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1997-98 Portland Trail Blazers Schedule and Results

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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

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 31, 1997 Seattle SuperSonics L 83 91 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Nov 1, 1997 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 82 74 1 1 W 1
3 Tue, Nov 4, 1997 Minnesota Timberwolves W 122 105 2 1 W 2
4 Fri, Nov 7, 1997 @ Houston Rockets W 86 85 3 1 W 3
5 Sat, Nov 8, 1997 @ Dallas Mavericks W 101 94 4 1 W 4
6 Mon, Nov 10, 1997 Detroit Pistons W 86 82 5 1 W 5
7 Fri, Nov 14, 1997 Phoenix Suns L 4OT 139 140 5 2 L 1
8 Sat, Nov 15, 1997 @ Golden State Warriors W 99 87 6 2 W 1
9 Mon, Nov 17, 1997 Dallas Mavericks W 120 75 7 2 W 2
10 Wed, Nov 19, 1997 @ Charlotte Hornets L 92 106 7 3 L 1
11 Thu, Nov 20, 1997 @ Detroit Pistons W 93 87 8 3 W 1
12 Sat, Nov 22, 1997 @ New Jersey Nets L 87 93 8 4 L 1
13 Mon, Nov 24, 1997 @ Toronto Raptors W 91 90 9 4 W 1
14 Wed, Nov 26, 1997 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 96 90 10 4 W 2
15 Fri, Nov 28, 1997 Houston Rockets L 89 98 10 5 L 1
16 Tue, Dec 2, 1997 Orlando Magic L 88 89 10 6 L 2
17 Fri, Dec 5, 1997 Utah Jazz W 94 77 11 6 W 1
18 Mon, Dec 8, 1997 Los Angeles Lakers W 105 99 12 6 W 2
19 Wed, Dec 10, 1997 Indiana Pacers W 93 85 13 6 W 3
20 Fri, Dec 12, 1997 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 98 111 13 7 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Mon, Dec 15, 1997 Atlanta Hawks L 90 99 13 8 L 2
22 Tue, Dec 16, 1997 @ Sacramento Kings L 87 94 13 9 L 3
23 Fri, Dec 19, 1997 Vancouver Grizzlies W 96 91 14 9 W 1
24 Sun, Dec 21, 1997 @ Vancouver Grizzlies L 86 88 14 10 L 1
25 Tue, Dec 23, 1997 Sacramento Kings W 93 82 15 10 W 1
26 Sat, Dec 27, 1997 @ Utah Jazz W 102 91 16 10 W 2
27 Sun, Dec 28, 1997 San Antonio Spurs W 82 79 17 10 W 3
28 Tue, Dec 30, 1997 Philadelphia 76ers W 96 86 18 10 W 4
29 Fri, Jan 2, 1998 @ San Antonio Spurs L 69 85 18 11 L 1
30 Sat, Jan 3, 1998 @ Houston Rockets W 97 95 19 11 W 1
31 Mon, Jan 5, 1998 Milwaukee Bucks L 92 98 19 12 L 1
32 Wed, Jan 7, 1998 Charlotte Hornets L 89 91 19 13 L 2
33 Fri, Jan 9, 1998 @ Minnesota Timberwolves L 91 96 19 14 L 3
34 Sat, Jan 10, 1998 @ Milwaukee Bucks L OT 90 95 19 15 L 4
35 Tue, Jan 13, 1998 Miami Heat L 68 76 19 16 L 5
36 Fri, Jan 16, 1998 Utah Jazz W 96 86 20 16 W 1
37 Sun, Jan 18, 1998 Denver Nuggets W 94 82 21 16 W 2
38 Tue, Jan 20, 1998 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 86 84 22 16 W 3
39 Wed, Jan 21, 1998 @ Washington Wizards W 100 87 23 16 W 4
40 Fri, Jan 23, 1998 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 87 98 23 17 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 24, 1998 @ Atlanta Hawks W 92 77 24 17 W 1
42 Tue, Jan 27, 1998 Golden State Warriors L 78 82 24 18 L 1
