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1 Game No. 67, Home Game No. 32 Portland Trail Blazers (23-43) vs. Seattle SuperSonics (46-20) The Rose Garden Thursday, March :00 P.M. (PST) NEWSRADIO 750 KXL; MAGIA 1150 (Spanish Radio), FSN Cable PROBABLE STARTERS F 23 Darius Miles Last Game: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks, 1 turnover, 32 minutes in Tuesday loss at Kings... Noteworthy: Returned Saturday after missing three previous games to be with mother during surgery. Had near triple-double Mar. 12 vs. Memphis with 8 points, 9 rebounds and a career-high matching 8 assists... Season-high 28 points Dec. 27 at Philadelphia... Has scored 20 or more points nine times and been in double-figure scoring in 31 contests... Led the team in scoring 6 times and in rebounding twice... Third on the team in blocked shots and steals... 31st in league in FG percentage... Averaging: 12.3 pts., 4.8 reb., 2.1 assists, 1.21 steals, 1.17 blocks, 27.0 min., in 52 games (17 starts) % FGs, 59.2% FTs... Averaged 15.0 points, 5.0 reb., 2.5 assists, 1.0 blocks, 25.0 min., in two games as a reserve vs. Sonics this season... 61% FGs (14-23). F 33 Shareef Abdur-Rahim Last Game: Game-high 27 points (9-14 FGs, 9-10 FTs), 5 rebounds, 2 assosts, 3 turnovers, 39 minutes in Tuesday s loss at Kings... Noteworthy: Eleventh double-double of season in Clippers contest on Monday Activated Feb. 23 after missing 27 games due to a hyperextended right elbow and subsequent surgery to remove bone fragments... Before this season, had missed only five games because of injuries in eight NBA seasons spanning 618 contests... Four double-doubles in last 10 games... Has scored 20 or more points in eight of last 11 games and is averaging 21.0 ppg in that stretch... Shooting 87.3% from line ( ), 11th highest in the league... Averaging: 16.7 pts., 7.4 reb., 1.6 assists, 34.6 min., in 38 games (33 starts)--49.8% FGs, 38.5% 3pt., 87.3% FTs... Averaged team-best 19.5 points, 7.0 reb., 1.0 assists, 40.5 minutes in two starts vs. Sonics... Team-high 25 points in Game 1 victory. C 10 Joel Przybilla Last Game: 13 points (6-9 FGs, 1-3 FTs), 21 rebounds, career-high 8 blocked shots, 4 turnovers, 39 minutes in Tuesday s loss at Kings... Noteworthy: Has 12 double-doubles in last 30 games after not record ing one in his previous 184 outings rebound game Tuesday second 20-plus effort on boards In career and in ARCO Arena in two games... Had career-high 22 there on Jan Blocked four or more shots in eight of last 18 contests including career-high 8 Tuesday at Kings... 11th in NBA in rejections... After blocking an average of 0.7 shots in his first 35 Blazers outings, has rejected enemy shots at a 3.08 per game average in the last 26 contests... Double-digit rebounding in 19 of last 33 games... Best FG percentage among regulars 59%... Has averaged 9.3 points, 10.7 rebounds in last 30 games... Averaging: 5.8 pts., 7.2 reb., 0.9 assists, 1.72 blocks, 21.5 min. in 61 games (35 starts)--59.0% FGs, 50.0% FTs... Averaged 2.0 points, 1.5 reb., 1.5 blocks, 9.0 minutes in two games off bench vs. Sonics. G 3 Damon Stoudamire Last Game: 25 points (10-18 FGs, 2-6 3pt., 3-4 FTs), season-high 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, 5 TOs, 39 minutes in Tuesday s loss at Kings... Noteworthy: Leads NBA in free throw percentage (93.1% on )... Club record run of 57 consecutive free throws ended Feb. 16 at Indiana points vs. Phoenix Mar. 5 fifth time this season with 30 or more... Registered career and franchise-high 54 points in Jan. 14 loss at Hornets... Tallied his 10,000 career point and registered his 1,000th career three-pointer Feb. 1 at Lakers... Has scored 20 or more points in 20 of his last 33 games... 23rd in NBA in assists... String of team-best 164 consecutive games played ended when he sat out last March 12 contest with Memphis because of a strained hamstring... Before that, had not missed a game since Feb. 28, Averaging: 16.0 pts., 3.6 reb., 5.5 assists, 1.06 steals, 33.9 min., in 65 games (54 starts) % FGS, 38.7% 3pt., 93.1% FTs... Averaged 8.0 points, 3.0 reb., 4.5 assists, 28.0 minutes in two starts vs. Sonics this season. G 31 Sebastian Telfair Last Game: 5 points (2-7 FGs, 1-1 FTs), 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 TOs, 32 minutes in Tuesday s loss at Kings... Noteworthy: In first 11 career starts (including KIngs game), has averaged 10.9 points and assists in 34.2 minutes... Recorded career-high 23 points in Feb. 4 win over Charlotte...Scored his first NBA points on 24-foot three-pointer in second quarter in Boston on Nov Has led team in scoring once and assists seven times... Ranks third among NBA rookies in free throw percentage and fourth in assists... Averaging: 5.5 pts., 1.3 reb., 2.5 assists, 15.5 min., in 53 games (11 starts) % FGs, 23.4% 3pt., 80.9% FTs... 2 points in 1 minute of Game 2... DNP-coach s decision in Game 1. Record Home Road Overtime Overall Northwest Pacific Southwest Western Atlantic Central Southeast Eastern STREAKS: Overall: Lost 6 Home: Lost 1 Road: Lost 8

2 Portland Names Pritchard Interim Head Coach Kevin Pritchard, who has served as Director of Player Personnel since August, was named interim head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers on March 2. He replaced Maurice Cheeks, who was relieved of his coaching duties the same day. We made this change in order to evaluate the entire roster and to put the franchise in the best position as we had towards the draft and free agency, said Trail Blazers General Manager John Nash. We appreciate all of Maurice s efforts during this difficult time and wish him well in the future. Pritchard becomes the eleventh head coach in the franchise s 35 seasons and the second to serve in an interim position. Before joining the Trail Blazers organization last summer, the 37-year-old Pritchard served for a year and a half as a scout with the San Antonio Spurs. Prior to that, he was with the Kansas City Knights of the American Basketball Association. There he served as the team s general manager, head coach and director of player personnel. In , he led the Knights to the ABA championship. He was selected in the second round (34th pick overall) in the 1990 NBA Draft by Golden State. In addition to the Warriors, he also played for Boston, Philadelphia, Miami and Washington in the NBA. Pritchard also played in Spain, Italy, Germany and in the Continental Basketball Association. Pritchard was a standout basketball player at the University of Kansas where he was an All-Big 8 selection