April 29, 1983 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 9 points in the overtime to help the Los Angeles Lakers to a commanding 3-0 lead over the @trailblazers.bsky.social in the WCSF. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

They’ve come along way from the guys with mics sitting courtside

April 28 2003 - A day after the @trailblazers.bsky.social avoided the sweep against the Dallas Mavericks, Rasheed Wallace was fined $30,000 for two offenses. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory youtube.com/watch?v=-yXiWZyJL90

April 28 2021 - CJ McCollum scored 26 points in the Blazers road win at the Memphis Grizzlies, and moved up the @trailblazers.bsky.social career points ladder, passing Geoff Petrie. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 27 2016 - Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum combined for 49 points to lead the @trailblazers.bsky.social passed the injured Los Angeles Clippers for a 3-2 lead in the First Round Playoff series. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 27 2014 - For the first time since the 2000 playoffs, the @trailblazers.bsky.social gained a 3-1 advantage with the overtime victory over the Houston Rockets. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 25 2016 - Al-Farouq Aminu scored a career-high 30 points in the Blazers Game 4 victory, tying the First Round series against the Los Angeles Clippers. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 24 1986 - Coaching what would turn out to be his final game with the @trailblazers.bsky.social, Jack Ramsay entered the game with an even .500 playoff record, with 29 wins and 29 losses. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 24 2010 - Eight days after having surgery on his right knee, Brandon Roy made his case to return to play, and helped the @trailblazers.bsky.social tie the First Round Series against the Phoenix Suns at two games each. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 22 1974 - Being named to the NBA Rookie Team, Bernie Fryer kept a streak alive for the @trailblazers.bsky.social #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 22 1990 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social closed the books on the 1989/90 season with a record 42-point victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. The win gives Portland a 59-23 record, a 20-win jump from the 1988/89 season, and the most wins in franchise history. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 20, 2005 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social closed out their first sub-500 season in 16 years with a home victory against the Los Angeles Lakers despite 37 points by Kobe Bryant. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 20 1986 - Kiki Vandeweghe scored a game-high 36 points, including the game clinching field goal and free throw with just over one minute remaining, as the @trailblazers.bsky.social evened the Best-of-Five series with the road win at the @nuggets.bsky.social. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

How high do you have throw the ball on a layup against Wemby? This high... ⬇️ #NBA

April 19 1987 - Walter Berry, the @trailblazers.bsky.social first round pick in the 1986 NBA Draft, returned to face the Blazers for the first time since he was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in December for Kevin Duckworth. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 18 2000 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social finished the road schedule of the 1999/2000 season with their 29th victory, setting team record for most road wins. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 18 1990 - Clyde Drexler and Jerome Kersey combined for 63 points and 25 rebounds to lead the @trailblazers.bsky.social to the OT win at the @sunsphx.bsky.social . #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 17 1977 - With three starters on the bench due to fouls, the @trailblazers.bsky.social appeared to be in jeopardy of losing the Best-of-Three playoff series to the Chicago Bulls. Instead, Lionel Hollins hit a clutch 20-footer with 15 seconds remaining. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 16 2017 - CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard outscored the @warriorsofficial.bsky.social duo Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant 75 to 64, but the @trailblazers.bsky.social dropped Game 1 in the First Round of the NBA Playoffs. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 16 1997 - Fourteen months after setting a record low of 65 points for a @trailblazers.bsky.social opponent, the Denver Nuggets pushed that record low aside, scoring 63 points against Portland. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 16 1976 - The new CBA between the players and the NBA teams will cost the @trailblazers.bsky.social an extra $27,000 annually, according to Harry Glickman. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 14, 1994 - Clyde Drexler became the 47th NBA player to reach 17,000 career points in the @trailblazers.bsky.social loss at the Golden State Warriors #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

Remember when we could watch the playoffs on regular TV? Those were the days ... #RipCity

