1991–92 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 1991–92 NBA season was the 22nd season for the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association.^[1] During the off-season, the Trail Blazers signed undrafted rookie point guard Robert Pack.^[2][3]

1991–92 Portland Trail Blazers season
Conference champions
Division champions
Head coach	Rick Adelman
Arena	Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	57–25 (.695)
Place	Division: 1st (Pacific) Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals (lost to Bulls 2–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KOIN Prime Sports Northwest
Radio	KEX
< 1990–91 1992–93 >

After losing three of their first four games of the regular season, the Trail Blazers quickly recovered as they held a 32–14 record at the All-Star break.^[4] The Trail Blazers won their second consecutive Pacific Division title with a 57–25 record, earned the first seed in the Western Conference,^[5] and qualified for their tenth consecutive trip to the NBA playoffs.^[6]

Clyde Drexler averaged 25.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game, and was named to the All-NBA First Team, selected for the 1992 NBA All-Star Game in Orlando, Florida,^{[7][8][9][10]} and finished a distant second to Michael Jordan in Most Valuable Player voting.^[11][12][13] In addition, Terry Porter averaged 18.1 points, 5.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while Jerome Kersey provided the team with 12.6 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game, sixth man Clifford Robinson contributed 12.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game off the bench, and Buck Williams provided with 11.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Meanwhile, Kevin Duckworth averaged 10.7 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, while off the bench, Danny Ainge contributed 9.7 points per game, second-year forward Alaa Abdelnaby provided with 6.1 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, Pack contributed 4.6 points per game, and Mark Bryant averaged 4.1 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.^[14]

In the 1992 NBA playoffs, the Trail Blazers defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, 3–1 in the Western Conference First Round,^[15][16][17] eliminating the Lakers for the first time since Portland's championship season of 1977; the Lakers had beaten the Trail Blazers in four playoff series since then, including most recently the 1991 Western Conference Finals. The Trail Blazers proceeded to defeat the Phoenix Suns, 4–1 in the Western Conference Semi-finals,^{[18][19][20][21]} and the Midwest Division champion Utah Jazz, 4–2 in the Western Conference Finals, earning their second trip to the NBA Finals in three years.^{[22][23][24][25]}

In the 1992 NBA Finals, the Trail Blazers faced off against Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and the defending NBA champion Chicago Bulls, who defeated the Trail Blazers in six games, and won their second consecutive NBA championship.^{[26][27][28][29]} Following the season, Ainge signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Suns,^[30][31][32] and Pack was traded to the Denver Nuggets.^[33][34][35]

For the season, the Trail Blazers changed their primary logo, which showed the team name next to red and black lines curling into each other,^[36] and redesigned their uniforms.^[37][38] The logo and uniforms both remained in use until 2002.

As of 2025, this season was the last time the Trail Blazers had reached the NBA Finals.

Draft picks

Main article: 1991 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
2	54	Marcus Kennedy	PF	United States	Eastern Michigan

Roster

1991–92 Portland Trail Blazers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From C 31 Alaa Abdelnaby 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1968–06–24 Duke SG 9 Danny Ainge 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1959–03–17 BYU PF 2 Mark Bryant 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1965–04–25 Seton Hall C 42 Wayne Cooper 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1956–11–16 New Orleans SG 22 Clyde Drexler 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1962–06–22 Houston C 00 Kevin Duckworth 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1964–04–01 Eastern Illinois SF 25 Jerome Kersey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1962–06–26 Longwood PG 14 Robert Pack 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1969–02–03 USC PG 30 Terry Porter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1963–04–08 UW–Stevens Point PF 3 Clifford Robinson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1966–12–16 Connecticut SG 12 Lamont Strothers 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1968–05–10 Christopher Newport SG 8 Ennis Whatley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 1962–08–11 Alabama PF 52 Buck Williams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1960–03–08 Maryland

Head coach Rick Adelman Assistant(s) Jack Schalow John Wetzel Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Portland Trail Blazers	57	25	.695	—	33–8	24–17	21–9
x-Golden State Warriors	55	27	.671	2	31–10	24–17	19–11
x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	4	36–5	17–24	17–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573	10	28–13	19–22	16–14
x-Los Angeles Clippers	45	37	.549	12	29–12	16–25	13–17
x-Los Angeles Lakers	43	39	.524	14	24–17	19–22	13–17
Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	28	21–20	8–33	6–24