his senior year and was a starter in 129 of his 139 collegiate games over four seasons. In addition to all-conference honors, he was a three-time All-Big 8 Academic Team selection. Averaging 12.2 points during his career with the Jayhawks, he ranks among the school s all-time top 10 in scoring, assists, steals and three-pointers. Cheeks became the Trail Blazers 10th head coach on June 27, 2001, after serving seven seasons as an assistant at Philadelphia, four of those under Larry Brown. His 162 victories ranks fourth on the Trail Blazers alltime head coaching chart. In three-plus seasons with Portland, Cheeks led the club to the playoffs twice. His team finished and took a red-hot Dallas Mavericks team to seven games in the Western Conference playoffs first round. TRAIL BLAZERS COACHING RECORDS REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS Yrs. G W L Pct. G W L Pct. Rolland Todd *Stu Inman Jack McCloskey Lenny Wilkens Jack Ramsay Mike Schuler Rick Adelman P.J. Carlesimo Mike Dunleavy Maurice Cheeks **Totals * Interim head coach **Through 55 games in

3 UPCOMING GAMES Thursday Mar. 24 Seattle 7:00 pm NewsRadio 750-KXL, MAGIA 1150 (Spanish Radio), FSN Cable Saturday Mar. 26 New York 7:00 pm NewsRadio 750-KXL, MAGIA 1150 (Spanish Radio), FSN Cable Monday Mar. 28 Washington 7:00 pm NewsRadio 750-KXL, MAGIA 1150 (Spanish Radio) Wednesday Mar. 30 Houston 7:00 pm NewsRadio 750-KXL, MAGIA 1150 (Spanish Radio), FSN Cable, ESPN Friday Apr. Seattle 7:30 pm NewsRadio 750-KXL, MAGIA 1150 (Spanish Radio), KGW-TV (0-5) Houston 108, Portland 77 Wednesday Mar. 16 Toyota Center Dallas 98, Portland 94 Thursday Mar. 17 American Airlines Center Orlando 97, Portland 92 Saturday Mar. 19 Rose Garden LA Clippers 96, Portland 89 Monday Mar. 21 Staples Center Sacramento 112, Portland 93 Tuesday Mar. 22 ARCO Arena TRAIL BLAZERS ON THE AIR All Portland Trail Blazers games are carried live on the Blazers Broadcasting flagship station, Newsradio 750 KXL. Brian Wheeler, in his seventh season calling the play-by-play, will again team with analyst Mike Rice, in his 15th season, at the microphone. KGW-TV Channel 8 and FSN (Fox Sports Net) will televise a total of 61 Blazers games with veteran analyst Steve Jones, in his 25th season, and Mike Barrett, in his second, calling the action. All games will also be broadcast in Spanish by Arnolfo Alvarez and Henry Cualio on MAGIA 1150 AM. INJURY REPORT: Zach Randolph (bone contusion, right femur), placed on injured list Mar. 14 Nick Van Exel (arthritic left knee), placed on injured list Mar. 12 Ruben Patterson (patellar tendonitis, right knee), placed on injured list Mar. 3 Derek Anderson (back spasms), activated from injured list Mar. 14 RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Mar. 22: Did not renew Maurice Baker s first 10-day contract; Mar. 14: Placed Zach Randolph (bone contusion, right femur) on injured list; Activated Derek Anderson from injured list; Mar. 12: Placed Nick Van Exel (arthritic left knee) on injured list; Signed Maurice Baker to 10-day contract; Mar. 4: Activated Ha Seung Jin from injured list; Mar. 3: Placed Ruben Patterson (patellar tendonitis, right knee) on injured list; Feb. 23: Activated Shareef Abdur-Rahim from injured list; placed Derek Anderson (back spasms) on injured list; Feb. 1: Activated Viktor Khryapa from injured list; Jan. 30: Did not re-sign James Thomas after consecutive 10-day contracts; Jan. 28: Suspended Darius Miles for two games; Jan. 22: Placed Ha Seung Jin on injured list (lower back pain); activated Darius Miles from injured list; Jan. 21: Placed Qyntel Woods (forward) on waivers; Jan. 19: Signed James Thomas to second 10-day contract; Jan. 9: Signed James Thomas (forward) to a 10-day contract... Jan. 7: Placed Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Darius Miles on the injured list; activated Ha Seung Jin from injured list... Dec. 28: Vladimir Stepania placed on waivers... Dec. 27: Activated Richie Frahm from injured list; Placed Ha Seung Jin on injured list (lower back pain)... Dec. 26: Signed Ha Seung Jin (center)... Dec. 16: Placed Geno Carlisle on waivers...nov. 12: Signed Geno Carlisle as a free agent...nov. 10: Placed Richie Frahm (torn metatarsophalangeal capsule on second toe of right foot) on injured list. Nov. 1: Placed Vladimir Stepania (sore right knee) and Viktor Khryapa (surgery, left foot) on injured list. RECENT GAMES 66. Sacramento 112, Portland Tuesday, March 22, ARCO Arena Joel Przybilla, Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Damon Stoudamire were again terrific for the Trail Blazers but the end result Tuesday in ARCO Arena was same as it has been for six games---another notch in the loss column---as the Sacramento Kings went nearly wire-to-wire to get a decision... Przbyilla, for the second time in two visits to ARCO, owned the backboards by gathering in 21 rebounds, one shy of the career-high 22 he recorded on the Kings court on Jan Przybilla also had 13 points and a career-high 8 blocked shots for his 12th double-double in his last 30 games... Abdur- Rahim matched his season high with 27 points, his eighth 20-plus outing in the last 11 games... Stoudamire tallied 25 points and grabbed a seasonhigh 11 rebounds... The Kings took the lead after the third possession of the game and opened an 11-point lead by the end of the first quarter... The Blazers got to with four points, 59-55, on Shareef s long jumper early in the third quarter but that precipitated an 11-3 Kings run and the margin never got below 10 after that... Turnovers that have plagued was again a big factor as the Blazers lost for the 13th time in 14 games... The home team scored 25 points off 21 Portland miscues while giving the ball up only four times---an all-time Blazers opponent low---costing the Kings just four points... The Trail Blazers defense swated away a season-high 14 enemy shots and out rebounded the Kings, Kenny Thomas (24 points) and Peja Stojakovic (23) led the Kings as the Blazers extended their season s longest road losing streak to eight in a row T Final Att. FGs 3 Pts FTs O D Reb A PF St TO Bl Pts Portland Portland Sacramento ,317 Sacramento LA Clippers 96, Portland Monday, March 21, STAPLES Center The Trail Blazers played catch-up for four quarters and got within five points in the final 29 seconds but came up losers at Los Angeles Monday, dropping a decision to the Clippers... The loss, Portland s fifth straight and its 11th in its last 12 games, locked the Blazers into their first losing season since and only the tenth in the franchise