# 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

* June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City.
* July 1: The free agency period started.

## 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

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College / club team |
| 1 | 13 | Brandon Rush (traded to Indiana) | Guard/Forward | United States | Kansas |
| 1 | 27 | Darrell Arthur (traded to Houston) | Power Forward | United States | Kansas |
| 2 | 33 | Joey Dorsey (traded to Houston) | Center | United States | Memphis |
| 2 | 36 | Ömer Aşık (traded to Chicago) | Center | Turkey | Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkey) |
| 2 | 55 | Mike Taylor (traded to LA Clippers) | Point Guard | United States | Iowa State |

### Draft Day trades

* Brandon Rush, Jarrett Jack, and Josh McRoberts were traded to the Indiana Pacers for Jerryd Bayless and Ike Diogu
* Darrell Arthur and Joey Dorsey were traded to the Houston Rockets for Nicolas Batum
* Ömer Aşık was traded to the Chicago Bulls for three future second round draft picks
* Mike Taylor was traded to the L.A. Clippers for a future second round draft pick

## Preseason

2008 preseason game log :
Preseason
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 7
Sacramento Kings
W 110–81
Webster (15)
Przybilla (12)
Roy, Rodríguez (7)
Rose Garden 19,321
1–0
2
October 8
Golden State Warriors
L 95–110
Fernández (15)
Oden (9)
Rodríguez (10)
Rose Garden 17,847
1–1
3
October 10
Atlanta Hawks
W 102–80
S. Randolph (19)
S. Randolph (10)
Rodríguez, Bayless (7)
Sprint Center 12,457
2–1
4
October 12
Utah Jazz
L 80–93
Batum (16)
L. Jackson (7)
Rodríguez (8)
Rose Garden 19,980
2–2
5
October 20
Sacramento Kings
W 112–98
Aldridge (24)
Oden (9)
Aldridge (5)
ARCO Arena 8,632
3–2
6
October 22
Los Angeles Clippers
W 87–75
Roy (17)
Oden (13)
Blake (6)
Staples Center 10,882
4–2
7
October 23
Utah Jazz
L 89–100
Frye (17)
Frye (10)
Rodríguez (7)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,169
4–3 :
2008–09 preseason schedule :

## Regular season
### Standings

| Northwest Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y–Denver Nuggets | 54 | 28 | .659 | — | 33–8 | 21–20 | 12–4 | 82 |
| x–Portland Trail Blazers | 54 | 28 | .659 | — | 34–7 | 20–21 | 11–5 | 82 |
| x–Utah Jazz | 48 | 34 | .585 | 6 | 33–8 | 15–26 | 10–6 | 82 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 24 | 58 | .293 | 30 | 11–30 | 13–28 | 3–13 | 82 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 23 | 59 | .280 | 31 | 15–26 | 8–33 | 4–12 | 82 |
| # | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | c-Los Angeles Lakers | 65 | 17 | .793 | — |
| 2 | y-Denver Nuggets | 54 | 28 | .659 | 11 |
| 3 | y-San Antonio Spurs | 54 | 28 | .659 | 11 |
| 4 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 54 | 28 | .659 | 11 |
| 5 | x-Houston Rockets | 53 | 29 | .646 | 12 |
| 6 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 50 | 32 | .610 | 15 |
| 7 | x-New Orleans Hornets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 16 |
| 8 | x-Utah Jazz | 48 | 34 | .585 | 17 |
| 9 | Phoenix Suns | 46 | 36 | .561 | 19 |
| 10 | Golden State Warriors | 29 | 53 | .354 | 36 |
| 11 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 24 | 58 | .293 | 41 |
| 12 | Memphis Grizzlies | 24 | 58 | .293 | 41 |
| 13 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 23 | 59 | .280 | 42 |
| 14 | Los Angeles Clippers | 19 | 63 | .232 | 46 |
| 15 | Sacramento Kings | 17 | 65 | .207 | 48 |

