2017–18 Portland Trail Blazers season

2017–18 Portland Trail Blazers season
2017–18 Portland Trail Blazers season
Division champions
Head coach	Terry Stotts
General manager	Neil Olshey
Owners	Paul Allen
Arena	Moda Center
Results
Record	49–33 (.598)
Place	Division: 1st (Northwest); Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round; (lost to Pelicans 0–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	NBC Sports Northwest
Radio	KPOJ, Portland Trail Blazers Radio
< 2016–17	2018–19 >

The 2017–18 Portland Trail Blazers season was the franchise's 48th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This season is most notable for having a 13-game winning streak in their franchise history (tied), starting with a win over the Utah Jazz on February 23, but was ended with a 111–115 loss to the Houston Rockets on March 20. Despite that, the team still managed to clinch their 5th straight playoff berth on April 1, with a win over the Memphis Grizzlies.

They finished the regular season with 49–33, which secured the 3rd seed and clinched the Northwest Division. In the playoffs, the Trail Blazers faced the 6th seeded New Orleans Pelicans in the First Round, and were swept in 4 games.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School / club team
1	10	Zach Collins	C	United States	Gonzaga
1	26	Caleb Swanigan	PF	United States	Purdue

Roster

2017–18 Portland Trail Blazers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
F	8	Aminu, Al-Farouq	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1990–09–21	Wake Forest
G	2	Baldwin, Wade	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	1996–03–29	Vanderbilt
F/C	33	Collins, Zach	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1997–11–19	Gonzaga
G/F	5	Connaughton, Pat	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1993–01–06	Notre Dame
F/C	17	Davis, Ed	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1989–06–05	North Carolina
F	4	Harkless, Maurice	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1993–05–11	St. John's
F	10	Layman, Jake	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1994–03–07	Maryland
C	11	Leonard, Meyers	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1992–02–27	Illinois
G	0	Lillard, Damian	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1990–07–15	Weber State
G	3	McCollum, CJ	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1991–09–19	Lehigh
G	6	Napier, Shabazz	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–07–14	Connecticut
C	27	Nurkić, Jusuf	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	1994–08–23	Bosnia and Herzegovina
C	19	Papagiannis, Georgios	7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1997–07–03	American School (GRE)
F	50	Swanigan, Caleb	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1997–04–18	Purdue
G/F	1	Turner, Evan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1988–10–27	Ohio State
G	23	Wilcox, C. J. (TW)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1990–12–30	Washington

Head coach

Terry Stotts

Assistant coach(es)

John McCullough
Jim Moran
Dale Osbourne
Nate Tibbetts
David Vanterpool
Chris Stackpole (player development)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(GL) On assignment to G League
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2018–03–24

Standings

Division

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	–	28‍–‍13	21‍–‍20	9–7	82
x – Oklahoma City Thunder	48	34	.585	1.0	27‍–‍14	21‍–‍20	5–11	82
x – Utah Jazz	48	34	.585	1.0	28‍–‍13	20‍–‍21	7–9	82
x – Minnesota Timberwolves	47	35	.573	2.0	30‍–‍11	17‍–‍24	10–6	82
Denver Nuggets	46	36	.561	3.0	31‍–‍10	15‍–‍26	9–7	82

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z – Houston Rockets *	65	17	.793	–	82
2	y – Golden State Warriors *	58	24	.707	7.0	82
3	y – Portland Trail Blazers *	49	33	.598	16.0	82
4	x – Oklahoma City Thunder	48	34	.585	17.0	82
5	x – Utah Jazz	48	34	.585	17.0	82
6	x – New Orleans Pelicans	48	34	.585	17.0	82
7	x – San Antonio Spurs	47	35	.573	18.0	82
8	x – Minnesota Timberwolves	47	35	.573	18.0	82

9	Denver Nuggets	46	36	.561	19.0	82
10	Los Angeles Clippers	42	40	.512	23.0	82
11	Los Angeles Lakers	35	47	.427	30.0	82
12	Sacramento Kings	27	55	.329	38.0	82
13	Dallas Mavericks	24	58	.293	41.0	82
14	Memphis Grizzlies	22	60	.268	43.0	82
15	Phoenix Suns	21	61	.256	44.0	82

Game log

Preseason

2017 pre-season game log
Total: 5–1 (home: 2–1; road: 3–0)

