The

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was the 32nd season for the

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in the

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. During the off-season, head coach Mike Dunleavy was fired after four years and two trips to the Western Conference Finals, and was replaced with

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, as the Trail Blazers acquired Derek Anderson and

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from the

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, signed free agent Ruben Patterson, and re-signed former Trail Blazers center Chris Dudley; Kerr would reunite with his former teammate of the

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, former All-Star forward

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, where they won three championships in the late 1990s. The Trail Blazers struggled with a 13–18 start to the regular season, after losing six straight games between December and January, but managed to hold a 25–23 record at the All-Star break, and then posted a 12-game winning streak between February and March, finishing in third place in the Pacific Division with a 49–33 record, earning the #6 seed in the Western Conference, and qualifying for the

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for the 20th consecutive year.

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averaged 19.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, while Bonzi Wells averaged 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game, and Damon Stoudamire provided the team with 13.5 points and 6.5 assists per game. In addition, Patterson contributed 11.2 points per game, while Anderson contributed 10.8 points per game, Pippen provided with 10.6 points, 5.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and Dale Davis averaged 9.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. As in the previous year, the Trail Blazers faced off against the two-time defending NBA champion

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in the Western Conference First Round of the 2002 NBA playoffs, and the result was identical: the Trail Blazers were swept in three straight games by the Lakers; it was the fifth time in six years that the Trail Blazers' postseason run was ended by the Lakers. The Lakers would then go on to defeat the

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in four straight games in the

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, winning their third consecutive NBA championship. Following the season,

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signed as a free agent with the

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, and Kerr was traded back to his former team, the

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

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Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

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Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

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Awards and records

Transactions

References

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