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Chronicling what happened #OTD in #Portland @trailblazers history thru old newspapers, magazines, media guides and more
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October 27, 2018 - #DamianLillard scored 42 points but the @trailblazers.bsky.social dropped the road game at the @miamiheat.bsky.social

It was the 18th time Lillard topped the 40-point mark, topping the team record of 17 held by #ClydeDrexler.

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October 25, 2018 - #DamianLillard scored 15 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter to hold off the #OrlandoMagic and secure a @trailblazers.bsky.social road win.

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October 21, 2022 - For the 41st time in his career with #Portland, #DamianLillard topped the 40 point mark in leading the @trailblazers.bsky.social past the @sunsphx.bsky.social in OT.

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October 19, 1971 - #BobLanier scored a then career-high 44 points. and grabbing 20 rebounds, as the @thepistons.bsky.social squeaked by the @trailblazers.bsky.social

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October 14, 1979 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social defeat the
@nuggets.bsky.social as their sold-out streak reaches 100 games

#TomOwens led the #Blazers with 27 points with #RonBrewer adding 25 points, as well as connecting on the first 3-PT FG in team history

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October 8 1976 - The @nuggets.bsky.social #DavidThompson provided some excitement for the 7,718 @trailblazers.bsky.social fans at the #MemorialColiseum when he shattered the glass backboard with a dunk midway thru the fourth quarter.

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October 3, 1971 - #RickAdelman recorded the only triple-double of his career in the @trailblazers.bsky.social victory vs the #SeattleSuperSonics

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October 1, 1972 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social will soon open
their third season with a new coach, #JackMcCloskey, as well as the past two @nba.com #ROY winners in #GeoffPetrie and #SidneyWicks.

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September 30, 1977 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social unfurl the @nba.com Championship banner prior to the preseason game vs the #DenverNuggets.

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September 27, 1978 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social suffered their first exhibition loss vs the @warriorsofficial.bsky.social in Oakland despite 26 points and 8 rebounds by #Blazers center #MychalThompson.

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September 26, 1997 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social hired two new assistant coaches and signed FA guard #VincentAskew

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September 24, 1970 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social play their first game ever before an estimated 2,800 fans at Mark Morris HS in Longview, Washington

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September 24, 1976 - The @trailblazers.bsky.social opened their 7th training camp at #WillametteUniversity under the watchful eye of new coach #JackRamsay.

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September 22, 1974 - Rookie #BillWalton, along with three others, survived the first cuts in the @trailblazers.bsky.social training camp.

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September 22, 1972 - #GeoffPetrie and #SidneyWicks combined for 56 points as the @trailblazers.bsky.social upset the #UtahStars in the Inaugural Pro Basketball Classic in Hawaii.

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A great time indeed!
Another @thethirdbench.bsky.social draft in the books. Welcomed some new faces and missed seeing some past & honorary members. Shot hoops with a toddler and swapped swag with the coolest group of Blazer fans in all of Rip City. Cant wait to watch games with these people for the fourth year in a row.
September 19, 1980 - When the @trailblazers.bsky.social take the court to face the @Bucks in an exhibition game in Little Rock, Arkansas today, #BillSchonely will be in Portland and not behind the mic.

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September 18, 1979 - @nba.com Commissioner #LarryOBrien announced the compensation package to the @trailblazers.bsky.social for the signing of #BillWalton in May by the #SanDiegoClippers.

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September 16, 2000 - On the eve of the 2000 #Olympics in Sydney, #SteveSmith becomes the second active @trailblazers.bsky.social player to play on the @usabasketball.bsky.social team. #ClydeDrexler was a member of the original #DreamTeam in 1992.

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September 16, 1977 - 13 months after being traded to the #AtlantaHawks, #GeoffPetrie is planning to retire from the
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Petrie, the @trailblazers.bsky.social all-time leading scorer, was unable to play during the 1976/77 season due to a knee injury.

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