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1982-83 Portland Trail Blazers Roster and Stats

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Record: 46-36, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jack Ramsay (46-36)

PTS/G: 107.4 (15th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 105.3 (9th of 23)
SRS: 1.88 (10th of 23) ▪ Pace: 101.0 (18th of 23)
Off Rtg: 106.0 (8th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 103.9 (10th of 23)
Expected W-L: 47-35 (10th of 23)

Arena: Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 519,306 (7th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-0) versus Seattle SuperSonics

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Don Buse PG 6-4 190 August 10, 1950 10 University of Evansville
34 Kenny Carr PF 6-7 220 August 15, 1955 5 North Carolina State University
42 Wayne Cooper C 6-10 220 November 16, 1956 4 University of New Orleans
22 Jeff Judkins SF 6-6 185 March 23, 1956 4 University of Utah
3 Jeff Lamp SF 6-6 195 March 9, 1959 1 University of Virginia
12 Fat Lever PG 6-3 170 August 18, 1960 R Arizona State University
7 Hank McDowell PF 6-9 215 November 13, 1959 1 University of Memphis
33 Calvin Natt SF 6-6 220 January 8, 1957 3 University of Louisiana at Monroe
24 Audie Norris C 6-9 230 December 18, 1960 R Jackson State University
4 Jim Paxson SG 6-6 200 July 9, 1957 3 University of Dayton
43 Mychal Thompson C 6-10 226 January 30, 1955 3 University of Minnesota
2 Linton Townes SF 6-7 190 November 30, 1959 R James Madison University
14 Darnell Valentine PG 6-1 183 February 3, 1959 1 University of Kansas
31 Pete Verhoeven PF 6-9 215 February 15, 1959 1 California State University, Fresno

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 19755 3459 7124 .486 35 150 .233 1855 2512 .738 1180 2380 3560 2030 749 384 1495 1960 8808 107.4
Lg Rank 15 18 20 12 15 15 12 6 6 11 15 18 19 18 11 19 4 21 15 15
Opponent 82 19755 3503 7211 .486 55 188 .293 1572 2046 .768 1126 2364 3490 2072 658 500 1546 2232 8633 105.3
Lg Rank 15 10 7 12 21 12 23 3 2 23 6 8 7 10 6 16 14 18 9 9

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 47 35 2.13 -0.25 1.88 106.0 103.9 101.0 .488 15.4 33.3 .260 .490 16.0 67.9 .218 Memorial Coliseum 519,306
Lg Rank 10 10 10 16 10 8 10 18 12 9 13 4 12 9 6 7 7

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 25 81 81 2740 682 1323 .515 4 25 .160 388 478 .812 68 106 174 231 140 17 156 160 1756
2 Calvin Natt 26 80 80 2879 644 1187 .543 3 20 .150 339 428 .792 214 385 599 171 63 29 203 184 1630
3 Mychal Thompson 28 80 80 3017 505 1033 .489 0 1 .000 249 401 .621 183 570 753 380 68 110 281 213 1259
4 Kenny Carr 27 82 26 2331 362 717 .505 2 6 .333 255 366 .697 182 407 589 116 62 42 185 306 981
5 Wayne Cooper 26 80 60 2099 320 723 .443 0 5 .000 135 197 .685 214 397 611 116 27 136 162 318 775
6 Fat Lever 22 81 45 2020 256 594 .431 5 15 .333 116 159 .730 85 140 225 426 153 15 137 179 633
7 Darnell Valentine 23 47 36 1298 209 460 .454 0 1 .000 169 213 .793 34 83 117 293 101 5 131 139 587
8 Jeff Lamp 23 59 1 690 107 252 .425 1 6 .167 42 52 .808 25 51 76 58 20 3 38 67 257
9 Linton Townes 23 55 0 516 105 234 .449 9 25 .360 28 38 .737 30 35 65 31 19 5 33 81 247
10 Pete Verhoeven 23 48 0 527 87 171 .509 0 1 .000 21 31 .677 44 52 96 32 18 9 40 95 195
11 Don Buse 32 41 1 643 72 182 .396 9 35 .257 41 46 .891 19 35 54 115 44 2 25 60 194
12 Hank McDowell 23 42 0 375 45 97 .464 0 2 .000 33 43 .767 39 50 89 20 6 7 32 58 123
13 Jeff Judkins 26 34 0 309 39 88 .443 2 8 .250 25 30 .833 18 25 43 17 15 2 17 39 105
14 Audie Norris 22 30 0 311 26 63 .413 0 0 14 30 .467 25 44 69 24 13 2 33 61 66