s 35-year history... The Blazers are with 17 games remaining... Shareef Abdur- Rahim turned in still another solid game for Portland with game-highs of 23 points and 14 rebounds (his 10th double-double of the season), but the team shot just 34 percent from the field... The Blazers made just 30 percent of their shots in the first quarter while the Clips were connecting at a 62 percent rate... Portland fell behind at the end of the first quarter and after forging a tie with 3:27 left on Damon Stoudamire s three-pointer, never got closer than three points the rest of the way and were looking at a double-digit deficit much of the second half... Darius Miles added 20 points and Sebastian Telfair had 12 for the only other Blazers besides Abdur-Rahim in double figures... Elton Brand and Corey Maggette each had 22 points to lead the Clippers, who shot 48 percent for the game... Portland won the rebounding battle, T Final Att. FGs 3 Pts FTs O D Reb A PF St TO Bl Pts Portland Portland LA Clippers ,496 LA Clippers

4 64. Orlando 97, Portland Saturday, March 19, The Rose Garden Rookie forward Viktor Khryapa made 9 of his 10 shots from the floor and scored a career high 21 points in only his 13th NBA game but it wasn t enough as the Trail Blazers succumbed to the Orlando Magic, 97-94, in the Rose Garden... It was Portland s fourth straight loss and its ninth in the last 10 games... The setback snapped an 11-game Blazers win streak in the series and gave the Magic their first series victory since March 20, Portland nursed a lead into the second half and kept it close in the third quarter, going into the final 12 minutes behind by only three, But again, as in several of the losses in the past two weeks, the Blazers couldn t get over the hump down the stretch... Turnovers and rebounding at the defensive end of the floor proved again to be Portland problems... The Blazers turned the ball over 19 times, allowing 18 Magic points, compared with 10 Orlando miscues for 12 Portland points... The Magic, who had nine more field goals, put up 30 more shots in the game (98 to 68), thanks in part to 19 offensive rebounds... The Magic scored 17 second chance points to the Blazers 7... Sebastian Telfair scored 16 points and Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Damon Stoudamire with 13 apiece were the only other Blazers in double-digit scoring...grant Hill led five Magic players in double numbers with 23 points... The Orlando win gave their new interim head coach Chris Jent his first NBA victory T Final Att. FGs 3 Pts FTs O D Reb A PF St TO Bl Pts Orlando Orlando Portland ,395 Portland Dallas 98, Portland Thursday, March 17, American Airlines Center, Dallas The Blazers took the lead midway through the first quarter, built an 11 point cushion in the second stanza, were still in command, 78-73, with 7:48 remaining in the game and had the scored knotted at 90 with 2:17 left... But they couldn t hold on and in the end went down, 98-94, to the Dallas Mavericks... It was Portland s sixth straight road loss and its ninth setback in the last 10 games and dropped the Blazers 17 games under The Blazers, plagued with injuries and illness, had only four front court players available for duty but still battled the Mavs on even terms for nearly 48 minutes... Shareef Abdur-Rahim continued his steady play with 20 points, playing all but two minutes of the game... Damon Stoudamire, coming off a strained hamstring injury three games ago, also had 20 points, including five three-pointers, and Joel Przybilla posted his 11th double-double---16 points and 13 rebounds before fouling out late in the game... The Blazers had as many field goals as the winners (35) and three more triples and they made all but two of 20 free throws... Dallas made seven more from the line on 17 more attempts... Again, turnovers figured big in the loss... Portland surrendered 20 Maverick points off 18 turnovers while Dallas lost just 8 points on 10 miscues... Portland lost the rebound battle, T Final Att. FGs 3 Pts FTs O D Reb A PF St TO Bl Pts Portland Portland Dallas ,092 Dallas Houston 108, Portland Wednesday, March 14, Toyota Center, Houston They were down by nine after one quarter, saw the gap widen to 18 midway through the second stanza and never got closer than 11 the rest of the way as the Trail Blazers were blown out of the Toyota Center, , by the Houston Rockets... The 31 point margin was the biggest ever by Houston over the Blazers as the Rockets swept the season series for the first time since , the first year the two teams played each other... It was the Blazers fifth straight road loss, their eighth in their last nine games overall and their 12th in the last Among the few bright spots for Portland was the continued steady play of Shareef Abdur-Rahim, who scored 20 points before fouling out midway through the fourth stanza... Joel Przybilla put in 18 points and had a team-high 8 rebounds and Travis Outlaw had another good game off the bench with 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks... But as a team, Portland shot just 35% from the field while allowing their opponents to connect at a 50.7% clip... Guards Bobby Sura and David Wesley led the Rockets with 21 points apiece and Tracy McGrady added T Final Att. FGs 3 Pts FTs O D Reb A PF St TO Bl Pts Portland Portland Houston ,007 Houston TRAIL BLAZERS vs. SONICS A SONIC BATTLE... Portland opens a four-game home stand Thursday against their arch Pacific Northwest rivals, the Seattle SuperSonics (7 p.m., NewsRadio 750-KXL, MAGIA 1150-Spanish Radio, FSN Cable)... The Sonics come in with the West s third best record (46-20) behind San Antonio and Phoenix and lead the Northwest Division by 10 games over Denver... The Blazers and Sonics split two meetings earlier this season... Portland pounded out a victory behind a 25-point performance by Shareef Abdur-Rahim on Nov Seattle answered, winning, 99-89, in Key Arena five nights later... The 1-1 record so far this season is a mirror of the 35 years of competition between the two foes... The all-time series also stands dead even at after 178 contests... Each team has a record on its own floor... While Seattle won the last time out, the Blazers were victorious in the three previous meetings and have taken seven of the last Portland a five-game series win streak going on its own floor... A victory Thursday would assure Portland of no worse than a tie in the season series...final game of this season s four-game matchup takes place in eight days (April 1) in Seattle. THE LAST TWO GAMES 14. Portland 