The 2019–20 Portland Trail Blazers season was the franchise's 50th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Trail Blazers entered the season following a playoff defeat from the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals.
2019–20 Portland Trail Blazers season | |
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Head coach | Terry Stotts |
General manager | Neil Olshey |
Owners | Estate of Paul Allen |
Arena | Moda Center |
Results | |
Record | 35–39 (.473) |
Place | Division: 4th (Northwest) Conference: 8th (Western) |
Playoff finish | First Round (lost to Lakers 1–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | NBC Sports Northwest |
Radio | KPOJ, Portland Trail Blazers Radio |
The season was suspended by the league officials following the games of March 11[1] after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.[2]
On June 4, the Trail Blazers were one of 22 teams invited to the NBA Bubble.
On August 15, the Trail Blazers clinched the 8th seed after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies in a play-in game. With the Blazers clinching a playoff berth, this was the 3rd consecutive season where 4 of 5 teams in the Northwest Division clinched the playoffs.
Despite their first losing season since the 2012–13 season, the Trail Blazers were tied at 7 seasons with the defending champion Toronto Raptors with the 2nd most active playoff streak behind the Houston Rockets.
The Trail Blazers faced off against the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs, marking the first meeting between the two teams in the playoffs since 2002. Despite a strong Game 1 victory, Damian Lillard was forced to leave the bubble after suffering a right knee injury in Game 4, and the Trail Blazers lost the series in 5 games. Like in 2002, the Lakers went on to win the championship.
Draft picks
editRound | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School / club team |
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1 | 25 | Nassir Little | SF | United States | North Carolina |
Roster
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Standings
editDivision
editNorthwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y – Denver Nuggets | 46 | 27 | .630 | – | 26–11 | 20–16 | 12–2 | 73 |
x – Oklahoma City Thunder | 44 | 28 | .611 | 1.5 | 23–14 | 21–14 | 8–5 | 72 |
x – Utah Jazz | 44 | 28 | .611 | 1.5 | 23–12 | 21–16 | 5–7 | 72 |
x – Portland Trail Blazers | 35 | 39 | .473 | 11.5 | 21–15 | 14–24 | 5–8 | 74 |
Minnesota Timberwolves | 19 | 45 | .297 | 22.5 | 8–24 | 11–21 | 2–10 | 64 |
Conference
editWestern Conference | ||||||
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | c – Los Angeles Lakers * | 52 | 19 | .732 | – | 71 |
2 | x – Los Angeles Clippers | 49 | 23 | .681 | 3.5 | 72 |
3 | y – Denver Nuggets * | 46 | 27 | .630 | 7.0 | 73 |
4 | y – Houston Rockets * | 44 | 28 | .611 | 8.5 | 72 |
5 | x – Oklahoma City Thunder | 44 | 28 | .611 | 8.5 | 72 |
6 | x – Utah Jazz | 44 | 28 | .611 | 8.5 | 72 |
7 | x – Dallas Mavericks | 43 | 32 | .573 | 11.0 | 75 |
8 | x – Portland Trail Blazers | 35 | 39 | .473 | 18.5 | 74 |
9 | pi – Memphis Grizzlies | 34 | 39 | .466 | 19.0 | 73 |
10 | Phoenix Suns | 34 | 39 | .466 | 19.0 | 73 |
11 | San Antonio Spurs | 32 | 39 | .451 | 20.0 | 71 |
12 | Sacramento Kings | 31 | 41 | .431 | 21.5 | 72 |
13 | New Orleans Pelicans | 30 | 42 | .417 | 22.5 | 72 |
14 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 19 | 45 | .297 | 29.5 | 64 |
15 | Golden State Warriors | 15 | 50 | .231 | 34.0 | 65 |
Game log
editPreseason
editThe preseason schedule was announced on July 29, 2019.[3]
2019 preseason game log Total: 2–3 (home: 1–2; road: 1–1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason: 2–3 (home: 1–2; road: 1–1)
