1974–75 Portland Trail Blazers season

1974–75 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach	Lenny Wilkens
Arena	Memorial Coliseum (Portland)
Results
Place	Division: 3rd Conference: 6th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

In three years of varsity competition, Walton led UCLA to two NCAA championships and 88 consecutive wins, smashing the 60-game streak set by Bill Russell's teams at the University of San Francisco. Walton also set UCLA's career assists record, which left observers declaring him the best passing center in the history of the game. To help improve the team's toughness, the Trail Blazers drafted UCLA Center Bill Walton In three years of varsity competition, Walton led UCLA to two NCAA championships and 88 consecutive wins, smashing the 60-game streak set by Bill Russell's teams at the University of San Francisco. Walton also set UCLA's career assists record, which left observers declaring him the best passing center in the history of the game. Injuries would limit Walton to just 35 games as the Blazers challenged for a playoff spot for the first time in franchise history. The Blazers fell just 2 games short with a 38-44 record.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	1	Bill Walton	Center	United States	UCLA
2	20	Jan van Breda Kolff			Vanderbilt
3	34	Phil Lumpkin		United States	Miami of Ohio
2	36	Rubin Collins			Maryland-Eastern Shore
4	56	Mickey Johnson		United States	Aurora
4	74	Bernard Hardin			New Mexico

Regular season

Season Standings

Pacific Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Golden State Warriors C	48	34	.585	-
Seattle SuperSonics	43	39	.524	5
Portland Trail Blazers	38	44	.463	10
Phoenix Suns	32	50	.390	16
Los Angeles Lakers	30	52	.366	18

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	AVG

References

• Blazers on Database Basketball
• Blazers on Reference Basketball