1988–89 Utah Jazz season

1988–89 Utah Jazz season
Division champions
Head coach Frank Layden, Jerry Sloan
Arena Salt Palace
Results
Record 51–31 (.622)
Place Division: 1st (Midwest)
Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish West First Round
(eliminated 0–3)
Local media
Television KSTU
Radio KALL
(Hot Rod Hundley, Tom Nissalke, Ron Boone)

In American basketball, the 1988-89 Utah Jazz season was the team's 15th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 47-35 output from the previous season. They bested it by four wins, finishing 51-31 and qualified for the playoffs for the sixth straight season.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
117Eric LecknerC/PF United StatesWyoming
242Jeff Moe United StatesIowa
367Ricky GracePG Australia
 United States		Oklahoma

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division W L PCT GB
Utah Jazz 51 31 0.622 —
Houston Rockets 45 37 0.549 6
Denver Nuggets 44 38 0.537 7
Dallas Mavericks 38 44 0.463 13
San Antonio Spurs 21 61 0.256 30
Miami Heat 15 67 0.183 36

Record vs. opponents

1988-89 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —3–14–14–24–21–10–21–51–11–15–12–01–11–16–04–12–22–21–11–12–01–11–11–13–1
Boston 1–3—6–01–31–41–11–11–31–11–12–32–01–12–02–25–13–33–30–21–12–02–00–21–12–4
Charlotte 1–40–6—1–40–40–20–20–40–20–22–22–00–21–10–42–42–43–30–20–21–12–01–11–11–5
Chicago 2–43–14–1—0–62–01–10–61–11–14–21–12–02–06–02–23–21–31–12–02–02–02–00–23–1
Cleveland 2–44–14–06–0—2–02–03–31–11–15–11–10–22–03–34–02–23–22–02–02–02–01–11–12–2
Dallas 1–11–12–00–20–2—3–30–21–31–51–13–10–46–00–21–10–21–11–32–22–25–12–24–21–1
Denver 2–01–12–01–10–23–3—1–13–14–21–12–21–35–10–21–11–11–11–32–23–13–32–23–31–1
Detroit 5–13–14–06–03–32–01–1—1–11–14–22–02–02–02–44–00–45–02–01–12–02–02–02–05–0
Golden State 1–11–12–01–11–13–11–31–1—1–31–15–12–34–00–22–02–01–12–42–42–33–12–42–21–1
Houston 1–11–12–01–11–15–12–41–13–1—2–02–21–34–21–12–00–20–21–33–12–26–02–22–40–2
Indiana 1–53–22–22–41–51–11–12–41–10–2—1–10–21–12–41–30–50–41–12–01–12–01–11–11–3
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–21–11–11–32–20–21–52–21–1—1–51–30–21–10–20–21–51–52–33–11–41–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–00–22–04–03–10–23–23–12–05–1—4–01–11–11–12–03–35–05–13–14–21–31–1
Miami 1–10–21–10–20–20–61–50–20–42–41–13–10–4—0–21–11–10–20–40–41–32–40–41–50–2
Milwaukee 0–62–24–00–63–32–02–04–22–01–14–22–01–12–0—4–11–33–11–12–02–01–11–11–14–1
New Jersey 1–41–54–22–20–41–11–10–40–20–23–11–11–11–11–4—2–41–51–10–21–11–12–00–21–5
New York 2–23–34–22–32–22–01–14–00–22–05–02–01–11–13–14–2—2–41–12–01–11–11–11–15–1
Philadelphia 2–23–33–33–12–31–11–10–51–12–04–02–00–22–01–35–14–2—0–21–12–01–11–11–14–2
Phoenix 1–12–02–01–10–23–13–10–24–23–11–15–13–34–01–11–11–12–0—2–35–13–14–12–22–0
Portland 1–11–12–00–20–22–22–21–14–21–30–25–10–54–00–22–00–21–13–2—3–34–02–40–41–1
Sacramento 0–20–21–10–20–22–21–30–23–22–21–13–21–53–10–21–11–10–21–53–3—2–21–51–30–2
San Antonio 1–10–20–20–20–21–53–30–21–30–60–21–31–34–21–11–11–11–11–30–42–2—0–41–51–1
Seattle 1–12–01–10–21–12–22–20–24–22–21–14–12–44–01–10–21–11–11–44–25–14–0—3–11–1
Utah 1–11–11–12–01–12–43–30–22–24–21–13–13–15–11–12–01–11–12–24–03–15–11–3—2–0
Washington 1–34–25–11–32–21–11–10–51–12–03–12–01–12–01–45–11–52–40–21–12–01–11–10–2—

Playoffs

West First Round

(2) Utah Jazz vs. (7) Golden State Warriors: Warriors win series 3-0

  • Game 1 @ Salt Palace, Salt Lake City (April 27): Golden State 123, Utah 119
  • Game 2 @ Salt Palace, Salt Lake City (April 29): Golden State 99, Utah 91
  • Game 3 @ Oakland Coliseum, Oakland (May 2): Golden State 120, Utah 106

Last Playoff Meeting: 1987 Western Conference First Round (Golden State won 3-2)

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 Bailey82333.9.483.400.8255.51.70.51.119.5
Mike Brown 661615.9.419.000.7183.90.60.40.34.5
Mark Eaton 828235.5.462.000.66010.31.00.53.86.2
Jim Farmer 37011.1.401.450.7071.50.80.20.04.1
Darrell Griffith 827329.0.446.311.7804.01.61.00.313.8
Bob Hansen 46921.0.437.352.5602.81.10.80.17.4
Marc Iavaroni 775010.3.442.000.8181.70.40.10.22.3
Bart Kofoed 1909.3.364.000.5450.61.10.50.01.6
Eric Leckner 75010.4.545.000.6992.70.20.10.34.3
Jim Les 8209.5.301.071.7811.12.60.30.11.7
Karl Malone 808039.1.519.313.76610.72.71.80.929.1
Jose Ortiz 51156.4.440.000.5961.10.20.20.12.8
Scott Roth 1604.5.292.167.7270.50.40.30.11.4
John Stockton 828238.7.538.462.8633.013.63.20.217.1
Eric White 102.0.000.000.00000000

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Thurl Bailey 3240.7.353.000.8008.31.00.31.312.0
Mike Brown 215.5.000.000.0001.00.00.00.00.0
Mark Eaton 3333.0.471.000.81811.00.30.30.78.3
Jim Farmer 201.5.000.000.0000.00.00.00.00.0
Darrell Griffith 3023.7.408.316.0004.00.01.30.315.3
Bob Hansen 3341.0.314.333.8005.71.30.30.711.0
Marc Iavaroni 101.0.000.000.0000.00.00.00.00.0
Eric Leckner 303.3.250.000.0000.70.00.00.00.7
Jim Les 301.7.000.000.0000.00.70.00.00.0
Karl Malone 3345.3.500.000.81316.31.31.00.330.7
John Stockton 3346.3.508.750.9053.313.73.71.727.3

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1988-89 Utah Jazz
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