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Portland Trail Blazers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	2
3	x-Golden State Warriors	55	27	.671	2
4	x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	4
5	x-San Antonio Spurs	47	35	.573	10
6	x-Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573	10
7	x-Los Angeles Clippers	45	37	.549	12
8	x-Los Angeles Lakers	43	39	.524	14
9	Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	15
10	Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	28
11	Denver Nuggets	24	58	.293	33
12	Dallas Mavericks	22	60	.268	35
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	42

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1991–92 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	–	3–1	2–2	0–5	0–5	2–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2
Boston	1–3	–	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	5–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	1–3	–	0–4	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2
Chicago	5–0	3–1	4–0	–	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0
Cleveland	5–0	1–3	3–2	2–3	–	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Dallas	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	3–2	0–2	0–4	4–2	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–5	0–4	1–4	0–2
Denver	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	–	0–2	0–4	2–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–5	1–1
Detroit	4–1	0–4	4–1	1–4	1–3	2–0	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	–	2–2	2–0	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	5–0	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–0
Houston	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–2	0–2	2–2	–	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	3–2	1–3	1–4	2–0
Indiana	4–1	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	–	0–2	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–0	–	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–3	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–3	2–2	0–2	3–2	–	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	1–4	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
Miami	2–2	2–3	3–1	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	–	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–4	3–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0
Milwaukee	1–3	2–2	3–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	–	2–0	0–4	1–3	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	1–1	0–4	2–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–6	0–4	2–3	0–2
New Jersey	1–3	3–2	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	–	2–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3
New York	2–2	2–3	4–0	0–4	0–4	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	4–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	–	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0
Orlando	2–2	0–5	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–3	1–4	–	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3
Philadelphia	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	1–3	2–3	–	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	5–0
Phoenix	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	–	3–2	4–1	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–0
Portland	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	3–2	1–3	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	–	5–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–5	1–3	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	0–5	–	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	5–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	–	3–1	1–4	0–2
Seattle	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–4	4–1	1–3	–	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	4–1	1–3	–	2–0
Washington	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	0–4	3–2	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

Playoffs

1992 playoff game log
First round: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 23 L.A. Lakers W 115–102 Clifford Robinson (24) Buck Williams (13) Clyde Drexler (10) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 1–0 2 April 25 L.A. Lakers W 101–79 Kevin Duckworth (19) Buck Williams (12) Terry Porter (6) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 2–0 3 April 29 @ L.A. Lakers L 119–121 (OT) Clyde Drexler (42) Buck Williams (13) Clyde Drexler (12) Great Western Forum 16,690 2–1 4 May 3 @ L.A. Lakers W 102–76 Clyde Drexler (26) Buck Williams (11) Clyde Drexler (7) Thomas & Mack Center 15,478 3–1
Conference Semi-finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 5 Phoenix W 113–111 Terry Porter (31) Clyde Drexler (10) Terry Porter (7) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 1–0 2 May 7 Phoenix W 126–119 Porter, Drexler (27) Jerome Kersey (9) Clyde Drexler (13) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 2–0 3 May 9 @ Phoenix L 117–124 Clyde Drexler (37) Jerome Kersey (9) Terry Porter (11) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,496 2–1 4 May 11 @ Phoenix W 153–151 (2OT) Clyde Drexler (33) Jerome Kersey (10) Terry Porter (14) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,496 3–1 5 May 14 Phoenix W 118–106 Clyde Drexler (34) Kersey, Williams (12) Drexler, Kersey (8) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 4–1
Conference finals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 16 Utah W 113–88 Terry Porter (26) Buck Williams (8) Drexler, Porter (8) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 1–0 2 May 19 Utah W 119–102 Terry Porter (41) Duckworth, Robinson (7) Clyde Drexler (12) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 2–0 3 May 22 @ Utah L 89–97 Drexler, Kersey (26) Kersey, Williams (9) Drexler, Porter (7) Delta Center 19,911 2–1 4 May 24 @ Utah L 112–121 Terry Porter (34) Jerome Kersey (8) Terry Porter (7) Delta Center 19,911 2–2 5 May 26 Utah W 127–121 (OT) Jerome Kersey (29) Buck Williams (12) Terry Porter (12) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 3–2 6 May 28 @ Utah W 105–97 three players tied (18) Buck Williams (8) Terry Porter (10) Delta Center 19,911 4–2
NBA Finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 June 3 @ Chicago L 89–122 Drexler, Robinson (16) Jerome Kersey (7) Clyde Drexler (7) Chicago Stadium 18,676 0–1 2 June 5 @ Chicago W 115–104 (OT) Clyde Drexler (26) Buck Williams (14) Clyde Drexler (8) Chicago Stadium 18,676 1–1 3 June 7 Chicago L 84–94 Clyde Drexler (32) Jerome Kersey (12) Terry Porter (4) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 1–2 4 June 10 Chicago W 93–88 Drexler, Kersey (21) Kevin Duckworth (11) Clyde Drexler (9) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 2–2 5 June 12 Chicago L 106–119 Clyde Drexler (30) Jerome Kersey (12) Terry Porter (8) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 2–3 6 June 14 @ Chicago L 93–97 Drexler, Kersey (24) Jerome Kersey (9) Terry Porter (8) Chicago Stadium 18,678 2–4
1992 schedule

