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(Top) 1 Draft picks 2 Roster 3 Regular season 3.1 Season standings 3.2 Record vs. opponents 4 Game log 4.1 Regular season 5 Player statistics 6 References

1981–82 Portland Trail Blazers season

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Head coach

General manager

Owner(s)

Arena

Results

Record

42–40 (.512)

Place

Division: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 8th (Western)

Playoff finish

Did not qualify

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

< 1980–81

1982–83 >

The 1981–82 season was the 12th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] The Blazers finished 42–40, dropping three games more than in the previous season.

Portland finished eighth in the Western Conference; as only six teams qualified in each conference for the 1982 NBA Playoffs, the Blazers did not participate in the postseason. This would be the only year the Blazers missed the playoffs between their championship season of 1976–77 and 2002–03.

Draft picks[edit]

Note: This is not a complete list; only the first two rounds are covered, as well as any other picks by the franchise who played at least one NBA game.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	15	Jeff Lamp	G/F	United States	Virginia
1	16	Darnell Valentine	G	United States	Kansas
2	26	Brian Jackson	F	United States	Utah State
3	61	Pétur Guðmundsson	F/C	Iceland	Washington
4	85	Peter Verhoeven	F	United States	Fresno State

Roster[edit]

1981–82 Portland Trail Blazers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	12	Bates, Billy Ray	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1956–05–31	Kentucky State
F	30	Gross, Bob	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1953–08–03	Long Beach State
C	40	Guðmundsson, Pétur	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1958–10–30	Washington
F	32	Harper, Mike	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1957–12–09	North Park
C	44	Kunnert, Kevin	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1951–11–11	Iowa
F	3	Lamp, Jeff	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1959–03–09	Virginia
SF	33	Natt, Calvin	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1957–01–08	Louisiana–Monroe
G	4	Paxson, Jim	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1957–07–09	Dayton
PG	14	Ransey, Kelvin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1958–05–03	Ohio State
F/C	43	Thompson, Mychal	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	1955–01–30	Minnesota
G	10	Valentine, Darnell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1959–02–03	Kansas
F	31	Verhoeven, Pete	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1959–02–15	Fresno State
F	42	Washington, Kermit	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1951–09–17	American

Head coach

Jack Ramsay

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season[edit]

The Trail Blazers played their home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Season standings[edit]

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–	30–11	27–14	21–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics	52	30	.634	5.0	31–10	21–20	18–12
x-Phoenix Suns	46	36	.561	11.0	31–10	15–26	14–16
Golden State Warriors	45	37	.549	12.0	28–13	17–24	15–15
Portland Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	15.0	27–14	15–26	15–15
San Diego Clippers	17	65	.207	40.0	11–30	6–35	7–23

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	48	34	.585	9
3	x-Seattle SuperSonics	52	30	.634	5
4	x-Denver Nuggets	46	36	.561	11
5	x-Phoenix Suns	46	36	.561	11
6	x-Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	11

7	Golden State Warriors	45	37	.549	12
8	Portland Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	15
9	Kansas City Kings	30	52	.366	27
10	Dallas Mavericks	28	54	.341	29
11	Utah Jazz	25	57	.305	32
12	San Diego Clippers	17	65	.207	40

