# Temporada 1978-79 de los Portland Trail Blazers

La temporada 1978-79 fue la novena de los Portland Trail Blazers en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 45 victorias y 37 derrotas, ocupando el sexto puesto de la conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en primera ronda frente a los Phoenix Suns.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 1 | Mychal Thompson | Ala-Pívot | Bahamas Bahamas | Minnesota |
| 1 | 7 | Ron Brewer | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Arkansas |
| 2 | 24 | Keith Herron | Alero | Estados Unidos | Villanova |
| 2 | 44 | Clemon Johnson | F/C | Estados Unidos | Florida A&M |
| 5 | 110 | Clay Johnson | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Missouri |

## Temporada regular

División Pacífico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Seattle SuperSonics | 52 | 30 | .634 | – | 31-10 | 21-20 | 11–9 |
| x-Phoenix Suns | 50 | 32 | .610 | 2 | 32–9 | 18–23 | 11–9 |
| x-Los Angeles Lakers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 5 | 31–10 | 16–25 | 11–9 |
| x-Portland Trail Blazers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 7 | 33–8 | 12–29 | 8–12 |
| San Diego Clippers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 9 | 29–12 | 14–27 | 11–9 |
| Golden State Warriors | 38 | 44 | .463 | 14 | 23–18 | 15–26 | 8–12 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Phoenix Suns vs. Portland Trail Blazers
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 10 de abril | Phoenix Suns 107, Portland Trail Blazers 105 | Phoenix |
| 13 de abril | Portland Trail Blazers 96, Phoenix Suns 92 | Portland |
| 15 de abril | Phoenix Suns 101, Portland Trail Blazers 91 | Phoenix |
| | Phoenix Suns gana las series 2-1 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Maurice Lucas | 26 | 69 | 35.7 | 8.2 | 17.5 | .470 | 3.9 | 5.0 | .783 | 2.8 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 20.4 |
| 2 | Tom Owens | 29 | 82 | 34.0 | 7.3 | 13.4 | .548 | 3.9 | 4.9 | .794 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 9.0 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 18.5 |
| 3 | Lionel Hollins | 25 | 64 | 30.7 | 6.3 | 13.8 | .454 | 2.7 | 3.5 | .778 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 15.3 |
| 4 | Ron Brewer | 23 | 81 | 30.3 | 5.4 | 10.8 | .494 | 2.6 | 3.2 | .820 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 13.3 |
| 5 | Mychal Thompson | 24 | 73 | 29.4 | 6.3 | 12.8 | .490 | 2.1 | 3.7 | .572 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 14.7 |
| 6 | Bob Gross | 25 | 53 | 27.2 | 3.9 | 8.4 | .472 | 1.8 | 2.2 | .807 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 9.7 |
| 7 | Dave Twardzik | 28 | 64 | 24.5 | 3.2 | 6.0 | .533 | 4.1 | 4.7 | .873 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 10.4 |
| 8 | T.R. Dunn | 23 | 80 | 22.9 | 3.1 | 6.9 | .448 | 1.5 | 2.0 | .772 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 7.7 |
| 9 | Larry Steele | 29 | 72 | 20.7 | 2.8 | 6.7 | .420 | 1.6 | 1.9 | .824 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 7.2 |
| 10 | Jim McMillian | 30 | 23 | 12.1 | 1.4 | 3.2 | .446 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .810 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.6 |
| 11 | Lloyd Neal | 28 | 4 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 2.8 | .364 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 12 | Kim Anderson | 23 | 21 | 10.7 | 1.1 | 3.7 | .312 | 0.7 | 1.3 | .536 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 13 | Clemon Johnson | 22 | 74 | 10.7 | 1.4 | 2.9 | .470 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .486 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.2 |
| 14 | Willie Smith | 25 | 13 | 10.1 | 1.8 | 3.4 | .523 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .706 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 15 | Ira Terrell | 24 | 18 | 8.9 | 1.7 | 3.0 | .556 | 0.4 | 0.8 | .533 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 3.8 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Mychal Thompson | Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |
| Ron Brewer | Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |
| Maurice Lucas | 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA All-Star |
| Lionel Hollins | 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA |
| Bob Gross | 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA |