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1 PRESEASON GAME NO. 2 Portland Trail Blazers Golden State Warriors (1-0) The Arena at Oakland Thursday, October 14, 2004, 7:30 PM NEWSRADIO KXL PROBABLE STARTERS Forward 33 Shareef Abdur-Rahim Last Game: 16 points on 6-7 FG shooting, 1-1 three-pointers, 3-3 FTs, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks in 27 minutes vs. Sonics of his points came on 5-5 field goals, 3-3 free throws in first half : Averaged 6.3 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 2.0 apg and 31.6 mpg in 85 games with Atlanta and Portland... Started 56 with Hawks, 3 with Blazers. Forward 50 Zach Randolph Last Game: 8 points on 3-12 FGs, 2-2 FTs, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 27 minutes vs. Sonics : Averaged 20.1 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 2.0 apg, 31.8 mpg in 81 games (80 starts) NBA s Most Improved Player; first Blazer to average 20 points and 10 rebounds since Mychal Thompson in Center 42 Theo Ratliff Last Game: 0 points, 0-1 FGs, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks in 27 minutes vs. Sonics : Averaged 7.9 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 3.61 bpg, 31.8 mpg in 85 games (53 with Atlanta, 32 with Portland)... 2nd team All-NBA defense... NBA leader in blocked shots for third time in four years... Set Blazers season record by averaging 4.41 rejections. Guard 1 Derek Anderson Last Game: Team-high 23 points FGs, 3-5 three-pointers, 8-10 FTs, team-high 5 assists, 2 steals, 28 minutes vs. Sonics : Averaged 13.6 ppg, 3.6 apg, 4.5 apg in 51 contests (46 starts) Guard 3 Damon Stoudamire Last Game: 8 points, 3-5 FGs, 2-2 three-pointers, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 25 minutes vs. Sonics : Averaged 13.4 ppg, teamhigh 6.2 apg, 3.8 rpg, 38.0 mpg... Only Blazer to play in, and start, all 82 games... Had his best stats year since his second in the league in Ranked 10th in the NBA in FT% (87.6%) and 12th in assists. PRESEASON RECORDS: Record Home Road Overtime Overall Western Eastern STREAKS: Overall: Won 1 Home: Won 1 Road: PRESEASON SCHEDULE: Wednesday Oct. 13 Portland 92, Seattle 72 Rose Garden Thursday Oct. 14 Golden State The Arena in Oakland 7:30 Saturday Oct. 16 Charlotte Rose Garden 7:00 Thursday Oct. 21 Toronto Air Canada Centre 4:00 Friday Oct. 22 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum 4:00 Monday Oct. 25 Golden State Rose Garden 7:00 Wednesday Oct. 27 Toronto Rose Garden 7:00 Friday Oct. 29 Seattle KeyArena 7:00 All times Portland local TRAIL BLAZERS ON THE AIR All eight Portland Trail Blazers preseason games will be broadcast on the Blazers Broadcasting flagship station, Newsradio 750 KXL. Brian Wheeler, in his seventh season calling the play-by-play, and analyst Mike Rice, in his 15th season, will do the preseason games as well as all 82 regular season games home and away. During the regular season, KGW-TV and Fox Sports Net will television a total of 61 Trail Blazers games with veteran analyst Steve Jones, in his 25th season, and Mike Barrett, in his second, calling the action.