100, Seattle Nov. 30, Rose Garden (8-6) Using a solid effort from its bench, Portland won for the fourth time in five games by upending Northwest Division leader Seattle, , in the Rose Garden... The Sonics came in with the best record in the West and had the Blazers on the ropes, 74-64, with 10 minutes remaining in the contest... But the Trail Blazers, led by Shareef Abdur-Rahim s season-high 25 points, and the inspired play of Darius Miles, Ruben Patterson and Nick Van Exel, stormed back to outscore the Sonics, the rest of the way... Miles had a big game, getting 20 points on 10-of-14 shooting... Patterson, who again was a major factor at both ends of the floor, scored seven points, came up with three steals and had a big hand in holding Sonics ace Ray Allen to just five field goals and a quiet 21 points... Van Exel, directing the offense in the fourth quarter, tallied 14 points... The Blazers free throw shooting (27 of 32 for the game) was particularly big in the final period when they converted 19 of 21 at the line, including 9 of 9 by Abdur-Rahim and 9 of 10 by Zach Randolph, who finished with 19 points... Abdur-Rahim s 10-for-10 free throw effort extended his consecutive makes run to 42 in a row... Rashard Lewis paced the Sonics with an opponent season-best 29 points... The victory game Portland an edge in the all-time series with its arch-pacific Northwest rival T Final Att. FGs 3 Pts FTs O D Reb A PF St TO Bl Pts Seattle Seattle Portland ,128 Portland

5 15. Seattle 99, Portland Dec. 4, Key Arena, Seattle (8-7) Turnovers and a fourth quarter dry spell kept the Trail Blazers from winning its second game in five days over the Northwest Division leading SuperSonics as Seattle posted their league-best 15th victory, a decision in Key Arena... After trailing by only two at intermission, 52-50, Portland was looking at a 10-point deficit, 81-71, going into the final 12 minutes... The Blazers rallied and got to within five, 83-78, on a three-pointer by NickVan Exel with 9:22 left, but got no closer as Seattle went on a 12-4 run and put the game away... A seven-minute drought without a field goal in the fourth quarter and sloppy ball handling---19 turnovers in the game leading to 21 Sonic points---were major contributors to the Blazers losing their fifth road game... Zach Randolph had his eighth double-double, 16 points and 12 rebounds, to lead Portland before fouling out for the first time in his career with 1:20 remaining... Five other Blazers finished in double figures... Rashard Lewis (20 points) and Vladimir Radmanovic (20 points, 10 rebounds, five steals) led Seattle... The Blazers had a rebounding edge but shot only 40.5% from the field compared with the Sonics 48.0% T Final Att. FGs 3 Pts FTs O D Reb A PF St TO Bl Pts Portland Portland Seattle ,072 Seattle BLAZERS & SONICS ALL-TIME... The all-time series between the Trail Blazers and SuperSonics is dead even after 178 games spanning 35 years... It can get any closer than that... The Blazers have faced their arch-pacific Northwest rivals more times than any other NBA opponent... Each team has won 89 contests in the series and is on its own floor... While the Sonics won the last outing, Portland had taken three in a row before that and since the season is 16-5 in the series... The Trail Blazers have a five-game series winning streak going in the Rose Garden where the have beaten Seattle in seven of the last eight meetings. COMPARING NUMBERS (through March 22) Record Home Road Last 10 Streak Portland Lost 6 4th in Northwest Division, 12th in Western Conference Seattle Won 3 1st in Northwest Division, 3rd in Western Conference OFFENSE DEFENSE Blazers-NBA Rank Sonics-NBA Rank Blazers-NBA Rank Sonics-NBA Rank Points Avg th th Points Avg th th FG% % 16th 44.8% 15th FG% % 15th 45.3% 21st 3ptFG% % 7th 37.3% 5th 3ptFG% % 5th 34.6% 9th FT% % 24th 79.5% 2nd FT% % 2nd 75.2% 14th Off. RB Avg th th Off. RB Avg th th Def. RB Avg th th Def. RB Avg th st Total RB Avg th th Tot. RB Avg th nd Assists Avg nd th Assists Avg th th Steals Avg nd th Steals Avg th 6.2 1st TOs Avg th th TOs Avg th th Blocks Avg nd th Blocks Avg nd 4.7 9th PFs Avg th th PF Avg th th Pt. Difference th th Off. RB% % 8th 32.0% 2nd (share of owned missed shots rebounded) Def. RB% % 29th 70.8% 19th (share of other teams missed shots rebounded) Tot. RB% % 20th 51.4% 6th (share of total missed shots by both teams rebounded) NEXT OPPONENT NEW YORK, NEW YORK... The New York Knicks are in town Saturday as the second visitor during Portland s longest remaining homestand of the season... After the Knicks on Saturday, the Trail Blazers play host to Washington and Houston before going back on the road again... Thursday s game will be a rematch of a Jan. 9 clash in Madison Square Garden, won by the Knicks, In that game, Portland s 63-point second half and 55% field goal shooting wasn t enough to overcome a red-hot Knicks effort.. The New Yorkers converted 58.6% of their attempts from the floor and 90% from the free throw line (27-30) and held off a determined second half rally by the Blazers, who were without Zach Randolph and Darius Miles... Despite the loss, Portland leads its all-time series with the Knicks, and has a advantage in games played in the Rose City... The Blazers have won the last three games here, including an victory the last meeting in the Rose Garden on March 29 of last year... The Blazers go into the Knicks game with a record against Eastern Conference teams... They are 4-5 versus teams from the Atlantic Division and 3-1 against them on the home court. TRAIL BLAZING RANDOLPH OUT... Zach Randolph, the team s leading scorer and rebounder and last season s NBA Most Improved Player, has been lost to the team for the remainder of the season... After missing half of the last 26 games because of soreness in his right knee, he was placed on the injured list on Monday. He undergo arthroscopic surgery next week by the team s physician, Dr. Dan Roberts. He is expected to be out for the remainder of the season. Randolph, who was averaging 20.4 points and 10.4 rebounds before starting to experience problems with his knee during an eastern road trip in mid-january... Before going on the injury list Monday, Zach had averaged 18.9 points and 9.6 rebounds and 34.8 minutes in 46 games---37 of them starts, had led the team in scoring 19 times and scored 20 or more points 23 times including a season-high 33 at Toronto on Nov He led the Blazers in rebounding 26 times and had 22 double-doubles, giving him a total of 65 in the last two seasons.

