The 2004–05 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 35th season for the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association.2004–05 Portland Trail Blazers During the offseason, the Blazers acquired Nick Van Exel from the Golden State Warriors and signed free agent Joel Przybilla. The Blazers played around .500 for the first two months, but started to struggle losing 11 of their 15 games in January. Head coach Maurice Cheeks was fired midway through the season with a record of 22–33. He was replaced by general manager Kevin Pritchard, who acted as interim coach for the remainder of the season, in which the team went 5–22. For the second year in a row, the Blazers did not qualify for the playoffs. The team's overall record of 27–55 was their worst since 1973–74, their fourth season of existence.
Following the season, Pritchard was fired as coach, Van Exel signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs, Shareef Abdur-Rahim was traded to the New Jersey Nets, but failed his physical and later on signed with the Sacramento Kings, Damon Stoudamire signed with the Memphis Grizzlies, and Derek Anderson signed with the Houston Rockets.
For the season, they slightly once again changed their primary logo added Trail on their wordmark of the Blazers' primary logo they remained until 2017.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club Team 1 13 Sebastian Telfair G 1 23 Sergei Monia G CSKA Moscow (Russia) 2 47 Ha Seung-Jin C Yonsei University (South Korea)
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot
Game log Date opponent score record November 3 @ Golden State 78-75 1–0 November 5 vs LA Clippers 94-81 2–0 November 7 @ Toronto 97-101 2–1 November 9 @ New Jersey 60-64 2-2 November 10 @ Boston 88-90 2–3 November 13 vs Toronto 105-102 3-3 November 17 vs Memphis 82-101 3–4 November 19 vs Milwaukee 110-98 4-4 November 21 vs Houston 93-97 4–5 November 23 @ Miami 99-87 5-5 November 24 @ Orlando 89-83 6–5 November 26 @ Dallas 83-92 6-6 November 28 vs New Jersey 83-71 7–6 November 30 vs Seattle 100-94 8–6 December 4 @Seattle 89-99 8–7
Player statistics
Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG 81 70 34.1 .392 .369 .915 3.8 5.7 1.1 .0 15.8 76 50 24.4 .598 .517 7.7 1.0 .3 2.1 6.4 70 36 28.0 .531 .080 .599 3.9 2.0 1.5 .3 11.6 68 26 19.6 .393 .246 .789 1.5 3.3 .5 .1 6.8 63 45 27.5 .447 .692 5.3 .5 .4 2.5 4.8 63 22 27.0 .482 .348 .600 4.7 2.0 1.2 1.2 12.8 59 2 13.4 .498 .400 .653 2.1 .6 .5 .7 5.4 54 49 34.6 .503 .385 .866 7.3 2.1 .9 .5 16.8 53 34 30.5 .381 .389 .784 3.0 4.3 .8 .0 11.1 47 32 26.4 .389 .384 .805 2.7 3.0 .8 .1 9.2 46 37 34.8 .448 .000 .815 9.6 1.9 .7 .4 18.9 43 0 11.6 .400 .388 .840 1.4 .7 .3 .1 3.8 32 5 16.3 .435 .364 .548 3.4 .8 .6 .6 4.2 19 0 5.5 .435 .545 .9 .1 .1 .3 1.4† 9 2 12.4 .611 .333 3.9 .4 .4 .4 2.7 6 0 2.7 .667 .667 .2 .2 .0 .0 1.3† 4 0 4.5 .000 .5 .3 .3 .0 .0
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