs as the home team won all seven games. In the Western Conference Finals the Trail Blazers continued to defend their home court well, jumping out to a 2-0 lead over the Phoenix Suns. The Suns rebounded to take the next two in Phoenix as the Blazers won Game 5 at home 120-114. However, there would be no need for a seventh game as the Blazers knocked off the Suns with a 112-109 win in Game 6 to reach the NBA Finals for the second time in franchise history. In the Finals the Trail Blazers got off to a solid start, splitting the first two games on the road against the defending NBA Champion Detroit Pistons. However, the Blazers dropped all three games at home as the Pistons won the NBA title in five games.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Regular Season

eason standings

[ [http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_1990.html 1989-90 NBA Season Summary - Basketball-Reference.com ] ]

eason schedule

Roster

Postseason

Awards and records

Milestones

References

* [http://www.databasebasketball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=POR&lg=n&yr=1989 Blazers on Database Basketball]