1985–86 Utah Jazz season

1985–86 Utah Jazz season
Karl Malone's Rookie Season
Head coach Frank Layden
Arena Salt Palace
Results
Record 42–40 (.512)
Place Division: 4th (Midwest)
Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish West First Round
(eliminated 1–3)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television KUTV
Radio KSOP-AM and FM

The 1985–86 Utah Jazz season saw the Jazz draft Karl Malone.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 13 Karl Malone PF  United States Louisiana Tech
2 37 Carey Scurry SF  United States Long Island
4 83 Delaney Rudd PG  United States Wake Forest
5 105 Ray Hall  United States Canisius
6 129 Jim Miller  United States Virginia
7 151 Mike Wacker  United States Texas-San Antonio

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Houston Rockets 51 31 .622 – 36–5 15–26 20–10
x-Denver Nuggets 47 35 .573 4 34–7 13–28 15–15
x-Dallas Mavericks 44 38 .537 7 26–15 18–23 16–14
x-Utah Jazz 42 40 .512 9 27–14 15–26 15–15
x-Sacramento Kings 37 45 .451 14 25–16 12–29 15–15
x-San Antonio Spurs 35 47 .427 16 21–20 14–27 9–21

Playoffs

West First Round

(4) Dallas Mavericks vs. (5) Utah Jazz: Mavericks win series 3–1

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Mavericks and Jazz.

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Thurl Bailey
Jeff Cook
Adrian Dantley
Mark Eaton
Rickey Green
Bob Hansen
Steve Hayes
Marc Iavaroni
Karl Malone
Pace Mannion
Fred Roberts
Carey Scurry
John Stockton
Jeff Wilkins

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Thurl Bailey
Jeff Cook
Mark Eaton
Rickey Green
Bob Hansen
Steve Hayes
Marc Iavaroni
Karl Malone
Fred Roberts
Carey Scurry
John Stockton

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Free Agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team

Subtractions

Player Left New team

See also

References

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