Portland Trail Blazers Playoff Rosters

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1979-1980 Portland Trail Blazers Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Billy Ray Bates SG 6-4 210 May 31, 1956 23 Kentucky State 1 1978 3rd Rnd, #47, Houston Rockets
Jim Brewer PF 6-9 210 Dec 3, 1951 28 Minnesota 6 1973 1st Rnd, #2, Cleveland Cavaliers
Ron Brewer SG 6-4 180 Sep 16, 1955 24 Arkansas 1 1978 1st Rnd, #7, Portland Trail Blazers
Abdul Jeelani PF 6-8 210 Feb 10, 1954 26 Wisconsin-Parkside 2 1976 3rd Rnd, #62, Cleveland Cavaliers
T.R. Dunn SG 6-4 192 Feb 1, 1955 25 Alabama 2 1977 2nd Rnd, #41, Portland Trail Blazers
Bob Gross SF 6-6 200 Aug 3, 1953 26 Long Beach State 4 1975 2nd Rnd, #28, Portland Trail Blazers
Kevin Kunnert FC 7-0 230 Nov 11, 1951 28 Iowa 6 1973 1st Rnd, #12, Chicago Bulls
Calvin Natt SF 6-6 220 Jan 8, 1957 23 Louisiana-Monroe 0 1979 1st Rnd, #8, New Jersey Nets
Tom Owens FC 6-10 215 Jun 28, 1949 30 South Carolina 3 1971 4th Rnd, #63, Houston Rockets
Jim Paxson G-F 6-6 200 Jul 9, 1957 22 Dayton 0 1979 1st Rnd, #12, Portland Trail Blazers
Larry Steele SG 6-5 180 May 5, 1949 30 Kentucky 8 1971 3rd Rnd, #42, Portland Trail Blazers
Mychal Thompson FC 6-10 226 Jan 30, 1955 25 Minnesota 1 1978 1st Rnd, #1, Portland Trail Blazers
Dave Twardzik PG 6-1 175 Sep 20, 1950 29 Old Dominion 3 1972 2nd Rnd, #26, Portland Trail Blazers
Kermit Washington FC 6-8 230 Sep 17, 1951 28 American University 6 1973 1st Rnd, #5, Los Angeles Lakers

1979-1980 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 Washington Bullets PHI in 2
First Round #4 Houston Rockets #5 San Antonio Spurs HOU in 3
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #4 Houston Rockets BOS in 4
Second Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #2 Atlanta Hawks PHI in 5
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Philadelphia Sixers PHI in 5

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

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #3 Philadelphia Sixers LAL in 6

1979-1980 Portland Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Billy Ray Bates 3 34.7 25.0 3.3 4.0 1.7 0.3 5.0
Ron Brewer 3 35.3 19.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.3 2.3
Calvin Natt 3 41.7 16.0 8.0 0.7 0.7 0.3 3.3
Tom Owens 3 27.7 11.0 7.0 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.7
Kermit Washington 3 40.3 10.3 10.3 2.0 0.3 1.3 1.3
Jim Brewer 3 22.3 7.0 5.3 1.0 1.7 0.7 0.3
Jim Paxson 3 14.7 5.3 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.7
Bob Gross 3 17.0 4.0 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 1.0
T.R. Dunn 3 8.0 2.0 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.3
Dave Twardzik 2 10.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.5

1979-1980 Portland Trail Blazers Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Portland Leaders Seattle Leaders
Apr 2, 1980
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Seattle		 L, 120-110 Kingdome
Opening Round 		0-1 PTS: 29. B. Bates
 PTS: 35. Gus Williams
Apr 4, 1980
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Seattle		 W, 105-95 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Opening Round 		1-1 PTS: 27. Ron Brewer
 PTS: 24. D. Johnson
Apr 6, 1980
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Seattle		 L, 103-86 Kingdome
Opening Round 		1-2 PTS: 26. B. Bates
 PTS: 21. Gus Williams