my-server
← Wiki Redirected from 2008-09 Portland Trail Blazers season

2008–09 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 2008–09 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 39th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the playoffs, the Trail Blazers lost to the Houston Rockets in six games in the first round. The 2008-09 Trail Blazers had the best team offensive rating in the NBA.

Key dates

Offseason

  • An MRI revealed that Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy needed arthroscopic surgery to repair a tear in the meniscus of his left knee. The surgery was scheduled for Thursday, August 14.

Draft picks

Draft Day trades

Roster

Preseason

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |1 |October 7 |Sacramento Kings |W 110–81 |Webster (15) |Przybilla (12) |Roy, Rodríguez (7) |Rose Garden<br />19,321 |1–0 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" |2 |October 8 |Golden State Warriors |L 95–110 |Fernández (15) |Oden (9) |Rodríguez (10) |Rose Garden<br />17,847 |1–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |3 |October 10 |Atlanta Hawks |W 102–80 |S. Randolph (19) |S. Randolph (10) |Rodríguez, Bayless (7) |Sprint Center<br />12,457 |2–1 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" |4 |October 12 |Utah Jazz |L 80–93 |Batum (16) |L. Jackson (7) |Rodríguez (8) |Rose Garden<br />19,980 |2–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |5 |October 20 |Sacramento Kings |W 112–98 |Aldridge (24) |Oden (9) |Aldridge (5) |ARCO Arena<br />8,632 |3–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |6 |October 22 |Los Angeles Clippers |W 87–75 |Roy (17) |Oden (13) |Blake (6) |Staples Center<br />10,882 |4–2 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" |7 |October 23 |Utah Jazz |L 89–100 |Frye (17) |Frye (10) |Rodríguez (7) |EnergySolutions Arena<br />19,169 |4–3

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 28 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Travis Outlaw (18) | Joel Przybilla (11) | Brandon Roy (5) | Staples Center<br />18,997 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | October 31 | San Antonio | | Brandon Roy (26) | Rudy Fernández (8) | Brandon Roy (7) | Rose Garden<br />20,516 | 1–1

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | November 1 | @ Phoenix | | Brandon Roy, Rudy Fernández (20) | Joel Przybilla (9) | Brandon Roy, Travis Outlaw, Sergio Rodríguez (4) | US Airways Center<br />18,422 | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | November 5 | @ Utah | | Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge (18) | Joel Przybilla (16) | Brandon Roy (6) | EnergySolutions Arena<br />19,911 | 1–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 | November 6 | Houston | | LaMarcus Aldridge (27) | Travis Outlaw (13) | Steve Blake (8) | Rose Garden<br />20,611 | 2–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | November 8 | Minnesota | | LaMarcus Aldridge, Brandon Roy (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge (13) | Brandon Roy (9) | Rose Garden<br />20,599 | 3–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 | November 10 | @ Orlando | | Brandon Roy (27) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Steve Blake, Brandon Roy, Sergio Rodríguez (4) | Amway Arena<br />14,210 | 4–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 | November 12 | @ Miami | | Rudy Fernández (25) | Joel Przybilla (10) | Sergio Rodríguez (5) | American Airlines Arena<br />15,021 | 5–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 14 | @ New Orleans | | Brandon Roy (21) | Greg Oden (11) | Sergio Rodríguez (7) | New Orleans Arena<br />16,071 | 5–4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 | November 15 | @ Minnesota | | Brandon Roy (24) | Greg Oden, Joel Przybilla (8) | Brandon Roy (6) | Target Center<br />12,213 | 6–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 18 | @ Golden State | | Brandon Roy, Greg Oden (22) | Greg Oden (10) | Brandon Roy (9) | Oracle Arena<br />18,284 | 6–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 | November 19 | Chicago | | Brandon Roy (20) | Greg Oden (10) | Sergio Rodríguez (9) | Rose Garden<br />20,599 | 7–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 | November 21 | @ Sacramento | | Steve Blake (20) | Joel Przybilla (10) | Steve Blake (5) | ARCO Arena<br />12,056 | 8–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 | November 22 | @ Phoenix | | Brandon Roy (26) | Channing Frye, Joel Przybilla (8) | Steve Blake (5) | US Airways Center<br />18,422 | 8–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 | November 24 | Sacramento | | Brandon Roy (28) | Joel Przybilla (12) | Steve Blake (5) | Rose Garden<br />20,467 | 9–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 16 | November 26 | Miami | | Channing Frye (17) | Greg Oden (10) | Sergio Rodríguez (11) | Rose Garden<br />20,528 | 10–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 | November 28 | New Orleans | | Brandon Roy (25) | Greg Oden (8) | Brandon Roy (10) | Rose Garden<br />20,638 | 11–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 18 | November 30 | @ Detroit | | LaMarcus Aldridge (27) | Greg Oden (13) | Steve Blake (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br />22,076 | 12–6

