This '76-77 poster sponsored by KPTV & Red Carpet Real Estate features photos of Larry Steele & Lionel Hollins, along with the 14 games on the TV broadcast schedule that season!
Side note - who remembers our first TV broadcaster from KPTV, Jimmy Jones??
#RipCity
I was 14 when the
@trailblazers
crowd sang
#HappyBirthday
to
#BillWalton
on his 25th birthday in a game vs
@sixers
in 1976.
Yeah, I knew Bill was 9 years older than me, but I was a kid, he was a fucking adult! Now I’m 62, he’s still 9 years older but damn! This hurts.
So
RIP
@StanMcKenzie
& to
@vashtimckenzie
& the McKenzie family ... our greatest sympathies and thoughtful prayers.
Stan was a wonderful man who made an impact on Blazers. He played 171 straight games for Portland, setting a standard for other to follow
#Blazers
#RIPCity
Jan 10 1986 -
#ClydeDrexler
nearly pulls of an historic quadruple-double in
@trailblazers
95-89 loss to
@Bucks
.
Drexler recorded his 5th triple-double, w/26 pts, 11 assts & 10 steals & was 1 rebound shy of getting the
@NBA
's 2nd known quadruple-double.
#RipCity
Aug 3 - Happy Birthday to former
@trailblazers
coach Nate McMillan
McMillan coached from 2005 to 2012, & finished w/266 wins & 269 losses. His win total is 4th most in
#Blazers
History.
#RipCity
February 26 -
#HBD
to former
@trailblazers
great
@SteveBlake5
Blake holds the distinction of being the only player to have 3 separate stints with the
#Blazers
.
Originally signed as a FA on Sept 28, 2005, Blake joined the Blazers mainly as a backup but by game 20, he was the
Aug 17, 1970 - Bill Schonely is named as the "Voice of the
@trailblazers
"
Schonely would go on to call 2,522 Blazers games from 9/24/70 to 4/30/98). Schonely, who is 92, is still the Ambassador for the team at many public functions
#Blazers
#RipCity
#thisdateBlazersHistory
The NBCA would like to congratulate longtime
@NBA
Coach Rick Adelman on being awarded the 2023 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award!
Click here for the full press release:
After the
@trailblazers
won the
@NBA
Draft
#Lottery
to get the 1st pick in the 2007 Draft, the
#Blazers
selected
#GregOden
over
@KDTrey5
.
Oden missed his 1st season after having microfracture surgery on his right knee. He came back in his "rookie" season of 08/09 and played 61
HBD Terrell Brandon, one of the most underrated players of the 90s!
In 1997, SI called the 5'11" 2 x NBA All-Star the league's best pure point guard & best kept secret.
I don’t remember the year but
#BillRussell
was coming into Portland with
#TNT
to broadcast a
@trailblazers
game, maybe 1986 or 87. I helped out with game-day ops occasionally so I brought this magazine in to get it signed. I was told that Mr. Russell didn’t sign autographs but I
Jack Ramsay's traditional 1-mile run on Sept 24 1976. Players had to run in under 6 mins, or face fine of $1 per second over 6. Walton was at finish line at 5:14 but crossed finish line 5:59 to avoid fine
Dec 9 2011 -
#BrandonRoy
announces he will retire from
@trailblazers
due to knee injuries
Roy played 5 yrs w/
#Blazers
& avg 18.8, 4.7 assts & 4.3 rebs in 326 games. Roy was 2007
#ROY
& a 3-time
@NBA
All-Star & made All-NBA teams in 2009 (2nd team) & 2010 (3rd team)
#RipCity
Hey
@PeterVecsey1
... I came across this while researching something else. I found interesting enough to be sidetracked in reading it before continuing my research and thought I'd share
July 1 - HBD to
@NBA
Insider
@PeterVecsey1
Prior to invention of Internet I would have to visit my local newsstand to purchase out of town papers to read his days-old NBA news. Now, I get to listen to him talk w/
#NBALegends
on his
#HoopduJour
podcast
Have a great day Peter!
On this day in 2000... Kobe & Shaq connected on an alley-oop in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals to punch their ticket to the NBA Finals!
#NBAVault
#NBA75
April 26 -- Happy Birthday to former
@trailblazers
Jim Marsh.
Originally drafted by the
@SeattleSonics
in 1968, Marsh played 39 games for the Blazers during the 1971/72 season, avg 3 pts & 2 rebs in 9 mins of action before being waived prior the next season.
The Greatest Day! The sun shine, the birds sang, the drinks tasted better, the food was delicious, and the best ball in the land resided in the great PNW
#RipCity
#ThisDateinBlazersHistory
June 5, 1977: The Portland Trail Blazers win the NBA Championship, defeating the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, 109-107.
Finals MVP Bill Walton had 20 PTS/23 REB/8 BLK/7 AST and Bob Gross scored 24 PTS for Portland. Julius Erving had 40 PTS/8 AST for the 76ers.
April 23, 2019 -
@Dame_Lillard
hit a 37-footer at the buzzer to finish with a then PO career-best 50 points as
@trailblazers
eliminated
@okcthunder
in 5 games with a 118-115 victory in the
#WCSF
.
With game tied and the clock moving to 0:00, Lillard dribbled just inside of half
May 11 1992 - The
@trailblazers
defeated the host
@Suns
153-151 in double-OT in Game 4 of the
@WCSF
series. It is the highest-scoring
@NBA
Playoff game ever.
The 3-hour, 32-minute win gives the Blazers a 3-1 advantage as the teams head back to Portland for Game 5. "You couldn't
July 3 2009 - Despite a rumored agreement with the
@trailblazers
, FA forward
@hidoturkoglu15
has decided to not sign with the
#Blazers
and will sign with the
@Raptors
instead.
The Blazers were looking to add Turkoglu's outside shooting to the tandem of
#BrandonRoy
and
#HBD
to
@trailblazers
great
@terryporter30
Drafted with the 24t pick in the 1985
@NBA
Draft from
@UWStevensPoint
, Porter averaged 14.9 points, 7.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds in 758 games over his 10 seasons with the
#Blazers
. His name is littered in the Top-10 career leaders in many
The Chicken was a guest of the AAA Portland Beavers baseball team when I worked with them. My 3-year old son wanted to meet the chicken, so after the game, and after I filed my reports, we went to see him. The Chicken grabbed his beaks, separating them and screeched at my son,
Apr 23 2011 -
#BrandonRoy
scored 18 pts in 4th qtr to lift
@trailblazers
to an 84-82 victory over
@dallasmavs
.
The
#Blazers
trailed 67-49 entering final period. It was the biggest 4th-quarter comeback in franchise playoff history.
Idk about in the NBA but definitely a Top-5 What if in Blazers history. Off top of my head, I’d rank it in 5th place
1- keeping Moses
2- Sabonis comes in 80’s
3- Walton stays healthy
4- Jordan over Bowie
5- Durant over Oden
#RipCity
December 28, 1999: Arvydas Sabonis with the no-look, over-the-head assist to Damon Stoudamire.
The Trail Blazers defeated Seattle, 94-89. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 24 PTS/8 REB. Gary Payton had 24 PTS/13 AST for the SuperSonics.