### Game log

2008–09 game log :
October: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 28
@ L.A. Lakers
L 76–96
Travis Outlaw (18)
Joel Przybilla (11)
Brandon Roy (5)
Staples Center 18,997
0–1
2
October 31
San Antonio
W 100–99
Brandon Roy (26)
Rudy Fernández (8)
Brandon Roy (7)
Rose Garden 20,516
1–1 :
November: 11–5 (home: 6–0; road: 5–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
November 1
@ Phoenix
L 96–107
Brandon Roy, Rudy Fernández (20)
Joel Przybilla (9)
Brandon Roy, Travis Outlaw, Sergio Rodríguez (4)
US Airways Center 18,422
1–2
4
November 5
@ Utah
L 96–103
Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge (18)
Joel Przybilla (16)
Brandon Roy (6)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,911
1–3
5
November 6
Houston
W 101–99 (OT)
LaMarcus Aldridge (27)
Travis Outlaw (13)
Steve Blake (8)
Rose Garden 20,611
2–3
6
November 8
Minnesota
W 97–93
LaMarcus Aldridge, Brandon Roy (24)
LaMarcus Aldridge (13)
Brandon Roy (9)
Rose Garden 20,599
3–3
7
November 10
@ Orlando
W 106–99
Brandon Roy (27)
LaMarcus Aldridge (11)
Steve Blake, Brandon Roy, Sergio Rodríguez (4)
Amway Arena 14,210
4–3
8
November 12
@ Miami
W 104–96
Rudy Fernández (25)
Joel Przybilla (10)
Sergio Rodríguez (5)
American Airlines Arena 15,021
5–3
9
November 14
@ New Orleans
L 82–87
Brandon Roy (21)
Greg Oden (11)
Sergio Rodríguez (7)
New Orleans Arena 16,071
5–4
10
November 15
@ Minnesota
W 88–83
Brandon Roy (24)
Greg Oden, Joel Przybilla (8)
Brandon Roy (6)
Target Center 12,213
6–4
11
November 18
@ Golden State
L 106–111
Brandon Roy, Greg Oden (22)
Greg Oden (10)
Brandon Roy (9)
Oracle Arena 18,284
6–5
12
November 19
Chicago
W 116–74
Brandon Roy (20)
Greg Oden (10)
Sergio Rodríguez (9)
Rose Garden 20,599
7–5
13
November 21
@ Sacramento
W 117–96
Steve Blake (20)
Joel Przybilla (10)
Steve Blake (5)
ARCO Arena 12,056
8–5
14
November 22
@ Phoenix
L 92–102
Brandon Roy (26)
Channing Frye, Joel Przybilla (8)
Steve Blake (5)
US Airways Center 18,422
8–6
15
November 24
Sacramento
W 91–90
Brandon Roy (28)
Joel Przybilla (12)
Steve Blake (5)
Rose Garden 20,467
9–6
16
November 26
Miami
W 106–68
Channing Frye (17)
Greg Oden (10)
Sergio Rodríguez (11)
Rose Garden 20,528
10–6
17
November 28
New Orleans
W 101–86
Brandon Roy (25)
Greg Oden (8)
Brandon Roy (10)
Rose Garden 20,638
11–6
18
November 30
@ Detroit
W 96–85
LaMarcus Aldridge (27)
Greg Oden (13)
Steve Blake (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076
12–6 :
December: 8–6 (home: 5–3; road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19
December 2
@ New York
W 104–97
Brandon Roy (23)
Joel Przybilla (14)
Steve Blake (6)
Madison Square Garden 18,664
13–6
20
December 3
