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1977-78 Portland Trail Blazers Roster and Statistics

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58-24, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jack Ramsay (58-24)

PTS/G: 107.7 (12th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 101.5 (1st of 22)
SRS: 5.92 (1st of 22) ▪ Pace: 104.2 (18th of 22)
Off Rtg: 103.1 (4th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 97.2 (2nd of 22)
Expected W-L: 57-25 (1st of 22)

Arena: Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 519,306 (7th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Seattle SuperSonics

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Corky Calhoun F 6-7 210 November 1, 1950 5 University of Pennsylvania
16 Johnny Davis G 6-2 170 October 21, 1955 1 University of Dayton
44 Jacky Dorsey F 6-7 230 December 18, 1954 R University of Georgia
23 T.R. Dunn G-F 6-4 192 February 1, 1955 R University of Alabama
30 Bob Gross F-G 6-6 200 August 3, 1953 2 California State University, Long Beach
14 Lionel Hollins G 6-3 185 October 19, 1953 2 Arizona State University
20 Maurice Lucas F-C 6-9 215 February 18, 1952 3 Marquette University
36 Lloyd Neal C-F 6-7 225 December 10, 1950 5 Tennessee State University
24 Willie Norwood F 6-7 220 August 8, 1947 6 Alcorn State University
25 Tom Owens C-F 6-10 215 June 28, 1949 6 University of South Carolina
54 Dale Schlueter C 6-10 225 November 12, 1945 9 Colorado State University
15 Larry Steele G-F 6-5 180 May 5, 1949 6 University of Kentucky
13 Dave Twardzik G 6-1 175 September 20, 1950 5 Old Dominion University
42 Wally Walker F 6-7 190 July 18, 1954 1 University of Virginia
32 Bill Walton C-F 6-11 210 November 5, 1952 3 University of California, Los Angeles

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19730 3556 7367 .483 1717 2259 .760 1187 2686 3873 2067 798 390 1625 2068 8829 107.7
Lg Rank 21 11 19 5 12 14 8 13 7 9 11 12 14 8 9 12 12
Opponent 82 19730 3289 7318 .449 1747 2282 .766 1187 2523 3710 1818 748 390 1624 2093 8325 101.5
Lg Rank 21 2 3 1 12 12 21 8 4 2 2 7 9 13 15 1 1

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Lionel Hollins 24 81 2741 531 1202 .442 223 300 .743 81 196 277 380 157 29 241 268 1285
2 Maurice Lucas 25 68 2119 453 989 .458 207 270 .767 186 435 621 173 61 56 192 221 1113
3 Bill Walton 25 58 1929 460 882 .522 177 246 .720 118 648 766 291 60 146 206 145 1097
4 Bob Gross 24 72 2163 381 720 .529 152 190 .800 180 220 400 254 100 52 179 234 914
5 Johnny Davis 22 82 2188 343 756 .454 188 227 .828 65 108 173 217 81 14 151 173 874
6 Tom Owens 28 82 1714 313 639 .490 206 278 .741 195 346 541 160 33 37 152 263 832
7 Lloyd Neal 27 61 1174 272 540 .504 127 177 .718 116 257 373 81 29 21 96 128 671
8 Dave Twardzik 27 75 1820 242 409 .592 183 234 .782 36 98 134 244 107 4 158 186 667
9 Larry Steele 28 65 1132 210 447 .470 100 122 .820 34 79 113 87 59 5 66 138 520
10 Corky Calhoun 27 79 1370 175 365 .479 66 76 .868 73 142 215 87 42 15 64 141 416
11 T.R. Dunn 22 63 768 100 240 .417 37 56 .661 63 84 147 45 46 8 35 74 237
12 Willie Norwood 30 19 351 40 99 .404 30 46 .652 22 43 65 19 18 0 39 56 110
13 Wally Walker 23 9 101 19 41 .463 5 8 .625 7 10 17 8 2 0 11 13 43
14 Jacky Dorsey 23 4 51 9 19 .474 7 11 .636 6 4 10 3 0 1 3 8 25
15 Dale Schlueter 32 10 109 8 19 .421 9 18 .500 5 16 21 18 3 2 15 20 25