2 RECENT TRANSACTIONS: June 24: Selected Sebastian Telfair, 6-0 guard from Abraham Lincoln HS in Brooklyn, NY, in the 1st round (13th pick overall) in the 2004 NBA Draft... Selected Viktor Khryapa, 6-9 forward from Ukraine in the 1st round (22nd pick overall)---pick acquired from New Jersey in exchange for guard Eddie Gill and cash considerations... Selected Sergey Monya, 6-8 forward from Russia in the 1st round (23rd pick overall)... Selected Ha Seung-Jin, 7-3 center from South Korea in the 2nd round (46th pick overall).... July 15: Signed free agent guard Richie Frahm... July 20: Traded Dale Davis and Dan Dickau to Golden State for guard Nick Van Exel... Aug. 25: Signed free agent center Joel Przybilla... Oct. 4: Signed free agents Geno Carlisle (guard) and James Lang (center)... Oct. 11: Waived center James Lang... Oct. 12: Suspend forward Qyntel Woods. LAST GAME: Trail Blazers 92, SuperSonics Oct. 12, 2004, Rose Garden The visiting Seattle SuperSonics, who the night before had dispatched the Lakers in Los Angeles, were without their top scorer Ray Allen, but the Trail Blazers had plenty of weapons in their own camp and scored a wire-to-wire victory in their preseason opener in the Rose Garden. Portland built a 10-point lead by the end of the first quarter. Except for a brief Sonics rally at the end of the second quarter which closed the margin to at intermission, the Blazers had a double-digit advantage most of the game and were ahead by as many as 26 points midway through the fourth stanza. Shareef Abdur-Rahim fired the Portland offense early, making all five of his field goals and all three free throws in the first half. The veteran forward finished with 16 points in 27 minutes, making 6 of 7 field goals, his only three-point attempt and the three free throws. Guard Derek Anderson led all scorers in the game with 23 points, converting 6 of 9 field goals, 3 of 5 triples and 8 of 10 free throws. Twelve of the 13 Blazers who saw action put points on the board. Portland, red-hot from beyond the arc where it made 9 of 13 threepointers (69%), shot a respectable 45.1% from the field for the game. The Blazers harassing defense held the Sonics to 35.1% shooting (27 of 77) and stole the ball 12 times. Vladimir Radmanovic and Ibrahim Kutluay led Seattle with 11 points each. Seattle Seattle Portland ,167 Portland NEXT GAME Golden State Warriors --- Oct. 13, 2004, 7:30 p.m., The Arena in Oakland Portland will be looking to make it two in a row when it plays the second game in two nights Thursday in Oakland against the Golden State Warriors, led by their new head coach Mike Montgomery. Golden State opened its preseason schedule on Sunday with a thumping of Sacramento on the Kings floor. The Warriors were led by Mike Dunleavy, Jr. with 17 points and ex-blazer Dale Davis with 12. Portland split its four-game series with Golden State last season. Each team won and lost a game on its own floor. The Warriors took the first two meetings, winning in Oakland on Nov. 23 then running away with a decision in Portland on Jan. 24. The Trail Blazers responded by stealing a win at Golden State then squeezed out an victory in the Rose Garden. Zach Randolph was Portland s top scorer in the series, averaging 19.8 points. Jason Richardson led the Warriors, averaging 22.3 ppg. LAST YEAR: # Golden State 78, Portland Arena in Oakland, Nov. 23, 2003 (7-6) The Blazers dropped to 0-5 on the road with a loss at Golden State. Shooting below 40 percent for the second straight game (38.0% on 30-79), Portland was ahead, 41-39, at intermission but then managed just 31 points in the second half. Part of the Blazers problem was their inability to connect from long range and from the line; they made just 1 of 15 three-point attempts and were only 7 of 15 from the line. Zach Randolph led Portland with 17 points; Bonzi Wells came off the bench to add 13. Jason Richardson led the Warriors with 21 points. The Blazers were outrebounded, 53-47, and outscored in the paint, Portland Portland Golden St ,332 Golden St # Golden State 105, Portland Rose Garden, Jan. 24, 2004 (17-24) Portland came back to earth after a big road win four nights earlier. The Blazers, who beat the team with the