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1982-83 Portland Trail Blazers Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 46-36, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Jack Ramsay (46-36)

Executive: Stu Inman

PTS/G: 107.4 (15th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 105.3 (9th of 23)

SRS: 1.88 (10th of 23) Pace: 101.0 (18th of 23)

Off Rtg: 106.0 (8th of 23) Def Rtg: 103.9 (10th of 23) Net Rtg: +2.1 (10th of 23)

Expected W-L: 47-35 (10th of 23)

Arena: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 483,974 (8th of 23)

NBA 1983 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-0) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
10	Don Buse	PG	6-4	190	August 10, 1950	us US	10	University of Evansville
34	Kenny Carr	PF	6-7	220	August 15, 1955	us US	5	NC State
42	Wayne Cooper	C	6-10	220	November 16, 1956	us US	4	New Orleans
22	Jeff Judkins	SF	6-6	185	March 23, 1956	us US	4	Utah
3	Jeff Lamp	SF	6-6	195	March 9, 1959	us US	1	Virginia
12	Fat Lever	PG	6-3	170	August 18, 1960	us US	R	Arizona State
7	Hank McDowell	PF	6-9	215	November 13, 1959	us US	1	Memphis
33	Calvin Natt	SF	6-6	220	January 8, 1957	us US	3	Louisiana-Monroe
24	Audie Norris	C	6-9	230	December 18, 1960	us US	R	Jackson State University
4	Jim Paxson	SG	6-6	200	July 9, 1957	us US	3	Dayton
43	Mychal Thompson	PF	6-10	226	January 30, 1955	bs BS	3	Minnesota
2	Linton Townes	SF	6-7	190	November 30, 1959	us US	R	James Madison University
14	Darnell Valentine	PG	6-1	183	February 3, 1959	us US	1	Kansas
31	Pete Verhoeven	PF	6-9	215	February 15, 1959	us US	1	Fresno State

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

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Team Misc

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Mychal Thompson	28	PF	80	80	37.7	6.3	12.9	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	6.3	12.9	.489	.489	3.1	5.0	.621	2.3	7.1	9.4	4.8	0.9	1.4	3.5	2.7	15.7
2	Calvin Natt	26	SF	80	80	36.0	8.1	14.8	.543	0.0	0.3	.150	8.0	14.6	.549	.544	4.2	5.4	.792	2.7	4.8	7.5	2.1	0.8	0.4	2.5	2.3	20.4
3	Jim Paxson	25	SG	81	81	33.8	8.4	16.3	.515	0.0	0.3	.160	8.4	16.0	.522	.517	4.8	5.9	.812	0.8	1.3	2.1	2.9	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.0	21.7	AS
4	Kenny Carr	27	PF	82	26	28.4	4.4	8.7	.505	0.0	0.1	.333	4.4	8.7	.506	.506	3.1	4.5	.697	2.2	5.0	7.2	1.4	0.8	0.5	2.3	3.7	12.0
5	Darnell Valentine	23	PG	47	36	27.6	4.4	9.8	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	9.8	.455	.454	3.6	4.5	.793	0.7	1.8	2.5	6.2	2.1	0.1	2.8	3.0	12.5
6	Wayne Cooper	26	C	80	60	26.2	4.0	9.0	.443	0.0	0.1	.000	4.0	9.0	.446	.443	1.7	2.5	.685	2.7	5.0	7.6	1.5	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.0	9.7
7	Fat Lever	22	PG	81	45	24.9	3.2	7.3	.431	0.1	0.2	.333	3.1	7.1	.434	.435	1.4	2.0	.730	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.3	1.9	0.2	1.7	2.2	7.8
8	Don Buse	32	PG	41	1	15.7	1.8	4.4	.396	0.2	0.9	.257	1.5	3.6	.429	.420	1.0	1.1	.891	0.5	0.9	1.3	2.8	1.1	0.0	0.6	1.5	4.7
9	Jeff Lamp	23	SF	59	1	11.7	1.8	4.3	.425	0.0	0.1	.167	1.8	4.2	.431	.427	0.7	0.9	.808	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.1	4.4
10	Pete Verhoeven	23	PF	48	0	11.0	1.8	3.6	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.5	.512	.509	0.4	0.6	.677	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.0	4.1
11	Audie Norris	22	C	30	0	10.4	0.9	2.1	.413	0.0	0.0		0.9	2.1	.413	.413	0.5	1.0	.467	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.8	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.0	2.2
12	Linton Townes	23	SF	55	0	9.4	1.9	4.3	.449	0.2	0.5	.360	1.7	3.8	.459	.468	0.5	0.7	.737	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.5	4.5
13	Jeff Judkins	26	SF	34	0	9.1	1.1	2.6	.443	0.1	0.2	.250	1.1	2.4	.463	.455	0.7	0.9	.833	0.5	0.7	1.3	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.1	3.1
14	Hank McDowell	23	PF	42	0	8.9	1.1	2.3	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.3	.474	.464	0.8	1.0	.767	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.8	1.4	2.9
	Team Totals					48.2	42.2	86.9	.486	0.4	1.8	.233	41.8	85.0	.491	.488	22.6	30.6	.738	14.4	29.0	43.4	24.8	9.1	4.7	18.2	23.9	107.4

