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1980-81 Portland Trail Blazers Roster and Stats

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Record: 45-37, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jack Ramsay (45-37)

PTS/G: 110.7 (6th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 109.8 (18th of 23)
SRS: 0.52 (10th of 23) ▪ Pace: 103.0 (6th of 23)
Off Rtg: 106.5 (10th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 105.7 (13th of 23)
Expected W-L: 43-39 (10th of 23)

Arena: Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 519,306 (5th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Kansas City Kings

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Billy Ray Bates SG 6-4 210 May 31, 1956 1 Kentucky State University
10 Ron Brewer SG 6-4 180 September 16, 1955 2 University of Arkansas
45 Geoff Crompton C 6-11 280 July 4, 1955 1 University of North Carolina
11 Mike Gale PG 6-4 185 July 18, 1950 9 Elizabeth City State University
30 Bob Gross SF 6-6 200 August 3, 1953 5 California State University, Long Beach
23 Roy Hamilton PG 6-2 180 July 20, 1957 1 University of California, Los Angeles
32 Mike Harper PF 6-10 195 December 9, 1957 R North Park University
44 Kevin Kunnert C 7-0 230 November 11, 1951 7 University of Iowa
33 Calvin Natt SF 6-6 220 January 8, 1957 1 University of Louisiana at Monroe
25 Tom Owens PF 6-10 215 June 28, 1949 9 University of South Carolina
4 Jim Paxson SG 6-6 200 July 9, 1957 1 University of Dayton
14 Kelvin Ransey PG 6-1 170 May 3, 1958 R Ohio State University
43 Mychal Thompson C 6-10 226 January 30, 1955 1 University of Minnesota
42 Kermit Washington PF 6-8 230 September 17, 1951 7 American University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19855 3741 7535 .496 25 148 .169 1573 2191 .718 1243 2388 3631 2244 769 480 1518 2034 9080 110.7
Lg Rank 3 3 3 7 17 13 21 20 19 21 7 12 10 5 8 9 11 13 6 6
Opponent 82 19855 3584 7351 .488 34 149 .228 1805 2377 .759 1249 2419 3668 2109 802 422 1575 1932 9007 109.8
Lg Rank 3 17 18 10 7 6 8 15 11 19 19 15 20 15 20 12 9 4 18 18

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 43 39 0.89 -0.37 0.52 106.5 105.7 103.0 .498 15.2 33.9 .209 .490 15.8 65.7 .246 Memorial Coliseum 519,306
Lg Rank 10 10 10 17 10 10 13 6 7 9 9 20 10 10 17 13 5

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 Jim Paxson 23 79 2701 585 1092 .536 2 30 .067 182 248 .734 74 137 211 299 140 9 131 172 1354
2 Mychal Thompson 26 79 2790 569 1151 .494 0 1 .000 207 323 .641 223 463 686 284 62 170 241 260 1345
3 Kelvin Ransey 22 80 2431 525 1162 .452 3 31 .097 164 219 .749 42 153 195 555 88 9 232 201 1217
4 Billy Ray Bates 24 77 1560 439 902 .487 14 54 .259 170 199 .854 71 86 157 196 82 6 149 120 1062
5 Calvin Natt 24 74 2111 395 794 .497 4 8 .500 200 283 .707 149 282 431 159 73 18 163 188 994
6 Tom Owens 31 79 1843 322 630 .511 0 4 .000 191 250 .764 165 291 456 140 36 47 130 273 835
7 Kermit Washington 29 73 2120 325 571 .569 0 1 .000 181 288 .628 236 450 686 149 85 86 144 258 831
8 Bob Gross 27 82 1934 253 479 .528 0 9 .000 135 159 .849 126 202 328 251 90 67 151 238 641
9 Kevin Kunnert 29 55 842 101 216 .468 0 0 42 54 .778 98 189 287 67 17 32 50 143 244
10 Ron Brewer 25 29 548 95 246 .386 1 3 .333 26 34 .765 13 20 33 55 34 9 38 42 217
11 Mike Gale 30 42 476 71 145 .490 1 4 .250 36 42 .857 9 38 47 70 39 5 38 61 179
12 Mike Harper 23 55 461 56 136 .412 0 3 .000 37 85 .435 28 65 93 17 23 20 32 73 149
13 Geoff Crompton 25 6 33 4 8 .500 0 0 1 5 .200 7 11 18 2 0 2 5 4 9
14 Roy Hamilton 23 1 5 1 3 .333 0 0 1 2 .500 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 3

