Portland Trail Blazers Team Profile and Analysis: Western Conference and Northwest Division NBA

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is one of the professional basketball league in USA and Canada. It is based in North America. It constitutes of 30 teams divided into two conferences: Eastern Conference and Western Conference. Each conference is divided into three divisions. Northwest Division, Southwest Division, Pacific Division are the divisions of Eastern Conference. One of the five southeast divisions of Eastern Conference is Portland Trail Blazers. It is based in Portland, Oregon. The Western Conference of National Basketball Association (NBA comprises of 15 teams which are as follows: 

• Dallas Mavericks– Southwest
• Denver Nuggets– Northwest
• Golden State Warriors– Pacific
• Houston Rockets– Southwest
• Los Angeles Clippers– Pacific
• Los Angeles Lakers– Pacific
• Memphis Grizzlies– Southwest
• Minnesota Timberwolves– Northwest
• New Orleans Pelicans– Southwest
• Oklahoma City Thunder– Northwest
• Phoenix Suns– Pacific
• Portland Trail Blazers – Northwest
• Sacramento Kings – Pacific
• San Antonio Spurs – Southwest
• Utah Jazz– Northwest

Northwest Divisions of Western Conference are: 

• Denver Nuggets
• Minnesota Timberwolves
• Oklahoma City Thunder
• Portland Trail Blazers
• Utah Jazz

Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers are an American professional basketball team. They are based in Portland, Oregon and are commonly known as the Blazers. They play as a member of the NBA’s Western Conference Northwest Division. The team started as an expansion team of NBA in 1970. At that time, coach of team was Rolland Todd. Geoff Petrie and Sidney Wicks were leaders of the team in early years. Though the team reached NBA finals thrice but won championship once in 1977. After winning 1977 championship, the team never crossed the semifinals. Players of the team in 1980’s were Key players for the Blazers during the early 1980s included Mychal Thompson, Wayne Cooper, T. R. Dunn, Jim Paxson, Calvin Natt, Billy Ray Bates, Darnell Valentine, Fat Lever were the players who played for the said team in 1980’s. Under leadership of Drexler, team reached NBA finals in 1990 and 1992. The team was defeated by Detroit Pistons  in 1990 and Chicago Bulls in 1992. 

Bill Walton, Dražen Petrović, Clyde Drexler, Scottie Pippen, Arvydas Sabonis, Lenny Wilkens – Six Hall of Flame players have played for the team. BlazerDancers is the dancers squad name of the Blazers who perform cheerleading dance in home games, promotional events and charity events. 

The team colours of Miami Heat are as follows:

• Red
• Black
• White

The basic details of the said team are as follow:

Arena: Moda Center

Location: Portland, Oregon

Main Sponsor: StormX

General Manager: Joe Cronin

President:  Dewayne Hankins

Head coach: Chauncey Billups

Ownership: Paul G. Allen Trust (Jody Allen, chairwoman)

Championships: 1 (1977)

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