6 BY THE NUMBERS... After losing 6 in a row (matching the season s longest loss streak), and seeing their record slip to 23-43, the Blasers are experiencing their first losing season in 16 years and only the 10th in franchise history... The last time the Blazers lost more games than they won was when they were It was the year Mike Schuler was fired in mid-season and Rick Adelman took over... The very next season, Portland won 59 games and made it to the NBA Finals against Detroit... Six of Portland s losing seasons came in the club s first six years in the league... Another Blazer streak is in jeopardy as well: Portland currently has 23 wins and needs to get to 14 more in the last 16 on the schedule to keep a run of 29 consecutive regulation-length seasons of 37 victories or more... The last time a Trail Blazer team won fewer than 37 games in a full season was , the fourth year in the league, when they finished If the lockout-shortened season of 50 games is included (when the Blazers finished 35-15), Portland has won 45% or more of its games for 30 consecutive years coming into this season... The closest any NBA team can come to Portland s run is Seattle which posted 28 consecutive campaigns with 31 or more victories * BACK-TO-BACKS... Tuesday s game in ARCO Arena closed out the 16th of 20 back-to-back sets of games (contests played on consecutive nights) on the Trail Blazers schedule... The previous night, the Blazers lost to the Clippers in Los Angeles... The two losses dropped the Blazers record in back-to-backs to overall... Next set comes April 1-2 when the Blazers play at Seattle then come home the next night to face Denver... Nearly half---40 games---of the Trail Blazers schedule this season happens in back-to-back situations. BLOCK BUSTERS... Theo Ratliff and Joel Przybilla have become the league s top one-two shot blocking combination... Tuesday in Sacramento, Przybilla had a career-high 8 blocks (one shy of the team record) and Ratliff, who shares the record with Bill Walton and Mychal Tompson, added one... Two games earlier against Orlando they combined to block 8 Magic attempts... Ratliff, who has been the NBA leader in blocked shots in three of the past four years including last season, is currently No. 4 in the league in rejections, averaging 2.51 a game... He already has 158 this season, 17 more than his Blazers total last year... With 17 games still to play, Theo s 158 blocks puts him ahead of Bill Walton for the club s fifth highest one-season total... Theo has three or more blocks in 30 games so far, including a career and franchise high-matching 9 rejections Nov. 5 against the Clippers... With 7-1 Joel Przybilla coming on as a steady center presence over the past 26 games, the Blazers have a solid one-two shotblocking punch in the middle... Przybilla, who now has 105 blocks, has rejected 80 in his last 26 games, and is averaging 1.71 a contest, 11th highest in the league... And, of course, the Trail Blazers as a team rank second in the NBA in rejections. ONE SEASON LEADERS G Blocks Avg. 1. Bill Walton Sam Bowie Mychal Thompson Clifford Robinson Theo Ratliff Bill Walton Theo Ratliff YOUTH MOVEMENT... When Coach Kevin Pritchard turned in his starting lineup card for the March 12 game against the Grizzlies, he well could have established an NBA first... Three of the five starters all came to the NBA directly out of high school----darius Miles, Travis Outlaw and Sebastian Telfair... Miles, out of East St. Louis High School, is in his fifth NBA season... He was drafted in 1st round (3rd pick overall) by the LA Clippers in the 2000 NBA Draft... Portland selected Travis Outlaw from Starkville, Mississippi High School in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 2003 Draft then took Sebastian Telfair in the 1st round (13th overall) of the draft last summer... Average age of Portland s five starters last Saturday, including its senior citizen Shareef Abdur-Rahim (in his ninth year in the league) years. 10,000 & 1, Damon Stoudamire surpassed the 10,000 point and 1,000 three point field goal career plateaus in the same game Feb. 1 in Los Angeles... The Portland native, in his 10th NBA season and his eighth as a Trail Blazer, got his 10,000 point on a running jumper with 7:36 left in the first quarter of the Laker game... He finished with a game-high 25 points... Damon passed the 1,000 level for triples in the third quarter when he made his third of the game... It was a long one with 6:56 left in the period. IN THE RECORD BOOK.... Any doubt that Blazers co-captain Damon Stoudamire had overcome early season shooting problems were blown away Jan. 14 in New Orleans... The 5-10 guard almost single-handedly gave his injury-depleted team a chance at winning with the biggest game of his career, and for that matter, the biggest single effort in the Trail Blazers 35-year history... The 54 points he poured through in 43 minutes of action not only was a personal and all-time Blazers best but came within a point of being the NBA s high for the season... In that game, he also established new personal record and tied the team mark for field goals in a game (20); tied the Blazers record for points in a half (30); set a new career high and tied the club record for three-pointers in a game (8), and set a new team and personal high for three-point attempts with 16. MILESTONES... Damon Stoudamire played 40 minutes in the Mar. 17 game at Dallas, moving him ahead of Geoff Petrie in ninth place on the Blazers all-time minutes played chart... After Tuesday at Sacramento, Damon s total minutes as a Trail Blazer are 16,979...Petrie logged 16,787 minutes while playing in 446 games over six seasons... Ahead of Stoudamire in eighth place on the all-time list is Buck Williams with 17,130 minutes played... And, Damon, who has tossed in 11 three-pointers in the last four games, has 145 for the season and now needs 33 in the team s final 16 games (an average of slightly more than 2 a contest) to catch the club s one-season leaders in triples, Clifford Robinson...Robinson converted 178 during the campaign... Stoudamire made 156 three-pointers last season... His best year was his second in the NBA at Toronto in when he swished 176 triples. SHUFFLING THE STARTERS... Interim Coach Kevin Pritchard employed the Trail Blazers 12th different starting lineup when he inserted rookie forward Viktor Khryapa at the starting small forward spot in place of Darius Miles for four games beginning with March 14 at Memphis... All but two players on the current Blazers 14-man roster---richie Frahm and Ha Seung Jin---have seen starting duty in at least one game.