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 Jim Paxson 23 79 34.2 7.4 13.8 .536 0.0 0.4 .067 2.3 3.1 .734 0.9 1.7 2.7 3.8 1.8 0.1 1.7 2.2 17.1
2 Mychal Thompson 26 79 35.3 7.2 14.6 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 4.1 .641 2.8 5.9 8.7 3.6 0.8 2.2 3.1 3.3 17.0
3 Kelvin Ransey 22 80 30.4 6.6 14.5 .452 0.0 0.4 .097 2.1 2.7 .749 0.5 1.9 2.4 6.9 1.1 0.1 2.9 2.5 15.2
4 Billy Ray Bates 24 77 20.3 5.7 11.7 .487 0.2 0.7 .259 2.2 2.6 .854 0.9 1.1 2.0 2.5 1.1 0.1 1.9 1.6 13.8
5 Calvin Natt 24 74 28.5 5.3 10.7 .497 0.1 0.1 .500 2.7 3.8 .707 2.0 3.8 5.8 2.1 1.0 0.2 2.2 2.5 13.4
6 Kermit Washington 29 73 29.0 4.5 7.8 .569 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.9 .628 3.2 6.2 9.4 2.0 1.2 1.2 2.0 3.5 11.4
7 Tom Owens 31 79 23.3 4.1 8.0 .511 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.2 .764 2.1 3.7 5.8 1.8 0.5 0.6 1.6 3.5 10.6
8 Bob Gross 27 82 23.6 3.1 5.8 .528 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 1.9 .849 1.5 2.5 4.0 3.1 1.1 0.8 1.8 2.9 7.8
9 Ron Brewer 25 29 18.9 3.3 8.5 .386 0.0 0.1 .333 0.9 1.2 .765 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.9 1.2 0.3 1.3 1.4 7.5
10 Kevin Kunnert 29 55 15.3 1.8 3.9 .468 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.0 .778 1.8 3.4 5.2 1.2 0.3 0.6 0.9 2.6 4.4
11 Mike Gale 30 42 11.3 1.7 3.5 .490 0.0 0.1 .250 0.9 1.0 .857 0.2 0.9 1.1 1.7 0.9 0.1 0.9 1.5 4.3
12 Roy Hamilton 23 1 5.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 .500 2.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 3.0
13 Mike Harper 23 55 8.4 1.0 2.5 .412 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.5 .435 0.5 1.2 1.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.3 2.7
14 Geoff Crompton 25 6 5.5 0.7 1.3 .500 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 .200 1.2 1.8 3.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.7 1.5

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 Billy Ray Bates 24 77 1560 10.1 20.8 .487 0.3 1.2 .259 3.9 4.6 .854 1.6 2.0 3.6 4.5 1.9 0.1 3.4 2.8 24.5
2 Roy Hamilton 23 1 5 7.2 21.6 .333 0.0 0.0 7.2 14.4 .500 14.4 7.2 21.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 7.2 21.6
3 Jim Paxson 23 79 2701 7.8 14.6 .536 0.0 0.4 .067 2.4 3.3 .734 1.0 1.8 2.8 4.0 1.9 0.1 1.7 2.3 18.0
4 Kelvin Ransey 22 80 2431 7.8 17.2 .452 0.0 0.5 .097 2.4 3.2 .749 0.6 2.3 2.9 8.2 1.3 0.1 3.4 3.0 18.0
5 Mychal Thompson 26 79 2790 7.3 14.9 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 4.2 .641 2.9 6.0 8.9 3.7 0.8 2.2 3.1 3.4 17.4
6 Calvin Natt 24 74 2111 6.7 13.5 .497 0.1 0.1 .500 3.4 4.8 .707 2.5 4.8 7.4 2.7 1.2 0.3 2.8 3.2 17.0
7 Tom Owens 31 79 1843 6.3 12.3 .511 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 4.9 .764 3.2 5.7 8.9 2.7 0.7 0.9 2.5 5.3 16.3
8 Ron Brewer 25 29 548 6.2 16.2 .386 0.1 0.2 .333 1.7 2.2 .765 0.9 1.3 2.2 3.6 2.2 0.6 2.5 2.8 14.3
9 Kermit Washington 29 73 2120 5.5 9.7 .569 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.9 .628 4.0 7.6 11.6 2.5 1.4 1.5 2.4 4.4 14.1
10 Mike Gale 30 42 476 5.4 11.0 .490 0.1 0.3 .250 2.7 3.2 .857 0.7 2.9 3.6 5.3 2.9 0.4 2.9 4.6 13.5
11 Bob Gross 27 82 1934 4.7 8.9 .528 0.0 0.2 .000 2.5 3.0 .849 2.3 3.8 6.1 4.7 1.7 1.2 2.8 4.4 11.9
12 Mike Harper 23 55 461 4.4 10.6 .412 0.0 0.2 .000 2.9 6.6 .435 2.2 5.1 7.3 1.3 1.8 1.6 2.5 5.7 11.6
13 Kevin Kunnert 29 55 842 4.3 9.2 .468 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.3 .778 4.2 8.1 12.3 2.9 0.7 1.4 2.1 6.1 10.4
14 Geoff Crompton 25 6 33 4.4 8.7 .500 0.0 0.0 1.1 5.5 .200 7.6 12.0 19.6 2.2 0.0 2.2 5.5 4.4 9.8

