# 1993–94 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 1993–94 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 24th season for the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association. In the off-season, the Blazers acquired Harvey Grant from the Washington Bullets, and signed free agent Chris Dudley. However, an ankle injury limited Dudley only to just six games. The Blazers held a 27–20 record at the All-Star break, and finished the season with a 47–35 record, fourth in the Pacific Division and seventh in the Western Conference. It was their 12th straight trip to the postseason.
Last season's Sixth Man of the Year Clifford Robinson averaged 20.1 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game in his first season as a starter, while Clyde Drexler averaged 19.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and Rod Strickland provided the team with 17.2 points, 9.0 assists and 1.8 steals per game. In addition, Terry Porter played most of the season off the bench as backup point guard behind Strickland, averaging 13.1 points and 5.2 assists per game, while Grant contributed 10.4 points per game, and Buck Williams provided with 9.7 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. Drexler and Robinson were both selected for the 1994 NBA All-Star Game.
The Blazers were knocked out of the playoffs in the Western Conference First Round by a 3–1 margin against the Houston Rockets. The Rockets would go on to defeat the New York Knicks in seven games in the NBA Finals, winning their first ever championship.
Game 4 of the Rockets-Blazers series would be the last playoff game Drexler would play as a member of the Trail Blazers, the team that drafted him. This was also his final full season with the Blazers, as he would be traded to the Rockets on February 14, 1995 (right before the next season's trade deadline), honoring his wish to be traded to a contender. Following the season, head coach Rick Adelman was fired.

## NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
| 1 | 21 | James Robinson | SG/PG | United States | Alabama |
| 2 | 48 | Kevin Thompson | C | United States | NC State |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Pacific Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
| y-Seattle SuperSonics | 63 | 19 | .768 | — | 37–4 | 26–15 | 25–5 |
| x-Phoenix Suns | 56 | 26 | .683 | 7 | 36–5 | 20–21 | 19–11 |
| x-Golden State Warriors | 50 | 32 | .610 | 13 | 29–12 | 21–20 | 19–11 |
| x-Portland Trail Blazers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 16 | 30–11 | 17–24 | 17–13 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 33 | 49 | .402 | 30 | 21–20 | 12–29 | 7–23 |
| Sacramento Kings | 28 | 54 | .341 | 35 | 20–21 | 8–33 | 9–21 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 36 | 17–24 | 10–31 | 9–21 |
| # | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | z-Seattle SuperSonics | 63 | 19 | .768 | – |
| 2 | y-Houston Rockets | 58 | 24 | .707 | 5 |
| 3 | x-Phoenix Suns | 56 | 26 | .683 | 7 |
| 4 | x-San Antonio Spurs | 55 | 27 | .671 | 8 |
| 5 | x-Utah Jazz | 53 | 29 | .646 | 10 |
| 6 | x-Golden State Warriors | 50 | 32 | .610 | 13 |
| 7 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 16 |
| 8 | x-Denver Nuggets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 21 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Lakers | 33 | 49 | .402 | 30 |
| 10 | Sacramento Kings | 28 | 54 | .341 | 35 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Clippers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 36 |
| 12 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 20 | 62 | .244 | 43 |
| 13 | Dallas Mavericks | 13 | 69 | .159 | 50 |
    z – clinched division title
    y – clinched division title
    x – clinched playoff spot

### Record vs. opponents

1993–94 NBA Records :
| Team | ATL | BOS | CHA | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MIA | MIL | MIN | NJN | NYK | ORL | PHI | PHO | POR | SAC | SAS | SEA | UTA | WAS |
| Atlanta | – | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Boston | 0–4 | – | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Charlotte | 1–4 | 4–0 | – | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Chicago | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | – | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Cleveland | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Dallas | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 1–1 |
| Denver | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | – | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Detroit | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Golden State | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | – | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Houston | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | – | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Indiana | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| L.A. Clippers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | – | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| L.A. Lakers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | – | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Miami | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Milwaukee | 0–5 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | – | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Minnesota | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| New Jersey | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | – | 4–1 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| New York | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | – | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 |
| Orlando | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | – | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Philadelphia | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–4 | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Phoenix | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Portland | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | – | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Sacramento | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | – | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| San Antonio | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | – | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–0 |
| Seattle | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | – | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Utah | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | – | 2–0 |
| Washington | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |

## Game log
### Regular season

1993–94 game log Total: 47–35 (Home: 30–11; Road: 17–24) :
November: 8–5 (home: 6–2; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
November 7 7:30 p.m. PST
Houston
L 92–106
Robinson (25)
Williams (8)
Porter (6)
Memorial Coliseum 12,888
0–2 :
December: 9–6 (home: 5–2; road: 4–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
January: 8–6 (home: 6–2; road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
30
January 4 5:30 p.m. PST
@ Houston
L 95–106
Porter (24)
Tied (10)
Porter (9)
The Summit 16,611
17–13 :
February: 9–4 (home: 7–0; road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
March: 7–9 (home: 4–2; road: 3–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
63
March 15 5:30 p.m. PST
@ Houston
L 99–105
Grant (25)
WIlliams (9)
Strickland (8)
The Summit 15,930
38–25 :
April: 6–5 (home: 2–3; road: 4–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
79
April 17 7:30 p.m. PDT
Houston
L 110–119
Kersey (24)
Kersey (11)
Strickland (9)
Memorial Coliseum 12,888
46–33 :
1993–94 schedule :

