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Blazers To Wear Plaid “Dr. Jack” Patches To Honor Late Coach Jack Ramsay Throughout Playoffs

Photo via @blazerschris (twitter account of Blazers president Chris McGowan)

Photo via @blazerschris (twitter account of Blazers president Chris McGowan)

Portland Trail Blazers team President Chris McGowan announced through his twitter account @blazerschris that the team will be honoring legendary coach Jack Ramsay with a “Dr. Jack” patch on their jerseys throughout the playoffs.

McGowan attached this note along with an image of the patch (seen above) and how it will look like on Portland’s jerseys.

“: Our team will be wearing these “Dr. Jack 77″ patches for the remainder of the playoffs.”
Ramsay, a Hall of Fame coach, helped coach the Blazers to the franchise’s only title in 1977 and he passed away after a battle with cancer at the age of 89 earlier this week.
The Blazers, with the patches honoring Dr. Jack, will take the court tonight against the Houston Rockets at 6:30 on TNT and KGW with a chance to advance past the first round of the playoffs for the first time in 14 years.
According to a release from the team, they will honor Ramsay at the next home game:
When the Trail Blazers return to their Moda Center home court — either for Game 6 on Friday, May 2 vs. Houston or a to-be-determined date in the Western Conference Semifinals, remembrances of Ramsay will continue. Those plans will be announced tomorrow. 
Erik Gundersen

Erik Gundersen

Erik Gundersen is the Trail Blazers beat reporter for The Columbian. He's a graduate of the Allen School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon in addition earning a degree in Spanish. He's covered the NBA for four seasons. You can also occasionally find his work on ESPN.com's NBA section for their TrueCities series. He also fist-bumped with Kanye West once. Follow @BlazerBanter on twitter for more Blazers and NBA news.

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