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 Jim Paxson 23 79 2701 16.9 .564 .537 3.0 5.5 4.3 15.3 2.4 0.2 9.8 19.6 115 108 5.6 2.1 7.7 .136
2 Kermit Washington 29 73 2120 17.4 .596 .569 12.1 23.2 17.6 8.9 1.9 2.2 17.1 15.7 114 102 3.6 3.1 6.8 .153
3 Mychal Thompson 26 79 2790 16.6 .520 .494 8.7 18.1 13.4 13.8 1.0 3.4 15.7 21.8 103 104 2.1 3.3 5.3 .092
4 Tom Owens 31 79 1843 15.1 .564 .511 9.7 17.2 13.5 9.9 0.9 1.4 14.9 18.7 111 106 3.1 1.8 4.8 .125
5 Bob Gross 27 82 1934 14.0 .584 .528 7.1 11.4 9.2 16.0 2.2 1.9 21.6 14.3 110 105 2.3 2.1 4.4 .110
6 Calvin Natt 24 74 2111 14.8 .541 .500 7.7 14.6 11.1 10.0 1.6 0.5 15.1 20.3 106 106 2.2 2.0 4.2 .095
7 Billy Ray Bates 24 77 1560 19.3 .537 .494 4.9 6.0 5.5 19.0 2.4 0.2 13.1 28.9 106 107 2.4 1.2 3.6 .111
8 Kelvin Ransey 22 80 2431 14.9 .484 .453 1.9 6.9 4.4 31.4 1.7 0.2 15.6 24.3 101 109 1.3 1.6 2.8 .056
9 Kevin Kunnert 29 55 842 12.7 .509 .468 12.6 24.5 18.5 9.7 0.9 2.1 17.3 13.6 107 103 0.8 1.1 1.9 .106
10 Mike Gale 30 42 476 13.9 .547 .493 2.1 8.7 5.4 18.5 3.8 0.6 18.9 16.8 105 104 0.4 0.6 1.0 .102
11 Mike Harper 23 55 461 8.4 .430 .412 6.6 15.4 11.0 4.5 2.3 2.4 15.6 17.7 86 103 -0.6 0.6 0.1 .006
12 Roy Hamilton 23 1 5 10.4 .387 .333 43.4 21.8 32.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.5 38.7 83 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.127
13 Geoff Crompton 25 6 33 11.0 .441 .500 23.0 36.4 29.7 7.4 0.0 3.3 32.9 18.3 80 101 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.029
14 Ron Brewer 25 29 548 9.5 .416 .388 2.6 4.0 3.3 13.1 2.9 0.9 12.7 21.6 88 107 -0.6 0.5 -0.1 -0.011