Pre-season: 5–1 (home: 2–1; road: 3–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 3	Phoenix	L 112–114	Damian Lillard (18)	Zach Collins (8)	Damian Lillard (4)	Moda Center 15,507	0–1
2	October 5	Toronto	W 106–101	Damian Lillard (16)	Aminu, Swanigan (8)	Damian Lillard (8)	Moda Center 15,505	1–1
3	October 8	@ LA Clippers	W 134–106	Damian Lillard (35)	Meyers Leonard (10)	Evan Turner (8)	Staples Center 13,276	2–1
4	October 9	@ Sacramento	W 97–83	Jusuf Nurkić (16)	Al-Farouq Aminu (8)	Damian Lillard (3)	Golden 1 Center N/A	3–1
5	October 11	@ Phoenix	W 113–104	Meyers Leonard (17)	Ed Davis (12)	Evan Turner (6)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 13,230	4–1
6	October 13	Maccabi Haifa	W 129–81	Jake Layman (24)	Collins, Nurkić (8)	Isaiah Briscoe (7)	Moda Center N/A	5–1

2017–18 season schedule

Regular season

2017–18 game log
Total: 49–33 (home: 28–13; road: 21–20)

October: 4–3 (home: 2–2; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 18	@ Phoenix	W 124–76	Damian Lillard (27)	Al-Farouq Aminu (12)	Damian Lillard (5)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 18,055	1–0
2	October 20	@ Indiana	W 114–96	CJ McCollum (28)	Al-Farouq Aminu (16)	Damian Lillard (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,325	2–0
3	October 21	@ Milwaukee	L 110–113	Lillard, McCollum (26)	Davis, Nurkić (11)	Evan Turner (7)	Bradley Center 16,211	2–1
4	October 24	New Orleans	W 103–93	CJ McCollum (23)	Ed Davis (11)	Damian Lillard (7)	Moda Center 19,446	3–1
5	October 26	LA Clippers	L 103–104	Damian Lillard (25)	Ed Davis (11)	Damian Lillard (6)	Moda Center 18,694	3–2
6	October 28	Phoenix	W 114–107	Damian Lillard (25)	Ed Davis (11)	Damian Lillard (9)	Moda Center 19,343	4–2
7	October 30	Toronto	L 85–99	Damian Lillard (36)	Ed Davis (8)	Aminu, Turner (3)	Moda Center 18,505	4–3

November: 9–6 (home: 5–3; road: 4–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	November 1	@ Utah	L 103–112 (OT)	Damian Lillard (33)	Jusuf Nurkić (11)	Damian Lillard (8)	Vivint Smart Home Arena 16,685	4–4
9	November 2	LA Lakers	W 113–110	Damian Lillard (32)	Ed Davis (8)	Lillard, McCollum, Nurkić, Turner (5)	Moda Center 19,469	5–4
10	November 5	Oklahoma City	W 103–99	Damian Lillard (36)	Nurkić, Vonleh (8)	Damian Lillard (13)	Moda Center 19,393	6–4
11	November 7	Memphis	L 97–98	CJ McCollum (36)	Davis, Vonleh (10)	Damian Lillard (6)	Moda Center 18,692	6–5
12	November 10	Brooklyn	L 97–101	Jusuf Nurkić (21)	Damian Lillard (9)	Damian Lillard (6)	Moda Center 19,393	6–6
13	November 13	Denver	W 99–82	McCollum, Nurkić (17)	Noah Vonleh (10)	Damian Lillard (7)	Moda Center 18,895	7–6
14	November 15	Orlando	W 99–94	Damian Lillard (26)	Damian Lillard (11)	Damian Lillard (7)	Moda Center 19,206	8–6
15	November 17	@ Sacramento	L 82–86	Damian Lillard (29)	Ed Davis (8)	Damian Lillard (4)	Golden 1 Center 17,583	8–7
16	November 18	Sacramento	W 102–90	CJ McCollum (25)	Ed Davis (8)	Damian Lillard (6)	Moda Center 19,522	9–7
17	November 20	@ Memphis	W 100–92	CJ McCollum (25)	Noah Vonleh (18)	Damian Lillard (4)	FedExForum 15,785	10–7
18	November 22	@ Philadelphia	L 81–101	Damian Lillard (30)	Nurkić, Vonleh (11)	Shabazz Napier (4)	Wells Fargo Center 20,605	10–8
19	November 24	@ Brooklyn	W 127–125	Damian Lillard (34)	Jusuf Nurkić (15)	Damian Lillard (9)	Barclays Center 15,246	11–8
20	November 25	@ Washington	W 108–105	Damian Lillard (29)	Noah Vonleh (10)	Damian Lillard (6)	Capital One Arena 18,092	12–8
21	November 27	@ New York	W 103–91	Damian Lillard (32)	Noah Vonleh (12)	Jusuf Nurkić (6)	Madison Square Garden 18,409	13–8
22	November 30	Milwaukee	L 91–103	Jusuf Nurkić (25)	Jusuf Nurkić (11)	Damian Lillard (7)	Moda Center 19,459	13–9