@ Washington
W 98–92
Brandon Roy (22)
Greg Oden (10)
Sergio Rodríguez (7)
Verizon Center 12,802
14–6
21
December 5
@ Boston
L 78–93
Travis Outlaw, LaMarcus Aldridge (13)
Joel Przybilla (8)
Steve Blake (4)
TD Banknorth Garden 18,624
14–7
22
December 7
@ Toronto
W 98–97
LaMarcus Aldridge (20)
Greg Oden (10)
Brandon Roy (7)
Air Canada Centre 17,671
15–7
23
December 9
Orlando
L 108–109
Brandon Roy (30)
LaMarcus Aldridge (13)
Sergio Rodríguez (7)
Rose Garden 20,642
15–8
24
December 11
@ Utah
L 88–97
Brandon Roy (33)
Greg Oden (9)
Steve Blake (5)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,911
15–9
25
December 12
L.A. Clippers
L 112–120 (2OT)
Brandon Roy (38)
Greg Oden (15)
Brandon Roy (9)
Rose Garden 20,558
15–10
26
December 16
Sacramento
W 109–77
Brandon Roy (29)
Joel Przybilla (14)
Sergio Rodríguez, Brandon Roy (5)
Rose Garden 20,005
16–10
27
December 18
Phoenix
W 124–119
Brandon Roy (52)
Travis Outlaw, Joel Przybilla (6)
Steve Blake (10)
Rose Garden 20,650
17–10
28
December 22
@ Denver
L 89–97
LaMarcus Aldridge (20)
Joel Przybilla (8)
Brandon Roy (5)
Pepsi Center 18,611
17–11
29
December 23
Denver
W 101–92
LaMarcus Aldridge (22)
Joel Przybilla (19)
Brandon Roy (6)
Rose Garden 20,007
18–11
30
December 25
Dallas
L 94–102
Brandon Roy (22)
Brandon Roy, Joel Przybilla, Greg Oden (5)
Steve Blake (7)
Rose Garden 20,643
18–12
31
December 27
Toronto
W 102–89
Brandon Roy (32)
Greg Oden (10)
Brandon Roy (9)
Rose Garden 20,588
19–12
32
December 30
Boston
W 91–86
Steve Blake (21)
Greg Oden (11)
Steve Blake, Greg Oden (3)
Rose Garden 20,651
20–12 :
January: 9–5 (home: 6–2; road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
33
January 2
New Orleans
L 77–92
Rudy Fernández (19)
LaMarcus Aldridge (10)
Steve Blake (6)
Rose Garden 20,708
20–13
34
January 4
@ L.A. Lakers
L 86–100
LaMarcus Aldridge (22)
LaMarcus Aldridge (11)
Nicolas Batum, Sergio Rodríguez, Jerryd Bayless, LaMarcus Aldridge (4)
Staples Center 18,997
20–14
35
January 7
Detroit
W 84–83
LaMarcus Aldridge (26)
Joel Przybilla (7)
Steve Blake (10)
Rose Garden 20,644
21–14
36
January 10
Golden State
W 113–100
LaMarcus Aldridge (26)
Greg Oden (8)
Rudy Fernández (6)
Rose Garden 20,687
22–14
37
January 12
@ Chicago
W 109–95
Travis Outlaw (33)
Greg Oden (13)
Steve Blake (10)
United Center 18,996
23–14
38
January 14
@ Philadelphia
L 79–100
Brandon Roy (27)
LaMarcus Aldridge, Joel Przybilla (9)
Brandon Roy (6)
Wachovia Center 14,561
23–15
39
January 15
@ New Jersey
W 105–99
Brandon Roy (29)
Joel Przybilla (11)
Brandon Roy (5)
Izod Center 13,824
24–15
40
January 17
@ Charlotte
L 97–102 (OT)
LaMarcus Aldridge (21)
Joel Przybilla (10)
Brandon Roy (6)
Time Warner Cable Arena 17,482
24–16
