2020–21 Portland Trail Blazers season
2020–21 Portland Trail Blazers season | |
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Head coach | Terry Stotts |
General manager | Neil Olshey |
Owners | Jody Allen |
Arena | Moda Center |
Results | |
Record | 42–30 (.583) |
Place | Division: 3rd (Northwest) Conference: 6th (Western) |
Playoff finish | First Round (lost to Nuggets 2–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | NBC Sports Northwest |
Radio | KPOJ, Portland Trail Blazers Radio |
The 2020–21 Portland Trail Blazers season was the franchise's 51st season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Trail Blazers entered the season following a playoff defeat from the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the play-in tournament. After the Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets failed to qualify for the postseason for the first time since the 2012-13 and 2011-12 season respectively, the Trail Blazers now hold the longest active playoff streak in the NBA qualifying every year since the 2013-14 season. In the first round, the Trail Blazers faced the Denver Nuggets where they lost to them in six games.
Following the playoff exit, the Trail Blazers and head coach Terry Stotts mutually agreed to part ways after nine years.[1]
Draft picks
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School / club team |
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1 | 16 | Isaiah Stewart | PF/C | United States | Washington |
2 | 46 | C. J. Elleby | SG | United States | Washington State |
Roster
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Standings
[edit]Division
[edit]Northwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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z – Utah Jazz | 52 | 20 | .722 | – | 31–5 | 21–15 | 7–5 | 72 |
x – Denver Nuggets | 47 | 25 | .653 | 5.0 | 25–11 | 22–14 | 9–3 | 72 |
x – Portland Trail Blazers | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 | 20–16 | 22–14 | 6–6 | 72 |
Minnesota Timberwolves | 23 | 49 | .319 | 29.0 | 13–23 | 10–26 | 5–7 | 72 |
Oklahoma City Thunder | 22 | 50 | .306 | 30.0 | 10–26 | 12–24 | 3–9 | 72 |
Conference
[edit]Western Conference | ||||||
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | z – Utah Jazz * | 52 | 20 | .722 | – | 72 |
2 | y – Phoenix Suns * | 51 | 21 | .708 | 1.0 | 72 |
3 | x – Denver Nuggets | 47 | 25 | .653 | 5.0 | 72 |
4 | x – Los Angeles Clippers | 47 | 25 | .653 | 5.0 | 72 |
5 | y – Dallas Mavericks * | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 | 72 |
6 | x – Portland Trail Blazers | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 | 72 |
7 | x – Los Angeles Lakers | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 | 72 |
8 | pi – Golden State Warriors | 39 | 33 | .542 | 13.0 | 72 |
9 | x – Memphis Grizzlies | 38 | 34 | .528 | 14.0 | 72 |
10 | pi – San Antonio Spurs | 33 | 39 | .458 | 19.0 | 72 |
11 | New Orleans Pelicans | 31 | 41 | .431 | 21.0 | 72 |
12 | Sacramento Kings | 31 | 41 | .431 | 21.0 | 72 |
13 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 23 | 49 | .319 | 29.0 | 72 |
14 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 22 | 50 | .306 | 30.0 | 72 |
15 | Houston Rockets | 17 | 55 | .236 | 35.0 | 72 |
Notes
- z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
- c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
- y – Clinched division title
- x – Clinched playoff spot
- pb – Clinched play-in spot
- o – Eliminated from playoff contention
- * – Division leader
Game log
[edit]Preseason
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Preseason: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
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2020–21 season schedule |
Regular season
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]2021 playoff game log Total: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First round: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
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2021 playoff schedule |
Player statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
Regular season
[edit]Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Enes Kanter Freedom | 72 | 35 | 24.4 | .604 | .250 | .774 | 11.0 | 1.2 | .5 | .7 | 11.2 |
Robert Covington | 70 | 70 | 32.0 | .401 | .379 | .806 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 8.5 |
Carmelo Anthony | 69 | 3 | 24.5 | .421 | .409 | .890 | 3.1 | 1.5 | .7 | .6 | 13.4 |
Damian Lillard | 67 | 67 | 35.8 | .451 | .391 | .928 | 4.2 | 7.5 | .9 | .3 | 28.8 |
Anfernee Simons | 64 | 0 | 17.3 | .419 | .426 | .807 | 2.2 | 1.4 | .3 | .1 | 7.8 |
Derrick Jones Jr. | 58 | 43 | 22.7 | .484 | .316 | .648 | 3.5 | .8 | .6 | .9 | 6.8 |
Nassir Little | 48 | 2 | 13.3 | .467 | .350 | .800 | 2.7 | .5 | .1 | .3 | 4.6 |
CJ McCollum | 47 | 47 | 34.0 | .458 | .402 | .812 | 3.9 | 4.7 | .9 | .4 | 23.1 |
Gary Trent Jr.† | 41 | 23 | 30.8 | .414 | .397 | .773 | 2.2 | 1.4 | .9 | .1 | 15.0 |
Rodney Hood† | 38 | 5 | 19.1 | .363 | .298 | .750 | 1.9 | 1.2 | .5 | .1 | 4.7 |
Harry Giles III | 38 | 0 | 9.2 | .433 | .348 | .593 | 3.5 | .8 | .2 | .3 | 2.8 |
