# 2011–12 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 2011–12 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Due to the 2011 NBA lockout the regular season was shortened to 66 games. The Trail Blazers finished the season in 11th place in the Western Conference with a 28–38 record. It was the last season with head coach Nate McMillan, who was fired on March and with starting shooting guard Brandon Roy, who announced his retirement. The Trail Blazers also parted ways with their number one pick from the 2007 NBA draft Greg Oden after an injury-marred short career with the team.

## Key dates

* June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School |
| 1 | 21 | Nolan Smith | PG/SG | United States | Duke |
| 2 | 51 | Jon Diebler | SG | United States | Ohio State |

## Pre-season
### Game log

2011 pre-season game log :
Pre-season: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 19
Utah
W 110–90
Wesley Matthews (17)
Chris Johnson (6)
Jamal Crawford (7)
Rose Garden
1–0
2
December 21
@ Utah
L 89–92
Raymond Felton (17)
LaMarcus Aldridge (11)
Jamal Crawford (5)
EnergySolutions Arena
1–1 :
2011–12 season schedule :

## Regular season
### Standings

| Northwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y-Oklahoma City Thunder | 47 | 19 | .712 | – | 26‍–‍7 | 21‍–‍12 | 10–3 | 66 |
| x-Denver Nuggets | 38 | 28 | .576 | 9.0 | 20‍–‍13 | 18‍–‍15 | 6–7 | 66 |
| x-Utah Jazz | 36 | 30 | .545 | 11.0 | 25‍–‍8 | 11‍–‍22 | 9–4 | 66 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 28 | 38 | .424 | 19.0 | 20‍–‍13 | 8‍–‍25 | 4–10 | 66 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 26 | 40 | .394 | 21.0 | 13‍–‍20 | 13‍–‍20 | 4–9 | 66 |
Western Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | c-San Antonio Spurs * | 50 | 16 | .758 | – | 66 |
| 2 | y-Oklahoma City Thunder * | 47 | 19 | .712 | 3.0 | 66 |
| 3 | y-Los Angeles Lakers * | 41 | 25 | .621 | 9.0 | 66 |
| 4 | x-Memphis Grizzlies | 41 | 25 | .621 | 9.0 | 66 |
| 5 | x-Los Angeles Clippers | 40 | 26 | .606 | 10.0 | 66 |
| 6 | x-Denver Nuggets | 38 | 28 | .576 | 12.0 | 66 |
| 7 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 36 | 30 | .545 | 14.0 | 66 |
| 8 | x-Utah Jazz | 36 | 30 | .545 | 14.0 | 66 |
| 9 | Houston Rockets | 34 | 32 | .515 | 16.0 | 66 |
| 10 | Phoenix Suns | 33 | 33 | .500 | 17.0 | 66 |
| 11 | Portland Trail Blazers | 28 | 38 | .424 | 22.0 | 66 |
| 12 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 26 | 40 | .394 | 24.0 | 66 |
| 13 | Golden State Warriors | 23 | 43 | .348 | 27.0 | 66 |
| 14 | Sacramento Kings | 22 | 44 | .333 | 28.0 | 66 |
| 15 | New Orleans Hornets | 21 | 45 | .318 | 29.0 | 66 |