7 LESS THAN FULL STRENGTH... The Trail Blazers are having one of their worst seasons in years and the laundry list of injuries tells some of the story... Only 13 times in the 66 games played so far this season have the Blazers enjoyed having all 10 of their core players on deck... In those 13 games, Portland was Injuries have taken a particular toll on the forwards corps---zach Randolph, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Darius Miles and Ruben Patterson---all of whom have been starters... Collectively this quartet has missed 67 games... For a four-game stretch when the Blazers lost four times, Randolph, Abdur-Rahim and Miles were all on the sidelines... When two of the four have been out at the same time, the record is When Damon Stoudamire sat out last the March 12 game with Memphis with a strained hamstring, he became the 10th regular to miss playing because of injuries at one time or another during the season... The starting guard rotation at the beginning of the season---stoudamire, Derek Anderson and Nick Van Exel---have collectively missed 32 games. ABOUT MARCH... The Trail Blazers, currently 1-10 in games played in March, have four games remaining for the month so the best-possible scenario would give them a 5-10 mark... It means Portland now has four consecutive months with losing records (5-8 in December, 4-11 in January and 5-7 in February)... The last time the Blazers had four straight months with below.500 records was from November through February of the season... That year, when Mike Schuler was fired in mid-season and Rick Adelman took over, the club finished with a record... The worst previous March on record is was 5-12 during that season... The worst month ever for the Trail Blazers was February of 1986 when they won only 1 of 13 games... That year, the Blazers were for the year. MIKE RICE CALLS 1,500th... Veteran Trail Blazers broadcaster Mike Rice was at courtside calling his 1,500th game Blazers game Mar. 16 in Houston... Rice, whose career spanned 20 years as a successful high school and college coach and network broadcaster before joining the Blazers in 1990, has worked alongside all three of Portland s play-by-play radio broadcasters over the years---bill Schonely, Eddie Doucette and for the past seven seasons Brian Wheeler... He initially joined the Blazers broadcasting crew as a sidekick to Schonely for the season Portland ratcheted up Blazer Mania by making it all the way to the NBA Finals against the Detroit Pistons... Rice has become a fan favorite in his own right with his incisive commentary flowing smoothly alongside the play-by-play calling of the likes of the Schonz, Doucette and Wheeler. Coach Kevin Pritchard Overall Record: With the Trail Blazers: Seasons in the League:...1st year With the Trail Blazers:...1st year (See bio information in appointment story on Page 2 of Game Notes) TRAIL BLAZERS PROFILES 33 - Shareef Abdur-Rahim --- F 6-9, 245, California 99 (9th NBA season) NOTEWORTHY: Season high-matching 27 points Tuesday at Sacramento his eighth 20-plus outing in the last 11 games... Posted his 11th double-double with game highs of 23 points and 14 rebounds Monday at Los Angeles... Has scored 20 or more points in eight of last 11 and is averaging 21.0 ppg in that stretch... Registered a game and season-high 27 points Mar. 4 against Indiana in his first start since Jan. 2 at Phoenix... Placed on injured list Jan. 7 and underwent successful surgery Jan. 12 to remove bone fragments from his elbow... Missed 27 games because of the injury and the subsequent surgery... Before this year he had missed only five games in his career due to injuries...scored a then-season and game-high 26 points (10-14 FGs), team-high 9 rebounds in 46 minutes had a big role in Jan. 1 win over Warriors... After sitting out six games with a hyperextended right elbow, he returned to action Dec. 30 against San Antonio and posted his sixth doubledouble---14 points and 10 rebounds... Swished game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer in Dec. 9 victory over the Celtics and had 15 points and season-high 14 rebounds Had a league-best 42 consecutive free throws snapped when he missed his first attempt Dec. 4 in Seattle... Made 18 of 19 free throws in last two games to raise his percentage for the season to 87.3% 11th best in the league... Has scored in double numbers in 36 of 38 games played in this season... AVERAGING: 16.7 pts., 7.4 reb., 1.6 assists, 0.92 steals, 34.6 min., in 38 games (33 starts) % FGs, 38.5% 3pt., 87.3% FTs Averaged team-best 19.5 points, 7.0 reb., 1.0 assists, 40.5 minutes in two starts vs. Sonics... Team-high 25 points in Game 1 victory. Mar. 16 at Houston Mar. 17 at Dallas Mar. 19 Orlando Mar. 21 at LA Clippers Mar. 22 at Sacramento Derek Anderson --- G 6-5, 195, Kentucky 97 (8th NBA season) NOTEWORTHY: Played most minutes (22) Tuesday at Sacramento after being activated March Was placed on injured list (back spasms) Feb Made both three-pointers and helped Blazers second half rally Feb. 13 at Houston... Saw his first action since Jan. 22 on Feb. 11 against the Grizzlies after sitting out previous eight games with dental problems, including a double root canal and sinus infection... Before that, he had played in 90 consecutive contests... Came off the bench for the first time in 33 games Jan. 10 in Philadelphia and contributed 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in 17 minutes... Followed up a season-high 23 points at Dallas Nov. 26 with a 21- point effort vs. New Jersey Nov Dished out season-high nine assists (one shy of his Blazers high) Dec. 22 at Milwaukee and followed that with a game-high 8 assists Dec. 27 vs. Philadelphia... AVERAGING: 9.0 pts., 2.7 reb., 3.0 assists, 0.76 steals, 26.2 min., in 46 games (32 starts) % FGS, 37.2% 3pt., 80.5% FTs... Averaged 8.5 points, 2.5 reb., 3.5 assists, 27.0 min., in two starts against Sonics this season. Mar. 16 at Houston Mar. 17 at Dallas Mar. 19 Orlando DND---tight back Mar. 21 at LA Clippers DND---tight back Mar. 22 at Sacramento

