1988–89 Portland Trail Blazers season


The 1988–89 season was the 19th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association. The Blazers finished 39–43, eighth in the Western Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive year.
The team was racked with dissension and posted a 25–22 record before coach Mike Schuler was fired in mid-February. Then-assistant coach Rick Adelman was promoted to replace him on an interim basis. After the Blazers reached the 1989 NBA Playoffs, Adelman was made the head coach on a full-time basis.
In the 1989 NBA Playoffs, the Blazers were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the fourth straight year, losing three straight to the eventual Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers.
Clyde Drexler and Kevin Duckworth were both selected to the 1989 NBA All-Star Game.

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool/Club Team
121Mark BryantFSeton Hall
226Rolando FerreiraCHouston
353Anthony MasonFTennessee State
371Craig NealGGeorgia Tech

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

Playoffs

Playoffs

West First Round

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers: Lakers win series 3-0
Last Playoff Meeting: 1985 Western Conference Semifinals

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and honors