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1987-88 Portland Trail Blazers Roster and Statistics

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53-29, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Mike Schuler (53-29)

Points Per Game: 116.1 (2nd of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 111.5 (18th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 52-30 (5th of 23)

Arena: Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 519,306 (10th of 23)

SRS: 3.59 (7th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.6 (3rd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 111.8 (4th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.4 (10th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Utah Jazz

1987-88 Portland Trail Blazers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
35 Richard Anderson F-C 6-10 240 November 19, 1960 3 University of California, Santa Barbara
22 Clyde Drexler G-F 6-7 210 June 22, 1962 4 University of Houston
00 Kevin Duckworth C 7-0 275 April 1, 1964 1 Eastern Illinois University
35 Kevin Gamble F-G 6-5 210 November 13, 1965 R University of Iowa
6 Mike Holton G 6-4 185 August 4, 1961 3 University of California, Los Angeles
33 Steve Johnson C-F 6-10 235 November 3, 1957 6 Oregon State University
27 Caldwell Jones C-F 6-11 217 August 4, 1950 14 Albany State University
8 Charles Jones F 6-8 215 January 12, 1962 2 University of Louisville
25 Jerome Kersey F 6-7 215 June 26, 1962 3 Longwood University
20 Maurice Lucas F-C 6-9 215 February 18, 1952 13 Marquette University
34 Ronnie Murphy F 6-5 225 July 29, 1964 R Jacksonville University
4 Jim Paxson G-F 6-6 200 July 9, 1957 8 University of Dayton
30 Terry Porter G 6-3 195 April 8, 1963 2 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
14 Jerry Sichting G 6-1 168 November 29, 1956 7 Purdue University
55 Kiki Vandeweghe F 6-8 220 August 1, 1958 7 University of California, Los Angeles
41 Nikita Wilson F 6-8 200 February 25, 1964 R Louisiana State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19730 3661 7460 .491 117 380 .308 2079 2701 .770 1251 2491 3742 2307 726 347 1351 2091 9518 116.1
Opponent 82 19730 3492 7341 .476 141 462 .305 2022 2632 .768 1153 2400 3553 2154 648 376 1443 2135 9147 111.5

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 Clyde Drexler 25 81 80 3060 849 1679 .506 11 52 .212 476 587 .811 261 272 533 467 203 52 236 250 2185
2 Jerome Kersey 25 79 75 2888 611 1225 .499 3 15 .200 291 396 .735 211 446 657 243 127 65 161 302 1516
3 Kevin Duckworth 23 78 50 2223 450 907 .496 0 0 331 430 .770 224 352 576 66 31 32 177 280 1231
4 Terry Porter 24 82 82 2991 462 890 .519 24 69 .348 274 324 .846 65 313 378 831 150 16 244 204 1222
5 Kiki Vandeweghe 29 37 7 1038 283 557 .508 22 58 .379 159 181 .878 36 73 109 71 21 7 48 68 747
6 Steve Johnson 30 43 33 1050 258 488 .529 0 1 .000 146 249 .586 84 158 242 57 17 32 122 151 662
7 Maurice Lucas 35 73 0 1191 168 373 .450 0 3 .000 109 148 .736 101 214 315 94 33 10 73 188 445
8 Mike Holton 26 82 2 1279 163 353 .462 3 15 .200 107 129 .829 50 99 149 211 41 10 86 154 436
9 Richard Anderson 27 62 3 1297 160 413 .387 42 135 .311 54 72 .750 82 204 286 108 50 16 60 133 416
10 Caldwell Jones 37 79 77 1778 128 263 .487 0 4 .000 78 106 .736 105 303 408 81 29 99 82 251 334
11 Jerry Sichting 31 28 0 324 49 90 .544 8 14 .571 9 11 .818 4 11 15 33 7 0 8 30 115
12 Jim Paxson 30 17 1 263 43 107 .402 3 8 .375 14 18 .778 8 10 18 27 7 1 11 29 103
13 Charles Jones 26 37 0 186 16 40 .400 0 1 .000 19 33 .576 11 20 31 8 3 6 12 28 51
14 Ronnie Murphy 23 18 0 89 14 49 .286 1 4 .250 7 11 .636 5 6 11 6 5 1 8 14 36
15 Nikita Wilson 23 15 0 54 7 23 .304 0 0 5 6 .833 2 9 11 3 0 0 5 7 19
16 Kevin Gamble 22 9 0 19 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 2 2 0