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 | December 2 | @ New York | | Brandon Roy (23) | Joel Przybilla (14) | Steve Blake (6) | Madison Square Garden<br />18,664 | 13–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 20 | December 3 | @ Washington | | Brandon Roy (22) | Greg Oden (10) | Sergio Rodríguez (7) | Verizon Center<br />12,802 | 14–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 | December 5 | @ Boston | | Travis Outlaw, LaMarcus Aldridge (13) | Joel Przybilla (8) | Steve Blake (4) | TD Banknorth Garden<br />18,624 | 14–7 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 22 | December 7 | @ Toronto | | LaMarcus Aldridge (20) | Greg Oden (10) | Brandon Roy (7) | Air Canada Centre<br />17,671 | 15–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 | December 9 | Orlando | | Brandon Roy (30) | LaMarcus Aldridge (13) | Sergio Rodríguez (7) | Rose Garden<br />20,642 | 15–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | December 11 | @ Utah | | Brandon Roy (33) | Greg Oden (9) | Steve Blake (5) | EnergySolutions Arena<br />19,911 | 15–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | December 12 | L.A. Clippers | | Brandon Roy (38) | Greg Oden (15) | Brandon Roy (9) | Rose Garden<br />20,558 | 15–10 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 26 | December 16 | Sacramento | | Brandon Roy (29) | Joel Przybilla (14) | Sergio Rodríguez, Brandon Roy (5) | Rose Garden<br />20,005 | 16–10 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 | December 18 | Phoenix | | Brandon Roy (52) | Travis Outlaw, Joel Przybilla (6) | Steve Blake (10) | Rose Garden<br />20,650 | 17–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 | December 22 | @ Denver | | LaMarcus Aldridge (20) | Joel Przybilla (8) | Brandon Roy (5) | Pepsi Center<br />18,611 | 17–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 29 | December 23 | Denver | | LaMarcus Aldridge (22) | Joel Przybilla (19) | Brandon Roy (6) | Rose Garden<br />20,007 | 18–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 30 | December 25 | Dallas | | Brandon Roy (22) | Brandon Roy, Joel Przybilla, Greg Oden (5) | Steve Blake (7) | Rose Garden<br />20,643 | 18–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 31 | December 27 | Toronto | | Brandon Roy (32) | Greg Oden (10) | Brandon Roy (9) | Rose Garden<br />20,588 | 19–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 | December 30 | Boston | | Steve Blake (21) | Greg Oden (11) | Steve Blake, Greg Oden (3) | Rose Garden<br />20,651 | 20–12

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 33 | January 2 | New Orleans | | Rudy Fernández (19) | LaMarcus Aldridge (10) | Steve Blake (6) | Rose Garden<br />20,708 | 20–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 4 | @ L.A. Lakers | | LaMarcus Aldridge (22) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Nicolas Batum, Sergio Rodríguez, Jerryd Bayless, LaMarcus Aldridge (4) | Staples Center<br />18,997 | 20–14 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 35 | January 7 | Detroit | | LaMarcus Aldridge (26) | Joel Przybilla (7) | Steve Blake (10) | Rose Garden<br />20,644 | 21–14 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 36 | January 10 | Golden State | | LaMarcus Aldridge (26) | Greg Oden (8) | Rudy Fernández (6) | Rose Garden<br />20,687 | 22–14 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 37 | January 12 | @ Chicago | | Travis Outlaw (33) | Greg Oden (13) | Steve Blake (10) | United Center<br />18,996 | 23–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 14 | @ Philadelphia | | Brandon Roy (27) | LaMarcus Aldridge, Joel Przybilla (9) | Brandon Roy (6) | Wachovia Center<br />14,561 | 23–15 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 | January 15 | @ New Jersey | | Brandon Roy (29) | Joel Przybilla (11) | Brandon Roy (5) | Izod Center<br />13,824 | 24–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 40 | January 17 | @ Charlotte | | LaMarcus Aldridge (21) | Joel Przybilla (10) | Brandon Roy (6) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br />17,482 | 24–16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 41 | January 19 | Milwaukee | | Greg Oden (24) | Greg Oden (15) | Sergio Rodríguez, Brandon Roy (7) | Rose Garden<br />20,580 | 25–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 21 | Cleveland | | Brandon Roy (23) | Joel Przybilla (15) | Sergio Rodríguez (5) | Rose Garden<br />20,632 | 25–17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 43 | January 24 | Washington | | Brandon Roy (22) | Greg Oden (14) | Sergio Rodríguez (8) | Rose Garden<br />20,566 | 26–17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 44 | January 26 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Brandon Roy (33) | Joel Przybilla (8) | Jerryd Bayless (6) | Staples Center<br />16,570 | 27–17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 45 | January 28 | Charlotte | | LaMarcus Aldridge (25) | Greg Oden (14) | Sergio Rodríguez (7) | Rose Garden<br />20,380 | 28–17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 46 | January 31 | Utah | | Brandon Roy (30) | Joel Przybilla (17) | Sergio Rodríguez (7) | Rose Garden<br />20,593 | 29–17