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Terry Porter	82	82	34.0	.461	.395	.856	3.1	5.8	1.5	.1	18.1
Kevin Duckworth	82	82	27.1	.461	.000	.690	6.1	1.2	.5	.5	10.7
Clifford Robinson	82	7	25.9	.466	.091	.664	5.1	1.7	1.0	1.3	12.4
Danny Ainge	81	6	19.7	.442	.339	.824	1.8	2.5	.9	.2	9.7
Buck Williams	80	80	31.5	.604	.000	.754	8.8	1.4	.8	.5	11.3
Jerome Kersey	77	76	33.2	.467	.125	.664	8.2	3.2	1.5	.9	12.6
Clyde Drexler	76	76	36.2	.470	.337	.794	6.6	6.7	1.8	.9	25.0
Robert Pack	72	0	12.4	.423	.000	.803	1.3	1.9	.6	.1	4.6
Alaa Abdelnaby	71	1	13.2	.493		.752	3.7	.4	.4	.2	6.1
Mark Bryant	56	0	14.3	.480	.000	.667	3.6	.7	.5	.1	4.1
Wayne Cooper	35	0	9.8	.427		.636	2.9	.6	.1	.8	2.2
Ennis Whatley	23	0	9.1	.412	.000	.871	.9	1.5	.6	.1	3.0
Danny Young†	18	0	7.4	.400	.300	.714	.5	1.1	.3	.0	2.5
Lamont Strothers	4	0	4.3	.333	.000	.500	.3	.3	.3	.3	2.5

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Terry Porter	21	21	41.4	.516	.474	.832	4.6	6.7	1.0	.1	21.4
Clyde Drexler	21	21	40.3	.466	.235	.807	7.4	7.0	1.5	1.0	26.3
Buck Williams	21	21	36.1	.508		.758	8.5	1.0	1.3	.8	9.6
Jerome Kersey	21	21	36.0	.510	.000	.693	7.7	3.6	2.0	.9	16.2
Kevin Duckworth	21	21	30.8	.495		.660	5.6	2.0	.5	.6	11.9
Clifford Robinson	21	0	24.9	.462	.167	.571	4.2	2.0	1.0	1.0	10.8
Danny Ainge	21	0	21.4	.479	.404	.830	1.9	2.3	.7	.0	10.6
Ennis Whatley	15	0	6.4	.300	.000	1.000	.7	.9	.5	.0	1.1
Robert Pack	14	0	3.7	.222		.750	.4	.5	.4	.1	.8
Mark Bryant	12	0	9.7	.345		.750	2.4	.1	.3	.0	1.9
Alaa Abdelnaby	8	0	3.1	.500		.500	.5	.3	.0	.0	1.5
Wayne Cooper	3	0	9.0	.500			2.7	.0	.0	1.0	1.3

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Trail Blazers only.

Player Statistics Citation:^[14]

Awards and records

• Clyde Drexler, All-NBA First Team
• Buck Williams, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

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