December: 5–8 (home: 1–5; road: 4–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
23	December 2	New Orleans	L 116–123	Damian Lillard (29)	Napier, Vonleh (7)	Damian Lillard (8)	Moda Center 18,730	13–10
24	December 5	Washington	L 92–106	Damian Lillard (30)	Jusuf Nurkić (9)	Damian Lillard (9)	Moda Center 19,241	13–11
25	December 9	Houston	L 117–124	Damian Lillard (35)	Ed Davis (9)	Damian Lillard (6)	Moda Center 19,503	13–12
26	December 11	@ Golden State	L 104–111	Damian Lillard (39)	Noah Vonleh (9)	Evan Turner (4)	Oracle Arena 19,596	13–13
27	December 13	@ Miami	W 102–95	CJ McCollum (28)	Al-Farouq Aminu (13)	Damian Lillard (6)	AmericanAirlines Arena 19,600	14–13
28	December 15	@ Orlando	W 95–88	Damian Lillard (21)	Jusuf Nurkić (11)	Lillard, McCollum (4)	Amway Center 16,963	15–13
29	December 16	@ Charlotte	W 93–91	CJ McCollum (25)	Zach Collins (10)	Damian Lillard (11)	Spectrum Center 16,687	16–13
30	December 18	@ Minnesota	L 107–108	McCollum, Nurkić (20)	Damian Lillard (8)	Damian Lillard (13)	Target Center 14,187	16–14
31	December 20	San Antonio	L 91–93	Damian Lillard (17)	Ed Davis (11)	CJ McCollum (6)	Moda Center 19,393	16–15
32	December 22	Denver	L 85–102	CJ McCollum (15)	Ed Davis (7)	Shabazz Napier (5)	Moda Center 19,473	16–16
33	December 23	@ LA Lakers	W 95–92	Maurice Harkless (22)	Al-Farouq Aminu (10)	Shabazz Napier (5)	Staples Center 18,997	17–16
34	December 28	Philadelphia	W 114–110	CJ McCollum (34)	Jusuf Nurkić (12)	CJ McCollum (4)	Moda Center 20,104	18–16
35	December 30	@ Atlanta	L 89–104	Shabazz Napier (21)	Jusuf Nurkić (11)	Shabazz Napier (6)	Philips Arena 15,877	18–17