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 25 81 81 33.8 8.4 16.3 .515 0.0 0.3 .160 4.8 5.9 .812 0.8 1.3 2.1 2.9 1.7 0.2 1.9 2.0 21.7
2 Calvin Natt 26 80 80 36.0 8.1 14.8 .543 0.0 0.3 .150 4.2 5.4 .792 2.7 4.8 7.5 2.1 0.8 0.4 2.5 2.3 20.4
3 Mychal Thompson 28 80 80 37.7 6.3 12.9 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 5.0 .621 2.3 7.1 9.4 4.8 0.9 1.4 3.5 2.7 15.7
4 Darnell Valentine 23 47 36 27.6 4.4 9.8 .454 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 4.5 .793 0.7 1.8 2.5 6.2 2.1 0.1 2.8 3.0 12.5
5 Kenny Carr 27 82 26 28.4 4.4 8.7 .505 0.0 0.1 .333 3.1 4.5 .697 2.2 5.0 7.2 1.4 0.8 0.5 2.3 3.7 12.0
6 Wayne Cooper 26 80 60 26.2 4.0 9.0 .443 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.5 .685 2.7 5.0 7.6 1.5 0.3 1.7 2.0 4.0 9.7
7 Fat Lever 22 81 45 24.9 3.2 7.3 .431 0.1 0.2 .333 1.4 2.0 .730 1.0 1.7 2.8 5.3 1.9 0.2 1.7 2.2 7.8
8 Don Buse 32 41 1 15.7 1.8 4.4 .396 0.2 0.9 .257 1.0 1.1 .891 0.5 0.9 1.3 2.8 1.1 0.0 0.6 1.5 4.7
9 Linton Townes 23 55 0 9.4 1.9 4.3 .449 0.2 0.5 .360 0.5 0.7 .737 0.5 0.6 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.5 4.5
10 Jeff Lamp 23 59 1 11.7 1.8 4.3 .425 0.0 0.1 .167 0.7 0.9 .808 0.4 0.9 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.1 4.4
11 Pete Verhoeven 23 48 0 11.0 1.8 3.6 .509 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.6 .677 0.9 1.1 2.0 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.8 2.0 4.1
12 Jeff Judkins 26 34 0 9.1 1.1 2.6 .443 0.1 0.2 .250 0.7 0.9 .833 0.5 0.7 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.5 1.1 3.1
13 Hank McDowell 23 42 0 8.9 1.1 2.3 .464 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.0 .767 0.9 1.2 2.1 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.8 1.4 2.9
14 Audie Norris 22 30 0 10.4 0.9 2.1 .413 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .467 0.8 1.5 2.3 0.8 0.4 0.1 1.1 2.0 2.2

