1979–80 Utah Jazz season

1979–80 Utah Jazz season
1979–80 Utah Jazz season
Head coach	Tom Nissalke
General manager	Frank Layden
Owners	Sam Battistone; Larry Hatfield;
Arena	Salt Palace
Results
Record	24–58 (.293)
Place	Division: 5th (Midwest); Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KSL-TV
Radio	KSL
< 1978–79	1980–81 >

The 1979–80 season was the Jazz sixth season in the NBA and its first in Utah. The Jazz averaged 102.4 points per game (ranked 22 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).

Draft picks

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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Roster

1979–80 Utah Jazz roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Player	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SG	24	Ron Boone	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1946–09–06	Idaho State
PF	33	Tom Boswell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1953–10–02	South Carolina
SF	44	Allan Bristow	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1951–08–23	Virginia Tech
PG	33	Mack Calvin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1947–07–27	USC
SF	4	Adrian Dantley	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1955–02–28	Notre Dame
PG	12	Brad Davis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1955–12–17	Maryland
SF	31	Paul Dawkins	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1957–06–10	Northern Illinois
SG	25	Terry Furlow	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1954–10–10	Michigan State
PF	11	James Hardy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1956–12–01	San Francisco
C	51	Carl Kilpatrick	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1956–05–16	Louisiana–Monroe
SF	22	Bernard King	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1956–12–04	Tennessee
C	50	Ben Poquette	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1955–05–07	Central Michigan
C	40	Jerome Whitehead	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1956–09–30	Marquette
PG	20	Duck Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1956–08–02	Notre Dame

Head coach

Tom Nissalke

Assistant(s)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Updated: March 10, 1980

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 v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	49	33	.598	–	28–12	21–21	15–9
x-Kansas City Kings	47	35	.573	2	30–11	17–24	18–6
Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	19	21–20	9–32	8–16
Denver Nuggets	30	52	.366	19	24–17	6–35	10–14
Utah Jazz	24	58	.293	25	17–24	7–34	9–15

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	60	22	.732	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	49	33	.598	11
3	x-Seattle SuperSonics	56	26	.683	4
4	x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	5
5	x-Kansas City Kings	47	35	.573	13
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	38	44	.463	22

7	San Diego Clippers	35	47	.427	25
8	Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	30
9	Denver Nuggets	30	52	.366	30
10	Utah Jazz	24	58	.293	36
11	Golden State Warriors	24	58	.293	36

Game log

Regular season

1979–80 game log
Total: (Home: 17–24; Road: 7–34)

October: 2–7 (home: 2–2; road: 0–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 12	@ Portland	L 85–101	Memorial Coliseum	0–1
2	October 15	Milwaukee	L 107–131	Salt Palace	0–2
3	October 18	Portland	L 92–107	Salt Palace	0–3
4	October 20	@ Golden State	96–101	Oracle Arena	0–4
5	October 22	San Diego	110–109	Salt Palace	1–4
6	October 23	@ Los Angeles	L 87–102	The Forum	1–5
7	October 25	Chicago	113–105	Salt Palace	2–5
8	October 27	@ Denver	96–116	McNichols Sports Arena	2–6
9	October 31	@ Kansas City	L 108–125	Municipal Auditorium	2–7

November: 1–12 (home: 0–6; road: 1–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
10	November 1	New York	L 118–134	Salt Palace	2–8
12	November 6	Phoenix	L 107–120	Salt Palace	2–10
14	November 10	Seattle	L 87–88	Salt Palace	2–12
16	November 14	@ Atlanta	L 97–108	The Omni	2–14
17	November 16	@ Boston	L 97–113	Boston Garden	2–15
18	November 17	@ Washington	L 103–111	Capital Centre	2–16
21	November 27	Los Angeles	L 118–122	Salt Palace	2–19

December: 9–8 (home: 6–3; road: 3–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
23	December 1	Seattle	W 97–95	Salt Palace	4–19
24	December 3	Milwaukee	L 89–96	Salt Palace	4–20
25	December 5	@ Seattle	L 96–115	Kingdome	4–21
26	December 6	Portland	W 87–82 (OT)	Salt Palace	5–21
29	December 13	San Antonio	W 144–114	Salt Palace	8–21
30	December 14	@ Kansas City	L 87–103	Municipal Auditorium	8–22
31	December 16	@ Milwaukee	L 79–104	MECCA Arena	8–23
33	December 19	@ Phoenix	L 99–117	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	9–24
37	December 27	Los Angeles	L 116–124	Salt Palace	10–27
39	December 30	@ Milwaukee	W 95–88	MECCA Arena	12–27

January: 6–10 (home: 5–4; road: 1–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
40	January 2	Kansas City	L 121–128 (OT)	Salt Palace	12–28
41	January 4	@ Portland	L 97–115	Memorial Coliseum	12–29
42	January 5	Washington	L 107–108	Salt Palace	12–30
44	January 11	@ Seattle	L 90–100	Kingdome	13–31
46	January 13	@ Phoenix	L 103–106	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	13–33
47	January 15	@ Los Angeles	L 99–112	The Forum	13–34
48	January 16	Phoenix	L 108–115	Salt Palace	13–35
51	January 22	Milwaukee	W 127–122 (OT)	Salt Palace	16–35
52	January 24	Kansas City	L 88–110	Salt Palace	16–36
53	January 26	@ Kansas City	L 107–112	Municipal Auditorium	16–37
54	January 28	Philadelphia	W 107–101	Salt Palace	17–37

February: 3–10 (home: 1–5; road: 2–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
All-Star Break
57	February 7	Atlanta	L 90–92	Salt Palace	19–38
58	February 9	@ Houston	L 95–117	The Summit	19–39
59	February 10	@ San Antonio	L 128–148	HemisFair Arena	19–40
60	February 13	@ Philadelphia	L 85–107	The Spectrum	19–41
62	February 16	@ New York	W 121–102	Madison Square Garden	20–42
63	February 20	Boston	L 98–105	Salt Palace	20–43
64	February 22	Houston	L 82–94	Salt Palace	20–44
65	February 23	Seattle	L 95–105	Salt Palace	20–45
67	February 28	Phoenix	L 101–111	Salt Palace	20–47
68	February 29	@ Portland	W 91–87	Memorial Coliseum	21–47

March: 3–11 (home: 3–4; road: 0–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
69	March 2	@ Seattle	L 91–103	Kingdome	21–48
71	March 6	Portland	W 117–110	Salt Palace	22–49
72	March 7	@ Phoenix	L 94–110	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	22–50
77	March 21	Kansas City	L 98–102	Salt Palace	23–54
78	March 23	@ Los Angeles	L 96–101	The Forum	23–55
80	March 27	Los Angeles	L 95–97	Salt Palace	24–56
82	March 30	@ Milwaukee	L 91–107	MECCA Arena	24–58

1979–80 schedule

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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Transactions

Added Bernard King to Roster.

References

Jazz on Basketball Reference

[1] "1979-80 Utah Jazz Roster and Stats | Basketball-Reference.com".

[2] "1978-79 New Orleans Jazz Roster and Stats | Basketball-Reference.com".

[3] "1979 NBA Draft | Basketball-Reference.com".

[4] Deseret Morning News | 25 years later the Jazz are going strong

[5] "1979-80 Utah Jazz Roster and Stats | Basketball-Reference.com".

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