41
January 19
Milwaukee
W 102–85
Greg Oden (24)
Greg Oden (15)
Sergio Rodríguez, Brandon Roy (7)
Rose Garden 20,580
25–16
42
January 21
Cleveland
L 98–104
Brandon Roy (23)
Joel Przybilla (15)
Sergio Rodríguez (5)
Rose Garden 20,632
25–17
43
January 24
Washington
W 100–87
Brandon Roy (22)
Greg Oden (14)
Sergio Rodríguez (8)
Rose Garden 20,566
26–17
44
January 26
@ L.A. Clippers
W 113–88
Brandon Roy (33)
Joel Przybilla (8)
Jerryd Bayless (6)
Staples Center 16,570
27–17
45
January 28
Charlotte
W 88–74
LaMarcus Aldridge (25)
Greg Oden (14)
Sergio Rodríguez (7)
Rose Garden 20,380
28–17
46
January 31
Utah
W 122–108
Brandon Roy (30)
Joel Przybilla (17)
Sergio Rodríguez (7)
Rose Garden 20,593
29–17 :
February: 7–5 (home: 5–0; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
47
February 2
@ New Orleans
W 97–89
LaMarcus Aldridge (22)
LaMarcus Aldridge (11)
Jerryd Bayless (6)
New Orleans Arena 14,781
30–17
48
February 4
@ Dallas
L 99–104
Brandon Roy (26)
Brandon Roy (7)
Jerryd Bayless, Travis Outlaw (4)
American Airlines Center 19,767
30–18
49
February 6
@ Oklahoma City
L 93–102
Brandon Roy (32)
Brandon Roy (9)
Brandon Roy (6)
Ford Center 18,694
30–19
50
February 8
New York
W 109–108
Travis Outlaw (23)
Greg Oden (12)
Brandon Roy (8)
Rose Garden 20,609
31–19
51
February 11
Oklahoma City
W 106–92
Brandon Roy (22)
Joel Przybilla (14)
Jerryd Bayless (8)
Rose Garden 20,050
32–19
52
February 12
@ Golden State
L 98–105
Brandon Roy (37)
Travis Outlaw (12)
Sergio Rodríguez (7)
Oracle Arena 19,322
32–20
53
February 18
Memphis
W 94–90
Brandon Roy (24)
Joel Przybilla (15)
Brandon Roy (9)
Rose Garden 20,385
33–20
54
February 20
Atlanta
W 108–98
Brandon Roy (27)
LaMarcus Aldridge (11)
Steve Blake, Brandon Roy (5)
Rose Garden 20,250
34–20
55
February 22
L.A. Clippers
W 116–87
LaMarcus Aldridge (28)
LaMarcus Aldridge (10)
Steve Blake (17)
Rose Garden 20,447
35–20
56
February 24
@ Houston
L 94–98
Brandon Roy (24)
LaMarcus Aldridge, Joel Przybilla (8)
Brandon Roy, Steve Blake (5)
Toyota Center 17,515
35–21
57
February 25
@ San Antonio
L 84–99
Channing Frye (15)
Joel Przybilla (10)
Sergio Rodríguez (7)
AT&T Center 18,672
35–22
58
February 27
@ Minnesota
W 102–82
Brandon Roy (19)
LaMarcus Aldridge (10)
Steve Blake (6)
Target Center 17,017
36–22 :
March: 11–5 (home: 8–2; road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
59
March 1
San Antonio
W 102–84
LaMarcus Aldridge, Brandon Roy (26)
Joel Przybilla (10)
Steve Blake (6)
Rose Garden 20,627
37–22
60
March 4
Indiana
W 107–105
Brandon Roy (28)
Joel Przybilla (12)
Rudy Fernández (4)
Rose Garden 20,020
38–22
61
March 5
@ Denver
L 90–106
Brandon Roy (22)
Joel Przybilla (12)
Steve Blake (5)
Pepsi Center 16,801