NBA s best home record, the Sacramento Kings, in Sacramento, returned to the Rose Garden to drop a decision to Golden State. The Warriors came into the game with a 12-game road losing streak. It was the Blazers first home loss to Golden State in 12 games, their fourth straight setback at home and the 10th in the last 12 games. Portland, outrebounded 42-34, never led. The Blazers got to within on Wes Person s three-pointer at the opening of the fourth quarter but from there the Warriors pulled away and enjoyed a double-digit lead for the game s last five minutes. The Blazers made 47.5% of their shots from the field but were just 5 of 10 from the line. Golden State shot 50% (39-78) and made 16 of 19 free throws. Zach Randolph led Portland s scoring with 23 points. Darius Miles, in his first game after coming to Portland in a trade that sent Jeff McInnis to Cleveland, scored 12 points on 6-of-10 shooting in 20 minutes of action. The Warrior s Jason Richardson led all scorers with 31 points and was 7 of 8 from three-point range. Golden St Golden St Portland ,325 Portland

3 # Portland 94, Golden State Arena in Oakland, Feb. 20, 2004 (26-28) Zach Randolph s layup off a feed from Damon Stoudamire with 1.8 seconds remaining lifted the Trail Blazers to a victory over the Golden State Warriors in Oakland. The win improved Portland s road record to 9-18 and 7-2 to since Jan. 18. Portland led by one, 76-75, going into the final quarter of a tight game that saw 17 lead changes and 14 ties. Four of those lead exchanges came in the final four minutes of the game. The Blazers moved out in front, 88-81, with 5:52 remaining but saw that all vanish in the next two minutes when Golden State went on a 8-0 tear to go ahead, The Warriors got the lead back, 93-92, with 29.7 seconds showing, setting up Randolph s winning shot. Portland s ability to go to the offensive boards played a big role in the win. Nineteen of the Blazers 50 rebounds in the game were at the offensive end and Stoudamire s retrieval of a Derek Anderson miss with 7.1 on the clock was huge. Randolph led the Blazers in scoring with 19 points, Anderson had 16, Stoudamire 15, Darius Miles 14, and Shareef Abdur-Rahim 12. Jason Richardson led the Warriors with 22 points. Field goal shooting was virtually even, Portland connecting on 40.5% of its shots and Golden State 41.5% The Blazers had a rebounding edge. Portland Portland Golden St ,273 Golden St # Portland 87, Golden State Rose Garden, April 7, 2004 (41-37) Theo Ratliff s presence in the middle continued to pay dividends as his shot blocking helped fend off a fourth quarter Golden State rally, allowing the Trail Blazers to pull out an victory in the Rose Garden. The win put Portland four games over.500 for the first time this season and moved them into a tie with Utah and Denver for the eighth and final slot in the Western Conference playoffs. The Blazers are 11-4 since March 7. Portland led at the half, 44-32, and were ahead, with 2:27 to go in the third quarter when the Warriors made their move. They went on a 16-2 run over the next 5:32 to take the lead, Ratliff had three of his game-high eight blocks and five of his game-high 13 rebounds after that. Zach Randolph, who finished with 20 points, put Portland ahead for good on a pair of free throws at 3:09. Darius Miles led Portland in scoring with 21 points, Derek Anderson had 15 and Damon Stoudamire 14. The Warriors Clifford Robinson led all scorers with 23 points. Portland shot 47.2% (34-72) and Golden State 38.9% (35-90), but the Warrors were only 5 of 6 at the line, while the Blazers were 15 of 18. Golden St Golden St Portland ,722 Portland NEXT OPPONENT Charlotte Bobcats --- Oct. 16, 2004, 7 p.m., Rose Garden The Trail Blazers return home Saturday to host the expansion Charlotte Bobcats in a 7 p.m. game in the Rose Garden (Newsradio 750-KXL). It will be the first meeting with the new Charlotte club coached by Bernie Bickerstaff. The two teams meet once more during the exhibition season. Portland will pay a visit to the North Carolina city the following week. The Blazers play in Toronto next Thursday (Oct. 21) then move on to Charlotte on Friday (Oct. 22) to play the Bobcats in the Charlotte