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Mychal Thompson	28	PF	7	40.6	5.7	12.1	.471	0.0	0.0		5.7	12.1	.471	.471	3.6	5.4	.658	2.3	5.7	8.0	5.6	0.9	1.1	4.0	3.4	15.0
2	Calvin Natt	26	SF	7	39.1	7.1	14.6	.490	0.1	0.3	.500	7.0	14.3	.490	.495	4.4	6.9	.646	3.1	6.0	9.1	1.6	1.1	0.1	1.3	2.0	18.9
3	Jim Paxson	25	SG	7	37.1	9.7	16.6	.586	0.3	0.6	.500	9.4	16.0	.589	.595	3.6	4.7	.758	0.6	1.6	2.1	2.6	1.3	0.1	2.1	1.6	23.3
4	Wayne Cooper	26	C	7	32.6	5.1	10.6	.486	0.0	0.0		5.1	10.6	.486	.486	2.1	2.4	.882	3.4	4.6	8.0	1.3	0.3	1.1	2.4	4.7	12.4
5	Darnell Valentine	23	PG	7	29.3	4.9	11.4	.425	0.1	0.3	.500	4.7	11.1	.423	.431	2.3	3.0	.762	0.7	1.4	2.1	8.7	1.4	0.4	2.7	3.0	12.1
6	Kenny Carr	27	PF	7	24.4	3.7	8.6	.433	0.0	0.0		3.7	8.6	.433	.433	2.6	3.3	.783	2.1	5.1	7.3	1.4	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.7	10.0
7	Fat Lever	22	PG	7	19.1	2.7	6.0	.452	0.0	0.0		2.7	6.0	.452	.452	0.6	0.7	.800	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.4	1.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	6.0
8	Linton Townes	23	SF	6	10.0	2.2	4.5	.481	0.2	0.5	.333	2.0	4.0	.500	.500	1.0	1.2	.857	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	5.5
9	Audie Norris	22	C	7	7.6	1.0	1.9	.538	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.9	.538	.538	0.1	0.3	.500	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.1
10	Don Buse	32	PG	5	6.2	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	0.0		0.4	1.6	.250	.250	0.6	0.8	.750	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.4
11	Hank McDowell	23	PF	2	2.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
12	Jeff Lamp	23	SF	1	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
	Team Totals				48.7	42.3	87.1	.485	0.7	1.6	.455	41.6	85.6	.486	.489	20.6	28.3	.727	13.4	28.0	41.4	28.3	6.7	4.0	15.6	23.3	105.9