January: 11–5 (home: 7–0; road: 4–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
36	January 1	@ Chicago	W 124–120 (OT)	CJ McCollum (32)	Jusuf Nurkić (15)	CJ McCollum (8)	United Center 20,860	19–17
37	January 2	@ Cleveland	L 110–127	Damian Lillard (25)	Al-Farouq Aminu (9)	Damian Lillard (6)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	19–18
38	January 5	Atlanta	W 110–89	CJ McCollum (20)	Jusuf Nurkić (9)	Lillard, McCollum, Napier (6)	Moda Center 19,393	20–18
39	January 7	San Antonio	W 111–110	CJ McCollum (25)	Jusuf Nurkić (13)	McCollum, Napier (7)	Moda Center 19,393	21–18
40	January 9	@ Oklahoma City	W 117–106	CJ McCollum (27)	Jusuf Nurkić (8)	CJ McCollum (7)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	22–18
41	January 10	@ Houston	L 112–121	Damian Lillard (29)	Ed Davis (10)	Damian Lillard (8)	Toyota Center 18,055	22–19
42	January 12	@ New Orleans	L 113–119	Lillard, McCollum (23)	Al-Farouq Aminu (11)	Damian Lillard (8)	Smoothie King Center 17,003	22–20
43	January 14	@ Minnesota	L 103–120	Damian Lillard (21)	Ed Davis (8)	Damian Lillard (8)	Target Center 14,739	22–21
44	January 16	Phoenix	W 118–111	Damian Lillard (31)	Al-Farouq Aminu (9)	Damian Lillard (7)	Moda Center 18,604	23–21
45	January 18	Indiana	W 100–86	Damian Lillard (26)	Jusuf Nurkić (17)	Damian Lillard (8)	Moda Center 19,071	24–21
46	January 20	Dallas	W 117–108	Damian Lillard (31)	Ed Davis (10)	Damian Lillard (9)	Moda Center 19,464	25–21
47	January 22	@ Denver	L 101–104	Damian Lillard (25)	Jusuf Nurkić (12)	Damian Lillard (8)	Pepsi Center 14,474	25–22
48	January 24	Minnesota	W 123–114	Damian Lillard (31)	Ed Davis (10)	Lillard, Turner (6)	Moda Center 18,920	26–22
49	January 26	@ Dallas	W 107–93	Damian Lillard (29)	Al-Farouq Aminu (12)	CJ McCollum (5)	American Airlines Center 19,876	27–22
50	January 30	@ LA Clippers	W 104–96	Damian Lillard (28)	Jusuf Nurkić (20)	Damian Lillard (7)	Staples Center 16,705	28–22
51	January 31	Chicago	W 124–108	CJ McCollum (50)	Jusuf Nurkić (9)	Damian Lillard (7)	Moda Center 19,000	29–22

February: 6–4 (home: 3–1; road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
52	February 2	@ Toronto	L 105–130	Damian Lillard (37)	Al-Farouq Aminu (9)	Damian Lillard (10)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	29–23
53	February 4	@ Boston	L 96–97	CJ McCollum (22)	Aminu, Harkless, Nurkić (8)	Damian Lillard (9)	TD Garden 18,624	29–24
54	February 5	@ Detroit	L 91–111	Damian Lillard (20)	Al-Farouq Aminu (13)	Damian Lillard (5)	Little Caesars Arena 13,810	29–25
55	February 8	Charlotte	W 109–103 (OT)	Jusuf Nurkić (24)	Al-Farouq Aminu (15)	Damian Lillard (8)	Moda Center 19,178	30–25
56	February 9	@ Sacramento	W 118–100	Damian Lillard (50)	Ed Davis (14)	Damian Lillard (6)	Golden 1 Center 17,583	31–25
57	February 11	Utah	L 96–115	Damian Lillard (39)	Ed Davis (12)	CJ McCollum (4)	Moda Center 19,730	31–26
58	February 14	Golden State	W 123–117	Damian Lillard (44)	Jusuf Nurkić (13)	Damian Lillard (8)	Moda Center 19,520	32–26
All-Star Break
59	February 23	@ Utah	W 100–81	CJ McCollum (26)	Aminu, Davis (8)	Lillard, Turner (3)	Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306	33–26
60	February 24	@ Phoenix	W 106–104	Damian Lillard (40)	Jusuf Nurkić (13)	Damian Lillard (5)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 17,112	34–26
61	February 27	Sacramento	W 116–99	Damian Lillard (26)	Ed Davis (12)	Damian Lillard (12)	Moda Center 19,468	35–26