## Playoffs

1994 playoff game log :
Western Conference First Round: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 29 6:30 p.m. PDT
@ Houston
L 104–114
Drexler (26)
Drexler (13)
Drexler (6)
The Summit 16,333
0–1
2
May 1 6:00 p.m. PDT
@ Houston
L 104–115
Robinson (28)
Drexler (9)
Strickland (12)
The Summit 16,355
0–2
3
May 3 7:30 p.m. PDT
Houston
W 118–115
Strickland (25)
Tied (10)
Strickland (15)
Memorial Coliseum 12,888
1–2
4
May 6 7:30 p.m. PDT
Houston
L 89–92
Strickland (26)
Drexler (13)
Strickland (7)
Memorial Coliseum 12,888
1–3 :
1994 schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Clifford Robinson | 82 | 64 | 34.8 | .457 | .245 | .765 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 20.1 |
| Rod Strickland | 82 | 58 | 35.2 | .483 | .200 | .749 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 1.8 | .3 | 17.2 |
| Buck Williams | 81 | 81 | 32.5 | .555 | .000 | .679 | 10.4 | 1.0 | .7 | .6 | 9.7 |
| Mark Bryant | 79 | 10 | 18.2 | .482 | .000 | .692 | 4.0 | .5 | .4 | .4 | 5.6 |
| Jerome Kersey | 78 | 6 | 16.4 | .433 | .125 | .748 | 4.2 | 1.0 | .9 | .6 | 6.5 |
| Harvey Grant | 77 | 73 | 27.4 | .460 | .286 | .641 | 4.6 | 1.4 | .9 | .6 | 10.4 |
| Terry Porter | 77 | 34 | 26.9 | .416 | .390 | .872 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 1.0 | .2 | 13.1 |
| Clyde Drexler | 68 | 68 | 34.3 | .428 | .324 | .777 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 1.4 | .5 | 19.2 |
| Tracy Murray | 66 | 1 | 12.4 | .470 | .459 | .694 | 1.7 | .5 | .3 | .3 | 6.6 |
| James Robinson | 58 | 3 | 11.6 | .365 | .315 | .672 | 1.3 | 1.2 | .5 | .3 | 4.8 |
| Reggie Smith | 43 | 9 | 7.3 | .403 | | .474 | 2.3 | .1 | .3 | .1 | 1.8 |
| Jaren Jackson | 29 | 0 | 6.4 | .391 | .000 | .857 | .6 | .9 | .1 | .1 | 2.8 |
| Kevin Thompson | 14 | 0 | 4.1 | .429 | .000 | .500 | .9 | .2 | .0 | .1 | .9 |
| Chris Dudley | 6 | 3 | 14.3 | .240 | | .500 | 4.0 | .8 | .7 | .5 | 2.3 |

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Clyde Drexler | 4 | 4 | 39.3 | .425 | .231 | .826 | 10.3 | 5.5 | 2.0 | .5 | 21.0 |
| Rod Strickland | 4 | 4 | 38.5 | .500 | .000 | .815 | 4.0 | 9.8 | 1.0 | .5 | 23.5 |
| Clifford Robinson | 4 | 4 | 37.3 | .412 | .222 | .875 | 6.3 | 2.5 | .8 | 1.5 | 16.3 |
| Buck Williams | 4 | 4 | 31.3 | .679 | | .867 | 8.8 | .5 | 1.0 | .5 | 12.8 |
| Chris Dudley | 4 | 2 | 20.3 | .400 | | .500 | 3.8 | .0 | 1.5 | .0 | 2.3 |
| Harvey Grant | 4 | 1 | 19.0 | .515 | | | 2.3 | .8 | .3 | .5 | 8.5 |
| Mark Bryant | 4 | 1 | 16.0 | .294 | .000 | | 3.0 | .5 | .5 | .5 | 2.5 |
| Terry Porter | 4 | 0 | 19.0 | .343 | .429 | .786 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | .0 | 10.3 |
| James Robinson | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | .400 | .500 | .500 | .8 | 1.5 | .3 | .3 | 2.5 |
| Jerome Kersey | 3 | 0 | 12.7 | .313 | | .200 | 3.0 | .0 | .3 | .3 | 3.7 |
| Tracy Murray | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | .500 | .000 | | 1.5 | .5 | .5 | .0 | 3.0 |
| Jaren Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | | | | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Trail Blazers only.

## Awards and honors

* Clyde Drexler, NBA All-Star
* Cliff Robinson, NBA All-Star