Per Game

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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 Clyde Drexler 25 81 80 37.8 10.5 20.7 .506 0.1 0.6 .212 5.9 7.2 .811 3.2 3.4 6.6 5.8 2.5 0.6 2.9 3.1 27.0
2 Kiki Vandeweghe 29 37 7 28.1 7.6 15.1 .508 0.6 1.6 .379 4.3 4.9 .878 1.0 2.0 2.9 1.9 0.6 0.2 1.3 1.8 20.2
3 Jerome Kersey 25 79 75 36.6 7.7 15.5 .499 0.0 0.2 .200 3.7 5.0 .735 2.7 5.6 8.3 3.1 1.6 0.8 2.0 3.8 19.2
4 Kevin Duckworth 23 78 50 28.5 5.8 11.6 .496 0.0 0.0 4.2 5.5 .770 2.9 4.5 7.4 0.8 0.4 0.4 2.3 3.6 15.8
5 Steve Johnson 30 43 33 24.4 6.0 11.3 .529 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 5.8 .586 2.0 3.7 5.6 1.3 0.4 0.7 2.8 3.5 15.4
6 Terry Porter 24 82 82 36.5 5.6 10.9 .519 0.3 0.8 .348 3.3 4.0 .846 0.8 3.8 4.6 10.1 1.8 0.2 3.0 2.5 14.9
7 Richard Anderson 27 62 3 20.9 2.6 6.7 .387 0.7 2.2 .311 0.9 1.2 .750 1.3 3.3 4.6 1.7 0.8 0.3 1.0 2.1 6.7
8 Jim Paxson 30 17 1 15.5 2.5 6.3 .402 0.2 0.5 .375 0.8 1.1 .778 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.6 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.7 6.1
9 Maurice Lucas 35 73 0 16.3 2.3 5.1 .450 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.0 .736 1.4 2.9 4.3 1.3 0.5 0.1 1.0 2.6 6.1
10 Mike Holton 26 82 2 15.6 2.0 4.3 .462 0.0 0.2 .200 1.3 1.6 .829 0.6 1.2 1.8 2.6 0.5 0.1 1.0 1.9 5.3
11 Caldwell Jones 37 79 77 22.5 1.6 3.3 .487 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.3 .736 1.3 3.8 5.2 1.0 0.4 1.3 1.0 3.2 4.2
12 Jerry Sichting 31 28 0 11.6 1.8 3.2 .544 0.3 0.5 .571 0.3 0.4 .818 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.1 4.1
13 Ronnie Murphy 23 18 0 4.9 0.8 2.7 .286 0.1 0.2 .250 0.4 0.6 .636 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.8 2.0
14 Charles Jones 26 37 0 5.0 0.4 1.1 .400 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.9 .576 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.8 1.4
15 Nikita Wilson 23 15 0 3.6 0.5 1.5 .304 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .833 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 1.3
16 Kevin Gamble 22 9 0 2.1 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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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 Kiki Vandeweghe 29 37 7 1038 9.8 19.3 .508 0.8 2.0 .379 5.5 6.3 .878 1.2 2.5 3.8 2.5 0.7 0.2 1.7 2.4 25.9
2 Clyde Drexler 25 81 80 3060 10.0 19.8 .506 0.1 0.6 .212 5.6 6.9 .811 3.1 3.2 6.3 5.5 2.4 0.6 2.8 2.9 25.7
3 Steve Johnson 30 43 33 1050 8.8 16.7 .529 0.0 0.0 .000 5.0 8.5 .586 2.9 5.4 8.3 2.0 0.6 1.1 4.2 5.2 22.7
4 Kevin Duckworth 23 78 50 2223 7.3 14.7 .496 0.0 0.0 5.4 7.0 .770 3.6 5.7 9.3 1.1 0.5 0.5 2.9 4.5 19.9
5 Jerome Kersey 25 79 75 2888 7.6 15.3 .499 0.0 0.2 .200 3.6 4.9 .735 2.6 5.6 8.2 3.0 1.6 0.8 2.0 3.8 18.9
6 Terry Porter 24 82 82 2991 5.6 10.7 .519 0.3 0.8 .348 3.3 3.9 .846 0.8 3.8 4.5 10.0 1.8 0.2 2.9 2.5 14.7