April 13, 1991 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social secured their second Pacific Division title with a victory against the Los Angeles Lakers, setting a franchise record with their 60th win in the process. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 13 1979 - Playing in only their second playoff game, rookies Ron Brewer and Mychal Thompson combined for 41 points to lead the @trailblazers.bsky.social to tie the Best-of-Three series against the Phoenix Suns at a game a piece. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 12, 1977 - A sold-out Memorial Coliseum crowd of 12,774, some paying as much as $25 for a scalped ticket, were witness to the first ever @trailblazers.bsky.social playoff game, and they were not disappointed. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 11, 1978 - On the last day of the regular season, Bill Walton is named MVP of the @nba.com for the 1977/78 season. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 10, 2022 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social honored Bill Schonely at halftime of the final game of the 2021/22 season. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 10, 2021 - Enes Kantor broke a 46-year old record and became the first @trailblazers.bsky.social player to grab 30 rebounds in a game. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 9, 2014 - Dorell Wright connected on his single field goal attempt with 7.9 seconds remaining, to secure the @trailblazers.bsky.social victory against the visiting Sacramento Kings. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 9, 2023 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social suffered one of their worst losses of all-time, falling by 56 points against the visiting Golden State Warriors. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 8 2017 - Damian Lillard scored a franchise record 59 points in the @trailblazers.bsky.social victory against the Utah Jazz. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

HBD to @trailblazers.bsky.social legend Terry Porter #RipCity

April 7, 2019 - Damian Lillard hit a few milestones in the @trailblazers.bsky.social win against the @nuggets.bsky.social #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 6, 1982 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social kept their slim playoff hopes alive, defeating the visiting @nuggets.bsky.social as Calvin Natt and Billy Ray Bates combined to shoot 23-for-27 from the field. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 5 1994 - Rod Strickland passed for a @trailblazers.bsky.social record 20 assists in leading Portland past the visiting @sunsphx.bsky.social. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 5, 1983 - Mychal Thompson records the first triple-double of his career, to lead the @trailblazers.bsky.social past the visiting Los Angeles Lakers. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 1, 1981: Otis Birdsong scores 29 PTS (14-24 FG) and Scott Wedman adds 25 PTS (11-22 FG) as the Kansas City Kings defeat Portland in overtime, 98-97, in Game 1 of a Western Conference First Round playoff series. Billy Ray Bates finished with 25 PTS off the Trail Blazers bench.

April 2, 1985: Portland's Clyde Drexler dunks on Ralph Sampson of Houston. Drexler had 30 PTS/8 AST/7 REB/7 STL in the Trail Blazers' 127-113 win. Akeem Olajuwon had 23 PTS/15 REB/6 BLK and Sampson had 22 PTS/11 REB for the Rockets.

April 3, 1981: The Blazers' Mychal Thompson had 40 PTS/11 REB/5 BLK in a 124-119 OT win over the Kings in Game 2 of a first round playoff series. Portland's Kelvin Ransey & Billy Ray Bates each added 26 PTS. Scott Wedman scored 31 PTS and Otis Birdsong scored 30 for Kansas City.

April 4, 1980: Rookie Billy Ray Bates scores 20 PTS in Portland's first-round playoff win over Seattle in Game 2—including a 20-foot baseline jumper with five seconds left that forced OT. The Blazers' Calvin Natt and Ron Brewer each scored 27 PTS in the 105-95 overtime victory.

April 4, 1978 - Starting in place of the sidelined Moses Malone, backup center Kevin Kunnert led the depleted Houston Rockets to the road win against the @trailblazers.bsky.social #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 2, 1992 - The Utah Jazz never found their note, falling by 32 points to the @trailblazers.bsky.social. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 1 1989 - For the fourth and final time as teammates, Clyde Drexler and Kevin Duckworth each topped the 30 point mark, helping the @trailblazers.bsky.social defeat the expansion Charlotte Hornets in overtime, snapping a six-game losing streak. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

April 1, 2025 - Shaedon Sharpe and Deni Avdija combined for 65 points to lead the @trailblazers.bsky.social to the road win at the Atlanta Hawks. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

March 30 1995 - It was a homecoming of sorts for a couple of @trailblazers.bsky.social , as Portland rallied to a victory against the New Jersey Nets at The Meadowlands. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

March 30, 1989 - Arriving in Washington DC a day prior to playing the Bullets, Clyde Drexler and Kevin Duckworth were invited to visit the White House in recognition for an Award-winning Reading and Writing program sponsored by the @trailblazers.bsky.social. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

March 30, 2018 - Damian Lillard celebrated the birth of his son and helped the @trailblazers.bsky.social defeat the visiting @laclippers.bsky.social. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

March 29, 2007 - In what proved to be his last game with the @trailblazers.bsky.social , Zach Randolph scored a career-high 43 points in the Blazers loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory

March 29, 1988 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social snapped a three game road losing streak, topping the San Antonio Spurs as four Portland players scored over 20 points for the 25th time in team history. #RipCity #ThisDateinBlazersHistory