Coliseum. Trail Blazers Notes PORTLAND & GOLDEN STATE IN PRESEASON --- Portland and Golden State have gone at each other 36 times in preseason play over the past 34 years and the Trail Blazers own a edge in games won... The two teams split their last preseason engagements played before the start of the season... The Trail Blazers won, , in Oakland then the Warriors returned the favor by winning in the Rose Garden, Over the years, the two teams have trekked the backroads of Oregon and California for a number of preseason matchups... Among the venues for Trail Blazer-Warrior tune-ups were Klamath Falls, Roseburg, Albany, Medford, Eugene and Corvallis in Oregon and Fresno and Davis in California. The Warriors even hosted the Blazers in a home exhibition game in Spokane, Wash., in A BIT OF HISTORY --- The Golden State Warriors---then the San Francisco Warriors---provided the Portland Trail Blazers their first competition 35 years ago. The Warriors, led by player-coach Al Attles, traveled to Longview, Wash., to take on the expansion Trail Blazers in an exhibition game at Mark Morris High School on September 24, The Warriors won that game, But two days later in Roseburg, Ore., the Trail Blazers registered their first franchise victory, a success over the same Warrior team. Geoff Petrie, now president of basketball operations for the Sacramento Kings, scored 22 points to lead Portland to the victory. One of the stars of that first Blazers team was Jim Barnett, longtime popular broadcaster for the Warriors. THE BLAZERS-WARRIORS SERIES --- In regular season action, Portland has a commanding advantage in its series with Warriors... The Trail Blazers have won the last two games, seven of the last nine and 16 of the last Portland is on its home floor and has won 12 of the last In the nine years the Blazers have called the Rose Garden home, they are When the scene of action shifts to the San Francisco Bay area, Golden State has the edge, This year s regular season schedule against the Warriors:

4 REGULAR SEASON OPENER IN OAKLAND --- Coach Maurice Cheeks club can use Thursday s preseason date with the Warriors in Oakland as a preview of the regular season opener just three weeks away... Portland travels back to the Bay Area for its season s opener on Wednesday, Nov. 3, against the Warriors. The schedule Blazers-Warriors schedule: Wednesday Nov. 3 at Golden State 7:30 Saturday Jan. 1 at Portland 7:00 Wednesday Apr. 6 at Portland 7:00 Friday Apr. 15 at Golden State 7:30 A NEW LINEUP --- With the addition of the Charlotte Bobcats as an expansion team for the season, the number of teams in the National Basketball Association increased to 30 teams, causing a major realignment of the Eastern and Western Conferences. Each conference now consists of three five-team divisions. The Trail Blazers and Sonics are members of the newly constituted Northwest Division. Other teams in the NW Division include Minnesota, Utah and Denver. Winners of each of the three divisions will be automatic qualifiers for the conference playoffs with the other five slots going to the teams in the conference, regardless of division, with the next best season records. Here are the new division lineups: WESTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Pacific Southwest Atlantic Central Southeast Portland Golden State Dallas Boston Chicago Atlanta Denver LA Clippers Houston New Jersey Cleveland Charlotte Minnesota LA Lakers Memphis New York Detroit Miami Seattle Phoenix New Orleans Philadelphia Indiana Orlando Utah Sacramento San Antonio Toronto Milwaukee Washington Coach Maurice Cheeks Overall Record: With the Trail Blazers: Seasons in the League: 3 With the Trail Blazers: 3 Heading in to his fourth season at the Portland Trail Blazers helm, Maurice Cheeks is already No. 4 on the club s chart with 140 victories. In his first three seasons as a head coach in the NBA, Cheeks has registered a 56.9% winning record ( ).Last year was one marked by change for the former NBA all-star guard. In spite of major lineup shifts, Cheeks was able to guide his team to a respectable record. It was the 15th year in a row and the 22nd time in 24 seasons the Blazers finished at.500 or better. His club