Jusuf Nurkić | 37 | 37 | 23.8 | .514 | .400 | .619 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 11.5 |
C. J. Elleby | 30 | 0 | 6.4 | .379 | .206 | .733 | 1.1 | .3 | .2 | .1 | 2.3 |
Norman Powell† | 27 | 27 | 34.4 | .443 | .361 | .880 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.3 | .4 | 17.0 |
Keljin Blevins | 17 | 0 | 4.4 | .250 | .250 | .6 | .2 | .1 | .0 | .7 | |
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | 11 | 1 | 9.7 | .500 | .000 | .563 | 2.4 | 1.2 | .2 | .4 | 2.5 |
T. J. Leaf | 7 | 0 | 5.0 | .500 | 1.000 | .7 | .1 | .3 | .1 | 1.7 |
Playoffs
[edit]Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Damian Lillard | 6 | 6 | 41.3 | .463 | .449 | .940 | 4.3 | 10.2 | 1.0 | .7 | 34.3 |
CJ McCollum | 6 | 6 | 40.0 | .439 | .333 | .769 | 6.0 | 4.3 | .3 | .7 | 20.7 |
Robert Covington | 6 | 6 | 38.0 | .500 | .500 | .900 | 7.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 9.3 |
Norman Powell | 6 | 6 | 36.0 | .500 | .385 | .889 | 2.2 | 2.0 | .8 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
Jusuf Nurkić | 6 | 6 | 28.8 | .545 | .200 | .720 | 10.3 | 2.7 | .5 | 1.2 | 13.2 |
Carmelo Anthony | 6 | 0 | 23.8 | .417 | .378 | .909 | 3.2 | 1.5 | .3 | .2 | 12.3 |
Anfernee Simons | 6 | 0 | 17.8 | .560 | .611 | 2.7 | .8 | .3 | .2 | 6.5 | |
Enes Kanter Freedom | 5 | 0 | 11.2 | .500 | 1.000 | 2.6 | .0 | .0 | .4 | 2.0 | |
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | 5 | 0 | 7.2 | .800 | .667 | 1.6 | .0 | .2 | .2 | 2.0 | |
Nassir Little | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .3 | 1.7 |
T. J. Leaf | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | .750 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 | ||
Derrick Jones Jr. | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | .400 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .5 | .0 | 2.0 | |
C. J. Elleby | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | 1.5 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | ||
Keljin Blevins | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | .500 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 | |
Harry Giles III | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | 3.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Trail Blazers only.
Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]November 20, 2020[2] | To Portland Trail Blazers Enes Kanter |
To Boston Celtics Future MEM draft consideration |
To Memphis Grizzlies Mario Hezonja Desmond Bane | ||
November 22, 2020[3] | To Portland Trail Blazers Robert Covington |
To Houston Rockets Trevor Ariza 2020 first-round pick 2021 protected first-round pick |
March 25, 2021[4] | To Portland Trail Blazers Norman Powell |
To Toronto Raptors Gary Trent Jr. Rodney Hood |
Free agency
[edit]Re-signed
[edit]Player | Signed |
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Rodney Hood[5] | November 22, 2020 |
Carmelo Anthony[6] | November 22, 2020 |
Additions
[edit]Player | Signed | Former team |
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Derrick Jones Jr.[7] | November 22, 2020 | Miami Heat |
Harry Giles[8] | November 22, 2020 | Sacramento Kings |
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | Toronto Raptors | |
T. J. Leaf | Indiana Pacers |
Subtractions
[edit]Player | Reason left | New team |
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Jaylen Adams[9] | Free agency | Milwaukee Bucks |
Hassan Whiteside[10] | Free agency | Sacramento Kings |
Wenyen Gabriel[11] | Free agency | New Orleans Pelicans |
Jaylen Hoard[12] | Free agency | Oklahoma City Thunder |
Moses Brown[13] | Free agency | Oklahoma City Thunder |
Caleb Swanigan | Free agency | N/A |
References
[edit]- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS AND TERRY STOTTS MUTUALLY AGREE TO PART WAYS". NBA.com. June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE ENES KANTER IN THREE-TEAM TRADE". NBA.com. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE ROBERT COVINGTON FROM HOUSTON". NBA.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE NORMAN POWELL FROM TORONTO RAPTORS". NBA.com. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS RE-SIGN RODNEY HOOD". NBA.com. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS RE-SIGN CARMELO ANTHONY". NBA.com. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN DERRICK JONES JR". NBA.com. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN HARRY GILES". NBA.com. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Milwaukee Bucks Sign Jaylen Adams And Mamadi Diakite To Two-Way Contracts". NBA.com. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ^ "Kings Sign Hassan Whiteside". NBA.com. November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- ^ "Pelicans sign Wenyen Gabriel and Willy Hernangómez". NBA.com. November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ "Thunder Sign, Waive Jaylen Hoard". hoopsrumors.com. December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ "Thunder Signs Moses Brown and Josh Hall to Two-Way Contracts". NBA.com. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.