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1997-98 Portland Trail Blazers Roster and Statistics

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46-36, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mike Dunleavy (46-36)

PTS/G: 94.3 (19th of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 92.9 (10th of 29)
SRS: 0.83 (16th of 29) ▪ Pace: 90.0 (15th of 29)
Off Rtg: 104.0 (16th of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 102.4 (8th of 29)
Expected W-L: 45-37 (15th of 29)

Arena: Rose Garden Arena ▪ Attendance: 843,647 (3rd of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
7 Kenny Anderson G 6-0 168 October 9, 1970 6 Georgia Institute of Technology
17 Vincent Askew G-F 6-6 210 February 28, 1966 8 University of Memphis
2 Stacey Augmon F-G 6-6 205 August 1, 1968 6 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
9 Rick Brunson G 6-4 190 June 14, 1972 R Temple University
31 Kelvin Cato C 6-11 255 August 26, 1974 R Iowa State University
12 John Crotty G 6-1 185 July 15, 1969 5 University of Virginia
44 Brian Grant F 6-9 254 March 5, 1972 3 Xavier University
23 Gary Grant G 6-3 185 April 21, 1965 9 University of Michigan
19 Sean Higgins G-F 6-9 205 December 30, 1968 5 University of Michigan
53 Alton Lister C-F 7-0 240 October 1, 1958 15 Arizona State University
5 Jermaine O'Neal F-C 6-11 226 October 13, 1978 1
34 Isaiah Rider G 6-5 215 March 12, 1971 4 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4 Carlos Rogers C-F 6-11 220 February 6, 1971 3 Tennessee State University
11 Arvydas Sabonis C 7-3 279 December 19, 1964 2
3 Damon Stoudamire G 5-10 171 September 3, 1973 2 University of Arizona
33 Gary Trent F 6-8 250 September 22, 1974 2 Ohio University
30 Rasheed Wallace F-C 6-10 225 September 17, 1974 2 University of North Carolina
21 Alvin Williams G 6-5 185 August 6, 1974 R Villanova University
42 Walt Williams F-G 6-8 219 April 16, 1970 5 University of Maryland
10 Dontonio Wingfield F 6-8 256 June 23, 1974 3 University of Cincinnati

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 19830 2885 6397 .451 324 1047 .309 1640 2226 .737 1086 2522 3608 1766 585 464 1383 1859 7734 94.3
Lg Rank 10 20 21 15 15 11 27 12 8 19 11 2 4 17 28 7 26 11 19 19
Opponent 82 19830 2810 6520 .431 373 1087 .343 1626 2253 .722 1011 2201 3212 1764 770 445 1160 1823 7619 92.9
Lg Rank 10 8 16 4 18 19 13 15 19 3 7 3 4 12 28 21 24 13 10 10

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 Isaiah Rider 26 74 66 2786 551 1302 .423 135 420 .321 221 267 .828 99 247 346 231 55 19 187 188 1458
2 Arvydas Sabonis 33 73 73 2333 407 826 .493 30 115 .261 323 405 .798 149 580 729 218 65 80 190 267 1167
3 Rasheed Wallace 23 77 77 2896 466 875 .533 8 39 .205 184 278 .662 132 346 478 195 75 88 167 268 1124
4 Brian Grant 25 61 49 1921 283 557 .508 0 1 .000 171 228 .750 197 358 555 86 44 45 110 184 737
5 Kenny Anderson 27 45 40 1472 204 527 .387 47 133 .353 112 145 .772 36 98 134 245 61 1 114 99 567
6 Gary Trent 23 41 13 1005 177 359 .493 4 9 .444 113 163 .693 80 154 234 58 27 19 72 115 471
7 Stacey Augmon 29 71 23 1445 154 372 .414 1 7 .143 94 156 .603 104 131 235 88 57 32 81 144 403
8 Alvin Williams 23 41 10 864 109 238 .458 7 24 .292 58 79 .734 19 41 60 83 30 2 50 60 283
9 Kelvin Cato 23 74 8 1007 98 229 .428 0 3 .000 86 125 .688 91 161 252 23 29 94 44 164 282
10 Damon Stoudamire 24 22 22 806 94 258 .364 26 99 .263 59 75 .787 24 57 81 181 33 2 64 38 273
11 Jermaine O'Neal 19 60 9 808 112 231 .485 0 2 .000 45 89 .506 80 121 201 17 15 58 55 101 269
12 Walt Williams 27 31 1 594 85 225 .378 31 90 .344 59 65 .908 23 59 82 53 19 12 40 61 260
13 Rick Brunson 25 38 10 622 49 141 .348 22 61 .361 42 62 .677 14 42 56 100 25 3 52 55 162
14 Gary Grant 32 22 2 359 43 93 .462 7 19 .368 12 14 .857 8 40 48 84 17 2 24 30 105
15 John Crotty 28 26 2 379 29 90 .322 6 20 .300 32 34 .941 4 28 32 63 10 1 42 28 96
16 Vincent Askew 31 30 5 443 19 54 .352 0 2 .000 28 39 .718 21 47 68 38 19 5 35 39 66
17 Alton Lister 39 7 0 44 3 8 .375 0 0 0 0 2 9 11 1 1 1 2 12 6
18 Carlos Rogers 26 3 0 25 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 4
19 Dontonio Wingfield 23 3 0 9 0 3 .000 0 0 1 2 .500 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 1
20 Sean Higgins 29 2 0 12 0 5 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0