### Game log

2011–12 game log Total: 28–38 (Home: 20–13; Road: 8–25) :
December: 3–0 (home: 3–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 26
Philadelphia
W 107–103
LaMarcus Aldridge (25)
Marcus Camby (13)
Raymond Felton (8)
Rose Garden 20,509
1–0
2
December 27
Sacramento
W 101–79
Gerald Wallace (25)
Marcus Camby (9)
Raymond Felton (6)
Rose Garden 20,350
2–0
3
December 29
Denver
W 111–102
Wes Matthews (25)
Marcus Camby (12)
LaMarcus Aldridge (6)
Rose Garden 20,531
3–0 :
January: 9–9 (home: 6–1; road: 3–8)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
January 1
@ L. A. Clippers
L 88–93
Jamal Crawford (23)
LaMarcus Aldridge (9)
Raymond Felton (8)
Staples Center 19,060
3–1
5
January 3
@ Oklahoma City
W 103–93
LaMarcus Aldridge (30)
Gerald Wallace (10)
Raymond Felton (7)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
4–1
6
January 5
L. A. Lakers
W 107–96
Gerald Wallace (31)
LaMarcus Aldridge (10)
Raymond Felton (10)
Rose Garden 20,444
5–1
7
January 6
@ Phoenix
L 77–102
LaMarcus Aldridge (14)
Marcus Camby (11)
Jamal Crawford Nolan Smith (3)
US Airways Center 16,235
5–2
8
January 8
Cleveland
W 98–78
LaMarcus Aldridge (28)
Marcus Camby (9)
Raymond Felton (7)
Rose Garden 20,292
6–2
9
January 10
L. A. Clippers
W 105–97
Gerald Wallace (20)
Marcus Camby (11)
Raymond Felton (8)
Rose Garden 20,381
7–2
10
January 11
Orlando
L 104–107
Jamal Crawford (24)
LaMarcus Aldridge (8)
Raymond Felton (8)
Rose Garden 20,467
7–3
11
January 13
@ San Antonio
L 83–99
LaMarcus Aldridge (29)
Gerald Wallace (12)
Raymond Felton (7)
AT&T Center 18,581
7–4
12
January 14
@ Houston
L 105–107 (OT)
Nicolas Batum (29)
LaMarcus Aldridge (10)
LaMarcus Aldridge Raymond Felton (5)
Toyota Center 11,676
7–5
13
January 16
@ New Orleans
W 84–77
LaMarcus Aldridge (22)
LaMarcus Aldridge (9)
Raymond Felton (12)
New Orleans Arena 14,759
8–5
14
January 18
@ Atlanta
L 89–92
Jamal Crawford (22)
LaMarcus Aldridge (11)
Raymond Felton (8)
Philips Arena 13,729
8–6
15
January 20
@ Toronto
W 94–84
LaMarcus Aldridge (33)
LaMarcus Aldridge (23)
LaMarcus Aldridge Raymond Felton (5)
Air Canada Centre 17,537
9–6
16
January 21
@ Detroit
L 91–94
LaMarcus Aldridge (25)
Nicolas Batum (9)
Raymond Felton (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,456
9–7
17
January 23
Sacramento
W 101–89
Jamal Crawford (26)
LaMarcus Aldridge (16)
Three players (5)
Rose Garden 20,363
10–7
18
January 24
Memphis
W 97–84
LaMarcus Aldridge (23)
Marcus Camby (22)
Jamal Crawford (4)
Rose Garden 20,602
11–7
19
January 25
@ Golden State
L 93–101
LaMarcus Aldridge (18)
Marcus Camby (16)
Raymond Felton (7)
Oracle Arena 17,923
11–8
20
January 27
Phoenix
W 109–71
LaMarcus Aldridge (23)
Marcus Camby (20)
Jamal Crawford (10)
Rose Garden 20,664
12–8
21
January 30
@ Utah
L 89–93
LaMarcus Aldridge (25)
Gerald Wallace (9)
Raymond Felton (7)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,328
12–9 :
February: 6–8 (home: 4–4; road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22
February 1
Charlotte
W 112–68
Jamal Crawford (24)
Marcus Camby (7)
Raymond Felton (7)
Rose Garden 20,608
13–9
23
February 2
@ Sacramento
L 92–95
LaMarcus Aldridge (28)
LaMarcus Aldridge (14)
Raymond Felton (10)
Power Balance Pavilion 11,740
13–10
24
February 4
Denver
W 117–97
Nicolas Batum (33)
Marcus Camby (20)
Jamal Crawford (8)
Rose Garden 20,583
14–10
25
February 6
Oklahoma City
L 107–111 (OT)
LaMarcus Aldridge (39)
Marcus Camby (15)
Jamal Crawford (5)
Rose Garden 20,559
14–11
26
February 8
Houston
L 96–103
Jamal Crawford (21)
Gerald Wallace (9)
Jamal Crawford Raymond Felton (6)
Rose Garden 20,350
14–12
27
February 10
@ New Orleans
W 94–86
Jamal Crawford (31)
LaMarcus Aldridge Marcus Camby (7)
Jamal Crawford (8)
New Orleans Arena 14,421
15–12
28
February 11
@ Dallas
L 94–97 (OT)
LaMarcus Aldridge (33)
LaMarcus Aldridge (12)
Nicolas Batum (3)
American Center 20,457
15–13
29
February 14
Washington
L 109–124
Nicolas Batum (33)
Marcus Camby (12)
Gerald Wallace (8)
Rose Garden 20,558
15–14
30
February 15
@ Golden State
W 93–91
Gerald Wallace (24)
Marcus Camby (11)
Jamal Crawford Raymond Felton (6)
Oracle Arena 17,934
16–14
31
February 16
L. A. Clippers
L 71–74
Nicolas Batum Jamal Crawford (19)
Three players (6)
Marcus Camby Gerald Wallace (4)
Rose Garden 20,665
16–15
32
February 18
Atlanta
W 97–77
Nicolas Batum (22)
LaMarcus Aldridge Kurt Thomas (10)
Raymond Felton (8)
Rose Garden 20,635
17–15
33
February 20
@ L. A. Lakers
L 92–103
LaMarcus Aldridge Nicolas Batum (18)
Marcus Camby (13)
