Portland Trail Blazers Playoff Rosters

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1978-1979 Portland Trail Blazers Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Ron Brewer SG 6-4 180 Sep 16, 1955 23 Arkansas 0 1978 1st Rnd, #7, Portland Trail Blazers
T.R. Dunn SG 6-4 192 Feb 1, 1955 24 Alabama 1 1977 2nd Rnd, #41, Portland Trail Blazers
Bob Gross SF 6-6 200 Aug 3, 1953 25 Long Beach State 3 1975 2nd Rnd, #28, Portland Trail Blazers
Lionel Hollins PG 6-3 185 Oct 19, 1953 25 Arizona State 3 1975 1st Rnd, #8, Portland Trail Blazers
Clemon Johnson FC 6-10 240 Sep 12, 1956 22 Florida A&M 0 1978 2nd Rnd, #44, Portland Trail Blazers
Maurice Lucas PF 6-9 215 Feb 18, 1952 27 Marquette 2 1974 1st Rnd, #14, Chicago Bulls
1976 ABA Dispersal Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 2, Portland Trail Blazers
Lloyd Neal PF 6-7 225 Dec 10, 1950 28 Tennessee State 6 1972 3rd Rnd, #31, Portland Trail Blazers
Tom Owens FC 6-10 215 Jun 28, 1949 29 South Carolina 2 1971 4th Rnd, #63, Houston Rockets
Willie Smith PG 6-2 170 Oct 26, 1953 25 Missouri 2 1976 2nd Rnd, #30, Chicago Bulls
Larry Steele SG 6-5 180 May 5, 1949 29 Kentucky 7 1971 3rd Rnd, #42, Portland Trail Blazers
Ira Terrell PF 6-8 200 Jun 19, 1954 24 Southern Methodist 2 1976 3rd Rnd, #57, Phoenix Suns
Mychal Thompson FC 6-10 226 Jan 30, 1955 24 Minnesota 0 1978 1st Rnd, #1, Portland Trail Blazers
Dave Twardzik PG 6-1 175 Sep 20, 1950 28 Old Dominion 2 1972 2nd Rnd, #26, Portland Trail Blazers
Bill Walton C 6-11 235 Nov 5, 1952 26 UCLA 4 1974 1st Rnd, #1, Portland Trail Blazers

1978-1979 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 New Jersey Nets PHI in 2
First Round #4 Houston Rockets #5 Atlanta Hawks ATL in 2
Second Round #1 Washington Bullets #5 Atlanta Hawks WAS in 7
Second Round #2 San Antonio Spurs #3 Philadelphia Sixers SAS in 7
Conference Finals #1 Washington Bullets #2 San Antonio Spurs WAS in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Phoenix Suns #6 Portland Trail Blazers PHX in 3
First Round #4 Denver Nuggets #5 Los Angeles Lakers LAL in 3
Second Round #1 Seattle SuperSonics #5 Los Angeles Lakers SEA in 5
Second Round #3 Phoenix Suns #2 Kansas City Kings PHX in 5
Conference Finals #1 Seattle SuperSonics #3 Phoenix Suns SEA in 7

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Washington Bullets #1 Seattle SuperSonics SEA in 5

1978-1979 Portland Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Mychal Thompson 3 40.3 19.7 10.3 2.0 0.7 1.7 1.7
Ron Brewer 3 31.3 17.7 3.7 2.7 0.3 3.0 1.7
Larry Steele 3 24.3 13.3 3.7 2.3 3.3 0.0 1.0
Tom Owens 3 26.7 11.7 6.3 1.7 1.3 0.3 2.3
Maurice Lucas 3 34.7 11.0 10.7 6.0 1.0 0.3 3.7
Dave Twardzik 3 25.7 8.3 2.3 3.3 1.7 0.0 3.0
Lionel Hollins 3 22.0 7.0 1.0 1.7 1.0 0.0 2.3
Clemon Johnson 3 15.7 4.7 5.7 0.7 0.7 1.3 2.3
T.R. Dunn 3 17.3 3.3 2.0 1.3 1.7 0.0 0.3
Ira Terrell 1 6.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1978-1979 Portland Trail Blazers Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Portland Leaders Phoenix Leaders
Apr 10, 1979
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Phoenix		 L, 107-103 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Opening Round 		0-1 PTS: 26. Ron Brewer
 PTS: 28. P. Westphal
Apr 13, 1979
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Phoenix		 W, 96-92 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Opening Round 		1-1 PTS: 21. Ron Brewer
 PTS: 31. Walter Davis
Apr 15, 1979
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Phoenix		 L, 101-91 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Opening Round 		1-2 PTS: 16. M. Thompson
 PTS: 26. P. Westphal