made it to the final week of the season before being knocked out of the playoffs, ending an NBA-best run of 21 consecutive years in post-season action. Getting that far, considering all the changes, was a coaching accomplishment. In the course of the 82-game schedule, there were three major trades involving Blazers starters causing him to employ no less than 15 different opening combinations. The most games played by any one starting five was 28. During the season a franchise record 24 different players saw action, 13 of those in starting roles. The campaign was distinctly different from his second year as head coach when the 15- player roster remained constant for the entire season, Cheeks used 11 players in 12 different starting combinations that year. After posting a record in his rookie NBA season with the Trail Blazers, the second best mark for a first-year coach in franchise history, he followed with a record in That club took Dallas, a team that tied eventual champion San Antonio for the best regular season record, to seven games in the first round of the playoffs.cheeks was named Portland s 10th head coach on June 27, 2001, after serving seven seasons as an assistant under Larry Brown at Philadelphia. He began his coaching career as an assistant to present Blazers assistant Dan Panaggio at the Quad City Thunder of the CBA. In his only season with Quad City, Cheeks helped guide the club to the CBA championship. A Chicago native, he entered the NBA coaching ranks after a distinguished 15-year career as player in the league. The first 11 years were with the Philadelphia 76ers. After that, he saw action with San Antonio, New York, Atlanta and New Jersey. He retired in 1993 as the league s all-time steals leader and was fifth on the career assists list Shareef Abdur-Rahim --- F 6-9, 245, California 99 (9th NBA season) : Averaged 16.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 31.6 minutes in 85 games with Atlanta and Portland... Shot 47.5% FGs, 86.9% FTs... In 32 games with Trail Blazers (3 starts), averaged 10.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 22.8 minutes and shot 44.7% FGs, 83.2% FTs... CAREER: Despite a career low point-producing season while splitting time between Atlanta and Portland in , boasts eight-season career averages of 20.1 points and 8.2 rebounds in a total of 618 contests... Extremely durable: Has missed only nine games in his eight seasons, five due to injury, three because of league suspension and one for the birth of his son... Finished his four-year career at Vancouver as the Grizzlies all-time leader in points, scoring average, rebounds and RB average, steals, blocks and FGs and FTs made and attempted... OFF THE COURT: Recognized by Sporting News as the NBA s No. 1 Good Guy for 2004 for funding the Reef House in Atlanta, a 3,500 square foot facility where neighborhood children can receive after-school homework support, tutoring and computer training. Oct. 13 Seattle

5 1 - Derek Anderson --- G 6-5, 195, Kentucky 97 (8th NBA season) : Averaged 13.6 points, 4.5 assists, 3.6 rebounds, 1.29 steals and 35.5 minutes in 51 games... Shot 37.6% FGs, 30.5% triples, 82.4% FTs... Started last 45 games of the season and team was when he was in starting lineup... Missed final four games in preseason because of back spasms then played just three mintues of Game 3 of the regular schedule before going on the injured list for a herniated disc for the next 29 dates... Returned to the lineup on Jan 8... Led team in scoring eight times and in assists 12 times... Ranked third on the team in scoring, second in assists and fourth in steals... CAREER: Has averaged 13.5 points, 3.7 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 31.6 minutes in 447 games over seven seasons... One of league s top free throw shooters, he packs a career accuracy mark of 85.7% and ranks second only to Kiki Vandeweghe among Blazers career leaders (500 or more makes) at 84.6%... Named to the NBA All-Rookie second team in Oct. 13 Seattle Richie Frahm --- G 6-5, 210, Gonzaga 00 (2nd NBA season) : Appeared in 54 games as a Seattle Sonic... Averaged 3.4 points, 1.0 rebounds, 0.4 assist and 8.7 minutes... Had a career night at Denver