2011–12 Portland Trail Blazers season explained

Team:	Portland Trail Blazers
End Year:	2012
Wins:	28
Losses:	38
Division:	Northwest
Division Place:	4
Conf Place:	11
Coach:	Nate McMillan (fired) Kaleb Canales (interim)
Gm:	Chad Buchanan
Owner:	Paul Allen
Arena:	Rose Garden
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	POR
Television:	KGW CSN Northwest
Radio:	KXTG

The 2011–12 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Due to the 2011 NBA lockout the regular season was shortened to 66 games. The Trail Blazers finished the season in 11th place in the Western Conference with a 28–38 record. It was the last season with head coach Nate McMillan, who was fired on March^[1] and with starting shooting guard Brandon Roy, who announced his retirement.^[2] The Trail Blazers also parted ways with their number one pick from the 2007 NBA draft Greg Oden after an injury-marred short career with the team.^[3]

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.^[4]

Draft

See main article: 2011 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School
1	21		PG/SG		Duke
2	51		SG		Ohio State

Pre-season

Game log

|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 1| December 19| Utah| | Wesley Matthews (17)| Chris Johnson (6)| Jamal Crawford (7)| Rose Garden| 1–0|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 2| December 21| @ Utah| | Raymond Felton (17)| LaMarcus Aldridge (11)| Jamal Crawford (5)| EnergySolutions Arena| 1–1

