The 2018–19 Portland Trail Blazers season was the franchise's 49th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Prior to the season, owner Paul Allen died at the age of 65, and thus the team's ownership was (and is currently) managed by his estate.

On March 25, 2019, the Trail Blazers clinched a playoff spot after defeating the Brooklyn Nets 148–144 in double overtime. Jusuf Nurkić suffered a season-ending injury in the same game.^[1][2]

In the playoffs, the Trail Blazers defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round, thanks to Damian Lillard's 37-foot series-clinching three pointer over Paul George in Game 5 at home, similar to his game-winner against the Houston Rockets in Game 6 of the First Round in the 2014 playoffs. The Trail Blazers thus won their first playoff series since 2016.

In the Semifinals, the Trail Blazers faced the Denver Nuggets. In Game 3 of the Semifinals, the Trail Blazers defeated the Nuggets 140–137 in the first quadruple overtime playoff game since 1953. They would eventually defeat the Nuggets in seven games, advancing to their first Western Conference finals since 2000. However, the Trail Blazers would be swept by the defending two-time NBA champion Golden State Warriors in four games. In that series, the Trail Blazers became the first team in 20 seasons to have a lead of 17 points or more in three straight playoff games and lose all three.^[3]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School / club team
1	24	Anfernee Simons	SG	United States	IMG Academy
2	37	Gary Trent Jr.	SG	United States	Duke

Roster

2018–19 Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F 8 Aminu, Al-Farouq 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990–09–21 Wake Forest F/C 33 Collins, Zach 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1997–11–19 Gonzaga G 31 Curry, Seth 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1990–08–23 Duke F 4 Harkless, Maurice 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1993–05–11 St. John's G/F 5 Hood, Rodney 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1992–10–20 Duke C 00 Kanter, Enes 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1992–05–20 Turkey F 17 Labissière, Skal 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1996–03–18 Kentucky F 10 Layman, Jake 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1994–03–07 Maryland C 11 Leonard, Meyers 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1992–02–27 Illinois G 0 Lillard, Damian (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1990–07–15 Weber State G 3 McCollum, CJ (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1991–09–19 Lehigh C 27 Nurkić, Jusuf  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1994–08–23 Bosnia and Herzegovina G 24 Simons, Anfernee 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999–06–08 IMG Academy (FL) G 9 Trent Jr., Gary 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1999–01–18 Duke G/F 1 Turner, Evan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–10–27 Ohio State	Head coach Terry Stotts Assistant coach(es) John McCullough Jim Moran Dale Osbourne Nate Tibbetts David Vanterpool Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: 2019–02–15

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Transactions

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Jusuf Nurkić[8]	July 6, 2018

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Nik Stauskas[9]	July 5, 2018	Brooklyn Nets
Seth Curry[10]	July 6, 2018	Dallas Mavericks
Cameron Oliver[11]	September 4, 2018	Delaware 87ers (G League)
Chinanu Onuaku[11]		Dallas Mavericks
Gary Payton II[11]		Los Angeles Lakers

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Shabazz Napier[12]		Brooklyn Nets
Georgios Papagiannis[13][14]	Waived	Panathinaikos
Ed Davis[15]		Brooklyn Nets
Pat Connaughton[16]		Milwaukee Bucks
C. J. Wilcox[17]	Two-way contract	Indiana Pacers

References