1983–84 Utah Jazz season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Utah Jazz 1984 yes 45 37 Midwest 1 2 Frank Layden Frank Layden Sam Battistone Salt Palace Thomas & Mack Center (11 home games) KSL-TV KSL Conference semifinals(lost to Suns 2–4) UTA The 1983–84 NBA season was the Jazz's tenth season in the NBA and its 4th in Utah. The Jazz averaged 115.0 points per game (ranked 5th in NBA) while allowing an average of 113.8 points per game (ranked 20th in NBA).https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/1984.html 1983-84 Utah Jazz Roster and Stats It was their first playoff appearance in franchise history. The Jazz played a number of home games (11 in total) at the then-newly built Thomas & Mack Center in the Las Vegas Valley, in an attempt to drum up regional support. In one of those games, Los Angeles Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored the points that made him the NBA's all-time leading scorer. As a result of the Las Vegas experiment, Jazz games were broadcast in the Las Vegas area for this season (seen above). Draft picks Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 7 Thurl Bailey PF/C North Carolina State 3 54 Bob Hansen Iowa 4 76 Doug Arnold Texas Christian 5 100 Matt Clark Oklahoma Statehttps://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1983.html 1983 NBA draft Roster Utah Jazz #5C2F83 #FCC200 #087830 #FFFFFF 11 J. J. Anderson SF 6 8 195 1960–09–23 Bradley 41 Thurl Bailey PF 6 11 215 1961–04–07 NC State 33 Tom Boswell basketball PF 6 9 220 1953–10–02 South Carolina 4 Adrian Dantley SF 6 5 208 1955–02–28 Notre Dame 22 John Drew basketball SF 6 6 205 1954–09–30 Gardner-Webb 53 Mark Eaton C 7 4 275 1957–01–24 UCLA 31 Jerry Eaves PG 6 4 180 1959–02–08 Louisville 14 Rickey Green PG 6 0 170 1954–08–18 Michigan 35 Darrell Griffith SG 6 4 190 1958–06–16 Louisville 20 Bob Hansen SG 6 6 190 1961–01–18 Iowa 44 Rich Kelley C 7 0 235 1953–03–23 Stanford 45 Jeff Wilkins basketball C 6 11 230 1955–03–09 Illinois State Frank Layden Phil Johnson Scott Layden https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/1984.html November 4, 1983 Regular season April 5, 1984: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made a 12-foot hook shot over Mark Eaton in Las Vegas to surpass Wilt Chamberlain as the NBA's all-time leading scorer with 31,421 points.Numbelievable! 160 Michael X. Ferraro John Veneziano Triumph Books Chicago 2007 978-1-57243-990-0 Season standings UTA UTA Game log Regular season Utah Jazz #36004A #FFFF00 1984 Total: 45–37 (home: 31–10; road: 14–27) Utah Jazz October yes #FFFF00 #36004A 0 1 0 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 28 | @ Denver | L 125–139 | Dantley (40) | Dantley (9) | Green (11) | McNichols Sports Arena10,439 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | October 29 | Los Angeles | L 115–120 | Dantley (24) | Dantley (10) | Dantley,Griffith (5) | Salt Palace Acord Arena10,608 | 0–2 Utah Jazz November #FFFF00 #36004A 6 1 3 6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | November 3 | Golden State | W 129–112 | | | | Salt Palace Acord Arena | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | November 5 | San Antonio | W 124–118 | | | | Salt Palace Acord Arena | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | November 9 | @ San Antonio | L 99–105 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | November 10 | @ Houston | W 118–109 | | | | The Summit | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | November 12 | Portland | W 136–122 | Dantley (34) | Bailey,Griffith,Kelley (6) | Green (13) | Salt Palace Acord Arena7,572 | 4–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 13 | @ Los Angeles | L 118–124 | Dantley (36) | Dantley (12) | Dantley (7) | The Forum12,039 | 4–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 15 | @ Portland | L 112–114 | Drew (31) | Kelley (8) | Eaves,Green (5) | Memorial Coliseum12,656 | 4–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 | November 16 | Boston | W 122–109 | Drew (29) | Eaton (12) | Green (6) | Salt Palace Acord Arena12,743 | 5–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 18 | @ Detroit | L 120–128 | Dantley (34) | Drew (9) | Green (14) | Pontiac Silverdome7,080 | 5–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | November 19 | @ Washington | L 113–126 | Dantley,Griffith (18) | Eaton (7) | Eaton (5) | Capital Centre7,603 | 5–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 13 | November 22 | @ Los Angeles | W 130–126 (OT) | Dantley (32) | Dantley (10) | Green (15) | The Forum12,553 | 6–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 | November 23 | Chicago(at Las Vegas, NV) | L 117–128 | | | | Thomas & Mack Center | 6–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 | November 25 | Denver | W 126–124 | Dantley (47) | Bailey (10) | Green (15) | Salt Palace Acord Arena8,759 | 7–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 26 | @ Kansas City | L 116–117 | Dantley (30) | Eaton (9) | Green (8) | Kemper Arena7,424 | 7–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 | November 29 | Phoenix(at Las Vegas, NV) | W 114–110 | Dantley,Griffith (24) | Bailey,Drew (8) | Green (13) | Thomas & Mack Center7,143 | 8–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 | November 30 | @ San Diego | W 117–115 | | | | San Diego Sports Arena | 9–9 Utah Jazz December #FFFF00 #36004A 6 1 5 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 19 | December 2 | @ Phoenix | W 116–113 | Dantley (32) | Bailey (7) | Bailey,Green (9) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum10,295 | 10–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 20 | December 3 | Kansas City | W 112–107 | Dantley (31) | Kelley (12) | Green (9) | Salt Palace Acord Arena8,314 | 11–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 21 | December 7 | Portland | W 116–111 | Dantley (32) | Wilkins (11) | Green (9) | Salt Palace Acord Arena7,562 | 12–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 22 | December 9 | San Antonio(at Las Vegas, NV) | L 117–126 | | | | Thomas & Mack Center | 12–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 | December 10 | @ Houston | W 128–121 | | | | The Summit | 13–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 24 | December 13 | @ Cleveland | W 107–105 | | | | Richfield Coliseum | 14–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 25 | December 15 | Houston | W 138–111 | | | | Salt Palace Acord Arena | 15–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 | December 17 | Golden State | W 127–111 | | | | Salt Palace Acord Arena | 16–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 27 | December 21 | Indiana | W 133–115 | | | | Salt Palace Acord Arena | 17–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 28 | December 23 | Denver | W 118–116 | Dantley (27) | Wilkins (13) | Green (9) | Salt Palace Acord Arena7,599 | 18–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 | December 27 | @ Golden State | W 111–102 | | | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena | 19–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 | December 28 | @ Seattle | W 113–105 | Dantley (33) | Wilkins (9) | Green (7) | Kingdome12,831 | 20–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 30 | @ Denver | L 130–135 | Dantley (32) | Dantley,Eaton (5) | Green (9) | McNichols Sports Arena11,882 | 20–11 Utah Jazz January #FFFF00 #36004A 6 1 2 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 32 | January 3 | @ San Antonio | L 124–137 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 21–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 | January 4 | Houston(at Las Vegas, NV) | W 116–111 | | | | Thomas & Mack Center | 22–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 | January 6 | Kansas City | W 130–110 | Dantley (30) | Bailey (14) | Green (14) | Salt Palace Acord Arena10,898 | 22–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 35 | January 10 | Phoenix | W 107–98 | Griffith (22) | Bailey (9) | Dantley,Green (8) | Salt Palace Acord Arena10,720 | 23–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 11 | @ Dallas | L 102–117 | Dantley (22) | Eaton (13) | Green (9) | Reunion Arena12,308 | 23–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 37 | January 13 | @ San Diego | W 122–119 | | | | San Diego Sports Arena | 24–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 38 | January 14 | Washington | W 121–96 | Dantley (44) | Kelley (12) | Green (14) | Salt Palace Acord Arena11,910 | 25–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 | January 17 | @ Atlanta | L 106–112 | Griffith (30) | Wilkins (7) | Green (10) | The Omni6,419 | 25–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 | January 20 | @ Dallas | W 120–113 | Dantley (46) | Bailey (12) | Green (17) | Reunion Arena16,918 | 26–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 41 | January 21 | @ Houston | L 105–115 | | | | The Summit | 