Regular season

Game log

|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 1| December 26| Philadelphia| | LaMarcus Aldridge (25)| Marcus Camby (13)| Raymond Felton (8)| Rose Garden
20,509| 1–0|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 2| December 27| Sacramento| | Gerald Wallace (25)| Marcus Camby (9)| Raymond Felton (6)| Rose Garden
20,350| 2–0|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 3| December 29| Denver| | Wes Matthews (25)| Marcus Camby (12)| LaMarcus Aldridge (6)| Rose Garden
20,531| 3–0|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 4| January 1| @ L. A. Clippers| | Jamal Crawford (23)| LaMarcus Aldridge (9)| Raymond Felton (8)| Staples Center
19,060| 3–1|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 5| January 3| @ Oklahoma City| | LaMarcus Aldridge (30)| Gerald Wallace (10)| Raymond Felton (7)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 4–1|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 6| January 5| L. A. Lakers| | Gerald Wallace (31)| LaMarcus Aldridge (10)| Raymond Felton (10)| Rose Garden
20,444| 5–1|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 7| January 6| @ Phoenix| | LaMarcus Aldridge (14)| Marcus Camby (11)| Jamal Crawford
Nolan Smith (3)| US Airways Center
16,235| 5–2|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 8| January 8| Cleveland| | LaMarcus Aldridge (28)| Marcus Camby (9)| Raymond Felton (7)| Rose Garden
20,292| 6–2|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 9| January 10| L. A. Clippers| | Gerald Wallace (20)| Marcus Camby (11)| Raymond Felton (8)| Rose Garden
20,381| 7–2|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 10| January 11| Orlando| | Jamal Crawford (24)| LaMarcus Aldridge (8)| Raymond Felton (8)| Rose Garden
20,467| 7–3|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 11| January 13| @ San Antonio| | LaMarcus Aldridge (29)| Gerald Wallace (12)| Raymond Felton (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 7–4|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 12| January 14| @ Houston| | Nicolas Batum (29)| LaMarcus Aldridge (10)| LaMarcus Aldridge
Raymond Felton (5)| Toyota Center
11,676| 7–5|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 13| January 16| @ New Orleans| | LaMarcus Aldridge (22)| LaMarcus Aldridge (9)| Raymond Felton (12)| New Orleans Arena
14,759| 8–5|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 14| January 18| @ Atlanta| | Jamal Crawford (22)| LaMarcus Aldridge (11)| Raymond Felton (8)| Philips Arena
13,729| 8–6|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 15| January 20| @ Toronto| | LaMarcus Aldridge (33)| LaMarcus Aldridge (23)| LaMarcus Aldridge
Raymond Felton (5)| Air Canada Centre
17,537| 9–6|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 16| January 21| @ Detroit| | LaMarcus Aldridge (25)| Nicolas Batum (9)| Raymond Felton (9)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
14,456| 9–7|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 17| January 23| Sacramento| | Jamal Crawford (26)| LaMarcus Aldridge (16)| Three players (5)| Rose Garden
20,363| 10–7|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 18| January 24| Memphis| | LaMarcus Aldridge (23)| Marcus Camby (22)| Jamal Crawford (4)| Rose Garden
20,602| 11–7|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 19| January 25| @ Golden State| | LaMarcus Aldridge (18)| Marcus Camby (16)| Raymond Felton (7)| Oracle Arena
17,923| 11–8|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 20| January 27| Phoenix| | LaMarcus Aldridge (23)| Marcus Camby (20)| Jamal Crawford (10)| Rose Garden
20,664| 12–8|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 21| January 30| @ Utah| | LaMarcus Aldridge (25)| Gerald Wallace (9)| Raymond Felton (7)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,328| 12–9|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 22| February 1| Charlotte| | Jamal Crawford (24)| Marcus Camby (7)| Raymond Felton (7)| Rose Garden
20,608| 13–9|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 23| February 2| @ Sacramento| | LaMarcus Aldridge (28)| LaMarcus Aldridge (14)| Raymond Felton (10)| Power Balance Pavilion
11,740| 13–10|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 24| February 4| Denver| | Nicolas Batum (33)| Marcus Camby (20)| Jamal Crawford (8)| Rose Garden
20,583| 14–10|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 25| February 6| Oklahoma City| | LaMarcus Aldridge (39)| Marcus Camby (15)| Jamal Crawford (5)| Rose Garden
20,559| 14–11|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 26| February 8| Houston| | Jamal Crawford (21)| Gerald Wallace (9)| Jamal Crawford
Raymond Felton (6)| Rose Garden
20,350| 14–12|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 27| February 10| @ New Orleans| | Jamal Crawford (31)| LaMarcus Aldridge
Marcus Camby (7)| Jamal Crawford (8)| New Orleans Arena
14,421| 15–12|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 28| February 11| @ Dallas| | LaMarcus Aldridge (33)| LaMarcus Aldridge (12)| Nicolas Batum (3)| American Center
20,457| 15–13|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 29| February 14| Washington| | Nicolas Batum (33)| Marcus Camby (12)| Gerald Wallace (8)| Rose Garden
20,558| 15–14|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 30| February 15| @ Golden State| | Gerald Wallace (24)| Marcus Camby (11)| Jamal Crawford
Raymond Felton (6)| Oracle Arena
17,934| 16–14|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 31| February 16| L. A. Clippers| | Nicolas Batum
Jamal Crawford (19)| Three players (6)| Marcus Camby
Gerald Wallace (4)| Rose Garden
20,665| 16–15|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 32| February 18| Atlanta| | Nicolas Batum (22)| LaMarcus Aldridge
Kurt Thomas (10)| Raymond Felton (8)| Rose Garden
20,635| 17–15|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 33| February 20| @ L. A. Lakers| | LaMarcus Aldridge
Nicolas Batum (18)| Marcus Camby (13)| Nicolas Batum
Jamal Crawford (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 17–16|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 34| February 21| San Antonio| | LaMarcus Aldridge (21)| Gerald Wallace (10)| Jamal Crawford (8)| Rose Garden
20,567| 18–16|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 35| February 29| @ Denver| | Jamal Crawford (21)| LaMarcus Aldridge (9)| Raymond Felton (7)| Pepsi Center
15,715| 18–17