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 Isaiah Rider 26 74 66 37.6 7.4 17.6 .423 1.8 5.7 .321 3.0 3.6 .828 1.3 3.3 4.7 3.1 0.7 0.3 2.5 2.5 19.7
2 Arvydas Sabonis 33 73 73 32.0 5.6 11.3 .493 0.4 1.6 .261 4.4 5.5 .798 2.0 7.9 10.0 3.0 0.9 1.1 2.6 3.7 16.0
3 Rasheed Wallace 23 77 77 37.6 6.1 11.4 .533 0.1 0.5 .205 2.4 3.6 .662 1.7 4.5 6.2 2.5 1.0 1.1 2.2 3.5 14.6
4 Kenny Anderson 27 45 40 32.7 4.5 11.7 .387 1.0 3.0 .353 2.5 3.2 .772 0.8 2.2 3.0 5.4 1.4 0.0 2.5 2.2 12.6
5 Damon Stoudamire 24 22 22 36.6 4.3 11.7 .364 1.2 4.5 .263 2.7 3.4 .787 1.1 2.6 3.7 8.2 1.5 0.1 2.9 1.7 12.4
6 Brian Grant 25 61 49 31.5 4.6 9.1 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.7 .750 3.2 5.9 9.1 1.4 0.7 0.7 1.8 3.0 12.1
7 Gary Trent 23 41 13 24.5 4.3 8.8 .493 0.1 0.2 .444 2.8 4.0 .693 2.0 3.8 5.7 1.4 0.7 0.5 1.8 2.8 11.5
8 Walt Williams 27 31 1 19.2 2.7 7.3 .378 1.0 2.9 .344 1.9 2.1 .908 0.7 1.9 2.6 1.7 0.6 0.4 1.3 2.0 8.4
9 Alvin Williams 23 41 10 21.1 2.7 5.8 .458 0.2 0.6 .292 1.4 1.9 .734 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0.7 0.0 1.2 1.5 6.9
10 Stacey Augmon 29 71 23 20.4 2.2 5.2 .414 0.0 0.1 .143 1.3 2.2 .603 1.5 1.8 3.3 1.2 0.8 0.5 1.1 2.0 5.7
11 Gary Grant 32 22 2 16.3 2.0 4.2 .462 0.3 0.9 .368 0.5 0.6 .857 0.4 1.8 2.2 3.8 0.8 0.1 1.1 1.4 4.8
12 Jermaine O'Neal 19 60 9 13.5 1.9 3.9 .485 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.5 .506 1.3 2.0 3.4 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.9 1.7 4.5
13 Rick Brunson 25 38 10 16.4 1.3 3.7 .348 0.6 1.6 .361 1.1 1.6 .677 0.4 1.1 1.5 2.6 0.7 0.1 1.4 1.4 4.3
14 Kelvin Cato 23 74 8 13.6 1.3 3.1 .428 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.7 .688 1.2 2.2 3.4 0.3 0.4 1.3 0.6 2.2 3.8
15 John Crotty 28 26 2 14.6 1.1 3.5 .322 0.2 0.8 .300 1.2 1.3 .941 0.2 1.1 1.2 2.4 0.4 0.0 1.6 1.1 3.7
16 Vincent Askew 31 30 5 14.8 0.6 1.8 .352 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.3 .718 0.7 1.6 2.3 1.3 0.6 0.2 1.2 1.3 2.2
17 Carlos Rogers 26 3 0 8.3 0.7 1.3 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.3
18 Alton Lister 39 7 0 6.3 0.4 1.1 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.3 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.7 0.9
19 Dontonio Wingfield 23 3 0 3.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 .500 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.3
20 Sean Higgins 29 2 0 6.0 0.0 2.5 .000 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 0.0