38–23
62
March 7
Minnesota
W 95–93
Brandon Roy (31)
LaMarcus Aldridge (11)
Brandon Roy (6)
Rose Garden 20,535
39–23
63
March 9
L.A. Lakers
W 111–94
Brandon Roy (27)
Joel Przybilla (18)
Sergio Rodríguez, Steve Blake (6)
Rose Garden 20,573
40–23
64
March 11
Dallas
L 89–93
LaMarcus Aldridge (23)
Joel Przybilla (15)
Brandon Roy (6)
Rose Garden 20,286
40–24
65
March 13
New Jersey
W 109–100
Brandon Roy (31)
LaMarcus Aldridge, Travis Outlaw (10)
Steve Blake (5)
Rose Garden 20,634
41–24
66
March 15
@ Atlanta
L 80–98
Brandon Roy (29)
Joel Przybilla (14)
Brandon Roy (5)
Philips Arena 14,413
41–25
67
March 16
@ Memphis
W 103–92
LaMarcus Aldridge (22)
Joel Przybilla (13)
Brandon Roy (9)
FedExForum 11,417
42–25
68
March 18
@ Indiana
W 95–85
Brandon Roy (20)
Joel Przybilla (11)
Steve Blake (8)
Conseco Fieldhouse 13,072
43–25
69
March 19
@ Cleveland
L 92–97 (OT)
Brandon Roy (24)
Joel Przybilla (11)
Brandon Roy, Steve Blake (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
43–26
70
March 21
@ Milwaukee
W 96–84
Brandon Roy (30)
Joel Przybilla (14)
Brandon Roy (7)
Bradley Center 17,809
44–26
71
March 23
Philadelphia
L 108–114 (OT)
LaMarcus Aldridge (24)
LaMarcus Aldridge (12)
LaMarcus Aldridge, Steve Blake (5)
Rose Garden 20,620
44–27
72
March 26
Phoenix
W 129–109
LaMarcus Aldridge (29)
LaMarcus Aldridge (12)
Sergio Rodríguez (8)
Rose Garden 20,620
45–27
73
March 28
Memphis
W 86–66
Brandon Roy (21)
Joel Przybilla (10)
Sergio Rodríguez, Brandon Roy, Steve Blake (4)
Rose Garden 20,680
46–27
74
March 31
Utah
W 125–104
LaMarcus Aldridge (26)
Joel Przybilla (9)
Brandon Roy (11)
Rose Garden 20,675
47–27 :
April: 7–1 (home: 3–0; road: 4–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
75
April 3
@ Oklahoma City
W 107–72
LaMarcus Aldridge (35)
LaMarcus Aldridge (18)
Steve Blake (10)
Ford Center 19,136
48–27
76
April 5
@ Houston
L 88–102
LaMarcus Aldridge, Brandon Roy (22)
LaMarcus Aldridge (9)
Brandon Roy (6)
Toyota Center 18,214
48–28
77
April 7
@ Memphis
W 96–93
Brandon Roy (24)
LaMarcus Aldridge (8)
Brandon Roy (4)
FedExForum 10,089
49–28
78
April 8
@ San Antonio
W 95–83
Brandon Roy (26)
Joel Przybilla (17)
Steve Blake (7)
AT&T Center 18,797
50–28
79
April 10
L.A. Lakers
W 106–98
Brandon Roy (24)
Joel Przybilla (13)
Brandon Roy (8)
Rose Garden 20,681
51–28
80
April 11
@ L.A. Clippers
W 87–72
LaMarcus Aldridge (21)
Joel Przybilla (14)
Steve Blake (5)
Staples Center 18,321
52–28
81
April 13
Oklahoma City
W 113–83
Travis Outlaw (21)
Joel Przybilla (12)
Sergio Rodríguez (8)
Rose Garden 20,655
53–28
82
April 15
Denver
W 104–76
Travis Outlaw (21)
Joel Przybilla (8)
Sergio Rodríguez (12)
Rose Garden 20,652
54–28 :
2008–09 season schedule :

