1998–99 Portland Trail Blazers season

1998–99 Portland Trail Blazers season
Division Champions
Head coach	Mike Dunleavy
Arena	Rose Garden Arena
Results
Record	35–15 (.700)
Place	Division: 1st (Pacific) Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	West Conference Finals (eliminated 0–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1998–99 season was the 29th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] During the offseason, the Blazers signed free agents Jim Jackson and Greg Anthony, who would reunite with his former UNLV teammate Stacey Augmon. Portland went 35–15 in the lockout-shortened season, earning their fourth Pacific Division title and the first since 1991–92. Their record qualified them for the #2 seed in the Western Conference. The team earned their 17th straight trip to the playoffs, and 22nd in 23 years. Head coach Mike Dunleavy was named Coach of The Year.

The Blazers swept the Phoenix Suns in the first round in three straight games, marking the first time since 1992 that the Blazers advanced in the playoffs. They followed with a 4–2 series victory over the two-time defending Western Conference champion Utah Jazz, but were swept out of the Western Conference Finals by the eventual NBA champion San Antonio Spurs in four straight games. Following the season, Jackson and Isaiah Rider were traded to the Atlanta Hawks, and Walt Williams and Kelvin Cato were traded to the Houston Rockets.

Draft picks

The Blazers owned no picks in the 1998 NBA draft.

Roster

Portland TrailBlazers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
1.0 !PG	50	USA !	Anthony, Greg	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	UNLV
3.0 !SF	2	USA !	Augmon, Stacey	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	UNLV
6.0 !C	31	USA !	Cato, Kelvin	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Iowa State
4.5 !PF	44	USA !	Grant, Brian	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	254 lb (115 kg)	Xavier
1.0 !PG	23	USA !	Grant, Gary	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Michigan
2.0 !SG	19	USA !	Jackson, Jim	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Ohio State
4.5 !PF	5	USA !	O'Neal, Jermaine	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	Eau Claire HS (SC)
2.0 !SG	34	USA !	Rider, Isaiah	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	UNLV
6.0 !C	4	USA !	Rogers, Carlos	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Tennessee State
6.0 !C	11	LTU !	Sabonis, Arvydas	7000220980000000000♠7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)	279 lb (127 kg)	Lithuania
1.0 !PG	7	USA !	Shaw, Brian	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	UC Santa Barbara
1.0 !PG	3	USA !	Stoudamire, Damon	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	Arizona
3.0 !SF	30	USA !	Wallace, Rasheed	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	North Carolina
2.0 !SG	6	USA !	Wells, Bonzi	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Ball State
3.0 !SF	42	USA !	Williams, Walt	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	Maryland

Head coach

Mike Dunleavy (South Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Arvydas Sabonis	Kelvin Cato		Carlos Rogers
PF	Brian Grant	Jermaine O'Neal
SF	Rasheed Wallace	Stacey Augmon	Walt Williams
SG	Isaiah Rider	Jim Jackson		Bonzi Wells
PG	Damon Stoudamire	Greg Anthony	Gary Grant	Brian Shaw

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Portland Trail Blazers	35	15	.700	–	22–3	13–12	15–7
x-Los Angeles Lakers	31	19	.620	4	18–7	13–12	14–8
x-Sacramento Kings	27	23	.540	8	16–9	11–14	11–9
x-Phoenix Suns	27	23	.540	8	15–10	12–13	9–10
Seattle SuperSonics	25	25	.500	10	17–8	8–17	11–10
Golden State Warriors	21	29	.420	14	13–12	8–17	8–11
Los Angeles Clippers	9	41	.180	26	6–19	3–22	3–16

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-San Antonio Spurs	37	13	.740	–
2	y-Portland Trail Blazers	35	15	.700	2
3	x-Utah Jazz	37	13	.740	–
4	x-Los Angeles Lakers	31	19	.620	6
5	x-Houston Rockets	31	19	.620	6
6	x-Sacramento Kings	27	23	.540	10
7	x-Phoenix Suns	27	23	.540	10
8	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	25	25	.500	12

9	Seattle SuperSonics	25	25	.500	12
10	Golden State Warriors	21	29	.420	16
11	Dallas Mavericks	19	31	.380	18
12	Denver Nuggets	14	36	.280	23
13	Los Angeles Clippers	9	41	.180	28
14	Vancouver Grizzlies	8	42	.160	29