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 Isaiah Rider 26 74 66 2786 7.1 16.8 .423 1.7 5.4 .321 2.9 3.5 .828 1.3 3.2 4.5 3.0 0.7 0.2 2.4 2.4 18.8
2 Arvydas Sabonis 33 73 73 2333 6.3 12.7 .493 0.5 1.8 .261 5.0 6.2 .798 2.3 8.9 11.2 3.4 1.0 1.2 2.9 4.1 18.0
3 Gary Trent 23 41 13 1005 6.3 12.9 .493 0.1 0.3 .444 4.0 5.8 .693 2.9 5.5 8.4 2.1 1.0 0.7 2.6 4.1 16.9
4 Walt Williams 27 31 1 594 5.2 13.6 .378 1.9 5.5 .344 3.6 3.9 .908 1.4 3.6 5.0 3.2 1.2 0.7 2.4 3.7 15.8
5 Rasheed Wallace 23 77 77 2896 5.8 10.9 .533 0.1 0.5 .205 2.3 3.5 .662 1.6 4.3 5.9 2.4 0.9 1.1 2.1 3.3 14.0
6 Kenny Anderson 27 45 40 1472 5.0 12.9 .387 1.1 3.3 .353 2.7 3.5 .772 0.9 2.4 3.3 6.0 1.5 0.0 2.8 2.4 13.9
7 Brian Grant 25 61 49 1921 5.3 10.4 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 4.3 .750 3.7 6.7 10.4 1.6 0.8 0.8 2.1 3.4 13.8
8 Damon Stoudamire 24 22 22 806 4.2 11.5 .364 1.2 4.4 .263 2.6 3.3 .787 1.1 2.5 3.6 8.1 1.5 0.1 2.9 1.7 12.2
9 Jermaine O'Neal 19 60 9 808 5.0 10.3 .485 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 4.0 .506 3.6 5.4 9.0 0.8 0.7 2.6 2.5 4.5 12.0
10 Alvin Williams 23 41 10 864 4.5 9.9 .458 0.3 1.0 .292 2.4 3.3 .734 0.8 1.7 2.5 3.5 1.2 0.1 2.1 2.5 11.8
11 Gary Grant 32 22 2 359 4.3 9.3 .462 0.7 1.9 .368 1.2 1.4 .857 0.8 4.0 4.8 8.4 1.7 0.2 2.4 3.0 10.5
12 Kelvin Cato 23 74 8 1007 3.5 8.2 .428 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 4.5 .688 3.3 5.8 9.0 0.8 1.0 3.4 1.6 5.9 10.1
13 Stacey Augmon 29 71 23 1445 3.8 9.3 .414 0.0 0.2 .143 2.3 3.9 .603 2.6 3.3 5.9 2.2 1.4 0.8 2.0 3.6 10.0
14 Rick Brunson 25 38 10 622 2.8 8.2 .348 1.3 3.5 .361 2.4 3.6 .677 0.8 2.4 3.2 5.8 1.4 0.2 3.0 3.2 9.4
15 John Crotty 28 26 2 379 2.8 8.5 .322 0.6 1.9 .300 3.0 3.2 .941 0.4 2.7 3.0 6.0 0.9 0.1 4.0 2.7 9.1
16 Carlos Rogers 26 3 0 25 2.9 5.8 .500 0.0 1.4 .000 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.4 2.9 2.9 1.4 0.0 1.4 1.4 5.8
17 Vincent Askew 31 30 5 443 1.5 4.4 .352 0.0 0.2 .000 2.3 3.2 .718 1.7 3.8 5.5 3.1 1.5 0.4 2.8 3.2 5.4
18 Alton Lister 39 7 0 44 2.5 6.5 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 7.4 9.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.6 9.8 4.9
19 Dontonio Wingfield 23 3 0 9 0.0 12.0 .000 0.0 0.0 4.0 8.0 .500 8.0 8.0 16.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 8.0 4.0
20 Sean Higgins 29 2 0 12 0.0 15.0 .000 0.0 6.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 0.0