Nicolas Batum Jamal Crawford (5)
Staples Center 18,997
17–16
34
February 21
San Antonio
W 137–97
LaMarcus Aldridge (21)
Gerald Wallace (10)
Jamal Crawford (8)
Rose Garden 20,567
18–16
All-Star Break
35
February 29
@ Denver
L 95–104
Jamal Crawford (21)
LaMarcus Aldridge (9)
Raymond Felton (7)
Pepsi Center 15,715
18–17 :
March: 6–11 (home: 4–4; road: 2–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
36
March 1
Miami
L 93–107
LaMarcus Aldridge (20)
Marcus Camby Wesley Matthews (7)
Three players (4)
Rose Garden 20,597
18–18
37
March 3
Minnesota
L 110–122
Nicolas Batum (29)
Gerald Wallace (14)
LaMarcus Aldridge Raymond Felton (4)
Rose Garden 20,644
18–19
38
March 5
New Orleans
W 86–74
Nicolas Batum (19)
Marcus Camby (16)
Raymond Felton (10)
Rose Garden 20,520
19–19
39
March 7
@ Minnesota
L 94–106
Raymond Felton (23)
Gerald Wallace (9)
Raymond Felton, Gerald Wallace (9)
Target Center 17,118
19–20
40
March 9
@ Boston
L 86–104
LaMarcus Aldridge (22)
Marcus Camby (10)
Raymond Felton (4)
TD Garden 18,624
19–21
41
March 10
@ Washington
W 110–99
LaMarcus Aldridge (30)
LaMarcus Aldridge (10)
Jamal Crawford Raymond Felton (5)
Verizon Center 18,071
20–21
42
March 13
@ Indiana
L 75–92
LaMarcus Aldridge (17)
Joel Przybilla Gerald Wallace (6)
Raymond Felton (2)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,933
20–22
43
March 14
@ New York
L 79–121
LaMarcus Aldridge Gerald Wallace (15)
Gerald Wallace (12)
Raymond Felton Gerald Wallace (3)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
20–23
44
March 16
@ Chicago
W 100–89
LaMarcus Aldridge (21)
Nicolas Batum (9)
Raymond Felton (5)
United Center 22,022
21–23
45
March 18
@ Oklahoma City
L 95–111
Jamal Crawford (23)
Joel Przybilla (11)
Raymond Felton (7)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
21–24
46
March 20
Milwaukee
L 87–116
LaMarcus Aldridge Wesley Matthews (21)
LaMarcus Aldridge (12)
Raymond Felton (9)
Rose Garden 20,387
21–25
47
March 22
Memphis
W 97–93
Nicolas Batum (24)
Wesley Matthews (9)
Raymond Felton (9)
Rose Garden 20,636
22–25
48
March 23
@ L. A. Lakers
L 96–103
LaMarcus Aldridge (29)
LaMarcus Aldridge (9)
Raymond Felton (6)
Staples Center 18,997
22–26
49
March 25
Golden State
W 90–87
Raymond Felton (24)
LaMarcus Aldridge (9)
Raymond Felton (7)
Rose Garden 20,636
23–26
50
March 27
Oklahoma City
L 95–109
J. J. Hickson (21)
LaMarcus Aldridge (8)
Jonny Flynn (5)
Rose Garden 20,626
23–27
51
March 29
New Orleans
W 99–93
LaMarcus Aldridge (25)
LaMarcus Aldridge (12)
Raymond Felton (10)
Rose Garden 20,499
24–27
52
March 30
@ L. A. Clippers
L 97–98
J. J. Hickson (29)
J. J. Hickson (13)
Raymond Felton (8)
Staples Center 19,060
24–28 :
April: 4–10 (home: 3–4; road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
53
April 1
Minnesota
W 119–106
LaMarcus Aldridge (26)
J. J. Hickson (9)
Raymond Felton (11)
Rose Garden 20,359
25–28
54
April 2
Utah
L 97–102
Wesley Matthews (33)
Nicolas Batum (10)
Raymond Felton (8)
Rose Garden 20,050
25–29
55
April 4
New Jersey
W 101–88
LaMarcus Aldridge (24)
Nicolas Batum (10)
Raymond Felton (9)
Rose Garden 20,464
26–29
56
April 6
@ Dallas
W 99–97 (OT)
Raymond Felton (30)
LaMarcus Aldridge (12)
Raymond Felton (6)
American Center 20,544
27–29
57
April 7
@ Milwaukee
L 94–116
LaMarcus Aldridge (21)
Joel Przybilla (10)
Raymond Felton (10)
Bradley Center 14,969
27–30
58
April 9
Houston
L 89–94
LaMarcus Aldridge (20)
J. J. Hickson (10)
Raymond Felton (8)
Rose Garden 20,487
27–31
59
April 11
Golden State
W 118–110
J. J. Hickson (23)
Joel Przybilla (14)
Raymond Felton (10)
Rose Garden 20,502
28–31
60
April 13
Dallas
L 94–97
Nicolas Batum (20)
J. J. Hickson (10)
Jonny Flynn (5)
Rose Garden 20,304
28–32
61
April 15
@ Sacramento
L 103–104
Wesley Matthews (31)
J. J. Hickson (13)
Jonny Flynn (5)
Power Balance Pavilion 16,012
28–33
62
April 16
@ Phoenix
L 107–125
Jamal Crawford J. J. Hickson (22)
J. J. Hickson (8)
Jonny Flynn (6)
US Airways Center 15,322
28–34
63
April 18
Utah
L 91–112
Wesley Matthews (21)
J. J. Hickson (9)
Jonny Flynn (7)
Rose Garden 20,545
28–35
64
April 21
@ Memphis
L 89–93
J. J. Hickson (23)
J. J. Hickson (13)
Nolan Smith (6)
FedExForum 17,904
28–36
65
April 23
@ San Antonio
L 89–124
Wesley Matthews (24)
J. J. Hickson (10)
Raymond Felton (7)
AT&T Center 18,581
28–37
66
April 26
@ Utah
L 94–96
J. J. Hickson (20)
J. J. Hickson (9)
Jonny Flynn (11)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,554
28–38 :
2011–12 season schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

