1979–80 Utah Jazz season

1979–80 Utah Jazz season
Head coach Tom Nissalke
Arena Salt Palace
Results
Record 24–58 (.293)
Place Division: 5th (Midwest)
Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television KUTV
Radio KSOP-AM and FM
Utah Jazz seasons
< 1978–79 1980–81 >

The 1979/80 season was the Jazz 6th season in the NBA and its first in Utah. The Jazz averaged 102.4 points per game (ranked 22nd in NBA) while allowing an average of 108.4 points per game (ranked 10th in NBA).[1] The attendance was 320,649 (ranked 21st in NBA). The attendance figure was worse than the last season in New Orleans, where the club had an attendance of 364,205 (ranked 18th in NBA).[2] In addition, the Jazz move from the Central Division to the Midwest Division (with the Indiana Pacers replacing them).

Contents

Offseason

NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 20 Larry Knight  United States Loyola University of Chicago
2 23 Tico Brown Georgia Institute of Technology

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Regular season

Pete Maravich was waived by the Jazz on January 18, 1980 and was quickly picked up by the Boston Celtics where he played the rest of the season alongside Larry Bird.[4]

Season standings

Midwest Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Milwaukee Bucks 49 33 .598 -
Kansas City Kings 47 35 .573 2
Chicago Bulls 30 52 .366 19
Denver Nuggets 30 52 .366 19
Utah Jazz 24 58 .293 25

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Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player GP MIN REB AST STL BLK PTS
Adrian Dantley 68 2674 516 191 96 14 1903
Ron Boone 75 2286 216 302 92 3 970
Allan Bristow 82 2304 512 341 88 6 953
Terry Furlow 55 1718 152 221 54 14 878
Tom Boswell 61 1555 328 115 24 29 700
Ben Poquette 82 2349 560 131 45 162 731
Pete Maravich 17 522 40 54 15 4 290
Bernard King 19 419 88 52 7 4 176
Brad Davis 13 225 15 45 10 1 76
Carl Kilpatrick 2 6 4 0 0 0 3

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/1980.html
  2. ^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NOJ/1979.html
  3. ^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1979.html
  4. ^ Deseret Morning News | 25 years later the Jazz are going strong
  5. ^ 1979-80 NBA Season Summary - Basketball-Reference.com
  6. ^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/1980.html
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