|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 36| March 1| Miami| | LaMarcus Aldridge (20)| Marcus Camby
Wesley Matthews (7)| Three players (4)| Rose Garden
20,597| 18–18|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 37| March 3| Minnesota| | Nicolas Batum (29)| Gerald Wallace (14)| LaMarcus Aldridge
Raymond Felton (4)| Rose Garden
20,644| 18–19|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 38| March 5| New Orleans| | Nicolas Batum (19)| Marcus Camby (16)| Raymond Felton (10)| Rose Garden
20,520| 19–19|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 39| March 7| @ Minnesota| | Raymond Felton (23)| Gerald Wallace (9)| Raymond Felton, Gerald Wallace (9)| Target Center
17,118| 19–20|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 40| March 9| @ Boston| | LaMarcus Aldridge (22)| Marcus Camby (10)| Raymond Felton (4)| TD Garden
18,624| 19–21|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 41| March 10| @ Washington| | LaMarcus Aldridge (30)| LaMarcus Aldridge (10)| Jamal Crawford
Raymond Felton (5)| Verizon Center
18,071| 20–21|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 42| March 13| @ Indiana| | LaMarcus Aldridge (17)| Joel Przybilla
Gerald Wallace (6)| Raymond Felton (2)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10,933| 20–22|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 43| March 14| @ New York| | LaMarcus Aldridge
Gerald Wallace (15)| Gerald Wallace (12)| Raymond Felton
Gerald Wallace (3)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 20–23|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 44| March 16| @ Chicago| | LaMarcus Aldridge (21)| Nicolas Batum (9)| Raymond Felton (5)| United Center
22,022| 21–23|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 45| March 18| @ Oklahoma City| | Jamal Crawford (23)| Joel Przybilla (11)| Raymond Felton (7)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 21–24|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 46| March 20| Milwaukee| | LaMarcus Aldridge
Wesley Matthews (21)| LaMarcus Aldridge (12)| Raymond Felton (9)| Rose Garden
20,387| 21–25|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 47| March 22| Memphis| | Nicolas Batum (24)| Wesley Matthews (9)| Raymond Felton (9)| Rose Garden
20,636| 22–25|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 48| March 23| @ L. A. Lakers| | LaMarcus Aldridge (29)| LaMarcus Aldridge (9)| Raymond Felton (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 22–26|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 49| March 25| Golden State| | Raymond Felton (24)| LaMarcus Aldridge (9)| Raymond Felton (7)| Rose Garden
20,636| 23–26|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 50| March 27| Oklahoma City| | J. J. Hickson (21)| LaMarcus Aldridge (8)| Jonny Flynn (5)| Rose Garden
20,626| 23–27|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 51| March 29| New Orleans| | LaMarcus Aldridge (25)| LaMarcus Aldridge (12)| Raymond Felton (10)| Rose Garden
20,499| 24–27|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 52| March 30| @ L. A. Clippers| | J. J. Hickson (29)| J. J. Hickson (13)| Raymond Felton (8)| Staples Center
19,060| 24–28