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 Jim Paxson 25 81 81 2740 9.0 17.4 .515 0.1 0.3 .160 5.1 6.3 .812 0.9 1.4 2.3 3.0 1.8 0.2 2.0 2.1 23.1
2 Calvin Natt 26 80 80 2879 8.1 14.8 .543 0.0 0.3 .150 4.2 5.4 .792 2.7 4.8 7.5 2.1 0.8 0.4 2.5 2.3 20.4
3 Linton Townes 23 55 0 516 7.3 16.3 .449 0.6 1.7 .360 2.0 2.7 .737 2.1 2.4 4.5 2.2 1.3 0.3 2.3 5.7 17.2
4 Darnell Valentine 23 47 36 1298 5.8 12.8 .454 0.0 0.0 .000 4.7 5.9 .793 0.9 2.3 3.2 8.1 2.8 0.1 3.6 3.9 16.3
5 Kenny Carr 27 82 26 2331 5.6 11.1 .505 0.0 0.1 .333 3.9 5.7 .697 2.8 6.3 9.1 1.8 1.0 0.6 2.9 4.7 15.2
6 Mychal Thompson 28 80 80 3017 6.0 12.3 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.8 .621 2.2 6.8 9.0 4.5 0.8 1.3 3.4 2.5 15.0
7 Jeff Lamp 23 59 1 690 5.6 13.1 .425 0.1 0.3 .167 2.2 2.7 .808 1.3 2.7 4.0 3.0 1.0 0.2 2.0 3.5 13.4
8 Wayne Cooper 26 80 60 2099 5.5 12.4 .443 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.4 .685 3.7 6.8 10.5 2.0 0.5 2.3 2.8 5.5 13.3
9 Pete Verhoeven 23 48 0 527 5.9 11.7 .509 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 2.1 .677 3.0 3.6 6.6 2.2 1.2 0.6 2.7 6.5 13.3
10 Jeff Judkins 26 34 0 309 4.5 10.3 .443 0.2 0.9 .250 2.9 3.5 .833 2.1 2.9 5.0 2.0 1.7 0.2 2.0 4.5 12.2
11 Hank McDowell 23 42 0 375 4.3 9.3 .464 0.0 0.2 .000 3.2 4.1 .767 3.7 4.8 8.5 1.9 0.6 0.7 3.1 5.6 11.8
12 Fat Lever 22 81 45 2020 4.6 10.6 .431 0.1 0.3 .333 2.1 2.8 .730 1.5 2.5 4.0 7.6 2.7 0.3 2.4 3.2 11.3
13 Don Buse 32 41 1 643 4.0 10.2 .396 0.5 2.0 .257 2.3 2.6 .891 1.1 2.0 3.0 6.4 2.5 0.1 1.4 3.4 10.9
14 Audie Norris 22 30 0 311 3.0 7.3 .413 0.0 0.0 1.6 3.5 .467 2.9 5.1 8.0 2.8 1.5 0.2 3.8 7.1 7.6

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 25 81 2740 20.1 .573 .517 2.8 4.4 3.6 13.5 2.4 0.3 9.2 25.1 116 106 7.8 2.4 10.2 .178
2 Calvin Natt 26 80 2879 19.0 .593 .544 8.3 15.1 11.7 9.1 1.0 0.6 12.9 22.3 115 106 7.1 2.7 9.8 .164
3 Mychal Thompson 28 80 3017 15.4 .520 .489 6.8 21.3 14.0 17.8 1.1 2.1 18.9 20.1 100 103 1.5 3.9 5.4 .086
4 Kenny Carr 27 82 2331 13.7 .559 .506 8.7 19.7 14.2 6.9 1.3 1.0 17.4 18.5 105 103 2.3 2.8 5.1 .106
5 Fat Lever 22 81 2020 14.8 .477 .435 4.7 7.8 6.2 28.2 3.6 0.4 17.1 16.1 104 103 1.7 2.6 4.4 .104
6 Darnell Valentine 23 47 1298 17.3 .530 .454 2.9 7.2 5.1 31.6 3.7 0.2 19.1 21.4 105 103 1.7 1.7 3.4 .124
7 Wayne Cooper 26 80 2099 12.4 .479 .443 11.4 21.3 16.3 7.6 0.6 3.6 16.7 18.8 97 102 0.1 2.8 2.9 .067
8 Don Buse 32 41 643 13.8 .480 .420 3.3 6.1 4.7 23.4 3.3 0.2 11.0 14.4 112 104 0.9 0.7 1.7 .124
9 Pete Verhoeven 23 48 527 10.9 .528 .509 9.3 11.1 10.2 8.5 1.6 1.0 17.8 17.3 100 105 0.2 0.5 0.8 .069
10 Jeff Lamp 23 59 690 10.0 .467 .427 4.0 8.3 6.2 11.7 1.4 0.2 12.1 18.4 98 107 0.1 0.5 0.7 .046
11 Linton Townes 23 55 516 11.9 .493 .468 6.5 7.6 7.1 8.9 1.8 0.5 11.6 22.3 100 106 0.2 0.4 0.7 .064
12 Jeff Judkins 26 34 309 10.9 .519 .455 6.5 9.1 7.8 7.3 2.3 0.4 14.4 15.5 105 105 0.3 0.3 0.6 .089
13 Hank McDowell 23 42 375 10.1 .531 .464 11.6 15.0 13.3 7.1 0.8 1.1 21.6 16.0 100 106 0.2 0.3 0.5 .064
14 Audie Norris 22 30 311 5.0 .433 .413 9.0 15.9 12.4 9.7 2.0 0.4 30.2 14.3 79 103 -0.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.022