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bill Walton 25 58 33.3 7.9 15.2 .522 3.1 4.2 .720 2.0 11.2 13.2 5.0 1.0 2.5 3.6 2.5 18.9
2 Maurice Lucas 25 68 31.2 6.7 14.5 .458 3.0 4.0 .767 2.7 6.4 9.1 2.5 0.9 0.8 2.8 3.3 16.4
3 Lionel Hollins 24 81 33.8 6.6 14.8 .442 2.8 3.7 .743 1.0 2.4 3.4 4.7 1.9 0.4 3.0 3.3 15.9
4 Bob Gross 24 72 30.0 5.3 10.0 .529 2.1 2.6 .800 2.5 3.1 5.6 3.5 1.4 0.7 2.5 3.3 12.7
5 Lloyd Neal 27 61 19.2 4.5 8.9 .504 2.1 2.9 .718 1.9 4.2 6.1 1.3 0.5 0.3 1.6 2.1 11.0
6 Johnny Davis 22 82 26.7 4.2 9.2 .454 2.3 2.8 .828 0.8 1.3 2.1 2.6 1.0 0.2 1.8 2.1 10.7
7 Tom Owens 28 82 20.9 3.8 7.8 .490 2.5 3.4 .741 2.4 4.2 6.6 2.0 0.4 0.5 1.9 3.2 10.1
8 Dave Twardzik 27 75 24.3 3.2 5.5 .592 2.4 3.1 .782 0.5 1.3 1.8 3.3 1.4 0.1 2.1 2.5 8.9
9 Larry Steele 28 65 17.4 3.2 6.9 .470 1.5 1.9 .820 0.5 1.2 1.7 1.3 0.9 0.1 1.0 2.1 8.0
10 Jacky Dorsey 23 4 12.8 2.3 4.8 .474 1.8 2.8 .636 1.5 1.0 2.5 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.8 2.0 6.3
11 Willie Norwood 30 19 18.5 2.1 5.2 .404 1.6 2.4 .652 1.2 2.3 3.4 1.0 0.9 0.0 2.1 2.9 5.8
12 Corky Calhoun 27 79 17.3 2.2 4.6 .479 0.8 1.0 .868 0.9 1.8 2.7 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.8 1.8 5.3
13 Wally Walker 23 9 11.2 2.1 4.6 .463 0.6 0.9 .625 0.8 1.1 1.9 0.9 0.2 0.0 1.2 1.4 4.8
14 T.R. Dunn 22 63 12.2 1.6 3.8 .417 0.6 0.9 .661 1.0 1.3 2.3 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.6 1.2 3.8
15 Dale Schlueter 32 10 10.9 0.8 1.9 .421 0.9 1.8 .500 0.5 1.6 2.1 1.8 0.3 0.2 1.5 2.0 2.5

