[4] Former Blazers center Arvydas Sabonis came out of his retirement, and returned to play for the team after a one-year absence.
[5][6] The Blazers got off to a mediocre 10–11 start, but then posted an 8-game winning streak in December, and held a 32–16 record at the All-Star break.
[10] In the playoffs, the 6th-seeded Blazers battled the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference First Round, and fell four games to three.
The Blazers remained the last team to force a Game 7 after trailing 3–0 in a best-of-seven series until the 2022–23 Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat, after the 1950–51 Knicks in the NBA Finals and the 1993–94 Nuggets in the Western Conference Semi-finals, though no team has come back to win an NBA playoff series after trailing 3–0.
Following the season, Pippen re-signed as a free agent with his former team, the Chicago Bulls,[17][18][19] while Daniels signed with the Seattle SuperSonics,[20][21] and Sabonis retired for the second time.