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 Jim Paxson 25 7 260 68 116 .586 2 4 .500 25 33 .758 4 11 15 18 9 1 15 11 163
2 Calvin Natt 26 7 274 50 102 .490 1 2 .500 31 48 .646 22 42 64 11 8 1 9 14 132
3 Mychal Thompson 28 7 284 40 85 .471 0 0 25 38 .658 16 40 56 39 6 8 28 24 105
4 Wayne Cooper 26 7 228 36 74 .486 0 0 15 17 .882 24 32 56 9 2 8 17 33 87
5 Darnell Valentine 23 7 205 34 80 .425 1 2 .500 16 21 .762 5 10 15 61 10 3 19 21 85
6 Kenny Carr 27 7 171 26 60 .433 0 0 18 23 .783 15 36 51 10 3 5 10 26 70
7 Fat Lever 22 7 134 19 42 .452 0 0 4 5 .800 3 11 14 31 7 0 4 13 42
8 Linton Townes 23 6 60 13 27 .481 1 3 .333 6 7 .857 2 1 3 5 0 0 3 11 33
9 Audie Norris 22 7 53 7 13 .538 0 0 1 2 .500 3 9 12 5 2 2 2 5 15
10 Don Buse 32 5 31 2 8 .250 0 0 3 4 .750 0 2 2 7 0 0 2 2 7
11 Jeff Lamp 23 1 1 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
12 Hank McDowell 23 2 4 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 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 Jim Paxson 25 7 37.1 9.7 16.6 .586 0.3 0.6 .500 3.6 4.7 .758 0.6 1.6 2.1 2.6 1.3 0.1 2.1 1.6 23.3
2 Calvin Natt 26 7 39.1 7.1 14.6 .490 0.1 0.3 .500 4.4 6.9 .646 3.1 6.0 9.1 1.6 1.1 0.1 1.3 2.0 18.9
3 Mychal Thompson 28 7 40.6 5.7 12.1 .471 0.0 0.0 3.6 5.4 .658 2.3 5.7 8.0 5.6 0.9 1.1 4.0 3.4 15.0
4 Wayne Cooper 26 7 32.6 5.1 10.6 .486 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.4 .882 3.4 4.6 8.0 1.3 0.3 1.1 2.4 4.7 12.4
5 Darnell Valentine 23 7 29.3 4.9 11.4 .425 0.1 0.3 .500 2.3 3.0 .762 0.7 1.4 2.1 8.7 1.4 0.4 2.7 3.0 12.1
6 Kenny Carr 27 7 24.4 3.7 8.6 .433 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.3 .783 2.1 5.1 7.3 1.4 0.4 0.7 1.4 3.7 10.0
7 Fat Lever 22 7 19.1 2.7 6.0 .452 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.7 .800 0.4 1.6 2.0 4.4 1.0 0.0 0.6 1.9 6.0
8 Linton Townes 23 6 10.0 2.2 4.5 .481 0.2 0.5 .333 1.0 1.2 .857 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.8 5.5
9 Audie Norris 22 7 7.6 1.0 1.9 .538 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 .500 0.4 1.3 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 2.1
10 Jeff Lamp 23 1 1.0 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
11 Don Buse 32 5 6.2 0.4 1.6 .250 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .750 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.4
12 Hank McDowell 23 2 2.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 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 Jeff Lamp 23 1 1 36.0 72.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 72.0
2 Jim Paxson 25 7 260 9.4 16.1 .586 0.3 0.6 .500 3.5 4.6 .758 0.6 1.5 2.1 2.5 1.2 0.1 2.1 1.5 22.6