43 Thu, Jan 29, 1998 Chicago Bulls L 87 100 24 19 L 2
44 Sun, Feb 1, 1998 Toronto Raptors W 97 90 25 19 W 1
45 Tue, Feb 3, 1998 New Jersey Nets W 98 97 26 19 W 2
46 Wed, Feb 4, 1998 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 115 122 26 20 L 1
47 Tue, Feb 10, 1998 Los Angeles Lakers W 117 105 27 20 W 1
48 Thu, Feb 12, 1998 @ Phoenix Suns W 115 110 28 20 W 2
49 Fri, Feb 13, 1998 Houston Rockets W 105 81 29 20 W 3
50 Sun, Feb 15, 1998 Denver Nuggets W 117 82 30 20 W 4
51 Tue, Feb 17, 1998 Golden State Warriors W 101 83 31 20 W 5
52 Wed, Feb 18, 1998 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 95 101 31 21 L 1
53 Fri, Feb 20, 1998 New York Knicks L 89 98 31 22 L 2
54 Sun, Feb 22, 1998 Boston Celtics W 121 96 32 22 W 1
55 Wed, Feb 25, 1998 @ Chicago Bulls W 106 101 33 22 W 2
56 Fri, Feb 27, 1998 @ Indiana Pacers L 59 124 33 23 L 1
57 Sun, Mar 1, 1998 @ Boston Celtics L 101 102 33 24 L 2
58 Tue, Mar 3, 1998 Phoenix Suns W 98 93 34 24 W 1
59 Sun, Mar 8, 1998 San Antonio Spurs L 78 82 34 25 L 1
60 Wed, Mar 11, 1998 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 107 121 34 26 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Thu, Mar 12, 1998 Minnesota Timberwolves W 95 92 35 26 W 1
62 Sat, Mar 14, 1998 @ Denver Nuggets L 82 92 35 27 L 1
63 Sun, Mar 15, 1998 Los Angeles Clippers W 103 92 36 27 W 1
64 Tue, Mar 17, 1998 Cleveland Cavaliers L 82 96 36 28 L 1
65 Thu, Mar 19, 1998 @ New York Knicks W 82 77 37 28 W 1
66 Fri, Mar 20, 1998 @ Orlando Magic L 87 102 37 29 L 1
67 Sun, Mar 22, 1998 @ Miami Heat L 80 112 37 30 L 2
68 Tue, Mar 24, 1998 Washington Wizards L 87 99 37 31 L 3
69 Thu, Mar 26, 1998 Vancouver Grizzlies W 108 102 38 31 W 1
70 Fri, Mar 27, 1998 @ Sacramento Kings W 90 73 39 31 W 2
71 Sun, Mar 29, 1998 @ Golden State Warriors W 99 83 40 31 W 3
72 Wed, Apr 1, 1998 @ Utah Jazz L 89 98 40 32 L 1
73 Fri, Apr 3, 1998 Dallas Mavericks W 109 102 41 32 W 1
74 Sat, Apr 4, 1998 @ Phoenix Suns L 83 90 41 33 L 1
75 Mon, Apr 6, 1998 @ San Antonio Spurs W 79 75 42 33 W 1
76 Tue, Apr 7, 1998 @ Dallas Mavericks W 99 91 43 33 W 2
77 Thu, Apr 9, 1998 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 99 95 44 33 W 3
78 Sat, Apr 11, 1998 @ Vancouver Grizzlies L OT 96 105 44 34 L 1
79 Tue, Apr 14, 1998 Sacramento Kings W 92 66 45 34 W 1
80 Thu, Apr 16, 1998 Los Angeles Clippers W 99 90 46 34 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 17, 1998 @ Denver Nuggets L 101 109 46 35 L 1
82 Sun, Apr 19, 1998 Seattle SuperSonics L 82 90 46 36 L 2

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Apr 24, 1998 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 102 104 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, Apr 26, 1998 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 99 108 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, Apr 28, 1998 Los Angeles Lakers W 99 94 1 2 W 1
4 Thu, Apr 30, 1998 Los Angeles Lakers L 99 110 1 3 L 1