2001–02 Utah Jazz season

The 2001-02 Utah Jazz season was the team's 28th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 53-29 output from the previous season. They came nine wins shy of tying it, finishing 44-38, but qualified for the playoffs for the nineteenth straight season.^[1] The Jazz did beat the Los Angeles Lakers' record of sixteen consecutive winning seasons^[2] set between 1976–77 and 1991–92.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	24	Raul Lopez	PG	Spain
2	52	Jarron Collins	C/PF	United States	Stanford

Roster

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PPG 1 Karl Malone 38 80 80 38.0 7.9 17.5 .454 0.1 0.3 .360 7.8 17.2 .456 6.4 8.0 .797 1.8 6.8 8.6 4.3 1.9 0.7 3.3 2.9 22.4 2 John Stockton 39 82 82 31.3 4.9 9.5 .517 0.3 1.0 .321 4.6 8.5 .539 3.4 3.9 .857 0.7 2.5 3.2 8.2 1.9 0.3 2.5 2.5 13.4 3 Bryon Russell 31 66 40 30.3 3.4 8.8 .380 1.2 3.4 .341 2.2 5.4 .405 1.7 2.1 .821 1.2 3.3 4.5 2.1 1.0 0.3 1.7 3.1 9.6 4 Donyell

       Marshall           28	58	42	30.2	5.9	11.4	.519	0.2	0.7	.310	5.7	10.7	.533	2.8	3.9	.708	2.7	4.9	7.6	1.7	0.9	1.2	2.1	2.6	14.8

5 Andrei

       Kirilenko          20	82	40	26.2	3.5	7.7	.450	0.3	1.2	.250	3.2	6.5	.488	3.5	4.5	.768	1.8	3.1	4.9	1.1	1.4	1.9	1.3	1.9	10.7

6 Jarron Collins 23 70 68 20.6 2.3 4.9 .461 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 4.9 .462 1.9 2.6 .740 2.0 2.3 4.2 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.8 3.3 6.4 7 John Crotty 32 41 0 19.6 2.4 5.1 .471 0.8 1.7 .449 1.6 3.4 .482 1.4 1.6 .864 0.4 1.4 1.8 3.4 0.5 0.0 1.2 1.9 6.9 8 Scott Padgett 25 75 1 17.3 2.5 5.3 .476 0.7 1.5 .434 1.9 3.8 .493 1.0 1.4 .735 1.5 2.3 3.8 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.9 1.9 6.7 9 DeShawn

       Stevenson        20	67	23	16.9	2.1	5.5	.385	0.0	0.4	.080	2.1	5.2	.408	0.6	0.8	.698	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.7	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.2	4.9

10 Rusty LaRue 28 33 0 16.4 2.2 5.6 .395 0.5 1.5 .340 1.7 4.1 .415 0.9 1.1 .857 0.3 1.2 1.5 2.2 0.5 0.2 1.3 1.8 5.8 11 Greg Ostertag 28 74 14 15.0 1.2 2.7 .453 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.7 .453 0.9 1.8 .485 1.7 2.5 4.2 0.7 0.2 1.5 0.7 2.1 3.3 12 John Starks 36 66 1 14.1 1.7 4.7 .368 0.4 1.4 .305 1.3 3.3 .395 0.5 0.6 .805 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.8 1.9 4.4 13 Quincy Lewis 24 36 19 13.6 1.8 4.0 .448 0.1 0.5 .167 1.7 3.5 .488 0.4 0.6 .650 0.3 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.9 2.5 4.0 14 John Amaechi 31 54 0 10.9 1.0 3.1 .325 0.0 0.0 1.0 3.1 .325 1.2 1.9 .638 1.0 1.1 2.0 0.5 0.1 0.2 1.0 1.2 3.2

Regular season

Season standings

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) Sacramento Kings vs. (8) Utah Jazz Last Playoff Meeting: 1999 Western Conference First Round (Utah won 3-2)

Player statistics

Awards and records

• Andrei Kirilenko, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

References