## Playoffs

2009 playoff game log :
First round: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
April 18
Houston
L 81–108
Brandon Roy (21)
four players (5)
Steve Blake (6)
Rose Garden 20,329
0–1
2
April 21
Houston
W 107–103
Brandon Roy (42)
LaMarcus Aldridge (12)
Steve Blake (5)
Rose Garden 20,408
1–1
3
April 24
@ Houston
L 83–86
Brandon Roy (19)
LaMarcus Aldridge (8)
Steve Blake (10)
Toyota Center 18,371
1–2
4
April 26
@ Houston
L 88–89
Brandon Roy (31)
Joel Przybilla (12)
Steve Blake (8)
Toyota Center 18,271
1–3
5
April 28
Houston
W 88–77
Roy, Aldridge (25)
Aldridge, Blake (7)
Joel Przybilla (4)
Rose Garden 20,462
2–3
6
April 30
@ Houston
L 76–92
LaMarcus Aldridge (25)
Fernández, Przybilla (8)
Steve Blake (5)
Toyota Center 18,376
2–4 :
2009 playoff schedule :

## Player statistics
### Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 81 | 81 | 37.1 | .484 | .250 | .781 | 7.5 | 1.9 | .95 | .95 | 18.1 |
| Nicolas Batum | 79 | 76 | 18.4 | .446 | .369 | .808 | 2.8 | .9 | .63 | .51 | 5.4 |
| Jerryd Bayless | 53 | 0 | 12.4 | .365 | .259 | .806 | 1.1 | 1.5 | .30 | .04 | 4.3 |
| Steve Blake | 69 | 69 | 31.7 | .428 | .427 | .840 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 1.0 | .06 | 11.0 |
| Rudy Fernández | 78 | 4 | 25.6 | .425 | .399 | .839 | 2.7 | 2.0 | .88 | .15 | 10.4 |
| Channing Frye | 63 | 1 | 11.8 | .423 | .333 | .722 | 2.2 | .4 | .27 | .25 | 4.2 |
| Greg Oden | 61 | 39 | 21.5 | .564 | .000 | .637 | 7.0 | .5 | .41 | 1.13 | 8.9 |
| Travis Outlaw | 81 | 6 | 27.7 | .453 | .377 | .723 | 4.1 | 1.0 | .58 | .70 | 12.8 |
| Joel Przybilla | 82 | 43 | 23.8 | .625 | .000 | .663 | 8.7 | .3 | .41 | 1.18 | 5.5 |
| Shavlik Randolph | 10 | 0 | 3.7 | .615 | 1.000 | .250 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | .1 | 1.8 |
| Sergio Rodríguez | 80 | 13 | 15.3 | .392 | .325 | .792 | 1.6 | 3.6 | .68 | .03 | 4.5 |
| Brandon Roy | 78 | 78 | 37.2 | .480 | .377 | .824 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 1.13 | .28 | 22.6 |
| Michael Ruffin | 11 | 0 | 3.2 | .286 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 0 | .27 | .09 | .5 |
| Martell Webster | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 6 | 6 | 39.5 | .490 | .250 | .700 | 7.5 | 1.3 | .5 | 1.67 | 19.5 |
| Nicolas Batum | 6 | 5 | 10.5 | .556 | .500 | 0 | .5 | .2 | .7 | .33 | 2.0 |
| Jerryd Bayless | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | .333 | .000 | .667 | .5 | 0 | 0 | .5 | 3.0 |
| Steve Blake | 6 | 6 | 38.5 | .489 | .417 | .714 | 4.0 | 6.2 | .83 | 0 | 9.8 |
| Rudy Fernández | 6 | 1 | 27.0 | .429 | .421 | 1.000 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 1.33 | .5 | 7.5 |
| Channing Frye | 4 | 0 | 9.0 | .357 | .000 | .667 | .8 | .3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
| Greg Oden | 6 | 0 | 16.0 | .524 | .000 | .667 | 4.3 | 0 | .33 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Travis Outlaw | 6 | 0 | 28.3 | .318 | .250 | .667 | 3.0 | .5 | .83 | .67 | 9.0 |
| Joel Przybilla | 6 | 6 | 27.0 | .556 | .000 | .500 | 7.3 | 1.3 | .67 | 2.0 | 3.8 |
| Sergio Rodríguez | 5 | 0 | 5.4 | .333 | .000 | .000 | .6 | 1.4 | 0 | .2 | .8 |
| Brandon Roy | 6 | 6 | 39.7 | .459 | .471 | .870 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 1.33 | 1.17 | 26.7 |
| Michael Ruffin | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

* Brandon Roy, All-NBA Second Team
* Rudy Fernandez, NBA All-Rookie Second Team

### 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

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Jerryd Bayless | July 9 | Indiana Pacers |
| Ike Diogu | July 9 | Indiana Pacers |
| Michael Ruffin | February 18 | Chicago Bulls |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Left | New team |
| Jarrett Jack | July 9 | Indiana Pacers |
| Josh McRoberts | July 9 | Indiana Pacers |
| Brandon Rush | July 9 | Indiana Pacers |
| Ike Diogu | February 18 | Sacramento Kings |

### Free agents
#### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Shavlik Randolph | September 25 | Philadelphia 76ers |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Left | New team |
| James Jones | July 8 | Miami Heat |
| Darius Miles | August 22 | Boston Celtics |