on 12/20, scoring 31 points on 10 of 11 shooting from the field, 6 of 7 from three-point range and 5 of 5 from the line... It was the first 30-point game by a Seattle rookie since Xavier McDaniel did it in Scored in double figures six times... Shot 45.3% FGs, 37% 3 pointers and 88.5% (23 of 26) FTs, second highest on the Sonics Roster... On injured list for 17 games (tendonitis, right knee)... COLLEGE: All-time career leader in three-pointers at Gonzaga with 280, and Bulldogs fourth all-time leading scorer (1,621 points)... All-West Coast Conference first team as a junior and senior. Oct. 13 Seattle Geno Carlisle --- G 6-3, 190, California 99 (Rookie) Signed as a free agent 10/4/ : Started season with ABA s Long Beach Jam... Played nine games in Italy where he averaged 23.3 ppg, 1.6 rpg and 1.8 apg... Also played in the Asian Club Championship with Al Kuwait SC... Has seen action in the CBA, NBDL as well as the ABA... Pac 10 Conference Newcomer of the Year as a junior at California when he averaged 17.9 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists... All-Pac 10 Honorable mention as a senior at Cal... Had college career averages of 16.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists. Oct. 13 Seattle Darius Miles --- F 6-9, 210, East St. Louis HS, Illinois (5th NBA season) : Became a starter in the second game after coming to Portland in a 1/21 trade that sent Jeff McInnis and Ruben Boumtje- Boumtje to the Cavaliers... Averaged 12.6 points in 42 games with Blazers, more than three points a game better than his average for his first 267 NBA games... Also averaged 4.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.81 blocks and 28.4 minutes while starting 40 of 42 games... Scored in double numbers 31 times... Ranked fourth in scoring, rebounding and assists and third in blocked shots among Blazers on the roster at season s end... CAREER: Named to the Schick NBA All-Rookie 1st Team in First player in NBA history to earn All-Rookie honors straight out of high school... Has career averages of 9.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.77 blocks and 26.3 minutes... Played two seasons with the Clippers and a season and a half with the Cavs before coming to Portland Oct. 13 Seattle Travis Outlaw --- F 6-9, 210, Starkville HS, Mississippi (2nd NBA season) : Appeared in 8 games in his rookie season and averaged 1.0 points, 0.5 rebounds and 2.4 minutes, while playing 19 minutes total for the season... Biggest game was against the Lakers on the final night of the season when he scored 4 points on 2-3 field goal shooting and had 2 rebounds in 8 minutes of action... On injured list for 54 games (bilateral patellar tendonitis, both knees). Oct. 13 Seattle Ruben Patterson --- F 6-6, 223, Cincinnati 98 (7th NBA season) : Trail Blazers sixth man most of the season... Started only one of 73 games but averaged 22.6 minutes and nearly 7 points a game... First man off the bench in 33 of his 73 appearances and the second man in in another 23 outings... Fourth on the team in FG percentage (50.6%) and third in steals (1.15 spg)... Scored in double numbers in 15 games... CAREER: Has averaged 9.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.08 steals and 23.0 minutes in 409 games over six seasons with three different teams----the Lakers, Seattle and Portland Oct. 13 Seattle

6 10 - Joel Przybilla --- C 7-1, 255, Minnesota 00 (5th NBA season) : Averaged 4.0 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.3 blocked shots and 26.2 minutes in 12 games for Atlanta, all starts... Missed final 17 games of season because of patella tendonitis in his left knee... Posted six games of double-digit rebounding with the Hawks, five of them coming in consecutive games during which he averaged 10.7 boards a contest... Appeared in five games with Milwaukee before being traded to Atlantain a three-team transaction on Feb CAREER: During his four years in the league has averaged 2.1 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.37 blocks and 15.0 minutes in 153 contests. Oct. 13 Seattle Zach Randolph --- F 6-9, 253, Michigan State 01 (4th NBA season) : Named NBA s Most Improved Player after boosting his scoring average to 20.1 