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Lloyd Neal 27 61 1174 8.3 16.6 .504 3.9 5.4 .718 3.6 7.9 11.4 2.5 0.9 0.6 2.9 3.9 20.6
2 Bill Walton 25 58 1929 8.6 16.5 .522 3.3 4.6 .720 2.2 12.1 14.3 5.4 1.1 2.7 3.8 2.7 20.5
3 Maurice Lucas 25 68 2119 7.7 16.8 .458 3.5 4.6 .767 3.2 7.4 10.6 2.9 1.0 1.0 3.3 3.8 18.9
4 Jacky Dorsey 23 4 51 6.4 13.4 .474 4.9 7.8 .636 4.2 2.8 7.1 2.1 0.0 0.7 2.1 5.6 17.6
5 Tom Owens 28 82 1714 6.6 13.4 .490 4.3 5.8 .741 4.1 7.3 11.4 3.4 0.7 0.8 3.2 5.5 17.5
6 Lionel Hollins 24 81 2741 7.0 15.8 .442 2.9 3.9 .743 1.1 2.6 3.6 5.0 2.1 0.4 3.2 3.5 16.9
7 Larry Steele 28 65 1132 6.7 14.2 .470 3.2 3.9 .820 1.1 2.5 3.6 2.8 1.9 0.2 2.1 4.4 16.5
8 Wally Walker 23 9 101 6.8 14.6 .463 1.8 2.9 .625 2.5 3.6 6.1 2.9 0.7 0.0 3.9 4.6 15.3
9 Bob Gross 24 72 2163 6.3 12.0 .529 2.5 3.2 .800 3.0 3.7 6.7 4.2 1.7 0.9 3.0 3.9 15.2
10 Johnny Davis 22 82 2188 5.6 12.4 .454 3.1 3.7 .828 1.1 1.8 2.8 3.6 1.3 0.2 2.5 2.8 14.4
11 Dave Twardzik 27 75 1820 4.8 8.1 .592 3.6 4.6 .782 0.7 1.9 2.7 4.8 2.1 0.1 3.1 3.7 13.2
12 Willie Norwood 30 19 351 4.1 10.2 .404 3.1 4.7 .652 2.3 4.4 6.7 1.9 1.8 0.0 4.0 5.7 11.3
13 T.R. Dunn 22 63 768 4.7 11.3 .417 1.7 2.6 .661 3.0 3.9 6.9 2.1 2.2 0.4 1.6 3.5 11.1
14 Corky Calhoun 27 79 1370 4.6 9.6 .479 1.7 2.0 .868 1.9 3.7 5.6 2.3 1.1 0.4 1.7 3.7 10.9
15 Dale Schlueter 32 10 109 2.6 6.3 .421 3.0 5.9 .500 1.7 5.3 6.9 5.9 1.0 0.7 5.0 6.6 8.3

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Bill Walton 25 58 1929 24.8 .554 .522 6.5 34.2 20.7 22.8 1.4 4.1 17.2 24.5 105 89 3.6 4.8 8.4 .209
2 Bob Gross 24 72 2163 16.9 .569 .529 8.9 10.4 9.6 16.2 2.1 1.3 18.2 18.0 108 98 4.0 3.1 7.1 .158
3 Tom Owens 28 82 1714 17.4 .546 .490 12.1 20.6 16.4 13.0 0.9 1.2 16.6 21.1 107 97 3.4 2.6 6.0 .169
4 Maurice Lucas 25 68 2119 17.3 .502 .458 9.3 20.9 15.3 11.9 1.3 1.4 14.8 24.2 100 96 2.2 3.5 5.8 .131
5 Dave Twardzik 27 75 1820 14.3 .651 .592 2.1 5.5 3.8 17.5 2.7 0.1 23.6 14.5 111 99 3.2 2.3 5.5 .146
6 Lionel Hollins 24 81 2741 14.3 .482 .442 3.1 7.3 5.3 19.6 2.6 0.6 15.3 22.7 97 98 1.5 3.7 5.2 .091
7 Lloyd Neal 27 61 1174 19.8 .543 .504 10.5 22.3 16.5 10.3 1.1 1.0 13.4 24.0 107 96 2.4 1.9 4.3 .178
8 Johnny Davis 22 82 2188 12.1 .511 .454 3.2 5.0 4.1 13.3 1.7 0.3 15.0 18.2 101 101 2.1 2.2 4.3 .094
9 Corky Calhoun 27 79 1370 10.8 .522 .479 5.7 10.6 8.2 8.2 1.4 0.6 13.8 13.3 106 100 1.5 1.6 3.1 .109
10 Larry Steele 28 65 1132 13.8 .519 .470 3.2 7.1 5.2 10.7 2.4 0.2 11.6 19.8 104 99 1.6 1.4 3.0 .127
11 T.R. Dunn 22 63 768 11.7 .448 .417 8.7 11.1 10.0 7.6 2.8 0.6 11.7 15.4 98 97 0.4 1.2 1.6 .099
12 Jacky Dorsey 23 4 51 14.4 .524 .474 12.5 8.0 10.2 8.1 0.0 1.1 11.2 20.8 110 103 0.1 0.0 0.2 .145
13 Willie Norwood 30 19 351 6.6 .461 .404 6.7 12.5 9.6 6.9 2.4 0.0 24.6 17.8 82 97 -0.4 0.5 0.1 .012
14 Wally Walker 23 9 101 9.5 .483 .463 7.4 10.1 8.8 11.1 0.9 0.0 19.8 21.7 89 101 0.0 0.1 0.1 .024
15 Dale Schlueter 32 10 109 6.0 .464 .421 4.9 15.0 10.0 19.9 1.3 1.0 35.8 15.2 79 98 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.006