|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 53| April 1| Minnesota| | LaMarcus Aldridge (26)| J. J. Hickson (9)| Raymond Felton (11)| Rose Garden
20,359| 25–28|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 54| April 2| Utah| | Wesley Matthews (33)| Nicolas Batum (10)| Raymond Felton (8)| Rose Garden
20,050| 25–29|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 55| April 4| New Jersey| | LaMarcus Aldridge (24)| Nicolas Batum (10)| Raymond Felton (9)| Rose Garden
20,464| 26–29|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 56| April 6| @ Dallas| | Raymond Felton (30)| LaMarcus Aldridge (12)| Raymond Felton (6)| American Center
20,544| 27–29|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 57| April 7| @ Milwaukee| | LaMarcus Aldridge (21)| Joel Przybilla (10)| Raymond Felton (10)| Bradley Center
14,969| 27–30|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 58| April 9| Houston| | LaMarcus Aldridge (20)| J. J. Hickson (10)| Raymond Felton (8)| Rose Garden
20,487| 27–31|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 59| April 11| Golden State| | J. J. Hickson (23)| Joel Przybilla (14)| Raymond Felton (10)| Rose Garden
20,502| 28–31|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 60| April 13| Dallas| | Nicolas Batum (20)| J. J. Hickson (10)| Jonny Flynn (5)| Rose Garden
20,304| 28–32|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 61| April 15| @ Sacramento| | Wesley Matthews (31)| J. J. Hickson (13)| Jonny Flynn (5)| Power Balance Pavilion
16,012| 28–33|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 62| April 16| @ Phoenix| | Jamal Crawford
J. J. Hickson (22)| J. J. Hickson (8)| Jonny Flynn (6)| US Airways Center
15,322| 28–34|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 63| April 18| Utah| | Wesley Matthews (21)| J. J. Hickson (9)| Jonny Flynn (7)| Rose Garden
20,545| 28–35|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 64| April 21| @ Memphis| | J. J. Hickson (23)| J. J. Hickson (13)| Nolan Smith (6)| FedExForum
17,904| 28–36|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 65| April 23| @ San Antonio| | Wesley Matthews (24)| J. J. Hickson (10)| Raymond Felton (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 28–37|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 66| April 26| @ Utah| | J. J. Hickson (20)| J. J. Hickson (9)| Jonny Flynn (11)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,554| 28–38

Player statistics

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 55 || 55 ||style=|36.3 || .512 || .182 || .814 || 8.0 || 2.4 || .9 || .8 ||style=|21.7|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 40 || 4 || 13.4 || .410 ||style=|.430 || .850 || 2.4 || .4 || .3 || .1 || 5.1|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 59 || 34 || 30.4 || .451 || .391 || .836 || 4.6 || 1.4 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 13.9|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 40 || 40 || 22.4 || .416 || || .474 ||style=|8.9 || 1.9 || .8 ||style=|1.4 || 3.8|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 60 || 6 || 26.9 || .384 || .308 ||style=|.927 || 2.0 || 3.2 || .9 || .2 || 14.0|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 60 ||style=|56 || 31.8 || .407 || .305 || .806 || 2.5 ||style=|6.5 || 1.3 || .2 || 11.4|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 18 || 1 || 15.6 || .378 || .320 || .720 || 1.7 || 3.8 || .2 || .1 || 5.2|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 19 || 10 || 31.6 || .543 || .000 || .645 || 8.3 || 1.2 || .6 || .9 || 15.1|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 1 || 0 || 5.0 ||style=|1.000 || || || 1.0 || .0 || 1.0 || .0 || 2.0|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 20 || 0 || 4.7 || .478 || || .833 || .9 || .1 || .1 || .4 || 1.6|- align="center" bgcolor=""| |style=|66 || 53 || 33.8 || .412 || .383 || .860 || 3.4 || 1.7 ||style=|1.5 || .2 || 13.7|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 27 || 19 || 16.6 || .458 || || .611 || 5.1 || .2 || .1 || .6 || 2.0|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 47 || 0 || 9.9 || .504 || .000 || .717 || 2.3 || .4 || .3 || .1 || 3.3|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 44 || 4 || 12.3 || .372 || .289 || .714 || 1.3 || 1.4 || .4 || .1 || 3.8|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 15 || 3 || 7.7 || .444 || || .650 || 2.3 || .0 || .1 || .5 || 1.9|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 53 || 3 || 15.2 || .465 || || .700 || 3.5 || .9 || .5 || .6 || 3.0|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 42 || 42 || 35.8 || .472 || .265 || .776 || 6.6 || 2.7 ||style=|1.5 || .6 || 13.3|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 24 || 0 || 6.2 || .500 || .296 || .333 || .8 || .3 || .3 || .1 || 3.7|}

• Statistics with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Awards and records

• Jamal Crawford led the league in free throw percentage with .927.