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1981-82 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–2	5–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–4
Boston	5–1	–	4–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	6–0
Chicago	3–2	2–4	–	5–1	1–1	1–1	0–6	0–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–5	2–4	3–2	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4
Cleveland	2–4	0–5	1–5	–	2–0	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–2	0–6	0–6	0–6	0–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–5
Dallas	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	–	1–5	1–1	0–5	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–3	1–5	2–3	1–4	3–3	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	–	1–1	3–2	5–1	0–2	4–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–3	2–4	5–0	2–3	3–3	2–0
Detroit	4–2	0–6	6–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	2–0	2–4	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–4
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–3	0–2	–	1–4	2–0	3–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–2	2–4	3–2	5–1	1–5	3–2	1–1
Houston	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–5	0–2	4–1	–	2–0	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	3–3	4–1	2–3	6–0	2–0
Indiana	2–4	1–5	3–3	5–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	0–2	0–2	–	1–1	0–2	0–6	4–2	3–2	0–6	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5
Kansas City	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–4	0–2	2–3	3–3	1–1	–	1–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	0–5	1–5	4–1	2–3	3–3	0–2
Los Angeles	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–1	4–1	2–0	3–3	4–1	2–0	4–1	–	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2	5–1	2–3	5–1	4–2	5–0	2–0
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	5–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	–	4–1	3–3	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–2
New Jersey	2–3	1–5	4–2	6–0	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–4	–	4–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–2
New York	1–5	1–5	2–3	6–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	3–3	2–4	–	1–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–5
Philadelphia	3–3	2–4	5–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	6–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	5–1	–	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–0
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	3–2	2–0	2–4	2–3	1–1	3–2	2–4	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	–	3–3	4–1	4–2	3–3	3–2	1–1
Portland	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	4–2	1–4	1–1	5–0	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–3	–	3–2	4–2	3–3	4–1	0–2
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–3	3–3	0–2	5–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–4	2–3	–	3–2	4–1	3–3	1–1
San Diego	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	0–5	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	1–4	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	2–3	–	1–5	1–4	0–2
Seattle	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–4	5–1	–	5–0	1–1
Utah	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–1	2–3	0–6	1–1	3–3	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	3–3	4–1	0–5	–	1–1
Washington	4–2	0–6	4–2	5–1	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	0–2	5–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–4	5–1	0–6	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	—

Game log[edit]

Regular season[edit]

1981–82 game log
Total: 42–40 (Home: 27–14; Road: 15–26)

October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 30	Phoenix	W 103–95				Memorial Coliseum	1–0

November: 9–4 (home: 7–1; road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
2	November 1	Seattle	W 104–94	Memorial Coliseum	2–0
3	November 3	Los Angeles	W 102–100	Memorial Coliseum	3–0
4	November 4	@ Golden State	W 109–108	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	4–0
5	November 6	Utah	W 119–109	Memorial Coliseum	5–0
6	November 8	Denver	W 120–116	Memorial Coliseum	6–0
7	November 10	Dallas	W 117–95	Memorial Coliseum	7–0
8	November 12	@ San Diego	L 115–122	San Diego Sports Arena	7–1
9	November 13	@ Los Angeles	L 115–119	The Forum	7–2
10	November 15	San Antonio	L 105–110	Memorial Coliseum	7–3
11	November 20	New Jersey	W 106–86	Memorial Coliseum	8–3
12	November 25	@ Seattle	L 103–110	Kingdome	8–4
13	November 27	@ Utah	W 103–93	Salt Palace Acord Arena	9–4
14	November 29	Chicago	W 114–109	Memorial Coliseum	10–4

December: 6–8 (home: 3–2; road: 3–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
15	December 1	@ Denver	W 121–113	McNichols Sports Arena	11–4
16	December 2	@ Kansas City	W 112–107	Kemper Arena	12–4
17	December 4	@ San Antonio	L 111–127	HemisFair Arena	12–5
18	December 5	@ Houston	L 98–110	The Summit	12–6
19	December 8	Golden State	L 108–122	Memorial Coliseum	12–7
20	December 10	@ Phoenix	L 110–117	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	12–8
21	December 11	@ Los Angeles	L 116–124	The Forum	12–9
22	December 13	Detroit	W 105–99	Memorial Coliseum	13–9
23	December 15	San Diego	W 118–101	Memorial Coliseum	14–9
24	December 19	@ Dallas	L 95–102	Reunion Arena	14–10
25	December 22	Los Angeles	L 110–124	Memorial Coliseum	14–11
26	December 25	Seattle	W 99–94	Memorial Coliseum	15–11
27	December 26	@ San Diego	W 128–116	San Diego Sports Arena	16–11
28	December 30	@ Phoenix	L 112–113	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	16–12