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Maurice Lucas 25 6 233 46 108 11 19 19 75 15 4 2 19 28 103 .426 .579 38.8 17.2 12.5 2.5
2 Lionel Hollins 24 6 223 40 89 20 29 5 29 33 7 0 19 21 100 .449 .690 37.2 16.7 4.8 5.5
3 Tom Owens 28 6 200 38 69 15 21 13 39 26 5 7 7 30 91 .551 .714 33.3 15.2 6.5 4.3
4 Johnny Davis 22 6 201 35 76 16 23 3 10 13 1 2 11 15 86 .461 .696 33.5 14.3 1.7 2.2
5 Larry Steele 28 6 191 25 60 19 21 8 26 14 7 2 12 22 69 .417 .905 31.8 11.5 4.3 2.3
6 Dave Twardzik 27 6 108 11 23 14 14 1 4 11 7 0 10 16 36 .478 1.000 18.0 6.0 0.7 1.8
7 Corky Calhoun 27 6 109 15 29 4 7 6 14 3 2 1 3 6 34 .517 .571 18.2 5.7 2.3 0.5
8 Bill Walton 25 2 49 11 18 5 7 5 22 4 3 3 6 1 27 .611 .714 24.5 13.5 11.0 2.0
9 Lloyd Neal 27 3 47 7 21 1 1 2 11 2 0 4 6 5 15 .333 1.000 15.7 5.0 3.7 0.7
10 Willie Norwood 30 3 44 7 12 1 1 1 4 4 0 1 2 11 15 .583 1.000 14.7 5.0 1.3 1.3
11 T.R. Dunn 22 4 35 2 4 0 0 1 5 3 1 0 1 3 4 .500 8.8 1.0 1.3 0.8

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Tom Owens 28 6 200 20.6 .582 .551 7.5 13.8 10.8 20.5 1.2 2.0 8.2 18.3 122 100 0.6 0.3 0.9 .219
2 Larry Steele 28 6 191 11.8 .498 .417 4.8 10.0 7.5 10.6 1.8 0.6 14.8 18.3 98 102 0.1 0.2 0.3 .075
3 Lionel Hollins 24 6 223 14.4 .491 .449 2.6 11.4 7.2 23.0 1.6 0.0 15.7 23.3 96 102 0.0 0.2 0.3 .061
4 Dave Twardzik 27 6 108 11.1 .617 .478 1.1 2.9 2.0 14.1 3.2 0.0 25.5 15.6 102 102 0.1 0.1 0.2 .093
5 Johnny Davis 22 6 201 10.7 .499 .461 1.7 3.7 2.7 10.0 0.2 0.6 11.3 20.8 97 107 0.1 0.1 0.2 .037
6 Corky Calhoun 27 6 109 11.4 .530 .517 6.3 7.8 7.1 4.0 0.9 0.5 8.6 13.9 107 105 0.1 0.1 0.2 .091
7 Bill Walton 25 2 49 28.6 .640 .611 11.8 36.7 24.8 13.6 3.0 3.5 22.2 23.8 107 88 0.1 0.1 0.2 .231
8 Maurice Lucas 25 6 233 13.3 .443 .426 9.4 25.4 17.8 10.3 0.9 0.5 14.0 25.0 88 98 -0.2 0.4 0.1 .029
9 Willie Norwood 30 3 44 10.0 .603 .583 2.6 7.2 5.0 13.7 0.0 1.3 13.9 14.1 113 106 0.1 0.0 0.1 .110
10 T.R. Dunn 22 4 35 7.2 .500 .500 3.3 12.1 7.9 11.2 1.4 0.0 20.0 6.2 103 102 0.0 0.0 0.1 .071
11 Lloyd Neal 27 3 47 4.3 .350 .333 4.9 20.3 12.9 6.3 0.0 4.9 21.9 25.1 63 99 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.163