ppg from 8.4 the year before and more than doubling his rebounding average to 10.5 a game (from 4.4 in )... First Trail Blazer to be so recognized since Kevin Duckworth in Also first Blazer since Mycal Thompson in to average 20 points and 10 rebounds in a season... His 1,626 points was the most in a season by a Portland player since Clifford Robinson registered 1,644 in His rebounding average was the highest by a Trail Blazer since Thompson averaged 11.7 per game in Led Portland in scoring in 44 of the 81 games he played in... Ranked in the NBA s top 20 in 19 different statistical categories at season s end, including 6th in rebounding, 8th in defensive rebounds, 9th in offensive rebounding, 16th in scoring, 17th in field goal percentage (48.5%) and 20th in minutes played (37.5)... Posted 43 double-doubles, the most by a Trail Blazer in 22 years... CAREER: Has averaged 12.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and 23.1 minutes in 199 contests over three seasons with Portland. Oct. 13 Seattle Theo Ratliff --- C 6-10, 235, Wyoming 95 (10th NBA season) : Second team All-NBA defense and NBA leader in blocked shots for the third time in four seasons... Third in voting for NBA defensive player of the year behind Indiana s Ron Artest and Detroit s Ben Wallace... In just 32 games with Portland, after coming in a 2/9 trade from Atlanta with Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Dan Dickau for Rasheed Wallace and Wesley Person, rejected 141 opponent shots for an all-time best Trail Blazers average of 4.4 per game... That bettered the previous high of 3.2 bpg by Bill Walton during the championship season... His 141 blocked shots in a Trail Blazer uniform is the most in one full season since Clifford Robinson rejected 163 in 82 games in , and is the sixth highest one season total in franchise history... Tied Bill Walton and Mychal Thompson for the most blocks in a game when he rejected nine at Orlando on 2/2... Blocked six or more shots 12 times---the top 12 one-game Blazer performances for the season... Ratliff s defensive presence helped reduce Portland opponents free throw accuracy from 45.9% before he arrived to 43.6% and the scoring average from 93.7 ppg to CAREER: Not counting the seasonwhen he sat out all but three games because of injuries, he s been in the league s top 10 in shot blocking in each of the last six seasons... One of six players in NBA history to lead the league in blocked shots three times... Has averaged 8.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.81 blocked shots and 27.8 minutes in a 559-game career thus far. Oct. 13 Seattle Vladimir Stepania --- C 7-0, 244, Republic of Georgia (7th NBA season) : Played in 42 games for the Blazers (two starts) after being signed as a free agent in the off season... Averaged 2.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, 0.5 assists and 10.8 minutes... Missed three games with the flue and was on the injured list for the last 23 games because of chronic soreness in his left knee... CAREER: Averaged 4.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 13.8 minutes in 270 games over six seasons with four different teams... Originally drafted by Seattle in the 1st round (27th pick overall)... Also played for the Nets and Heat. Oct. 13 Seattle DNP--Coach s decision 3 -- Damon Stoudamire --- G 5-10, 174, Arizona 94 (10th NBA season) : Only Trail Blazer to play in and start all 82 games... Had his best year statistics wise since his second year in the league with Toronto following his Rookie of the Year performance in Registered 1,099 points, 500 assists, 408 field goals and 3,116 minutes played... Averaged 13.4 points, 6.1 assists, 1.21 steals and 38.0 minutes... Led the team in assists, was fourth in scoring and first among regulars in free throw shooting (87.6%) which ranked him 10th in the NBA... He was 12th in assists and 19th in minutes played... Led the team in scoring nine times and in assists in 53 of the 82 games... CAREER: Ranks behind only Terry Porter on the Trail Blazers all-time three-pointers list with 536; stands third in assists (2,560), third in three-point attempts (1,508) and fifth in free throw percentage (83.2%)... Winner of the 1996 Schick Rookie of the Year Award... Only unanimous selection on the 1996 All-Rookie team and the only first-year player to receive consideration for the All-NBA team... Smallest player to ever play for the Trail Blazers and the smallest ever to win the Rookie of the Year award... Career averages include 14.5 points, 6.7 assists, 1.19 steals, 35.4 minutes and shooting percentages of 41.1% FGs, 35.7% 3-pointers and 82.6% FTs. Oct. 13 Seattle