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2019–20 season schedule |
Regular season
editPlay-in
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Play-in Game: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)
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Playoffs
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First round: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
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2020 playoff schedule |
Player statistics
editGP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
Regular season
editPlayer | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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CJ McCollum | 70 | 70 | 36.5 | .451 | .379 | .757 | 4.2 | 4.4 | .8 | .6 | 22.2 |
Anfernee Simons | 70 | 4 | 20.7 | .399 | .332 | .826 | 2.2 | 1.4 | .4 | .1 | 8.3 |
Hassan Whiteside | 67 | 61 | 30.0 | .621 | .571 | .686 | 13.5 | 1.2 | .4 | 2.9 | 15.5 |
Damian Lillard | 66 | 66 | 37.5 | .463 | .401 | .888 | 4.3 | 8.0 | 1.1 | .3 | 30.0 |
Gary Trent Jr. | 61 | 8 | 21.8 | .444 | .418 | .822 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .8 | .3 | 8.9 |
Carmelo Anthony | 58 | 58 | 32.8 | .430 | .385 | .845 | 6.3 | 1.5 | .8 | .5 | 15.4 |
Mario Hezonja | 53 | 4 | 16.4 | .422 | .308 | .814 | 3.5 | .9 | .7 | .2 | 4.8 |
Nassir Little | 48 | 5 | 11.9 | .430 | .237 | .636 | 2.3 | .5 | .3 | .3 | 3.6 |
Kent Bazemore† | 43 | 21 | 25.8 | .347 | .327 | .806 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | .7 | 7.9 |
Anthony Tolliver† | 33 | 9 | 16.8 | .368 | .337 | .684 | 3.3 | .9 | .2 | .3 | 3.9 |
Skal Labissière | 33 | 1 | 17.2 | .551 | .231 | .758 | 5.1 | 1.3 | .2 | .9 | 5.8 |
Trevor Ariza† | 21 | 21 | 33.4 | .491 | .400 | .872 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 1.6 | .4 | 11.0 |
Rodney Hood | 21 | 21 | 29.5 | .506 | .493 | .778 | 3.4 | 1.5 | .8 | .2 | 11.0 |
Caleb Swanigan† | 20 | 1 | 13.3 | .605 | .000 | .533 | 4.7 | 1.5 | .1 | .3 | 3.0 |
Wenyen Gabriel† | 19 | 1 | 9.2 | .484 | .417 | .750 | 2.2 | .3 | .4 | .3 | 2.3 |
Jaylen Hoard | 13 | 0 | 7.9 | .469 | .000 | .615 | 2.5 | .3 | .4 | .0 | 2.9 |
Zach Collins | 11 | 11 | 26.4 | .471 | .368 | .750 | 6.3 | 1.5 | .5 | .5 | 7.0 |
Moses Brown | 9 | 0 | 3.7 | .400 | .375 | 1.6 | .1 | .1 | .1 | 1.2 | |
Jusuf Nurkić | 8 | 8 | 31.6 | .495 | .200 | .886 | 10.3 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 17.6 |
Playoffs
editPlayer | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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CJ McCollum | 5 | 5 | 39.2 | .444 | .371 | .682 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 1.2 | .4 | 23.2 |
Carmelo Anthony | 5 | 5 | 35.2 | .412 | .421 | .857 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .4 | 15.2 |
Jusuf Nurkić | 5 | 5 | 32.2 | .439 | .273 | .783 | 10.4 | 3.6 | 1.4 | .2 | 14.2 |
Hassan Whiteside | 5 | 3 | 21.2 | .542 | 1.000 | .500 | 7.0 | .4 | .2 | 2.0 | 6.8 |
Gary Trent Jr. | 5 | 1 | 30.6 | .356 | .417 | .857 | 2.0 | .6 | .8 | .0 | 9.6 |
Mario Hezonja | 5 | 0 | 13.6 | .409 | .286 | .750 | 3.2 | 1.2 | .6 | .0 | 4.6 |
Damian Lillard | 4 | 4 | 35.8 | .406 | .394 | .970 | 3.5 | 4.3 | .5 | .3 | 24.3 |
Wenyen Gabriel | 4 | 2 | 13.3 | .600 | .400 | .500 | 2.5 | 1.0 | .5 | .5 | 5.3 |
Anfernee Simons | 4 | 0 | 20.5 | .308 | .429 | .833 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | .0 | 6.8 |
Jaylen Hoard | 3 | 0 | 13.7 | .583 | 3.0 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 4.7 | ||
Jaylen Adams | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | .333 | .000 | 1.0 | .7 | .3 | .0 | 2.0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Trail Blazers only.
