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Al-Farouq Aminu Honored as the 2016-17 Maurice Lucas Award Winner

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Annual award given to Trail Blazers player who best represents true spirit of Lucas

PORTLAND, Ore. (April 10, 2017) – Portland Trail Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu has been chosen as the recipient of the 2016-17 Maurice Lucas Award. President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey and President & CEO Chris McGowan will present the award to Aminu during halftime of the Trail Blazers game against the San Antonio Spurs at the Moda Center.

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MAURICE LUCAS AWARD WINNERS

2016-17 – Al-Farouq Aminu
2015-16 – Ed Davis
2014-15 – LaMarcus Aldridge
2013-14 – Robin Lopez
2012-13 – Damian Lillard
2011-12 – Wesley Matthews
2010-11 – LaMarcus Aldridge

About the Foundation

The foundation is named in honor of Maurice Lucas (1952-2010), the starting forward on the 1977 NBA champion Portland Trail Blazers team. Besides his outstanding achievements on the court, Lucas also gave selflessly of his time and energy to Portland youth. The Maurice Lucas Foundation focuses on middle school kids in the Portland metro area. The foundation teaches life lessons through sport. After school programs, sports camps and outings change the lives of the youths who participate. Since its formation, 436 students have successfully completed the foundation’s academies and hundreds of others have participated in its sports programs.

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David Lucas (503) 880-4323

Our kids were offered a spot at a private school this fall. I think one of the biggest deciding factors in keeping our daughter at Tubman this year was your program. Time consuming as it may be, she really felt that her academic success last year came from the help she received at ML. Thanks for all you do.

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Maurice Lucas Foundation
PO Box 1661
Lake Oswego, OR 97035

Phone: 503-880-4323

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  • On today’s date in 1977, Warrior legend Maurice Lucas scored a career playoff-high of 29 points for the Portland Trailblazers, hitting 14 field goals and one of two free throws to lead Portland to a 96-83 win over Artis Gilmore and Norm Van Lier's Chicago Bulls in Game 1 of the Western Conference playoffs' first round. After averaging 20.2 points and 11.4 rebounds per game during the regular season, Lucas and Hall of Famer Bill Walton would lead the Trailblazers past the Bulls, 2 games to 1, then past David Thompson and Dan Issel's Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semi-finals, 4 games to 2. Lucas and his Trailblazers would then go on to sweep Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Cazzie Russell, and former teammate and fellow Warrior legend Earl Tatum's Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals before knocking off George McGinnis, Darryl Dawkins and Julius Erving's Philadelphia 76ers to win the 1977 NBA Championship in 6 games.

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