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 Arvydas Sabonis 33 73 2333 20.9 .581 .511 7.7 27.9 18.2 16.9 1.5 2.5 15.9 23.2 112 97 5.1 4.6 9.7 .200
2 Rasheed Wallace 23 77 2896 14.9 .564 .537 5.5 13.4 9.6 11.9 1.4 2.2 14.3 18.2 109 103 3.8 3.8 7.6 .125
3 Brian Grant 25 61 1921 16.7 .561 .508 12.4 20.9 16.8 7.7 1.2 1.7 14.3 18.1 112 101 3.3 3.0 6.3 .157
4 Isaiah Rider 26 74 2786 15.2 .514 .475 4.3 10.0 7.2 15.7 1.1 0.5 11.6 26.1 104 106 3.2 2.5 5.8 .099
5 Gary Trent 23 41 1005 16.7 .547 .499 9.6 17.2 13.5 10.5 1.4 1.4 14.3 22.6 107 102 1.4 1.4 2.8 .135
6 Kelvin Cato 23 74 1007 13.3 .496 .428 10.9 17.9 14.6 3.6 1.5 6.8 13.4 14.7 105 98 0.7 2.0 2.7 .129
7 Kenny Anderson 27 45 1472 13.3 .480 .432 3.0 7.5 5.3 28.3 2.2 0.0 16.2 21.7 100 105 0.8 1.6 2.3 .076
8 Stacey Augmon 29 71 1445 10.3 .457 .415 8.7 10.2 9.5 9.8 2.1 1.6 15.5 16.3 96 103 -0.1 1.9 1.8 .059
9 Damon Stoudamire 24 22 806 14.5 .469 .415 3.6 7.9 5.8 36.8 2.2 0.2 18.0 19.9 103 105 0.7 0.9 1.5 .091
10 Walt Williams 27 31 594 14.0 .513 .447 4.7 11.1 8.0 15.3 1.7 1.5 13.6 22.4 105 103 0.6 0.7 1.4 .112
11 Alvin Williams 23 41 864 11.0 .519 .473 2.7 5.3 4.0 16.0 1.9 0.2 15.5 16.9 103 106 0.6 0.8 1.4 .075
12 Jermaine O'Neal 19 60 808 12.7 .498 .485 11.9 16.8 14.5 3.6 1.0 5.2 16.9 18.2 96 100 -0.1 1.3 1.2 .073
13 Gary Grant 32 22 359 16.1 .529 .500 2.7 12.5 7.8 38.5 2.5 0.4 19.5 15.5 112 102 0.6 0.5 1.1 .147
14 Rick Brunson 25 38 622 9.6 .481 .426 2.7 7.6 5.2 24.8 2.1 0.4 23.6 16.0 96 105 -0.1 0.7 0.6 .048
15 Vincent Askew 31 30 443 6.7 .464 .352 5.7 11.9 8.9 12.5 2.3 0.8 33.0 10.9 85 102 -0.4 0.6 0.2 .023
16 Alton Lister 39 7 44 2.4 .375 .375 5.5 23.0 14.5 3.4 1.2 1.7 20.0 10.3 76 100 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .021
17 Carlos Rogers 26 3 25 8.1 .500 .500 4.8 4.5 4.7 12.4 2.1 0.0 20.0 9.1 101 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 .057
18 John Crotty 28 26 379 7.0 .457 .356 1.3 8.3 4.9 25.5 1.4 0.2 28.6 17.6 86 106 -0.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.013
19 Dontonio Wingfield 23 3 9 -7.1 .129 .000 26.8 24.9 25.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.5 24.6 48 103 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.299
20 Sean Higgins 29 2 12 -15.1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.9 0.0 16.7 22.6 0 93 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.414