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 47 | February 2 | @ New Orleans | | LaMarcus Aldridge (22) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Jerryd Bayless (6) | New Orleans Arena<br />14,781 | 30–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 48 | February 4 | @ Dallas | | Brandon Roy (26) | Brandon Roy (7) | Jerryd Bayless, Travis Outlaw (4) | American Airlines Center<br />19,767 | 30–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 6 | @ Oklahoma City | | Brandon Roy (32) | Brandon Roy (9) | Brandon Roy (6) | Ford Center<br />18,694 | 30–19 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 50 | February 8 | New York | | Travis Outlaw (23) | Greg Oden (12) | Brandon Roy (8) | Rose Garden<br />20,609 | 31–19 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 51 | February 11 | Oklahoma City | | Brandon Roy (22) | Joel Przybilla (14) | Jerryd Bayless (8) | Rose Garden<br />20,050 | 32–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 12 | @ Golden State | | Brandon Roy (37) | Travis Outlaw (12) | Sergio Rodríguez (7) | Oracle Arena<br />19,322 | 32–20 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 | February 18 | Memphis | | Brandon Roy (24) | Joel Przybilla (15) | Brandon Roy (9) | Rose Garden<br />20,385 | 33–20 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 | February 20 | Atlanta | | Brandon Roy (27) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Steve Blake, Brandon Roy (5) | Rose Garden<br />20,250 | 34–20 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 | February 22 | L.A. Clippers | | LaMarcus Aldridge (28) | LaMarcus Aldridge (10) | Steve Blake (17) | Rose Garden<br />20,447 | 35–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | February 24 | @ Houston | | Brandon Roy (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge, Joel Przybilla (8) | Brandon Roy, Steve Blake (5) | Toyota Center<br />17,515 | 35–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | February 25 | @ San Antonio | | Channing Frye (15) | Joel Przybilla (10) | Sergio Rodríguez (7) | AT&T Center<br />18,672 | 35–22 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 58 | February 27 | @ Minnesota | | Brandon Roy (19) | LaMarcus Aldridge (10) | Steve Blake (6) | Target Center<br />17,017 | 36–22

