The last time the Trail Blazers lost a home opener, a relatively unknown guy at the time by the name of Mike D'Antoni was one of their assistant coaches and their roster featured the likes of Shawn Kemp, Rod Strickland, Rasheed Wallace, Scottie Pippen, Damon Stoudamire, Stacey Augmon, Will Perdue and Arvydas Sabonis. Mike Dunleavy coached the group and it won 50 games, good enough that year for only seventh in the Western Conference. That 2000-2001 Trail Blazer team lost its home opener to the Kobe Bryant/Shaquille O'Neal Los Angeles Lakers 96-86 and it was nothing to be embarrassed about.