1995–96 Portland Trail Blazers season

1995–96 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach	P.J. Carlesimo
Arena	Rose Garden Arena

Results
Record	44–38 (.537)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific) Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round (eliminated 3–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Portland Trail Blazers seasons
< 1994–95	1996–97 >

The 1995–96 season was the 26th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Blazers went 44–38, fourth in the Pacific Division and sixth in the Western Conference, making their 14th straight trip to the postseason and 19th in 20 years.

The Blazers were knocked out of the playoffs in the first round by a 3–2 margin against the Utah Jazz.

After spending their first 25 years at the Memorial Coliseum, the Blazers began playing at the new Rose Garden Arena this season.

NBA Draft

Main article: 1995 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	8	Shawn Respert	G	United States	Michigan State

Awards and honors

Arvydas Sabonis, All-NBA Rookie First Team

1995–96 NBA season by team

1995 NBA Expansion Draft • 1995 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston • Miami • New Jersey • New York • Orlando • Philadelphia • Washington

Central	Atlanta • Charlotte • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Indiana • Milwaukee • Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas • Denver • Houston • Minnesota • San Antonio • Utah • Vancouver

Pacific	Golden State • L.A. Clippers • L.A. Lakers • Phoenix • Portland • Sacramento • Seattle

Portland Trail Blazers

Founded in 1970 • Based in Portland, Oregon

The Franchise	Franchise • History • Expansion Draft • Accomplishments • Seasons • Head coaches • Current season

Arenas	Memorial Coliseum • Rose Garden

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	Idaho Stampede

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)	1977

Culture and lore	Blazermania • Blaze the Trail Cat • 1977 NBA Finals • I-5 rivalry • Rip City • "Duck" • Memorial Coliseum • Larry Weinberg • Bill Walton • Jack Ramsay • Clyde the Glide • Memorial Day Miracle

Media	TV: KGW • Comcast SportsNet Northwest • Radio: KXTG-FM • Announcers: Mike Barrett • Mike Rice • Brian Wheeler • Antonio Harvey

Portland Trail Blazers seasons

1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–2000 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11
Bold indicates NBA Finals victory