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 59 | March 1 | San Antonio | | LaMarcus Aldridge, Brandon Roy (26) | Joel Przybilla (10) | Steve Blake (6) | Rose Garden<br />20,627 | 37–22 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 60 | March 4 | Indiana | | Brandon Roy (28) | Joel Przybilla (12) | Rudy Fernández (4) | Rose Garden<br />20,020 | 38–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 61 | March 5 | @ Denver | | Brandon Roy (22) | Joel Przybilla (12) | Steve Blake (5) | Pepsi Center<br />16,801 | 38–23 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 62 | March 7 | Minnesota | | Brandon Roy (31) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Brandon Roy (6) | Rose Garden<br />20,535 | 39–23 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 63 | March 9 | L.A. Lakers | | Brandon Roy (27) | Joel Przybilla (18) | Sergio Rodríguez, Steve Blake (6) | Rose Garden<br />20,573 | 40–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | March 11 | Dallas | | LaMarcus Aldridge (23) | Joel Przybilla (15) | Brandon Roy (6) | Rose Garden<br />20,286 | 40–24 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 65 | March 13 | New Jersey | | Brandon Roy (31) | LaMarcus Aldridge, Travis Outlaw (10) | Steve Blake (5) | Rose Garden<br />20,634 | 41–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 15 | @ Atlanta | | Brandon Roy (29) | Joel Przybilla (14) | Brandon Roy (5) | Philips Arena<br />14,413 | 41–25 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 67 | March 16 | @ Memphis | | LaMarcus Aldridge (22) | Joel Przybilla (13) | Brandon Roy (9) | FedExForum<br />11,417 | 42–25 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 68 | March 18 | @ Indiana | | Brandon Roy (20) | Joel Przybilla (11) | Steve Blake (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse<br />13,072 | 43–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 19 | @ Cleveland | | Brandon Roy (24) | Joel Przybilla (11) | Brandon Roy, Steve Blake (7) | Quicken Loans Arena<br />20,562 | 43–26 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 70 | March 21 | @ Milwaukee | | Brandon Roy (30) | Joel Przybilla (14) | Brandon Roy (7) | Bradley Center<br />17,809 | 44–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 23 | Philadelphia | | LaMarcus Aldridge (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | LaMarcus Aldridge, Steve Blake (5) | Rose Garden<br />20,620 | 44–27 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 72 | March 26 | Phoenix | | LaMarcus Aldridge (29) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Sergio Rodríguez (8) | Rose Garden<br />20,620 | 45–27 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 | March 28 | Memphis | | Brandon Roy (21) | Joel Przybilla (10) | Sergio Rodríguez, Brandon Roy, Steve Blake (4) | Rose Garden<br />20,680 | 46–27 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 74 | March 31 | Utah | | LaMarcus Aldridge (26) | Joel Przybilla (9) | Brandon Roy (11) | Rose Garden<br />20,675 | 47–27

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 75 | April 3 | @ Oklahoma City | | LaMarcus Aldridge (35) | LaMarcus Aldridge (18) | Steve Blake (10) | Ford Center<br />19,136 | 48–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 5 | @ Houston | | LaMarcus Aldridge, Brandon Roy (22) | LaMarcus Aldridge (9) | Brandon Roy (6) | Toyota Center<br />18,214 | 48–28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 | April 7 | @ Memphis | | Brandon Roy (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge (8) | Brandon Roy (4) | FedExForum<br />10,089 | 49–28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 78 | April 8 | @ San Antonio | | Brandon Roy (26) | Joel Przybilla (17) | Steve Blake (7) | AT&T Center<br />18,797 | 50–28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 | April 10 | L.A. Lakers | | Brandon Roy (24) | Joel Przybilla (13) | Brandon Roy (8) | Rose Garden<br />20,681 | 51–28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 80 | April 11 | @ L.A. Clippers | | LaMarcus Aldridge (21) | Joel Przybilla (14) | Steve Blake (5) | Staples Center<br />18,321 | 52–28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 81 | April 13 | Oklahoma City | | Travis Outlaw (21) | Joel Przybilla (12) | Sergio Rodríguez (8) | Rose Garden<br />20,655 | 53–28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 82 | April 15 | Denver | | Travis Outlaw (21) | Joel Przybilla (8) | Sergio Rodríguez (12) | Rose Garden<br />20,652 | 54–28

Playoffs

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 18 | Houston | | Brandon Roy (21) | four players (5) | Steve Blake (6) | Rose Garden<br />20,329 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | April 21 | Houston | | Brandon Roy (42) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Steve Blake (5) |Rose Garden<br />20,408 | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 24 | @ Houston | | Brandon Roy (19) | LaMarcus Aldridge (8) | Steve Blake (10) | Toyota Center<br />18,371 | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 26 | @ Houston | | Brandon Roy (31) | Joel Przybilla (12) | Steve Blake (8) | Toyota Center<br />18,271 | 1–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 | April 28 | Houston | | Roy, Aldridge (25) | Aldridge, Blake (7) | Joel Przybilla (4) | Rose Garden<br />20,462 | 2–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | April 30 | @ Houston | | LaMarcus Aldridge (25) | Fernández, Przybilla (8) | Steve Blake (5) | Toyota Center<br />18,376 | 2–4

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Records

  • 12/18/08 – Brandon Roy scores 52 points (2nd most in team history) in 124–119 win over Phoenix.
  • 2/22/09 – Steve Blake ties the NBA record and sets the team record of assists in a quarter with 14 against the Los Angeles Clippers.
  • 4/15/09 – Rudy Fernández sets the rookie record for 3-point baskets made in a season with 159.

Transactions

Trades

Additions

Subtractions

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References