March: 12–3 (home: 8–2; road: 4–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
62	March 1	Minnesota	W 108–99	Damian Lillard (35)	Al-Farouq Aminu (12)	Evan Turner (6)	Moda Center 19,533	36–26
63	March 3	Oklahoma City	W 108–100	CJ McCollum (28)	Ed Davis (10)	Damian Lillard (7)	Moda Center 20,063	37–26
64	March 5	@ LA Lakers	W 108–103	Damian Lillard (39)	Jusuf Nurkić (16)	Damian Lillard (6)	Staples Center 18,997	38–26
65	March 6	NY Knicks	W 111–87	Damian Lillard (37)	Ed Davis (14)	Four players (4)	Moda Center 19,393	39–26
66	March 9	Golden State	W 125–108	CJ McCollum (30)	Ed Davis (15)	Damian Lillard (8)	Moda Center 19,487	40–26
67	March 12	Miami	W 115–99	Damian Lillard (32)	Jusuf Nurkić (16)	Damian Lillard (10)	Moda Center 19,786	41–26
68	March 15	Cleveland	W 113–105	CJ McCollum (29)	Jusuf Nurkić (10)	Damian Lillard (9)	Moda Center 19,806	42–26
69	March 17	Detroit	W 100–87	Damian Lillard (24)	Al-Farouq Aminu (12)	Damian Lillard (8)	Moda Center 19,727	43–26
70	March 18	@ LA Clippers	W 122–109	Damian Lillard (23)	Jusuf Nurkić (12)	Shabazz Napier (8)	Staples Center 17,776	44–26
71	March 20	Houston	L 111–115	Al-Farouq Aminu (22)	Jusuf Nurkić (11)	Damian Lillard (6)	Moda Center 20,012	44–27
72	March 23	Boston	L 100–105	Lillard, McCollum (26)	Al-Farouq Aminu (10)	Damian Lillard (8)	Moda Center 19,575	44–28
73	March 25	@ Oklahoma City	W 108–105	CJ McCollum (34)	Jusuf Nurkić (12)	Damian Lillard (5)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	45–28
74	March 27	@ New Orleans	W 107–103	Damian Lillard (41)	Aminu, Nurkić (10)	Damian Lillard (6)	Smoothie King Center 15,426	46–28
75	March 28	@ Memphis	L 103–108	CJ McCollum (42)	Jusuf Nurkić (8)	CJ McCollum (5)	FedExForum 16,050	46–29
76	March 30	LA Clippers	W 105–96	Jusuf Nurkić (21)	Jusuf Nurkić (12)	Damian Lillard (6)	Moda Center 20,013	47–29

April: 2–4 (home: 2–0; road: 0–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
77	April 1	Memphis	W 113–98	Damian Lillard (27)	Al-Farouq Aminu (10)	Lillard, McCollum (9)	Moda Center 19,545	48–29
78	April 3	@ Dallas	L 109–115	Damian Lillard (29)	Jusuf Nurkić (13)	Lillard, McCollum (8)	American Airlines Center 19,624	48–30
79	April 5	@ Houston	L 94–96	CJ McCollum (16)	Jusuf Nurkić (11)	CJ McCollum (4)	Toyota Center 18,055	48–31
80	April 7	@ San Antonio	L 105–116	Damian Lillard (33)	Jusuf Nurkić (12)	Damian Lillard (5)	AT&T Center 18,610	48–32
81	April 9	@ Denver	L 82–88	Damian Lillard (25)	Jusuf Nurkić (19)	Lillard, McCollum (3)	Pepsi Center 17,467	48–33
82	April 11	Utah	W 102–93	Damian Lillard (36)	Nurkić, Aminu (9)	Damian Lillard (10)	Moda Center 20,186	49–33

2017–18 season schedule

Playoffs

2018 playoff game log
Total: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)

First Round: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 14	New Orleans	L 95–97	CJ McCollum (19)	Jusuf Nurkic (11)	Damian Lillard (7)	Moda Center 19,882	0–1
2	April 17	New Orleans	L 102–111	CJ McCollum (22)	Al-Farouq Aminu (15)	CJ McCollum (6)	Moda Center 20,062	0–2
3	April 19	@ New Orleans	L 102–119	CJ McCollum (22)	Aminu, Davis (8)	Maurice Harkless (4)	Smoothie King Center 18,551	0–3
4	April 21	@ New Orleans	L 123–131	CJ McCollum (38)	Jusuf Nurkic (11)	Damian Lillard (6)	Smoothie King Center 18,544	0–4

2018 playoff schedule

Transactions

Trades

June 22, 2017	To Portland Trail Blazers^[1] Draft right to Zach Collins (Pick 10)	To Sacramento Kings Draft rights to Justin Jackson (Pick 15) Draft rights to Harry Giles (Pick 20)
June 28, 2017	To Portland Trail Blazers Cash considerations	To Houston Rockets Tim Quarterman

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
C. J. Wilcox^[2]	Two-way contract	Orlando Magic
Wade Baldwin IV^[3]	Two-way contract	Memphis Grizzlies

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team

References

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