He was a second-round pick (36th overall) by the Trail Blazers in 1989 and spent the first eight years of his career in Portland. Simple debut: 1970-71. The Blazers put together an inspired offensive performance, but as had been the case for virtually every game in the series they simply had no answers for LeBron James and Anthony Davis.The Lakers stars combined for 79 points on 28-for-37 shooting. Wow these are awesome...am I really going to get this and the throwback?? The red is lighter than the modern red, while the white is a slight off-white to help create that vintage look. Location: Portland, Oregon Team Name: Portland Trail Blazers Seasons: 50; 1970-71 to 2019-20 Record: 2169-1875, .536 W-L% Playoff Appearances: 36 Championships: 1 More Franchise Info When Trent Jr. tied the game at 109 with 6:52 left, Davis came to life to end the series, scoring 11 of Los Angeles’ next 14 points to give the Lakers the lead for good.That’s how it ended. Story: Joe Freeman / Photo: via Uniform Critics. After 10 very successful games in Orlando, the Blazers changed hotel accommodations, moving from the Yacht Club into the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Jusuf Nurkic, who didn’t make his season debut until the season restarted in Orlando, started alongside Whiteside and finished with 16 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and five steals. The season stretched more than ten months and saw the Blazers navigate a lengthy injury list, the addition of a Hall of Famer, a global pandemic and the reintroduction of their star center.That winding tale had its final chapter Saturday inside the bubble at Disney World where the Blazers, who were without point guard Damian Lillard, didn’t have enough firepower to stay with the Lakers.CJ McCollum was brilliant just as he had been when Lillard missed time early this season. His future with the team is uncertain, but he proved he could still be an NBA contributor when the Blazers signed him after he had spent 10 months out of the league. The “blaze” was remastered to feature sleeker grey, black, red and white lines.
The uniform features Rip City across the chest and a classic black and red piping through the uniform. The Blazers knew they were going to have a thinner bench when Damian Lillard left the Disney campus earlier this week after sustaining a right knee injury. He was inducted into both the Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.Boseman, known for playing Jackie Robinson, James Brown, and T'Challa in The tweet announcing Boseman's death on his personal account has become the most liked tweet ever. Uncle Cliffy helped the franchise reach the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992 and was the 1993 NBA 6th Man of the Year. Saturday was a fitting tribute to the Melo Experiment, offensive skills, defensive lapses, the full package.In a season defined by injuries, fittingly the Blazers were extremely shorthanded for the final contest of the 2019-20 campaign. The Blazers had two versions of their first uniform: A home white (pictured) and a road red.Another look at the jersey from the Portland Trail Blazers inaugural 1970-71 season, this time in the road red.In their second season, the Blazers tweaked their original look ever so slightly. He was honored with a moment of silence prior to tip off and the Blazers players also honored the man who spent the first eight seasons of his 18 year career in Portland. The loss of Robinson at the age of 53 is tragic and Rip City mourns his passing.
In advance of the new uniform release, we offer a tour of Portland Trail Blazers uniforms through the years and provide a look — as best as we could figure out — of every version the Blazers have worn since that debut 1970-71 season.A simple, classic look reflective of its time, the Blazers’ debut uniforms featured “blazers” written in lowercase letters and a long swoop flowing from the “s” and running underneath. However, the Trail Blazers quickly announced that Whiteside would return to the game.