8 14 - Richie Frahm --- G 6-5, 210, Gonzaga 00 (2nd NBA season) NOTEWORTHY: Best outings as a Blazers in last seven games played, averaging 8.6 points and 22.3 minutes and shooting 47.5% from the field and 43.5% from three point land ( ), compared with 1.5 ppg. And 7.6 mpg and shooting 23.4% from field and long range in first 22 contests... Season-high 14 points (6-12 FGs, 2-5 3pt), career-high matching 5 rebounds in season-high 36 minutes in Mar. 12 win over Memphis... On Mar. 9, scored 7 points in 11 minutes vs. Chicago... On Mar. 7 at Denver, made all three field goal attempts, including both triples for 8 points in just 9 minutes of play... Activated Dec. 27 after being placed on injured list Nov. 10 (torn ligament on second toe of his right foot) and missing out 22 games... AVERAGING: 3.2 pts., 1.3 reb., 0.7 assists, 11.1 min., in 29 games % FGs, 34.1% 3pt., 83.3% FTs)... DNP---coach s decision in both previous Seattle games. Mar. 16 at Houston Mar. 17 at Dallas Mar. 19 Orlando DNP---coach s decision Mar. 21 at LA Clippers Mar. 22 at Sacramento DNP---coach s decision 23 - Darius Miles --- F 6-9, 210, East St. Louis HS, Illinois (5th NBA season) NOTEWORTHY: 20 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals in 33 minutes Monday at Clippers in second game back after missing three games to be with mother during surgery... Had a near-triple double March 12 vs. Memphis with 8 points, 9 rebounds and a career high-matching 8 assists... Scored 26 points on 13 of 17 field goal shooting in 40 minutes Mar. 4 against Indiana... It was his first start since Jan Posted a seasonhigh 5 blocked shots in 32 minutes off bench in Feb. 16 loss at Indiana... Scored 8 of his 15 points in fourth quarter to help boost Blazers to victory Feb. 14 at Charlotte... Came up big in Jan. 24 win over the Spurs, scoring 21 points on 8-of-13 FG shooting with14 of those points coming in the fourth quarter Tallied 12 points in 24 minutes Jan. 22 vs. Minnesota in first game back after missing eight games on the IL... Went on injured list Jan. 7 after suffering a bruised left knee in Clipper game on Jan Scored season-high 28 points Dec. 27 vs. Philadelphia... Posted game-high 21 points at Cleveland Dec. 15 followed by 20 Dec. 7 at Atlanta... Matched his career high in rebounds with 13 at Chicago Dec Made game-winning free throw with 0.05 seconds remaining Dec. 18 at Detroit... Has scored 20 or more points nine times and been in double numbers in 32 games... Has led team in scoring 6 times and in rebounding twice... Third on team in blocked shots (61)... AVERAGING: 12.3 pts., 4.8 reb., 2.1 assists, 1.21 steals, 1.17 blocks, 27.0 min., in 52 games (17 starts) % FGs, 59.2% FTs... Averaged 15.0 points, 5.0 reb., 2.5 assists, 1.0 blocks, 25.0 min., in two games as a reserve vs. Sonics this season... 61% FGs (14-23). Mar. 16 at Houston NWT---personal reasons Mar. 17 at Dallas NWT---personal reasons Mar. 19 Orlando Mar. 21 at LA Clippers Mar. 22 at Sacramento Viktor Khryapa (say kre-appa) --- F 6-9, 210, Russia (Rookie) NOTEWORTHY: Led Blazers with career-high 21 points on 9 of 10 field goals, including first eight in a row, and had 7 rebounds, 3 blocks, 1 steal and only 1 turnover in 32 minutes in only his fourth start and 14th NBA game Mar. 19 against Orlando... In his first NBA game Feb. 1 in Los Angeles, connected on the first shot he took, a three-pointer with 7:37 remaining in the game... Activated from injured list Feb. 1 after six months rehabilitation from surgery on his left foot... Suffered bone damage to his left foot in a Rocky Mountain Review summer league game on July 16 while playing for the Trail Blazers... After successful surgery on July 28, prognostication was he would not be available for play this season, but he has been working out and doctors determined he was ready to play... Selected by Portland in the 1st round (22nd pick overall) in the 2004 NBA Draft... The 6-9, 210-pound forward played two seasons with CSKA Moscow, a team he helped lead to the Euroleague Final Four in Tel Aviv. He averaged 6.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 blocks last season with CSKA Moscow. Now 22 years old, at 19 he was the youngest member of the Russian National Team that competed in the 2002 World Championships in Indianapolis... Averaging 4.0 pts., 3.4 reb., 0.6 assists, 15.3 min., in 16 games (4 starts) % FGs, 44.4% 3pt., 66.7% FTs... On injured list for both previous Sonics games. Mar. 16 at Houston Mar. 17 at Dallas Mar. 19 Orlando Mar. 21 at LA Clippers Mar. 22 at Sacramento Travis Outlaw --- F 6-9, 210, Starkville HS, Mississippi (2nd NBA season) NOTEWORTHY: Came off bench to score 12 points in 27 minutes Mar. 14 at Memphis and repeated the number two nights later at Houston... Scoreless with 1 rebound and 1 block in his first career start March 12 vs. Memphis... Tallied career-high 17 points (6-9 FGs, 5-6 FTs), and had 4 rebounds, 2 assists, career-high 3 steals and 1 block in 24 minutes Wednesday vs. Chicago... Career-high 28 minutes of action Monday at Denver... Registered 12 points (5-9 FGs), 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block in 18 minutes March 5 against Suns... Scored 13 points on 6-8 FGs and his first career three-pointer in 23 minutes at New York Jan Rejected a career-high five shots in 10 minutes in Jan. 1 win over Warriors Grabbed career-high 7 rebounds Jan. 14 at New Orleans... Came off bench in fourth quarter to make 5 of 6 field goal attempts, including a pair of dunks and three medium range jumpers, scoring 11 points in Nov. 17 game vs. Grizzlies... AVERAGING: 3.6 pts., 1.7 reb., 0.64 blocks, 9.9 min., in 44 games (1 start) % FGs, 58.1% FTs... Scoreless in one minute of second Sonics game... DNP--coach s decision in first game. Mar. 16 at Houston Mar. 17 at Dallas Mar. 19 Orlando Mar. 21 at LA Clippers Mar. 22 at Sacramento

