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    1980–81 Utah Jazz season

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    1980–81 Utah Jazz season
    Head coachTom Nissalke
    General managerFrank Layden
    Owners
    • Sam Battistone
    • Larry Hatfield
    ArenaSalt Palace
    Results
    Record28–54 (.341)
    PlaceDivision: 5th (Midwest)
    Conference: 11th (Western)
    Playoff finishDid not qualify
    Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
    Local media
    TelevisionKSL-TV
    RadioKSL
    < 1979–80 1981–82 >

    The 1980–81 Utah Jazz season was the team's seventh in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 24–58 output from the previous season. The team started the season 12–6 but lost 15 of the next 17 games, however they bested it by four wins, finishing 28–54, but failed to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh straight season.[1]

    Draft picks[edit]

    Main article: 1980 NBA draft
    Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
    1 2 Darrell Griffith SG  United States Louisville
    1 19 John Duren PG  United States Georgetown
    4 72 Alan Taylor  United States Brigham Young
    5 94 Wally West  United States Boston University
    6 118 Ken Cunningham G  United States Western Michigan
    7 140 Dave Colescott  United States North Carolina
    8 163 Jim Brandon  United States St. Peter's
    9 181 Paul Renfro  United States Texas-Arlington
    10 201 Leroy Coleman  United States Middle Tennessee State

    Roster[edit]

    1980–81 Utah Jazz roster
    Players Coaches
    Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
    PF 33 Bennett, Mel 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1955–01–04 Pittsburgh
    SF 44 Bristow, Allan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1951–08–23 Virginia Tech
    SG 24 Boone, Ron 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1946–09–06 Idaho State
    SF 4 Dantley, Adrian 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1955–02–28 Notre Dame
    PG 18 Duren, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1958–10–30 Georgetown
    F/C 40 Cooper, Wayne 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1956–11–16 New Orleans
    PG 14 Green, Ricky 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1954–08–18 Michigan
    SG 35 Griffith, Darrell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1958–06–16 Louisville
    PF 11 Hardy, James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1956–12–01 San Francisco
    F 5 Judkins, Jeff 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1956–03–23 Utah
    G 12 Nicks, Carl 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1958–10–06 Indiana State
    C 50 Poquette, Ben 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1955–05–07 Central Michigan
    C 45 Wilkins, Jeff 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1955–03–09 Illinois State
    Head coach
    • Tom Nissalke
    Assistant coach(es)
    • Bill Bertka
    • Gene Littles
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
    • (FA) Free agent
    • (S) Suspended
    • Injured Injured

    Regular season[edit]

    Season standings[edit]

    Midwest Division
    • v
    • t
    • e
    		 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
    y-San Antonio Spurs 52 30 .634 – 34–7 18–23 21–9
    x-Kansas City Kings 40 42 .488 12.0 24–17 16–25 19–11
    x-Houston Rockets 40 42 .488 12.0 25–16 15–26 19–11
    Denver Nuggets 37 45 .451 15.0 23–18 14–27 13–17
    Utah Jazz 28 54 .341 24.0 20–21 8–33 13–17
    Dallas Mavericks 15 67 .183 37.0 11–30 4–37 5–25
    #
    Western Conference
    • v
    • t
    • e
    Team W L PCT GB
    1 c-Phoenix Suns 57 25 .695 –
    2 y-San Antonio Spurs 52 30 .634 5
    3 x-Los Angeles Lakers 54 28 .659 3
    4 x-Portland Trail Blazers 45 37 .549 12
    5 x-Kansas City Kings 40 42 .488 17
    6 x-Houston Rockets 40 42 .488 17
    7 Golden State Warriors 39 43 .476 18
    8 Denver Nuggets 37 45 .451 20
    9 San Diego Clippers 36 46 .439 21
    10 Seattle SuperSonics 34 48 .415 23
    11 Utah Jazz 28 54 .341 29
    12 Dallas Mavericks 15 67 .183 42