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Mychal Thompson	28	PF	80	80	3017	6.0	12.3	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	6.0	12.3	.489	.489	3.0	4.8	.621	2.2	6.8	9.0	4.5	0.8	1.3	3.4	2.5	15.0
2	Calvin Natt	26	SF	80	80	2879	8.1	14.8	.543	0.0	0.3	.150	8.0	14.6	.549	.544	4.2	5.4	.792	2.7	4.8	7.5	2.1	0.8	0.4	2.5	2.3	20.4
3	Jim Paxson	25	SG	81	81	2740	9.0	17.4	.515	0.1	0.3	.160	8.9	17.1	.522	.517	5.1	6.3	.812	0.9	1.4	2.3	3.0	1.8	0.2	2.0	2.1	23.1	AS
4	Kenny Carr	27	PF	82	26	2331	5.6	11.1	.505	0.0	0.1	.333	5.6	11.0	.506	.506	3.9	5.7	.697	2.8	6.3	9.1	1.8	1.0	0.6	2.9	4.7	15.2
5	Wayne Cooper	26	C	80	60	2099	5.5	12.4	.443	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	12.3	.446	.443	2.3	3.4	.685	3.7	6.8	10.5	2.0	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.5	13.3
6	Fat Lever	22	PG	81	45	2020	4.6	10.6	.431	0.1	0.3	.333	4.5	10.3	.434	.435	2.1	2.8	.730	1.5	2.5	4.0	7.6	2.7	0.3	2.4	3.2	11.3
7	Darnell Valentine	23	PG	47	36	1298	5.8	12.8	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	5.8	12.7	.455	.454	4.7	5.9	.793	0.9	2.3	3.2	8.1	2.8	0.1	3.6	3.9	16.3
8	Jeff Lamp	23	SF	59	1	690	5.6	13.1	.425	0.1	0.3	.167	5.5	12.8	.431	.427	2.2	2.7	.808	1.3	2.7	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.2	2.0	3.5	13.4
9	Don Buse	32	PG	41	1	643	4.0	10.2	.396	0.5	2.0	.257	3.5	8.2	.429	.420	2.3	2.6	.891	1.1	2.0	3.0	6.4	2.5	0.1	1.4	3.4	10.9
10	Pete Verhoeven	23	PF	48	0	527	5.9	11.7	.509	0.0	0.1	.000	5.9	11.6	.512	.509	1.4	2.1	.677	3.0	3.6	6.6	2.2	1.2	0.6	2.7	6.5	13.3
11	Linton Townes	23	SF	55	0	516	7.3	16.3	.449	0.6	1.7	.360	6.7	14.6	.459	.468	2.0	2.7	.737	2.1	2.4	4.5	2.2	1.3	0.3	2.3	5.7	17.2
12	Hank McDowell	23	PF	42	0	375	4.3	9.3	.464	0.0	0.2	.000	4.3	9.1	.474	.464	3.2	4.1	.767	3.7	4.8	8.5	1.9	0.6	0.7	3.1	5.6	11.8
13	Audie Norris	22	C	30	0	311	3.0	7.3	.413	0.0	0.0		3.0	7.3	.413	.413	1.6	3.5	.467	2.9	5.1	8.0	2.8	1.5	0.2	3.8	7.1	7.6
14	Jeff Judkins	26	SF	34	0	309	4.5	10.3	.443	0.2	0.9	.250	4.3	9.3	.463	.455	2.9	3.5	.833	2.1	2.9	5.0	2.0	1.7	0.2	2.0	4.5	12.2

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Mychal Thompson	28	PF	7	284	5.1	10.8	.471	0.0	0.0		5.1	10.8	.471	.471	3.2	4.8	.658	2.0	5.1	7.1	4.9	0.8	1.0	3.5	3.0	13.3
2	Calvin Natt	26	SF	7	274	6.6	13.4	.490	0.1	0.3	.500	6.4	13.1	.490	.495	4.1	6.3	.646	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.4	1.1	0.1	1.2	1.8	17.3
3	Jim Paxson	25	SG	7	260	9.4	16.1	.586	0.3	0.6	.500	9.1	15.5	.589	.595	3.5	4.6	.758	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.5	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.5	22.6
4	Wayne Cooper	26	C	7	228	5.7	11.7	.486	0.0	0.0		5.7	11.7	.486	.486	2.4	2.7	.882	3.8	5.1	8.8	1.4	0.3	1.3	2.7	5.2	13.7
5	Darnell Valentine	23	PG	7	205	6.0	14.0	.425	0.2	0.4	.500	5.8	13.7	.423	.431	2.8	3.7	.762	0.9	1.8	2.6	10.7	1.8	0.5	3.3	3.7	14.9
6	Kenny Carr	27	PF	7	171	5.5	12.6	.433	0.0	0.0		5.5	12.6	.433	.433	3.8	4.8	.783	3.2	7.6	10.7	2.1	0.6	1.1	2.1	5.5	14.7
7	Fat Lever	22	PG	7	134	5.1	11.3	.452	0.0	0.0		5.1	11.3	.452	.452	1.1	1.3	.800	0.8	3.0	3.8	8.3	1.9	0.0	1.1	3.5	11.3
8	Linton Townes	23	SF	6	60	7.8	16.2	.481	0.6	1.8	.333	7.2	14.4	.500	.500	3.6	4.2	.857	1.2	0.6	1.8	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	6.6	19.8
9	Audie Norris	22	C	7	53	4.8	8.8	.538	0.0	0.0		4.8	8.8	.538	.538	0.7	1.4	.500	2.0	6.1	8.2	3.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	3.4	10.2
10	Don Buse	32	PG	5	31	2.3	9.3	.250	0.0	0.0		2.3	9.3	.250	.250	3.5	4.6	.750	0.0	2.3	2.3	8.1	0.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	8.1
11	Hank McDowell	23	PF	2	4	0.0	9.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	9.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	18.0	18.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	0.0
12	Jeff Lamp	23	SF	1	1	36.0	72.0	.500	0.0	0.0		36.0	72.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	72.0

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