A season to remember: Blazers’ 2009-10 timeline
A season to remember
2009-10 timeline
June 25 — Blazers acquire Dante Cunningham, Jeff Pendergraph, Patty Mills via 2009 NBA Draft
July 24 — Blazers sign free agent Andre Miller
Aug. 6 — Brandon Roy signs five-year, maximum contract extension
Aug. 17 — Blazers kick off 40-year anniversary with press conference at Mark Morris High School in Longview
Sept. 17 — Blazers sign free agent Juwan Howard
Oct. 14 — Blazers celebrate 40-year anniversary with preseason game at Memorial Coliseum
Oct. 22 — LaMarcus Aldridge signs five-year contract extension
Oct. 22 — Blazers waive Ime Udoka, Jarron Collins; retain Mills
Oct. 27 — Steve Blake, Roy, Martell Webster, Aldridge, Greg Oden start for Blazers to open regular season
Oct. 27 — Blazers open 2009-10 campaign with home victory over Houston
Oct. 30 — Nicolas Batum undergoes shoulder surgery; misses 45 games
Nov. 6 — Blazers use three-guard lineup of Blake, Miller, Roy for nine games; go 7-2 during stretch
Nov. 16 — Blazers owner Paul Allen diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Nov. 23 — Oden records career-high 24 points on 7-of-8 shooting and 12 rebounds in 24-point home blowout of Chicago
Nov. 28 — Miller plays just six minutes in road loss to Utah
Dec. 5 — Oden fractures left patella; out for season
Dec. 7 — Nate McMillan ruptures Achilles tendon during practice
Dec. 8 — Rudy Fernandez undergoes microdisectomy; misses 19 games
Dec. 15 — Miller takes over starting point-guard role 26 games into season
Dec. 17 — Blazers sign Anthony Tolliver
Dec. 17 — McMillan records 1,000th combined win as coach, player
Dec. 22 — Joel Przybilla ruptures right patella; out for season
Dec. 23 — Jerryd Bayless scores career-high 31 points in road win over San Antonio
Dec. 25 — Roy scores 41 points in Christmas Day home victory over Denver on national television
Dec. 30 — Blazers sign Shavlik Randolph
Jan. 1 — Blake hospitalized with pneumonia
Jan. 2 — Roy scores 23 points or more for 15th consecutive game
Jan. 3 — Blazers recall Mills from Development League
Jan. 4 — Miller records 22 points, season-high 16 assists; first Blazer with 20-15 since Kenny Anderson in 1997
Jan. 7 — Miller, McMillan engage in heated, expletive-filled argument during practice
Jan. 8 — Blazers defeat Los Angeles Lakers for ninth consecutive time at Rose Garden
Jan. 15 — Roy misses first of 14 games with right hamstring strain
Jan. 26 — Private, nude photos of Oden appear on internet
Jan. 28 — Roy earns third consecutive NBA All-Star selection
Jan. 30 — Miller records career-high 52 points, sets franchise record with 22 made field goals in road win over Dallas
Feb. 4 — Blazers sweep season series against San Antonio for first time since 1996-97
Feb. 9 — Blazers play in front of 100th consecutive sellout crowd at Rose Garden
Feb. 16 — Blazers acquire Marcus Camby; trade Blake, Travis Outlaw to Los Angeles Clippers
Feb. 16 — Roy returns to lineup
Feb. 16 — Webster ties career high with 28 points and sets career high with seven made 3-pointers in home win over Clippers
Feb. 19 — Camby plays first game as Blazer in home loss to Boston
Feb. 23 — Batum replaces Webster in starting lineup
Feb. 27 — Batum records career-high 31 points in road win over Minnesota
March 3 — Blazers sign Travis Diener
March 5 — Oden says he will try and return for playoffs
March 8 — Przybilla re-ruptures patella, undergoes second surgery
March 9 — Ex-Blazer Bill Walton receives standing ovation during pregame ceremony at Rose Garden
March 15 — Roy earns Western Conference player of the week
March 16 — Blazers fire Tom Penn, vice president of basketball operations
March 19 — Roy sinks 22-foot jump shot with 0.9 seconds to go to give Portland home win over Washington
March 22 — Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard, president Larry Miller speak with media to address rumors about Pritchard’s
job security
March 25 — Allen releases three-paragraph statement about Pritchard’s status, Penn’s firing
April 11 — Roy tears right meniscus during road win over Lakers
April 12 — Camby records season-high 30 points as Blazers defeat Oklahoma City for 50th win of the season
April 14 — Miller, Fernandez, Batum, Cunningham, Howard start for Blazers to close regular season
April 14 — Blazers earn No. 6 seed in Western Conference playoffs for first-round matchup against No. 3 Phoenix
April 14 — Blazers finish regular season with 311 games missed due to injury; most of any playoff team, second-most in NBA
April 16 — Roy undergoes surgery to repair torn meniscus
April 18 — Blazers open first-round best-of-seven series against Suns in Phoenix
