Portland Trail Blazers Playoff Rosters

1988-1989 Portland Trail Blazers Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Richard Anderson FC 6-10 240 Nov 19, 1960 28 UC Santa Barbara 4 1982 2nd Rnd, #32, San Diego Clippers
Sam Bowie C 7-1 235 Mar 17, 1961 28 Kentucky 4 1984 1st Rnd, #2, Portland Trail Blazers
Adrian Branch GF 6-7 185 Nov 17, 1963 25 Maryland 3 1985 2nd Rnd, #46, Chicago Bulls
Mark Bryant PF 6-9 245 Apr 25, 1965 24 Seton Hall 0 1988 1st Rnd, #21, Portland Trail Blazers
Clyde Drexler G-F 6-7 210 Jun 22, 1962 26 Houston 5 1983 1st Rnd, #14, Portland Trail Blazers
Kevin Duckworth C 7-0 275 Apr 1, 1964 25 Eastern Illinois 2 1986 2nd Rnd, #33, San Antonio Spurs
Rolando Ferreira C 7-0 231 May 24, 1964 24 Circulo Militar do Parana (Brazil) 0 1988 2nd Rnd, #26, Portland Trail Blazers
Steve Johnson FC 6-10 235 Nov 3, 1957 31 Oregon State 7 1981 1st Rnd, #7, Kansas City Kings
Caldwell Jones FC 6-11 216 Aug 4, 1950 38 Albany State (GA) 14 1973 2nd Rnd, #32, Philadelphia Sixers
Jerome Kersey SF 6-7 215 Jun 26, 1962 26 Longwood 4 1984 2nd Rnd, #46, Portland Trail Blazers
Terry Porter PG 6-3 195 Apr 8, 1963 26 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 3 1985 1st Rnd, #24, Portland Trail Blazers
Jerry Sichting PG 6-1 168 Nov 29, 1956 32 Purdue 9 1979 4th Rnd, #82, Golden State Warriors
Brook Steppe GF 6-5 195 Sep 7, 1959 29 Georgia Tech 4 1982 1st Rnd, #17, Kansas City Kings
Danny Young PG 6-3 175 Jul 26, 1962 26 Wake Forest 4 1984 2nd Rnd, #39, Seattle SuperSonics

1988-1989 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Detroit Pistons #8 Boston Celtics DET in 3
First Round #2 New York Knicks #7 Philadelphia Sixers NYK in 3
First Round #3 Cleveland Cavaliers #6 Chicago Bulls CHI in 5
First Round #4 Atlanta Hawks #5 Milwaukee Bucks MIL in 5
Second Round #1 Detroit Pistons #5 Milwaukee Bucks DET in 4
Second Round #2 New York Knicks #6 Chicago Bulls CHI in 6
Conference Finals #1 Detroit Pistons #6 Chicago Bulls DET in 6

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #8 Portland Trail Blazers LAL in 3
First Round #2 Utah Jazz #7 Golden State Warriors GSW in 3
First Round #3 Phoenix Suns #6 Denver Nuggets PHX in 3
First Round #4 Seattle SuperSonics #5 Houston Rockets SEA in 4
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #4 Seattle SuperSonics LAL in 4
Second Round #3 Phoenix Suns #7 Golden State Warriors PHX in 5
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #3 Phoenix Suns LAL in 4

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Detroit Pistons #1 Los Angeles Lakers DET in 4

1988-1989 Portland Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Clyde Drexler 3 42.7 27.7 6.7 8.3 2.0 0.7 4.0
Terry Porter 3 41.3 22.0 5.3 8.3 0.3 0.3 2.3
Jerome Kersey 3 39.0 20.3 8.0 2.3 3.3 0.3 1.3
Kevin Duckworth 3 27.7 11.3 5.7 0.7 0.3 0.3 1.7
Sam Bowie 3 22.3 10.3 6.7 1.0 0.0 2.3 1.0
Danny Young 3 22.0 9.3 2.7 4.0 0.3 0.0 0.7
Steve Johnson 3 11.3 2.3 2.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 1.0
Richard Anderson 3 11.7 1.7 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
Caldwell Jones 3 16.7 1.3 2.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
Adrian Branch 1 5.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jerry Sichting 1 11.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1988-1989 Portland Trail Blazers Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Portland Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
Apr 27, 1989
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L.A. Lakers
L, 128-108 The Forum
Opening Round
0-1 PTS: 30. C. Drexler
REB: 8. J. Kersey
AST: 10. Terry Porter
PTS: 30. M. Johnson
REB: 8. Byron Scott
AST: 16. M. Johnson
Apr 30, 1989
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 113-105 The Forum
Opening Round
0-2 PTS: 28. C. Drexler
REB: 11. J. Kersey
AST: 10. C. Drexler
PTS: 35. M. Johnson
REB: 13. A.C. Green
AST: 12. M. Johnson
May 3, 1989
v.
L.A. Lakers
L, 108-116 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Opening Round
0-3 PTS: 29. Terry Porter
REB: 8. C. Drexler
AST: 9. Terry Porter
PTS: 25. Byron Scott
REB: 13. A.C. Green
AST: 7. M. Johnson