The 2020–21 Portland Trail Blazers season was the franchise's 51st season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Trail Blazers entered the season following a playoff defeat from the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the play-in tournament. After the Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets failed to qualify for the postseason for the first time since the 2012-13 and 2011-12 season respectively, the Trail Blazers now hold the longest active playoff streak in the NBA qualifying every year since the 2013-14 season. In the first round, the Trail Blazers faced the Denver Nuggets where they lost to them in six games.
Following the playoff exit, the Trail Blazers and head coach Terry Stotts mutually agreed to part ways after nine years.
Draft picks
Roster
Standings
Division
Conference
Notes
z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
y – Clinched division title
x – Clinched playoff spot
pb – Clinched play-in spot
o – Eliminated from playoff contention
* – Division leader
Game log
Preseason
|-style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | December 11 | Sacramento | | Carmelo Anthony (21) | Harry Giles (14) | Lillard, McColllum (5) | Moda Center0 | 1–0 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | December 13 | Sacramento | | Harry Giles (19) | Harry Giles (13) | Rodney Hood (4) | Moda Center0 | 1–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | December 16 | @ Denver | | Robert Covington (15) | Jusuf Nurkic (8) | Damian Lillard (4) | Ball Arena0 | 1–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | December 18 | @ Denver | | CJ McCollum (26) | Enes Kanter (9) | Jusuf Nurkic (4) | Ball Arena0 | | 1–3
Regular season
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| 1
| December 23
| Utah
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| CJ McCollum (23) | Enes Kanter (8) | Damian Lillard (7) | Moda Center0 | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc | 2 | December 26 | Houston | | CJ McCollum (44) | Jusuf Nurkic (11) | Damian Lillard (9) | Moda Center0 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc | 3 | December 28 | @ L. A. Lakers | | Damian Lillard (31) | Enes Kanter (14) | CJ McCollum (11) | Staples Center0 | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc | 4 | December 30 | @ L. A. Clippers | | CJ McCollum (25) | Enes Kanter (10) | Damian Lillard (4) | Staples Center0 | 2–2
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| 5
| January 1
| @ Golden State
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| Damian Lillard (34) | Robert Covington (11) | Damian Lillard (8) | Chase Center0 | 3–2 |- style="background:#fcc | 6 | January 3 | @ Golden State | | Damian Lillard (32) | Enes Kanter (12) | CJ McCollum (5) | Chase Center0 | 3–3 |- style="background:#fcc | 7 | January 5 | Chicago | | CJ McCollum (26) | Jusuf Nurkic (11) | Damian Lillard (9) | Moda Center0 | 3–4 |- style="background:#cfc | 8 | January 7 | Minnesota | | Damian Lillard (39) | Kanter, Lillard, Nurkic (7) | Damian Lillard (7) | Moda Center0 | 4–4 |- style="background:#cfc | 9 | January 9 | @ Sacramento | | CJ McCollum (37) | Enes Kanter (15) | Damian Lillard (6) | Golden 1 Center0 | 5–4 |- style="background:#cfc | 10 | January 11 | Toronto | | CJ McCollum (30) | Robert Covington (8) | Lillard, McCollum (5) | Moda Center0 | 6–4 |- style="background:#cfc | 11 | January 13 | @ Sacramento | | Damian Lillard (40) | Jusuf Nurkic (13) | Damian Lillard (13) | Golden 1 Center0 | 7–4 |- style="background:#fcc | 12 | January 14 | Indiana | | Lillard, McCollum (22) | Enes Kanter (9) | Lillard, McCollum (4) | Moda Center0 | 7–5 |- style="background:#cfc | 13 | January 16 | Atlanta | | Damian Lillard (36) | Enes Kanter (15) | Damian Lillard (7) | Moda Center0 | 8–5 |- style="background:#fcc | 14 | January 18 | San Antonio | | Damian Lillard (35) | Enes Kanter (8) | Damian Lillard (6) | Moda Center0 | 8–6 |-style="background:#ccc;" | – | January 20 | Memphis | colspan="6" | Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: April 23) |-style="background:#ccc;" | – | January 22 | Memphis | colspan="6" | Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: April 25) |- style="background:#cfc | 15 | January 24 | New York | | Damian Lillard (39) | Kanter, Giles (8) | Damian Lillard (8) | Moda Center0 | 9–6 |- style="background:#fcc | 16 | January 25 | Oklahoma City | | Lillard, Simons (26) | Enes Kanter (22) | Damian Lillard (10) | Moda Center0 | 9–7 |- style="background:#fcc | 17 | January 28 | @ Houston | | Damian Lillard (30) | Enes Kanter (13) | Damian Lillard (9) | Toyota Center3,154 | 9–8 |- style="background:#cfc | 18 | January 30 | @ Chicago | | Damian Lillard (44) | Enes Kanter (11) | Damian Lillard (9) | United Center0 | 10–8