Portland Trail Blazers statistics :
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 55 | 55 | 36.3 | .512 | .182 | .814 | 8.0 | 2.4 | .9 | .8 | 21.7 |
| Luke Babbitt | 40 | 4 | 13.4 | .410 | .430 | .850 | 2.4 | .4 | .3 | .1 | 5.1 |
| Nicolas Batum | 59 | 34 | 30.4 | .451 | .391 | .836 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 13.9 |
| Marcus Camby | 40 | 40 | 22.4 | .416 | | .474 | 8.9 | 1.9 | .8 | 1.4 | 3.8 |
| Jamal Crawford | 60 | 6 | 26.9 | .384 | .308 | .927 | 2.0 | 3.2 | .9 | .2 | 14.0 |
| Raymond Felton | 60 | 56 | 31.8 | .407 | .305 | .806 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 1.3 | .2 | 11.4 |
| Jonny Flynn | 18 | 1 | 15.6 | .378 | .320 | .720 | 1.7 | 3.8 | .2 | .1 | 5.2 |
| J. J. Hickson | 19 | 10 | 31.6 | .543 | .000 | .645 | 8.3 | 1.2 | .6 | .9 | 15.1 |
| Armon Johnson | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1.000 | | | 1.0 | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Chris Johnson | 20 | 0 | 4.7 | .478 | | .833 | .9 | .1 | .1 | .4 | 1.6 |
| Wesley Matthews | 66 | 53 | 33.8 | .412 | .383 | .860 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | .2 | 13.7 |
| Joel Przybilla | 27 | 19 | 16.6 | .458 | | .611 | 5.1 | .2 | .1 | .6 | 2.0 |
| Craig Smith | 47 | 0 | 9.9 | .504 | .000 | .717 | 2.3 | .4 | .3 | .1 | 3.3 |
| Nolan Smith | 44 | 4 | 12.3 | .372 | .289 | .714 | 1.3 | 1.4 | .4 | .1 | 3.8 |
| Hasheem Thabeet | 15 | 3 | 7.7 | .444 | | .650 | 2.3 | .0 | .1 | .5 | 1.9 |
| Kurt Thomas | 53 | 3 | 15.2 | .465 | | .700 | 3.5 | .9 | .5 | .6 | 3.0 |
| Gerald Wallace | 42 | 42 | 35.8 | .472 | .265 | .776 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 1.5 | .6 | 13.3 |
| Elliot Williams | 24 | 0 | 6.2 | .500 | .296 | .333 | .8 | .3 | .3 | .1 | 3.7 |
* $^a$ Statistics with the Portland Trail Blazers.