3 Linton Townes 23 6 60 7.8 16.2 .481 0.6 1.8 .333 3.6 4.2 .857 1.2 0.6 1.8 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 6.6 19.8
4 Calvin Natt 26 7 274 6.6 13.4 .490 0.1 0.3 .500 4.1 6.3 .646 2.9 5.5 8.4 1.4 1.1 0.1 1.2 1.8 17.3
5 Darnell Valentine 23 7 205 6.0 14.0 .425 0.2 0.4 .500 2.8 3.7 .762 0.9 1.8 2.6 10.7 1.8 0.5 3.3 3.7 14.9
6 Kenny Carr 27 7 171 5.5 12.6 .433 0.0 0.0 3.8 4.8 .783 3.2 7.6 10.7 2.1 0.6 1.1 2.1 5.5 14.7
7 Wayne Cooper 26 7 228 5.7 11.7 .486 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.7 .882 3.8 5.1 8.8 1.4 0.3 1.3 2.7 5.2 13.7
8 Mychal Thompson 28 7 284 5.1 10.8 .471 0.0 0.0 3.2 4.8 .658 2.0 5.1 7.1 4.9 0.8 1.0 3.5 3.0 13.3
9 Fat Lever 22 7 134 5.1 11.3 .452 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.3 .800 0.8 3.0 3.8 8.3 1.9 0.0 1.1 3.5 11.3
10 Audie Norris 22 7 53 4.8 8.8 .538 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.4 .500 2.0 6.1 8.2 3.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 3.4 10.2
11 Don Buse 32 5 31 2.3 9.3 .250 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.6 .750 0.0 2.3 2.3 8.1 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.3 8.1
12 Hank McDowell 23 2 4 0.0 9.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 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 Jim Paxson 25 7 260 19.0 .624 .595 1.7 4.8 3.2 11.4 1.7 0.2 10.3 23.6 117 111 0.6 0.1 0.8 .142
2 Calvin Natt 26 7 274 16.7 .536 .495 8.8 17.4 13.0 5.9 1.4 0.2 6.8 20.3 113 107 0.5 0.2 0.7 .129
3 Darnell Valentine 23 7 205 15.8 .476 .431 2.7 5.5 4.1 42.4 2.4 0.8 17.6 22.2 101 109 0.1 0.1 0.3 .062
4 Kenny Carr 27 7 171 13.4 .499 .433 9.6 23.9 16.6 8.2 0.9 1.6 12.5 19.7 103 105 0.1 0.2 0.3 .086
5 Fat Lever 22 7 134 15.0 .475 .452 2.4 9.3 5.8 31.9 2.6 0.0 8.3 15.1 113 108 0.2 0.1 0.3 .112
6 Wayne Cooper 26 7 228 11.6 .534 .486 11.5 16.0 13.7 5.6 0.4 2.0 17.3 18.2 102 108 0.1 0.2 0.3 .058
7 Mychal Thompson 28 7 284 12.5 .516 .471 6.2 16.0 11.0 18.9 1.0 1.6 21.6 19.2 97 108 0.0 0.2 0.2 .034
8 Audie Norris 22 7 53 13.9 .540 .538 6.2 19.3 12.6 12.8 1.9 2.1 12.6 12.6 110 104 0.1 0.1 0.1 .107
9 Linton Townes 23 6 60 12.0 .549 .500 3.6 1.9 2.8 12.8 0.0 0.0 9.1 23.2 110 115 0.1 0.0 0.1 .078
10 Jeff Lamp 23 1 1 42.3 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 84.2 115 116 0.0 0.0 0.0 .397
11 Don Buse 32 5 31 6.0 .359 .250 0.0 7.3 3.6 28.1 0.0 0.0 17.0 16.0 87 114 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.048
12 Hank McDowell 23 2 4 7.9 .000 .000 0.0 56.8 27.9 57.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.5 81 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 .034