January: 7–6 (home: 4–3; road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
29	January 1	Philadelphia	L 105–120	Memorial Coliseum	16–13
30	January 3	Kansas City	W 127–116 (OT)	Memorial Coliseum	17–13
31	January 5	San Antonio	W 115–110	Memorial Coliseum	18–13
32	January 8	Denver	L 121–124	Memorial Coliseum	18–14
33	January 10	Houston	L 109–111	Memorial Coliseum	18–15
34	January 12	Indiana	W 105–93	Memorial Coliseum	19–15
35	January 14	@ Houston	W 111–100	The Summit	20–15
36	January 16	@ Dallas	W 110–103	Reunion Arena	21–15
37	January 19	@ Atlanta	L 101–112	The Omni	21–16
38	January 20	@ Philadelphia	L 110–115	The Spectrum	21–17
39	January 22	@ Washington	L 97–110	Capital Centre	21–18
40	January 24	@ Boston	W 123–119	Boston Garden	22–18
41	January 28	San Diego	W 96–93	Memorial Coliseum	23–18

February: 6–9 (home: 3–3; road: 3–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
42	February 2	Kansas City	W 102–97	Memorial Coliseum	24–18
43	February 3	@ Utah	L 118–122	Salt Palace Acord Arena	24–19
44	February 5	Utah	W 121–100	Memorial Coliseum	25–19
45	February 7	New York	W 100–98	Memorial Coliseum	26–19
46	February 10	@ Cleveland	W 105–91	Richfield Coliseum	27–19
47	February 11	@ Milwaukee	L 105–116	MECCA Arena	27–20
48	February 13	@ Detroit	W 128–120	Pontiac Silverdome	28–20
49	February 14	@ Indiana	L 91–107	Market Square Arena	28–21
50	February 16	Washington	L 97–100	Memorial Coliseum	28–22
51	February 19	Boston	L 117–127	Memorial Coliseum	28–23
52	February 21	Atlanta	L 97–109	Memorial Coliseum	28–24
53	February 23	@ Chicago	L 122–123	Chicago Stadium	28–25
54	February 24	@ Kansas City	W 123–111	Kemper Arena	29–25
55	February 26	@ New Jersey	L 106–110	Brendan Byrne Arena	29–26
56	February 27	@ New York	L 105–107	Madison Square Garden	29–27

March: 7–8 (home: 4–4; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
57	March 2	Phoenix	W 119–108 (OT)	Memorial Coliseum	30–27
58	March 5	Cleveland	L 110–111	Memorial Coliseum	30–28
59	March 7	@ Golden State	W 106–102	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	31–28
60	March 10	@ Dallas	L 102–104	Reunion Arena	31–29
61	March 12	@ San Antonio	W 112–108	HemisFair Arena	32–29
62	March 13	@ Houston	L 107–112	The Summit	32–30
63	March 16	Los Angeles	L 108–120	Memorial Coliseum	32–31
64	March 18	Golden State	W 109–95	Memorial Coliseum	33–31
65	March 19	@ Utah	W 131–129 (OT)	Salt Palace Acord Arena	34–31
66	March 21	Dallas	W 109–101	Memorial Coliseum	35–31
67	March 23	Milwaukee	L 104–109	Memorial Coliseum	35–32
68	March 25	Houston	L 95–108	Memorial Coliseum	35–33
69	March 26	@ Golden State	L 89–102	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	35–34
70	March 28	@ Seattle	L 101–109	Kingdome	35–35
71	March 30	Kansas City	W 109–99	Memorial Coliseum	36–35

April: 6–5 (home: 5–1; road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
72	April 1	San Antonio	W 109–105	Memorial Coliseum	37–35
73	April 2	@ Denver	L 121–127	McNichols Sports Arena	37–36
74	April 4	@ Los Angeles	L 111–129	The Forum	37–37
75	April 6	Denver	W 136–122	Memorial Coliseum	38–37
76	April 8	@ Phoenix	W 106–104	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	39–37
77	April 9	San Diego	W 124–104	Memorial Coliseum	40–37
78	April 11	Golden State	W 116–106 (OT)	Memorial Coliseum	41–37
79	April 13	@ Seattle	L 86–88	Kingdome	41–38
80	April 15	@ San Diego	L 123–129	San Diego Sports Arena	41–39
81	April 16	Phoenix	L 99–113	Memorial Coliseum	41–40
82	April 18	Seattle	W 119–114	Memorial Coliseum	42–40

1981–82 schedule

Player statistics[edit]

Legend
GP	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