On this day 39 years ago, the Portland Trail Blazers did something they had never done in franchise history. Since that day, they still have not completed this feat.
On November 21, 1982, the Blazers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers by 50 points. Yes, 50.
The Blazers blitzed out to a 21-point lead in the first quarter, only allowing 15 Cavalier points. They repeated those efforts in the second quarter and led at halftime by 40.
The Blazers didn’t take their foot off the gas in the third quarter, pushing the lead to 54, but went in cruise control in the fourth quarter and ending up with 129 points, 50 more than the Cavaliers’ 79.