## Awards and records

* Jamal Crawford led the league in free throw percentage with .927.

### All-Star

* LaMarcus Aldridge made his first All-Star appearance as a reserve for the West in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game.

## Injuries

* Before the start of the regular season, Brandon Roy announced his retirement due to a degenerative knee condition.
* LaMarcus Aldridge underwent heart surgery two weeks before the start of the regular season. Two weeks before the end of the season he had surgery to repair a torn labrum on his right hip.
* In February, Greg Oden, who was scheduled to miss the season after procedures on both of his knees, had microfracture surgery on his left knee.
* Shawne Williams had surgery in February to remove bone fragments from his left foot and missed the remainder of the season.
* In March Elliot Williams had surgery to repair his left dislocated shoulder capsule and was scheduled to miss the remainder of the season.

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via draft Nolan Smith Via free agency Jamal Crawford J. J. Hickson Joel Przybilla Kurt Thomas Craig Smith Via trade Raymond Felton Jonny Flynn Mehmet Okur (later waived) Hasheem Thabeet Shawne Williams | Players Lost Via trade Marcus Camby Andre Miller Gerald Wallace Via free agency Patrick Mills Waived Earl Barron Armon Johnson Chris Johnson Greg Oden Retired Brandon Roy |

### Trades

| June 23, 2011 | To Portland Trail BlazersRaymond Felton Draft rights to Tanguy Ngombo (from Mavericks) | To Dallas MavericksRudy Fernández Draft rights to Petteri Koponen (from Trail Blazers)To Denver NuggetsAndre Miller Draft rights to Jordan Hamilton (from Mavericks) |
| June 27, 2011 | To Portland Trail BlazersFuture second round pick | To Minnesota TimberwolvesDraft rights to Tanguy Ngombo |
| March 13, 2012 | To Portland Trail BlazersJonny Flynn Hasheem Thabeet 2012 second round pick | To Houston RocketsMarcus Camby |
| March 15, 2012 | To Portland Trail BlazersMehmet Okur Shawne Williams 2012 first round pick | To New Jersey NetsGerald Wallace |

### Free agents

Additions :
| Player | Date signed | Former team |
| Greg Oden | December 9 | Re-signed |
| Kurt Thomas | December 11 | Chicago Bulls |
| Jamal Crawford | December 15 | Atlanta Hawks |
| Craig Smith | December 15 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Joel Przybilla | February 27 | Charlotte Bobcats |
| J. J. Hickson | March 21 | Sacramento Kings |
Subtractions :
| Player | Date signed | New team |
| Patrick Mills | March 27 | San Antonio Spurs |
Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends. The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.
Played in other leagues during lockout :
| Player | Date signed | New team | Opt-out clause |
| Nicolas Batum | August 1 | SLUC Nancy (France) | Yes |
| Jon Diebler | August 6 | Panionios (Greece) (unsigned rookie) | No |
| Patrick Mills | August 29 | Melbourne Tigers (Australia) | Yes |