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1998-99 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	VAN	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Boston	0–3	—	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1
Charlotte	0–3	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Chicago	1–3	1–2	1–2	—	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2
Cleveland	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–2
Dallas	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–0
Denver	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	0–0	1–3	0–4	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–4	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–1
Detroit	2–1	3–0	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Golden State	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	—	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–4	4–0	0–0
Houston	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	3–0	—	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–3	4–0	0–0
Indiana	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
L.A. Clippers	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	—	0–4	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–0
L.A. Lakers	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–0
Miami	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	3–0
Milwaukee	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
Minnesota	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–0
New Jersey	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	—	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
New York	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	—	0–3	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Orlando	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Philadelphia	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2
Phoenix	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–3	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0
Portland	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	—	4–0	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–0
Sacramento	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–4	—	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–0
San Antonio	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	—	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1
Toronto	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–2
Utah	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	—	3–0	1–0
Vancouver	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–3	0–4	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–4	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–3	—	0–0
Washington	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	—

Playoffs

West First Round

(2) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (7) Phoenix Suns: Blazers win series 3-0

Game 1 @ Rose Garden, Portland (May 8): Portland 95, Phoenix 85
Game 2 @ Rose Garden, Portland (May 10): Portland 110, Phoenix 99
Game 3 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (May 12): Portland 103, Phoenix 93

Last Playoff Meeting: 1995 Western Conference First Round (Phoenix won 3-0)

West Conference Semifinals

(2) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (3) Utah Jazz: Blazers win series 4-2

Game 1 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (May 18): Utah 93, Portland 83
Game 2 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (May 20): Portland 84, Utah 81
Game 3 @ Rose Garden, Portland (May 22): Portland 97, Utah 87
Game 4 @ Rose Garden, Portland (May 23): Portland 81, Utah 75
Game 5 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (May 25): Utah 88, Portland 71
Game 6 @ Rose Garden, Portland (May 27): Portland 92, Utah 80

Last Playoff Meeting: 1996 Western Conference First Round (Utah won 3-2)

West Conference Finals

(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (2) Portland Trail Blazers: Spurs win series 4-0

Game 1 @ Alamodome, San Antonio (May 29): San Antonio 80, Portland 76
Game 2 @ Alamodome, San Antonio (May 31): San Antonio 86, Portland 85
Game 3 @ Rose Garden, Portland (June 4): San Antonio 85, Portland 63
Game 4 @ Rose Garden, Portland (June 6): San Antonio 94, Portland 80

Last Playoff Meeting: 1993 Western Conference First Round (San Antonio won 3-1)

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Awards and honors

Mike Dunleavy, NBA Coach of the Year

References

↑ 1998-99 Portland Trail Blazers

1998–99 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah Vancouver

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

Portland Trail Blazers

Founded in 1970 Based in Portland, Oregon

Franchise	Franchise All-time roster History Expansion draft Draft history Accomplishments Head coaches Seasons Current season

Arenas	Memorial Coliseum (1970–1995) Moda Center (1995–present)

General Managers	Glickman Inman Spoelstra Petrie Whitsitt Nash Patterson Leiweke Pritchard Cho Buchanan Olshey

Presidents	Sarkowsky Weinberg Whitsitt Glickman Patterson Leiweke Miller McGowan

D-League affiliates	Fort Worth Flyers (2005–06) Anaheim Arsenal (2006–07) Idaho Stampede (2007–14) Fort Wayne Mad Ants (2014–15)

Administration	Owner Paul Allen General Manager Neil Olshey Head Coach Terry Stotts List of executives

Retired numbers	1 13 14 15 20 22 30 (Gross) 30 (Porter) 32 36 45 77

Hall of Famers	Clyde Drexler Dražen Petrović Scottie Pippen Jack Ramsay Arvydas Sabonis Bill Walton Lenny Wilkens

Culture	Blazermania Rip City "Duck" Rose Garden arena bankruptcy Larry Weinberg Bill Walton Jack Ramsay Mike and Mike Clyde the Glide The Schonz Memorial Day Miracle Blaze the Trail Cat Portland Indians Portland Fire Portlandia

NBA Championships (1)	1977

Western Conference Championships (3)	1977 1990 1992

Division Championships (5)	1978 1991 1992 1999 2015

Media	TV KGW Comcast SportsNet Northwest Radio KPOJ Trail Blazers Radio Network Announcers Kevin Calabro Lamar Hurd Bill Schonely Brian Wheeler

Portland Trail Blazers seasons

1970s

1976–77

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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