The 2004–05 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 35th season for the

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in the

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.2004–05 Portland Trail Blazers
/ref> During the offseason, the Blazers acquired

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from the

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and signed free agent

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. The Blazers played around .500 for the first two months, but started to struggle losing 11 of their 15 games in January. Head coach

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was fired midway through the season with a record of 22–33. He was replaced by general manager

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, 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

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. 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

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was traded to the

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, but failed his physical and later on signed with the

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signed with the

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, and Derek Anderson signed with the

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. 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

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

References

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