# Temporada 1970-71 de los Portland Trail Blazers

La temporada 1970-71 fue la primera de los Portland Trail Blazers en la NBA, tras la expansión de la liga con la incorporación además de los Buffalo Braves y los Cleveland Cavaliers. La temporada regular acabó con 29 victorias y 53 derrotas, ocupando el noveno y último puesto de la conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Draft de expansión

| Jugador | Posición | Equipo |
| Rick Adelman | Base | San Diego Rockets |
| Jerry Chambers | Alero | Phoenix Suns |
| LeRoy Ellis | Pívot | Baltimore Bullets |
| Fred Hetzel | Alero | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Joe Kennedy | Alero | Seattle SuperSonics |
| Ed Manning | Alero/Ala-Pívot | Chicago Bulls |
| Stan McKenzie | Alero | Phoenix Suns |
| Dorie Murrey | Ala-Pívot | Seattle SuperSonics |
| Pat Riley | Escolta | San Diego Rockets |
| Dale Schlueter | Pívot | San Francisco Warriors |
| Larry Siegfried | Base | Boston Celtics |
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## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 8 | Geoff Petrie | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Princeton |
| 2 | 25 | Walt Gilmore | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Fort Valley State* |
| 5 | 76 | Ron Knight | Alero | Estados Unidos | Cal State Los Angeles |
| 7 | 110 | Claude English | Alero | Estados Unidos | Rhode Island |

## Temporada regular

División Pacífico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| y-Los Angeles Lakers | 48 | 34 | .585 | – | 30–11 | 17–22 | 1–1 | 15–7 |
| x-San Francisco Warriors | 41 | 41 | .500 | 7 | 20–18 | 19–21 | 2–2 | 12–10 |
| San Diego Rockets | 40 | 42 | .488 | 8 | 24–15 | 15–26 | 1–1 | 14–8 |
| Seattle SuperSonics | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 | 27–13 | 11–30 | 0–1 | 10–14 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 29 | 53 | .354 | 19 | 18–21 | 9–26 | 2–6 | 3–15 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RB | AS | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Geoff Petrie | 22 | 82 | 37.0 | 9.6 | 21.6 | .443 | 5.6 | 7.3 | .772 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 24.8 |
| 2 | Leroy Ellis | 30 | 74 | 34.9 | 6.6 | 14.8 | .443 | 2.8 | 3.5 | .801 | 12.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 15.9 |
| 3 | Jim Barnett | 26 | 78 | 30.4 | 7.2 | 16.4 | .436 | 4.2 | 5.2 | .811 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 18.5 |
| 4 | Rick Adelman | 24 | 81 | 28.4 | 4.7 | 11.0 | .422 | 3.3 | 4.6 | .724 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 12.6 |
| 5 | Stan McKenzie | 26 | 82 | 27.9 | 4.9 | 11.0 | .441 | 4.0 | 4.8 | .836 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 13.7 |
| 6 | Gary Gregor | 25 | 44 | 26.2 | 4.1 | 9.6 | .430 | 1.3 | 2.0 | .663 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 9.6 |
| 7 | Dale Schlueter | 25 | 80 | 22.8 | 3.2 | 6.6 | .488 | 1.8 | 2.7 | .656 | 7.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 8.2 |
| 8 | Shaler Halimon | 25 | 79 | 20.6 | 3.8 | 9.8 | .387 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .665 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 8.9 |
| 9 | Ed Manning | 27 | 79 | 19.7 | 3.1 | 7.1 | .435 | 0.9 | 1.2 | .806 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 7.1 |
| 10 | Ron Knight | 23 | 52 | 12.7 | 1.9 | 4.4 | .430 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .500 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 4.2 |
| 11 | Dorie Murrey | 27 | 2 | 10.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | .167 | 4.5 | 5.5 | .818 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| 12 | Walt Gilmore | 23 | 27 | 9.7 | 0.9 | 2.0 | .426 | 0.4 | 1.0 | .462 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 13 | Claude English | 24 | 18 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 2.3 | .262 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .714 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 14 | Bill Stricker | 23 | 1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | .667 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Geoff Petrie | Co-Rookie del Año de la NBA All-Star |