1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season

1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach Mike Schuler
Arena Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record 49–33 (.598)
Place Division: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish West First Round (eliminated 3-1)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Portland Trail Blazers seasons
< 1985–86 1987–88 >

The 1986–87 season was the 17th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Blazers finished 49–33, third in the Western Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.

In the 1987 NBA Playoffs, despite having home-court advantage, the Blazers lost their first-round best-of-five series to the Houston Rockets, three games to one.

NBA Draft

Main article: 1986 NBA Draft

Note: This is not a complete list; only the first two rounds are covered, as well as notable post-second round picks.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 14 Walter Berry F  United States St. John's
1 24 Arvydas Sabonis C  Soviet Union
( Lithuania)		 Zalgiris (Lithuania)
2 37 Panagiotis Fasoulas C  Greece NC State
3 60 Dražen Petrović G  Yugoslavia Cibona Zagreb (Yugoslavia)

Awards and honors

1986 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions
Eastern
Boston • New Jersey • New York • Philadelphia • Washington
Atlanta • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Indiana • Milwaukee
Western
Dallas • Denver • Houston • Sacramento • San Antonio • Utah
Golden State • L.A. Clippers • L.A. Lakers • Phoenix • Portland • Seattle
Founded in 1970 • Based in Portland, Oregon
The Franchise
Arenas
Coaches
Todd • Inman • McCloskey • Wilkens (player-coach) • Ramsay • Schuler • Adelman • Carlesimo • Dunleavy • Cheeks • Pritchard • McMillan
General Managers
Glickman • Inman • Spoelstra • Petrie • Whitsitt • Nash • Patterson • Leiweke • Pritchard • Cho
President
Sarkowsky • Weinberg • Whitsitt • Glickman • Patterson • Leiweke • Miller
D-League Affiliate
Administration
Owner: Paul Allen • General Manager: (Vacant) • Head Coach: Nate McMillan • List of executives
Retired Numbers
1 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 20 • 22 • 30 (Gross) • 30 (Porter) • 32 • 36 • 45 • 77
NBA Championships (1)
Culture and lore
Media
TV: KGW • Comcast SportsNet Northwest • Radio: KXTG-FM • Announcers: Mike Barrett • Mike Rice • Brian Wheeler • Antonio Harvey
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