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LIONEL HOLLINS (1976-1980)

Position : Guard ▪ Height : 6-3 ▪ Weight : 185 lbs.
Born : October 19, 1953 in Ark City, Kansas
High School : Rancho in Las Vegas, Nevada
College : Arizona State University
Draft : Portland Trail Blazers, 1st round (6th pick, 6th overall), 1975 NBA Draft
NBA Debut : November 7, 1975



When thinking about his time with the Trail Blazers, during which he was a starting guard on the 1977 championship team, there are two things Lionel Hollins would like to take back. His jersey from the the clinching game of the 1977 NBA Finals, and the trade that sent him from Portland to Philadelphia in 1980.

"After we won the championship, I remember walking out of the arena and somebody had my jersey" Hollins said. "The thing is, I never remember even taking it off. But there were so many people in the locker room. It was just chaos."

The quickness and savvy of Hollins were key factors in the Blazers' championship run, but by the start of the 1979 season, Hollins became disgruntled about his contract. By February 1980, the Blazers traded him to Philadelphia for cash and a future draft pick that ended up being Kelvin Ransey. Today, he wishes he would have never left.

"Looking back at it, my Portland years were my best" said Hollins, who is now coaching the resurgent Memphis Grizzlies. "After I got traded, my role changed, and I went to a team that played more one-on-one. We didn't have the cohesiveness of the Portland teams. In Portland, we maximized our abilities every night we went out on the court. I don't think we did that in Philly."

Hollins' speed jump-started Portland's fast break, as he provided a moving target for the outlet pass of Bill Walton or Maurice Lucas. And his quickness in the halfcourt was another moving part to Jack Ramsay's motion offense.

During the Blazers' playoff run to the title, he led the team in scoring three times, including 31 points in a Game 2 win at the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, and 25 points in a Game 4 win against Philadelphia in the NBA Finals.

"His nickname was 'Train', but he was a bullet train/i>" said Mychal Thompson, who played two seasons with Hollins. "He was a complete player : could pass, defend and score."

On top of it all, Hollins had a penchant for hitting big shots. Especially, it seemed, if it the Blazers were playing Chicago.

In the 1978 season, Hollins twice beat the Bulls in heartbreaking fashion, including playing a key role in what is widely considered the best Blazers comeback ever.
Trailing the Bulls by four points at Memorial Coliseum, Portland scored with 16 seconds left to cut the lead to two and set the stage for Hollins. After a timeout, Chicago inbounded at halfcourt, where Hall of Famer Norm Van Lier inbounded. Hollins stepped in front of his pass and raced down the court for a dunk to tie the game with seven seconds left. After another inbound at halfcourt, Bobby Gross tipped Van Lier's pass to Dave Twardzik, who fed Hollins for a game-winning layin with two seconds left.

"Besides winning the championship, that game versus Chicago when we came back and won, that is my best memory" Hollins said.

One month later, Chicago thought it exacted revenge at old Chicago Stadium. Leading by one in the final seconds, Blazers guard Johnny Davis had his shot blocked from behind, and the Bulls quickly executed a fast break to go up one with four seconds left. That's when Hollins took an inbounds pass from Corky Calhoun at halfcourt, dribbled three times and took an off-balance shot over the defense of Van Lier. From 30-feet away, it banked in at the buzzer.

"There were 22,000 people in there, and they were so loud in the timeout that we couldn't hear the play from Jack Ramsay. He had to write the play on the floor in chalk" Hollins said. "But when I hit that shot off the glass to win it ... it just went silent." (Jason Quick, oregonlive.com)

- NBA champion 1977
- All-Star 1978
- All-Defensive 1st team 1978
- All-Defensive 2nd team 1979
- All-Rookie 1st team 1976
- #14 Retired by the Portland Trail Blazers





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