Portland Trail Blazers Trivia
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55 free Portland Trail Blazers trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
This Portland Trail Blazers trivia quiz runs from Harry Glickman's 1970 expansion team to the Damian Lillard era and beyond: the name that lost to 'Pioneers', Bill Walton and Jack Ramsay's 1977 championship, the 814-game sellout streak, Clyde Drexler's two Finals trips, the Bowie-over-Jordan and Oden-over-Durant drafts, the Jail Blazers, Brandon Roy, Dame's buzzer-beaters against Houston and Oklahoma City and the 2023 trade to Milwaukee. Expect easy questions on the arena, the mascot and the biggest names; middle-difficulty history for regular fans; and hard ones about the 1990 Finals songs, Rasheed Wallace's technical-foul record and the Bigfoot mascot that annoyed Don Nelson. Uniforms, the pinwheel logo and ownership all get a turn. Every answer was checked against primary and encyclopaedic sources before it went in, so when you miss one you can trust the explanation. Play it solo or run it as a round at your next Rip City watch party. For the wider league, our NBA trivia page is the natural next stop.
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Q 01What name did the Trail Blazers' arena, the Rose Garden until 2013, take that year?
Moda Center
Moda Center came from a naming deal with Portland insurer Moda Health, and some fans started a petition to keep the Rose Garden name.
Q 02Which guard from the expansion 1970–71 Blazers later coached Portland to two NBA Finals?
Rick Adelman
Rick Adelman played Portland's first three seasons, then was promoted from assistant coach to head coach midway through 1988–89.
Q 03Which team did the Blazers beat in the 1977 NBA Finals to win the franchise's first title?
Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers: Portland lost the first two games, then won four straight to take the series.
Q 04Which sports promoter led the drive that won Portland an NBA franchise in 1970?
Harry Glickman
Harry Glickman lined up three real-estate magnates to cover the $3.7 million expansion fee.
Q 05Which Blazers big man suffered a season-ending leg injury in March 2019?
Jusuf Nurkić
Jusuf Nurkić had come to Portland along with a first-round pick in a 2017 trade for Mason Plumlee.
Q 06Which UCLA big man did the Blazers draft first overall in 1974?
Bill Walton
Bill Walton was league MVP in 1978, then left Portland for San Diego as a free agent in 1979.
Q 07Which power forward did Portland land in the 1976 ABA dispersal draft to start for its 1977 champions?
Maurice Lucas
Maurice Lucas cost Portland Geoff Petrie and Steve Hawes, whom it traded to Atlanta for the second pick.
Q 08Which future Hall of Fame center did Portland pick in the 1976 ABA dispersal draft, then trade before the season?
Moses Malone
Moses Malone was traded twice in six days that October and went on to win three MVP awards.
Q 09Which team eliminated the defending champion Blazers in 1978 after a foot injury sidelined their star center?
Seattle SuperSonics
Seattle SuperSonics: Portland had started 1977–78 at 50–10, then went 8–14 as injuries mounted.
Q 10Which future Hall of Fame guard did the Blazers draft 14th overall in 1983?
Clyde Drexler
Clyde Drexler was traded midway through 1994–95 and won the NBA title with his new team that June.
Q 11Which Kentucky big man did the Blazers pick second overall in 1984, one spot ahead of Michael Jordan?
Sam Bowie
Sam Bowie broke his leg five games into 1986–87 and played just 63 of a possible 328 games in his last four Portland seasons.
Q 12Which guard did the Blazers take out of an NAIA school with the last pick of the 1985 first round?
Terry Porter
Terry Porter later coached the Phoenix Suns, who fired him 51 games into his only season there.
Q 13Which two future Hall of Famers from Europe did the Blazers draft in 1986?
Arvydas Sabonis and Dražen Petrović
Q 21Which Blazers forward broke teammate Ruben Patterson's eye socket with a punch in a 2003 practice?
Zach Randolph
Zach Randolph was suspended two games and fined $100,000 by the team, after stepping into Patterson's argument with rookie Qyntel Woods.
Q 22Which Ohio State big man did the Blazers take first overall in 2007, one pick ahead of Kevin Durant?
Greg Oden
Greg Oden had microfracture knee surgery before his rookie season, missed all of 2007–08, and was waived in 2012.
Q 23Which guard did the Blazers acquire on 2006 draft night for the rights to Randy Foye?
Brandon Roy
Brandon Roy was that season's Rookie of the Year, but knee problems led him to announce his retirement in 2011.
Arvydas Sabonis and Dražen Petrović: Petrović mostly came off Portland's bench, then broke out after a 1991 trade to New Jersey.
Q 14Which two teams beat Portland in the 1990 and 1992 NBA Finals?
Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls
Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls: Chicago clinched the 1992 title after Portland blew a 79–64 lead entering the fourth quarter of Game 6.
Q 15Which ten-time All-Star played for the Blazers from 2019 to 2021?
Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony joined Portland in November 2019 after nine months without a team, and stayed two seasons.
Q 16Which former Celtics guard did Portland acquire before posting the NBA's best record in 1990–91?
Danny Ainge
Danny Ainge came from Sacramento in exchange for Byron Irvin and two draft picks.
Q 17Which executive ran the Blazers as president and general manager from 1994 to 2003?
Bob Whitsitt
Bob Whitsitt stepped down in 2003, and Portland replaced him with two executives: president Steve Patterson and general manager John Nash.
Q 18Which team beat the Blazers in Game 7 of the 2000 West finals after Portland blew a big fourth-quarter lead?
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers: Kobe Bryant's alley-oop to Shaquille O'Neal sealed the comeback, and they went on to win the title.
Q 19Which star did the Blazers acquire in October 1999 in a trade for six players?
Scottie Pippen
Scottie Pippen, already a six-time champion, helped Portland reach the 2000 West finals.
Q 20Which nickname did the media attach to Portland's troubled teams of the early 2000s?
The Jail Blazers
Marijuana citations, a locker-room fight and Bonzi Wells's remarks about fans all fed the label.
Q 24Which executive did the Blazers hire as general manager in July 2010, then fire the following May?
Rich Cho
Rich Cho was hired by Charlotte weeks after Portland let him go.
Q 25Which forward did the Blazers get on 2006 draft night for the rights to Tyrus Thomas?
LaMarcus Aldridge
LaMarcus Aldridge had gone second overall, and after nine seasons in Portland he left as a free agent in 2015.
Q 26Portland's series-ending buzzer-beater in Game 6 of the 2014 first round beat which team?
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets: Damian Lillard's three with 0.9 seconds left came just after Houston had taken the lead.
Q 27Which Lehigh guard did the Blazers draft 10th overall in 2013 to form a new backcourt?
CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum won Most Improved Player in 2016, the season after Portland lost four of its five starters.
Q 28Damian Lillard's 37-foot buzzer-beater ended which team's season in the 2019 first round?
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder: they had beaten Portland in all four regular-season meetings that year.
Q 29In 2019, Portland beat which team 140–137 in a four-overtime playoff game?
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets: Portland later fell behind 3–2 in that series, then won the last two games.
Q 30Which Hall of Fame point guard was hired as Blazers head coach in 2021 to replace Terry Stotts?
Chauncey Billups
He was placed on leave in October 2025 after an FBI gambling-related arrest.