All-Star

• LaMarcus Aldridge made his first All-Star appearance as a reserve for the West in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game.

Injuries

• Before the start of the regular season, Brandon Roy announced his retirement due to a degenerative knee condition.^[2]
• LaMarcus Aldridge underwent heart surgery two weeks before the start of the regular season.^[5] Two weeks before the end of the season he had surgery to repair a torn labrum on his right hip.^[6]
• In February, Greg Oden, who was scheduled to miss the season after procedures on both of his knees, had microfracture surgery on his left knee.^[7]
• Shawne Williams had surgery in February to remove bone fragments from his left foot and missed the remainder of the season.^[8]
• In March Elliot Williams had surgery to repair his left dislocated shoulder capsule and was scheduled to miss the remainder of the season.^[9]

Transactions

See main article: List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions.

Overview

Players Added Via draft Nolan Smith Via free agency Jamal Crawford J. J. Hickson Joel Przybilla Kurt Thomas Craig Smith Via trade Raymond Felton Jonny Flynn Mehmet Okur Hasheem Thabeet Shawne Williams

Players Lost Via trade Marcus Camby Andre Miller Gerald Wallace Via free agency Patrick Mills Waived Earl Barron Armon Johnson Chris Johnson Greg Oden Retired Brandon Roy

Trades

June 23, 2011
June 27, 2011	To Portland Trail Blazers Future second round pick	To Minnesota Timberwolves Draft rights to Tanguy Ngombo
March 13, 2012	To Portland Trail Blazers Jonny Flynn Hasheem Thabeet 2012 second round pick	To Houston Rockets Marcus Camby
March 15, 2012	To Portland Trail Blazers Mehmet Okur Shawne Williams 2012 first round pick	To New Jersey Nets Gerald Wallace

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Greg Oden	December 9	Re-signed
Kurt Thomas	December 11	Chicago Bulls
Jamal Crawford	December 15	Atlanta Hawks
Craig Smith	December 15	Los Angeles Clippers
Joel Przybilla	February 27	Charlotte Bobcats
J. J. Hickson	March 21	Sacramento Kings

Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends.^[10] The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.^[11]

Played in other leagues during lockout
Player	Date signed	New team	Opt-out clause
Nicolas Batum	August 1		Yes
Jon Diebler	August 6	Panionios	No
Patrick Mills	August 29		Yes

Notes and References

1. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/7691965/portland-trail-blazers-fire-coach-nate-mcmillan Blazers fire coach Nate McMillan
2. Web site: Blazers' Brandon Roy to retire. ESPN.com. December 10, 2011. December 12, 2011.
3. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/7692811/portland-trail-blazers-waive-former-no-1-overall-pick-greg-oden Blazers waive center Greg Oden
4. Web site: Report: NBA draft moving to Newark. ESPN.com. June 13, 2011. October 27, 2010.
5. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/7337334/portland-trail-blazers-lamarcus-aldridge-miss-two-weeks-heart-procedure LaMarcus Aldridge to miss two weeks
6. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/7806774/hip-surgery-end-season-portland-trail-blazers-lamarcus-aldridge LaMarcus Aldridge needs hip surgery
7. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/7595246/surgery-greg-oden-portland-trail-blazers-turned-third-microfracture Greg Oden has microfracture surgery
8. https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-nets-shawnewilliams Nets F Shawne Williams has surgery on left foot
9. http://www.blazersedge.com/2012/3/8/2855844/blazers-g-elliot-williams-dislocates-left-shoulder Blazers G Elliot Williams Underwent Surgery On Left Shoulder; Done For Season
10. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/6815642/ "FIBA: NBA stars can play overseas"
11. News: Sun Xiaochen . New rule shuts door on NBA stars . August 21, 2011 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110830142537/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2011-08/21/content_13157487.htm . live . August 30, 2011.