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was the 25th season for the

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in the

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. The Trail Blazers 25th season was marked by change as they played their final season at the Memorial Coliseum under new head coach P.J. Carlesimo. The team also had the 17th overall pick in the

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, and selected shooting guard

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out of

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. The Trail Blazers started the regular season by defeating the

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in their first two games, which were played overseas in

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. The team got off to a 6–6 start, and played around .500 basketball for the first half of the season, holding a 25–20 record at the All-Star break, as

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only played just 35 games due to an ankle injury.

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averaged 22.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.8 steals per game for the first half of the season, but was not selected for the

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this season. On February 14, 1995, with the Trail Blazers out of serious contention for the championship, the team honored Drexler's request to be traded to a contender, sending him along with three-point specialist

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to the defending NBA champion

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in exchange for forward

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. The Rockets went on to win their second straight NBA title, defeating the

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in four straight games in the

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; it was Drexler's first ever championship. With the addition of Thorpe, the Trail Blazers finished in fourth place in the Pacific Division with a 44–38 record, and earned the seventh seed in the Western Conference; it was their thirteenth consecutive trip to the

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. Clifford Robinson averaged 21.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, and led the Trail Blazers with 142 three-point field goals, while

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averaged 18.9 points, 8.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game, and Thorpe played a sixth man role, averaging 13.5 points and 6.9 rebounds per game off the bench in 34 games with the Blazers. In addition,

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averaged 9.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, and

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led the team with 9.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. Off the bench,

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provided the team with 9.1 points per game, while Porter contributed 8.9 points and 3.8 assists per game, second-year guard James Robinson provided with 9.2 points per game, and

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contributed 8.1 points per game. However, in the

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, the Trail Blazers were swept in the Western Conference First Round by a 0–3 margin against the

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. Following the season, Thorpe was traded to the

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, while Porter signed as a free agent with the

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, Kersey was left unprotected in the 1995 NBA expansion draft, where he was selected by the

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expansion team, and Mark Bryant signed with the

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

:z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

Game log

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W 120–82
,

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7:00p.m. PDT ,

W 127–109
, Strickland (27) ,

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L 99–112
, Strickland (22) , Thorpe (14) , Strickland (5) , The Summit
16,611 , 40–36

Playoffs

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L 102–129
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L 94–103
,

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19,023 , 0–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 3 , May 2 , Phoenix
L 109–117
,

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Player statistics

Season

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Playoffs

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Awards and records

The Trail Blazers did not win any awards for the 1994–95 season.

Transactions

Trades

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Cash considerations
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Free agents

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Player Transactions Citation:

References

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