7 Ronnie Murphy 23 18 0 89 5.7 19.8 .286 0.4 1.6 .250 2.8 4.4 .636 2.0 2.4 4.4 2.4 2.0 0.4 3.2 5.7 14.6
8 Jim Paxson 30 17 1 263 5.9 14.6 .402 0.4 1.1 .375 1.9 2.5 .778 1.1 1.4 2.5 3.7 1.0 0.1 1.5 4.0 14.1
9 Maurice Lucas 35 73 0 1191 5.1 11.3 .450 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 4.5 .736 3.1 6.5 9.5 2.8 1.0 0.3 2.2 5.7 13.5
10 Jerry Sichting 31 28 0 324 5.4 10.0 .544 0.9 1.6 .571 1.0 1.2 .818 0.4 1.2 1.7 3.7 0.8 0.0 0.9 3.3 12.8
11 Nikita Wilson 23 15 0 54 4.7 15.3 .304 0.0 0.0 3.3 4.0 .833 1.3 6.0 7.3 2.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 4.7 12.7
12 Mike Holton 26 82 2 1279 4.6 9.9 .462 0.1 0.4 .200 3.0 3.6 .829 1.4 2.8 4.2 5.9 1.2 0.3 2.4 4.3 12.3
13 Richard Anderson 27 62 3 1297 4.4 11.5 .387 1.2 3.7 .311 1.5 2.0 .750 2.3 5.7 7.9 3.0 1.4 0.4 1.7 3.7 11.5
14 Charles Jones 26 37 0 186 3.1 7.7 .400 0.0 0.2 .000 3.7 6.4 .576 2.1 3.9 6.0 1.5 0.6 1.2 2.3 5.4 9.9
15 Caldwell Jones 37 79 77 1778 2.6 5.3 .487 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.1 .736 2.1 6.1 8.3 1.6 0.6 2.0 1.7 5.1 6.8
16 Kevin Gamble 22 9 0 19 0.0 5.7 .000 0.0 1.9 .000 0.0 0.0 3.8 1.9 5.7 1.9 3.8 0.0 3.8 3.8 0.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Clyde Drexler 25 81 3060 24.1 .564 .509 9.2 9.6 9.4 23.5 3.1 1.0 10.9 28.0 118 106 9.3 3.9 13.2
2 Terry Porter 24 82 2991 18.1 .592 .533 2.3 11.3 6.8 35.9 2.3 0.3 19.1 16.8 119 107 6.5 3.3 9.8
3 Jerome Kersey 25 79 2888 17.3 .542 .500 7.9 16.7 12.3 11.7 2.0 1.3 10.3 21.3 113 106 4.8 3.8 8.6
4 Kevin Duckworth 23 78 2223 14.9 .561 .496 10.9 17.1 14.0 4.1 0.6 0.8 13.9 22.6 110 109 3.0 2.1 5.2
5 Kiki Vandeweghe 29 37 1038 19.8 .587 .528 3.7 7.6 5.7 10.4 0.9 0.4 7.0 26.0 121 111 3.1 0.7 3.8
6 Caldwell Jones 37 79 1778 8.0 .539 .487 6.4 18.5 12.4 5.3 0.8 3.2 20.9 8.7 104 106 0.5 2.2 2.7
7 Maurice Lucas 35 73 1191 11.5 .508 .450 9.2 19.5 14.3 10.0 1.3 0.5 14.3 16.9 106 107 0.9 1.4 2.3
8 Mike Holton 26 82 1279 11.4 .532 .466 4.2 8.4 6.3 20.6 1.5 0.4 17.3 15.3 110 110 1.3 1.1 2.3
9 Richard Anderson 27 62 1297 10.7 .468 .438 6.8 17.0 11.9 10.4 1.8 0.7 11.9 15.4 103 107 0.4 1.6 2.0
10 Steve Johnson 30 43 1050 14.9 .554 .529 8.6 16.3 12.5 8.0 0.8 1.7 17.0 27.0 100 108 0.2 1.1 1.3
11 Jerry Sichting 31 28 324 11.1 .606 .589 1.3 3.7 2.5 13.1 1.0 0.0 7.8 12.5 126 113 0.6 0.2 0.8
12 Jim Paxson 30 17 263 8.6 .448 .416 3.3 4.1 3.7 13.4 1.2 0.2 8.7 18.9 100 112 0.0 0.2 0.2
13 Charles Jones 26 37 186 5.9 .468 .400 6.4 11.6 9.0 5.1 0.7 1.9 18.0 14.1 93 109 -0.1 0.2 0.1
14 Kevin Gamble 22 9 19 -1.0 .000 .000 11.4 5.7 8.5 5.7 4.9 0.0 40.0 10.4 36 104 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
15 Nikita Wilson 23 15 54 2.3 .371 .304 4.0 18.0 11.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 16.3 22.4 77 110 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
16 Ronnie Murphy 23 18 89 2.9 .334 .296 6.1 7.3 6.7 8.7 2.6 0.6 12.9 27.4 75 108 -0.3 0.1 -0.2