Playoffs 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 Billy Ray Bates 24 3 115 35 62 .565 1 1 1.000 14 17 .824 3 4 7 13 5 1 11 11 85
2 Mychal Thompson 26 3 132 31 51 .608 0 0 13 18 .722 5 18 23 4 3 9 7 10 75
3 Kelvin Ransey 22 3 131 23 65 .354 0 1 .000 3 6 .500 5 7 12 25 6 1 11 8 49
4 Calvin Natt 24 3 95 14 31 .452 0 0 4 8 .500 6 14 20 1 1 1 7 4 32
5 Bob Gross 27 3 60 9 14 .643 0 0 9 14 .643 5 3 8 5 2 2 5 9 27
6 Kermit Washington 29 3 128 12 23 .522 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 14 38 52 7 8 2 7 9 26
7 Kevin Kunnert 29 3 43 5 10 .500 0 1 .000 1 4 .250 2 7 9 1 1 0 3 7 11
8 Mike Gale 30 3 51 4 16 .250 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 9 5 0 2 2 8
9 Mike Harper 23 1 6 1 1 1.000 0 0 1 1 1.000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
10 Tom Owens 31 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Jim Paxson 23 1 4 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs 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 Billy Ray Bates 24 3 38.3 11.7 20.7 .565 0.3 0.3 1.000 4.7 5.7 .824 1.0 1.3 2.3 4.3 1.7 0.3 3.7 3.7 28.3
2 Mychal Thompson 26 3 44.0 10.3 17.0 .608 0.0 0.0 4.3 6.0 .722 1.7 6.0 7.7 1.3 1.0 3.0 2.3 3.3 25.0
3 Kelvin Ransey 22 3 43.7 7.7 21.7 .354 0.0 0.3 .000 1.0 2.0 .500 1.7 2.3 4.0 8.3 2.0 0.3 3.7 2.7 16.3
4 Calvin Natt 24 3 31.7 4.7 10.3 .452 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.7 .500 2.0 4.7 6.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.3 1.3 10.7
5 Bob Gross 27 3 20.0 3.0 4.7 .643 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.7 .643 1.7 1.0 2.7 1.7 0.7 0.7 1.7 3.0 9.0
6 Kermit Washington 29 3 42.7 4.0 7.7 .522 0.0 0.3 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000 4.7 12.7 17.3 2.3 2.7 0.7 2.3 3.0 8.7
7 Kevin Kunnert 29 3 14.3 1.7 3.3 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 0.3 1.3 .250 0.7 2.3 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.0 2.3 3.7
8 Mike Harper 23 1 6.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
9 Mike Gale 30 3 17.0 1.3 5.3 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 1.7 3.0 1.7 0.0 0.7 0.7 2.7
10 Tom Owens 31 1 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
11 Jim Paxson 23 1 4.0 0.0 3.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 Billy Ray Bates 24 3 115 11.0 19.4 .565 0.3 0.3 1.000 4.4 5.3 .824 0.9 1.3 2.2 4.1 1.6 0.3 3.4 3.4 26.6
2 Mychal Thompson 26 3 132 8.5 13.9 .608 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.9 .722 1.4 4.9 6.3 1.1 0.8 2.5 1.9 2.7 20.5
3 Mike Harper 23 1 6 6.0 6.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.000 0.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
4 Bob Gross 27 3 60 5.4 8.4 .643 0.0 0.0 5.4 8.4 .643 3.0 1.8 4.8 3.0 1.2 1.2 3.0 5.4 16.2
5 Kelvin Ransey 22 3 131 6.3 17.9 .354 0.0 0.3 .000 0.8 1.6 .500 1.4 1.9 3.3 6.9 1.6 0.3 3.0 2.2 13.5
6 Calvin Natt 24 3 95 5.3 11.7 .452 0.0 0.0 1.5 3.0 .500 2.3 5.3 7.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.7 1.5 12.1
7 Kevin Kunnert 29 3 43 4.2 8.4 .500 0.0 0.8 .000 0.8 3.3 .250 1.7 5.9 7.5 0.8 0.8 0.0 2.5 5.9 9.2
8 Kermit Washington 29 3 128 3.4 6.5 .522 0.0 0.3 .000 0.6 0.6 1.000 3.9 10.7 14.6 2.0 2.3 0.6 2.0 2.5 7.3
9 Mike Gale 30 3 51 2.8 11.3 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.1 3.5 6.4 3.5 0.0 1.4 1.4 5.6
10 Tom Owens 31 1 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0
11 Jim Paxson 23 1 4 0.0 27.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 Mychal Thompson 26 3 132 22.5 .636 .608 4.2 16.3 10.0 4.8 1.1 4.0 10.6 21.4 121 103 0.4 0.2 0.6 .204
2 Billy Ray Bates 24 3 115 24.5 .612 .573 2.9 4.2 3.5 20.0 2.2 0.5 13.7 30.0 115 107 0.4 0.1 0.5 .194
3 Kermit Washington 29 3 128 15.9 .544 .522 12.1 35.4 23.3 7.0 3.1 0.9 22.7 10.3 106 98 0.1 0.2 0.3 .122
4 Bob Gross 27 3 60 17.6 .670 .643 9.2 6.0 7.7 11.6 1.7 2.0 19.9 17.9 118 106 0.2 0.1 0.2 .167
5 Tom Owens 31 1 5 0.1 0.0 23.9 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 108 0.0 0.0 0.0 .033
6 Kevin Kunnert 29 3 43 5.8 .468 .500 5.2 19.4 12.0 3.1 1.2 0.0 20.3 14.7 83 106 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.020
7 Mike Harper 23 1 6 24.3 1.042 1.000 0.0 19.9 9.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 218 109 0.0 0.0 0.0 .331
8 Mike Gale 30 3 51 9.1 .250 .250 4.3 7.0 5.6 22.3 4.9 0.0 11.1 15.1 76 101 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.028
9 Calvin Natt 24 3 95 9.0 .463 .452 7.0 17.6 12.1 1.5 0.5 0.6 16.9 18.7 87 108 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.019
10 Jim Paxson 23 1 4 -24.9 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.1 0 113 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.725
11 Kelvin Ransey 22 3 131 10.5 .362 .354 4.2 6.4 5.3 27.5 2.3 0.5 14.0 25.7 84 106 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.061