Transactions
editTrades
editJune 24, 2019[4] | To Portland Trail Blazers Kent Bazemore |
To Atlanta Hawks Evan Turner |
July 6, 2019[5] | To Portland Trail Blazers Hassan Whiteside |
To Miami Heat Meyers Leonard Moe Harkless |
January 21, 2020[6] | To Portland Trail Blazers Trevor Ariza Wenyen Gabriel Caleb Swanigan |
To Sacramento Kings Kent Bazemore Anthony Tolliver 2024 second-round pick 2025 second-round pick |
February 7, 2020[7] | To Portland Trail Blazers 2024 second-round pick |
To Atlanta Hawks Skal Labissière Cash consideration |
Free agency
editRe-signed
editPlayer | Signed |
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Rodney Hood[8] | July 6, 2019 |
Additions
editPlayer | Signed | Former team |
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Jaylen Hoard[9] | July 2, 2019 | Wake Forest |
Mario Hezonja[10] | July 3, 2019 | New York Knicks |
Anthony Tolliver[11] | July 3, 2019 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
Pau Gasol[12] | July 25, 2019 | Milwaukee Bucks |
Moses Brown[13] | October 19, 2019 | UCLA |
Carmelo Anthony[14] | November 19, 2019 | Houston Rockets |
Subtractions
editPlayer | Reason left | New team |
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Al-Farouq Aminu[15] | Orlando Magic | |
Jake Layman[16] | Minnesota Timberwolves | |
Seth Curry[17] | Dallas Mavericks | |
Enes Kanter[18] | Boston Celtics | |
Pau Gasol[19] | Waived |
References
edit- ^ "NBA to suspend season following Wednesday's games". NBA.com. March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ Reynolds, Tim (March 11, 2020). "NBA suspends season until further notice, over coronavirus". NBA.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS ANNOUNCE 2019 PRESEASON SCHEDULE". NBA.com. July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE KENT BAZEMORE FROM ATLANTA IN EXCHANGE FOR EVAN TURNER". NBA.com. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE HASSAN WHITESIDE FROM MIAMI IN MULTI-TEAM DEAL". NBA.com. July 6, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE TREVOR ARIZA, WENYEN GABRIEL, AND CALEB SWANIGAN FROM SACRAMENTO". NBA.com. January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ^ "Hawks Acquire Skal Labissiere From Trail Blazers In Exchange For 2024 Conditional 2nd-Round Draft Pick". NBA.com. January 22, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS RE-SIGN GUARD/FORWARD RODNEY HOOD". NBA.com. July 6, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN JAYLEN HOARD TO TWO-WAY CONTRACT". NBA.com. July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN FORWARD MARIO HEZONJA". NBA.com. July 3, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN FORWARD ANTHONY TOLLIVER". NBA.com. July 3, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN TWO-TIME NBA CHAMPION & SIX-TIME NBA ALL-STAR PAU GASOL". NBA.com. July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS CONVERT MOSES BROWN TO TWO-WAY CONTRACT". NBA.com. October 19, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
- ^ "CARMELO ANTHONY SIGNS DEAL WITH BLAZERS". NBA.com. November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ "Orlando Magic Sign Al-Farouq Aminu". NBA.com. July 6, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- ^ "TIMBERWOLVES ACQUIRE JAKE LAYMAN". NBA.com. July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ^ "Mavericks sign guard Seth Curry; his shooting 'is something every team needs, says one NBA vet". NBA.com. July 10, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ "Celtics Sign Enes Kanter". NBA.com. July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS WAIVE PAU GASOL". NBA.com. November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.