7 31 -- Sebastian Telfair --- G 6-0, 160, Abraham Lincoln HS, Brooklyn NY (Rookie) Selected by the Trail Blazers in the 1st round (13th pick overall) in the 2004 NBA Draft... A 2004 McDonald s All-American... Member of the Parade Magazine All-American team... Ranked No. 1 among the high school class of 2004 by Basketball Times and No. 6 by Prep Stars... Named to the 2004 USA Men s Junior Select team that played at the Nike Hoop Summit in San Antonio... Led Abraham Lincoln High School to three New York City PSAL titles and one state championship... Became New York state s all-time leading scorer, passing Kenny Anderson...Abraham Lincoln High School was during his four years there. Oct. 13 Seattle Nick Van Exel --- G 6-1, 190, Cincinnati 93 (12th NBA season) Acquired by Portland in a 7/20/04 trade that sent Dale Davis and Dan Dickau to Golden State : Appeared in 39 games with the Warriors, started Averaged 12.6 points(his lowest in 11 NBA seasons), 2.7 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 32.2 minutes... Passed Dan Majerle in fifth place on the NBA s all-time three-pointers list with a career total of 1, Missed 41 games at Golden State due to injuries... Sat out the first three contests of the season recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in late October... Went on the injured list for eight games in January then sat out the last 24 because of an inflammation in the left knee CAREER: In 11 NBA seasons has averaged 15.3 points, 7.1 assists and 34.3 minutes in 768 games... Ranks fifth in the NBA inthreepointers... Has finished in the NBA s top 15 in assists in eight of his 11 seasons... Lakers all-time leader in three-pointers made and attempted... All-NBA Rookie second team selection in Oct. 13 Seattle The Blazers Broadcasting Team TRAIL BLAZERS ON NEWSRADIO 750 AM --- KXL Portland s veteran broadcast team of Brian Wheeler and Mike Rice again will be bringing you the action live from courtside at every Trail Blazers home and road game, including the eight-game preseason slate. Wheeler, the play-by-play voice for the Blazers is in his seventh season and his sidekick Mike Rice is in his 15th year as analyst. TRAIL BLAZERS TELEVISION TEAM Steve Snapper Jones is celebrating his 25th season as Portland s courtside analyst for televised games. His teammate is Mike Barrett, in his sixth season with Blazers Broadcasting and his second calling the play-by-play for television viewers. Blazers Broadcasting this year will beam a total of 61 Trail Blazers games home and away into living rooms across Oregon and Southwest Washington via KGW-TV and Fox Sports Net.

8 PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Exp. Alma Mater MPG* PPG* RPG* APG* Probable Starters 33 Shareef Abdur-Rahim F /11/76 8 California Zach Randolph F /16/81 3 Michigan State Theo Ratliff C /17/73 9 Wyoming Derek Anderson G /18/74 7 Kentucky Damon Stoudamire G /3/73 9 Arizona Reserves 4 Geno Carlisle G /13/79 R California Joel Przybilla C /10/79 4 Minnesota Vladimir Stepania C /8/76 6 Republic of Georgia Richie Frahm G /14/77 1 Gonzaga Nick Van Exel G /27/71 11 Cincinnati Ruben Patterson F /31/75 6 Cincinnati Darius Miles F /9/81 4 East St. Louis HS (IL) Travis Outlaw F /18/84 1 Starkville HS (MS) Sebastian Telfair G /9/85 R A. Lincoln HS (Brooklyn) Suspended 24 Qyntel Woods F /16/81 2 NE Mississippi CC Head Coach...Maurice Cheeks, West Texas State 78 Assistant Coaches...Jim Lynam, St. Joseph s 63; Tim Grgurich, Pittsburgh, 66; Dan Panaggio, SUNY-Brockport 77; John Loyer, Akron 88; Bernard Smith, East Stroudsburg State PA Head Athletic Trainer...Jay Jensen, Loma Linda 80 Asst. Athletic Trainer/Equipment Mgr...Geoff Clark, Oregon State 90 Strength & Conditioning Coach...Bob Medina, UNLV 88 * Statistics