1975–76 Portland Trail Blazers season

1975–76 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach Lenny Wilkens
Arena Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record 37–45 (.451)
Place Division: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
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The 1975–76 season was the sixth season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] The Blazers finished at 37-45, one game shy of their franchise high from the previous year. Despite finishing with a better record than the Detroit Pistons of the Midwest Division, the Pistons made the playoffs and the Blazers did not.

Draft picks

Lionel Hollins was the sixth pick overall in the 1975 NBA Draft.

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 6 Lionel Hollins G  United States Arizona State
2 25 Bob Gross G/F  United States Long Beach State
3 50 Gus Gerard G/F  United States Spirits of St. Louis (ABA)
4 61 Phil Hicks F  United States Tulane

Regular season

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

Season standings

# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Golden State Warriors 59 23 .720 –
2 x-Seattle SuperSonics 43 39 .524 16
3 x-Phoenix Suns 42 40 .512 17
4 y-Milwaukee Bucks 38 44 .463 21
5 x-Detroit Pistons 36 46 .439 23
6 Los Angeles Lakers 40 42 .488 19
7 Portland Trail Blazers 37 45 .451 22
8 Kansas City Kings 31 51 .378 28
9 Chicago Bulls 24 58 .293 35
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Player statistics

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ 1975-76 Portland Trail Blazers