    Notes

    • z, y – division champions
    • x – clinched playoff spot

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1980-81 NBA Records
    Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SDC SEA UTA WAS
    Atlanta — 2–4 2–4 1–5 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–5 1–1 0–2 1–5 3–2 2–4 1–5 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–4
    Boston 4–2 — 5–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 3–3 6–0 5–1 3–3 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 5–1
    Chicago 4–2 1–5 — 5–1 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–3 3–2 3–3 2–4 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 5–1
    Cleveland 5–1 1–4 1–5 — 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 2–4 0–2 0–2 0–6 3–3 0–5 0–6 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–2
    Dallas 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 — 3–3 0–2 2–3 0–6 0–2 0–6 0–5 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–4 1–5 2–3 1–4 1–5 0–2
    Denver 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 — 2–0 3–2 2–4 1–1 4–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–4 2–3 2–4 3–2 3–2 2–4 0–2
    Detroit 2–4 1–4 1–5 3–3 2–0 0–2 — 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 0–2 1–5 3–3 1–5 1–4 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–5
    Golden State 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–3 2–0 — 3–2 1–1 5–0 1–5 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–4 2–4 1–4 2–4 3–3 4–1 1–1
    Houston 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 6–0 4–2 1–1 2–3 — 1–1 2–4 2–3 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–4 3–2 3–3 1–4 4–1 4–2 0–2
    Indiana 5–1 3–3 2–3 4–2 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 — 2–0 0–2 2–4 5–1 3–2 0–6 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–2
    Kansas City 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 6–0 2–4 1–1 0–5 4–2 0–2 — 0–5 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–2 3–2 2–4 3–2 2–3 5–1 1–1
    Los Angeles 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 5–0 2–3 2–0 5–1 3–2 2–0 5–0 — 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–4 3–3 2–3 3–3 6–0 3–2 1–1
    Milwaukee 5–1 3–3 3–3 6–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 — 5–1 3–3 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–1
    New Jersey 2–3 0–6 2–3 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–2 0–2 1–5 — 0–6 1–5 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–3
    New York 4–2 1–5 3–3 5–0 1–1 2–0 5–1 0–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 3–3 6–0 — 3–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–2
    Philadelphia 5–1 3–3 4–2 6–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 6–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 5–1 3–3 — 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–2
    Phoenix 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 4–1 2–0 4–2 4–1 1–1 2–3 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 — 3–3 3–2 6–0 5–1 5–0 1–1
    Portland 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–2 2–0 4–2 2–3 2–0 2–3 3–3 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 — 2–3 4–2 4–2 2–3 2–0
    San Antonio 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 5–1 4–2 2–0 4–1 3–3 0–2 4–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–3 3–2 — 4–1 3–2 5–1 1–1
    San Diego 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–3 1–1 4–2 4–1 1–1 2–3 3–3 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–6 2–4 1–4 — 5–1 3–2 0–2
    Seattle 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–3 2–0 3–3 1–4 2–0 3–2 0–6 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–5 2–4 2–3 1–5 — 4–1 1–1
    Utah 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 5–1 4–2 2–0 1–4 2–4 1–1 1–5 2–3 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–5 3–2 1–5 2–3 1–4 — 0–2
    Washington 4–1 1–5 1–5 2–4 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–4 3–3 2–4 2–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 —

    Game log[edit]

    Player statistics[edit]

    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
    Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
    Mel Bennett
    Ron Boone
    Allan Bristow
    Wayne Cooper
    Adrian Dantley
    John Duren
    Rickey Green
    Darrell Griffith
    James Hardy
    Jeff Judkins
    Billy McKinney
    Dick Miller
    Carl Nicks
    Ben Poquette
    Brett Vroman
    Jeff Wilkins

    Awards and records[edit]

    • Darrell Griffith, NBA Rookie of the Year Award
    • Adrian Dantley, All-NBA Second Team
    • Darrell Griffith, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

    Transactions[edit]

    Free agents[edit]

    Subtractions
    Player Date signed New team
    Jerome Whitehead Expansion Draft May 28, 1980 Dallas Mavericks
    Paul Dawkins October 6, 1980

    References[edit]

    1. ^ 1980-81 Utah Jazz
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