Playoffs

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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 Clyde Drexler 25 4 170 32 83 3 6 21 29 12 28 21 12 2 12 14 88 .386 .500 .724 42.5 22.0 7.0 5.3
2 Kevin Duckworth 23 4 151 34 70 0 1 18 23 20 44 7 1 2 21 14 86 .486 .000 .783 37.8 21.5 11.0 1.8
3 Jerome Kersey 25 4 127 32 65 0 1 15 21 17 30 9 7 4 5 17 79 .492 .000 .714 31.8 19.8 7.5 2.3
4 Terry Porter 24 4 149 29 52 1 3 9 13 4 14 28 10 0 13 13 68 .558 .333 .692 37.3 17.0 3.5 7.0
5 Richard Anderson 27 3 63 11 24 6 14 4 4 5 13 1 2 1 2 11 32 .458 .429 1.000 21.0 10.7 4.3 0.3
6 Kiki Vandeweghe 29 4 72 11 40 0 5 9 9 3 13 7 1 0 3 8 31 .275 .000 1.000 18.0 7.8 3.3 1.8
7 Caldwell Jones 37 4 98 6 16 0 0 1 2 4 17 1 2 8 2 17 13 .375 .500 24.5 3.3 4.3 0.3
8 Maurice Lucas 35 4 63 4 13 0 0 2 4 9 25 5 1 0 5 12 10 .308 .500 15.8 2.5 6.3 1.3
9 Mike Holton 26 4 34 3 13 0 1 0 0 1 5 6 2 0 1 6 6 .231 .000 8.5 1.5 1.3 1.5
10 Jerry Sichting 31 4 31 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 4 4 .286 7.8 1.0 0.5 1.3
11 Charles Jones 26 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Jerome Kersey 25 4 127 21.5 .532 .492 12.8 13.2 13.0 11.8 2.6 2.2 6.3 24.2 119 105 0.3 0.2 0.5
2 Terry Porter 24 4 149 16.6 .589 .567 2.6 8.6 5.2 28.5 3.2 0.0 18.4 18.4 112 107 0.2 0.2 0.4
3 Richard Anderson 27 3 63 15.5 .621 .583 7.6 16.4 11.3 2.3 1.5 1.1 7.2 17.1 131 108 0.2 0.1 0.3
4 Clyde Drexler 25 4 170 15.5 .459 .404 6.7 12.1 9.0 18.5 3.3 0.8 11.1 24.6 103 105 0.0 0.3 0.3
5 Kevin Duckworth 23 4 151 13.8 .537 .486 12.7 20.5 16.0 7.4 0.3 0.9 20.8 26.0 98 110 -0.1 0.2 0.1
6 Caldwell Jones 37 4 98 4.9 .385 .375 3.9 17.1 9.5 1.3 1.0 5.6 10.6 7.5 88 105 -0.1 0.2 0.1
7 Charles Jones 26 2 2 -7.9 .000 .000 0.0 64.4 27.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.4 0 104 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Mike Holton 26 4 34 3.7 .231 .231 2.8 15.2 8.1 23.0 2.8 0.0 7.1 16.0 75 106 -0.1 0.1 0.0
9 Maurice Lucas 35 4 63 5.6 .339 .308 13.6 32.7 21.8 10.0 0.8 0.0 25.3 12.2 81 107 -0.1 0.1 0.0
10 Jerry Sichting 31 4 31 5.3 .286 .286 3.1 4.2 3.5 20.4 1.5 0.0 0.0 8.8 101 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Kiki Vandeweghe 29 4 72 6.7 .353 .275 4.0 17.9 9.9 13.9 0.7 0.0 6.4 25.3 89 110 -0.1 0.1 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Sam Bowie $1,055,000
2 Kiki Vandeweghe $961,000
3 Jim Paxson $875,000
4 Steve Johnson $650,000
5 Maurice Lucas $395,500
6 Clyde Drexler $350,000
7 Terry Porter $251,700
8 Jerry Sichting $250,000
9 Caldwell Jones $250,000
10 Charles Jones $200,520
11 Ronnie Murphy $191,666
12 Jerome Kersey $190,000
13 Kevin Duckworth $175,000
14 Richard Anderson $150,000
15 Mike Holton $120,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)