9 21 - Ruben Patterson --- F 6-6, 223, Cincinnati 98 (7th NBA season) NOTEWORTHY: Placed on injured list (patellar tendonitis, right knee) on Mar Ranks sixth in NBA in field goal percentage (53.1%)... Averaged 15.2 points and 35.5 minutes and shooting 54.5% from field in 24 games as a starter after averaging 7.1 points, 20.6 minutes and shooting 49.4% while coming off bench in first 30 games... Scored 20 points Feb. 25 against Atlanta, his eighth 20-plus outing in 23 games points (10-16 FGs) Jan. 18 at Sacramento points on 11-of-18 from field and team-high 7 rebounds Jan. 15 at Minnesota...In second start of season Jan. 7 registered season-high 27 points on 12-of-14 field goal shooting and helped team bounce back from a big first quarter deficit against the Heat... Leads team in steals (88)... Has scored in double digits 23 times and put points on the board in all but one of his 55 appearances... Has led team in scoring twice... AVERAGING: 10.7 pts., 4.1 reb., 1.8 assists, 1.60 steals, 27.3 min., in 55 games (25 starts) % FGs, 57.1% FTs... Averaged 6.0 points, 2.0 reb., 3.0 assists, 1.5 steals, 22.0 min., in two reserve appearances vs. Sonics this season. Mar. 16 at Houston injured list--- patellar tendonitis, right knee Mar. 16 at Dallas injured list--- patellar tendonitis, right knee Mar. 19 Orlando injured list--- patellar tendonitis, right knee Mar. 21 at LA Clippers injured list--- patellar tendonitis, right knee Mar. 22 at Sacramento injured list--- patellar tendonitis, right knee 10 - Joel Przybilla --- C 7-1, 255, Minnesota 00 (5th NBA season) NOTEWORTHY: 21 rebounds Tuesday at Sacramento his second 20-plus effort of the season and career and the second in as many games in ARCO Arena... Turned in a career performance Jan. 18 in Sacramento in his sixth start rebounds, 17 points (his first career doubledouble), on 8 field goals, all personal career highs... Blocked a career-high eight shots in the Kings contest on Tuesday while recording his 12th season (and career) double-double... Has now blocked 80 shots in last 26 games (3.08 per game) after doing just 25 rejections in first 35 outings (0.7 bpg)... Registered a team-high 18 points, 17 rebounds and career-high 6 blocks Feb. 16 at Indiana, then matched the 6 blocked shots effort Mar. 4, also against Indiana... Posted career high 19 points (8-11 FGs) and 17 rebounds Feb. 14 at Charlotte... Has been in double numbers in rebounding in 18 of his last 26 games... Matched his then career-high with 17 points, and had 16 rebounds and career high 43 minutes while shooting 8 of 9 from the floor in Jan. 24 win over Spurs... Made all five of his shots to help his team to a first quarter lead Previous rebound high was 15 with Atlanta vs. Orlando last season... Previous high points was 12 with Milwaukee in a game against Detroit in rebounds the most by a Trail Blazer since Brian Grant s 24 in Second on the team in blocked shots with 105 and ranks 11th in NBA in that category... Leads regulars on team in FG% % on 148 of Missed first five games of season with sprained ankle... Has already scored more points (355) than he did in his previous four seasons combined (314 in 153 games) rebounds already career one-season high with 16 games remaining... AVERAGING: 5.8 pts., 7.2 reb., 0.9 assists, 1.72 blocks, 21.5 minutes in 61 games (35 starts)--59.0% FGs, 50.0% FTs... Averaged 2.0 points, 1.5 reb., 1.5 blocks, 9.0 minutes in two games off bench vs. Sonics. Mar. 16 at Houston Mar. 17 at Dallas Mar. 19 Orlando Mar. 21 at LA Clippers Mar. 22 at Sacramento Zach Randolph --- F 6-9, 253, Michigan State 01 (4th NBA season) NOTEWORTHY: Placed on injured list March 14 after sore knee kept him out of previous five games... Registered 22nd double-double of season with 31 point outburst (13-17 FGs) along with game-high 12 rebounds in Feb. 25 win over Atlanta---scored game winner on short jumper with 19 seconds remaining... Returned to starting lineup and recorded 12 points and 9 rebounds in 33 minutes Wednesday against Lakers... Missed previous two games (Charlotte and Indiana) with soreness in his right knee... Before minimum game count took him out of league rankings, he was 29th in in scoring and 12th in rebounding... Tallied a game-high 26 points and claimed 12 rebounds in 37 minutes against Memphis Feb. 11, his 21st double-double of the season and his third in the last four games... Came off bench to score 28 points and grab 12 rebounds in strong 33 minute performance in Feb. 5 win over Sacramento...Tallied 12 points and a team-high 12 rebounds the night before against Charlotte... Went 0-12 in 29 minutes Feb. 1 at the Lakers, the first time in 143 games he failed put points on the board in a streak going back to Feb. 21, Also the first time in 66 games he didn t put double numbers on the scoreboard... Returned to lineup after missing five previous games with a right knee contusion and scored 19 points in 22 minutes of action Jan. 26 against Dallas... Left Jan. 12 game at Washington with 6 minutes left in second quarter with recurring soreness in his right knee and did not return...at the time, he was the game s leading scorer with 12 points... Missed first game in three seasons because of an injury on Jan. 1 vs. Golden State (tendonitis in right knee)... Scored season-high 33 points Nov. 7 vs. Clippers... Recorded season-high 18 rebounds in the Nov. 19 win over Milwaukee... Career-high five blocked shots in Nov. 23 win at Miami... Made career-high 13 free throws (14 attempts) in Dec. 12 win over Utah... Matched career-high with six assists Dec. 22 at Milwaukee...Fouled out of the first game of his career Dec. 4 at Seattle... Has scored 20 or more points 23 times and has been in double digits in rebounding 22 times... Led team in scoring 19 times and in rebounding 26 times... AVERAGING: Team-best 18.9 pts., and 9.6 reb., plus 1.9 assists, 0.74 steals, 34.8 min. in 46 games (37 starts) % FGs, 81.5% FTs... Averaged17.5 points, 8.0 reb., 2.0 assists, 36.0 minutes in two starts in previous Sonics games this season. Mar. 14 Placed on injured list---bone contusion, right femur, out for the remainder of the season