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 Isaiah Rider 26 4 166 28 67 1 11 20 26 7 20 17 5 0 16 11 77 .418 .091 .769 41.5 19.3 5.0 4.3
2 Damon Stoudamire 24 4 166 25 63 8 22 13 13 6 17 38 5 1 16 13 71 .397 .364 1.000 41.5 17.8 4.3 9.5
3 Rasheed Wallace 23 4 157 23 47 4 5 8 16 7 19 11 2 2 5 16 58 .489 .800 .500 39.3 14.5 4.8 2.8
4 Walt Williams 27 4 102 17 31 8 15 11 14 3 14 9 1 0 1 18 53 .548 .533 .786 25.5 13.3 3.5 2.3
5 Brian Grant 25 4 135 19 36 0 0 15 18 18 43 6 4 3 5 20 53 .528 .833 33.8 13.3 10.8 1.5
6 Arvydas Sabonis 33 4 107 18 40 1 2 12 14 7 31 6 7 3 10 19 49 .450 .500 .857 26.8 12.3 7.8 1.5
7 Kelvin Cato 23 4 58 9 17 0 1 8 11 3 12 1 1 7 4 12 26 .529 .000 .727 14.5 6.5 3.0 0.3
8 Stacey Augmon 29 4 28 2 4 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 5 .500 .500 7.0 1.3 0.8 0.3
9 Gary Grant 32 4 27 2 7 1 4 0 0 2 5 7 1 1 2 2 5 .286 .250 6.8 1.3 1.3 1.8
10 Alton Lister 39 2 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 5 2 .333 5.5 1.0 1.0 0.0
11 Jermaine O'Neal 19 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 .000 .000 3.0 0.0 1.0 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 Walt Williams 27 4 102 20.5 .713 .677 3.4 13.8 8.3 15.1 0.5 0.0 2.6 16.6 152 117 0.5 0.0 0.5 .232
2 Brian Grant 25 4 135 19.5 .603 .528 15.3 23.7 19.3 7.3 1.6 1.8 10.2 16.1 129 112 0.4 0.0 0.5 .169
3 Rasheed Wallace 23 4 157 12.4 .537 .532 5.1 9.8 7.3 11.6 0.7 1.1 8.5 16.7 113 118 0.2 -0.1 0.2 .054
4 Damon Stoudamire 24 4 166 16.0 .517 .460 4.2 8.5 6.2 38.2 1.6 0.5 18.9 22.6 107 117 0.2 -0.1 0.2 .058
5 Kelvin Cato 23 4 58 16.8 .595 .529 5.9 19.9 12.5 2.9 0.9 10.0 15.5 19.7 109 108 0.1 0.0 0.1 .102
6 Arvydas Sabonis 33 4 107 16.4 .531 .463 7.5 28.7 17.5 9.6 3.4 2.3 17.8 23.3 100 106 0.0 0.1 0.1 .065
7 Jermaine O'Neal 19 1 3 -5.3 .000 .000 38.3 0.0 20.2 0.0 0.0 55.2 0.0 44.3 26 82 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.617
8 Stacey Augmon 29 4 28 8.2 .512 .500 4.1 9.1 6.5 5.3 3.8 3.0 29.1 10.9 83 110 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.025
9 Gary Grant 32 4 27 13.0 .357 .357 8.5 14.2 11.2 38.4 1.9 3.1 22.2 14.8 98 113 0.0 0.0 0.0 .010
10 Alton Lister 39 2 11 -8.0 .333 .333 10.5 11.6 11.0 0.0 0.0 7.5 40.0 20.1 50 112 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.275
11 Isaiah Rider 26 4 166 12.3 .491 .425 4.8 10.0 7.3 17.6 1.6 0.0 16.9 25.2 97 117 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.016

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Kenny Anderson $5,010,000
2 Brian Grant $5,000,000
3 Isaiah Rider $4,210,000
4 Arvydas Sabonis $3,080,000
5 Stacey Augmon $2,800,000
6 Rasheed Wallace $2,329,080
7 Gary Trent $1,329,009
8 Kelvin Cato $999,240
9 Jermaine O'Neal $950,640
10 Dontonio Wingfield $600,000
11 John Crotty $420,000
12 Sean Higgins $272,250
13 Vincent Askew $272,250
14 Alton Lister $272,250
15 Alvin Williams $242,000