26–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 24 | Dallasat (Las Vegas, NV) | L 115–123 | Griffith (28) | Kelley (11) | Green (10) | Thomas & Mack Center7,752 | 26–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 | January 26 | New Jersey | W 125–115 | Dantley (39) | Kelley (16) | Green (12) | Salt Palace Acord Arena10,166 | 27–16 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 44 | January 31 | Seattle(at Las Vegas, NV) | W 98–94 (OT) | Dantley (34) | Kelley (11) | Green (7) | Thomas & Mack Center7,148 | 28–16 Utah Jazz February #FFFF00 #36004A 4 4 2 6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 45 | February 2 | Phoenix | W 116–95 | Dantley (35) | Kelley (14) | Green (11) | Salt Palace Acord Arena8,892 | 29–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 | February 3 | @ Los Angeles | L 105–109 | Dantley (34) | Green (8) | Green (6) | The Forum17,505 | 29–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 | February 4 | Milwaukee | W 116–102 | Dantley (36) | Eaton (10) | Green (13) | Salt Palace Acord Arena12,690 | 30–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 48 | February 7 | San Diego(at Las Vegas, NV) | L 103–109 | | | | Thomas & Mack Center | 30–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 10 | New York | L 111–121 | Dantley (39) | Dantley,Kelley (9) | Green (12) | Salt Palace Acord Arena11,543 | 30–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 50 | February 12 | @ Portland | W 114–112 | Drew (23) | Eaton (12) | Green (6) | Memorial Coliseum12,656 | 31–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 51 | February 14 | Atlanta | W 100–98 | Dantley (28) | Wilkins (8) | Green (20) | Salt Palace Acord Arena9,641 | 32–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 16 | @ Kansas City | L 99–121 | Dantley (26) | Griffith,Wilkins (12) | Green (5) | Kemper Arena5,443 | 32–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | February 17 | @ Milwaukee | L 91–105 | Dantley (26) | Eaton (16) | Green (13) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 32–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 54 | February 19 | @ Indiana | L 104–106 | | | | Market Square Arena | 32–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 | February 21 | @ Chicago | W 117–95 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 33–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 | February 23 | San Antonio | W 143–142 (2OT) | | | | Salt Palace ACord Arena | 34–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | February 24 | @ Seattle | L 81–112 | Dantley,Drew (16) | Eaton (13) | Griffith,Hansen (5) | Kingdome12,167 | 34–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | February 25 | Dallas | L 95–97 | Dantley (36) | Kelley (16) | Kelley (9) | Salt Palace Acord Arena12,678 | 34–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 59 | February 28 | @ Phoenix | L 100–113 | Dantley (25) | Wilkins (6) | Griffith (7) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum10,899 | 34–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 60 | February 29 | Philadelphia | L 97–103 | Dantley (32) | Eaton (13) | Eaton (7) | Salt Palace Acord Arena13,475 | 34–26 Utah Jazz March #FFFF00 #36004A 6 1 2 7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 | March 2 | Cleveland | W 110–104 | | | | Salt Palace Acord Arena | 35–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 | March 3 | @ Denver | L 122–131 | Dantley (36) | Griffith (10) | Green (10) | McNichols Sports Arena10,880 | 35–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 | March 5 | @ New Jersey | L 116–120 | Dantley (28) | Eaton (13) | Green (6) | Brendan Byrne Arena10,060 | 35–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | March 7 | @ Boston | L 106–117 | Drew (27) | Eaton (13) | Green (5) | Boston Garden14,890 | 35–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 10 | @ New York | L 105–114 | Dantley (32) | Eaton (8) | Green (10) | Madison Square Garden13,208 | 35–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 11 | @ Philadelphia | L 97–120 | Andersonn (15) | Bailey (13) | Eaves,Kelley (6) | The Spectrum15,101 | 35–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 67 | March 13 | Portland(at Las Vegas, NV) | W 124–119 | Dantley (39) | Dantley (7) | Green (10) | Thomas & Mack Center7,773 | 36–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 68 | March 15 | @ Golden State | W 115–111 | | | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena | 37–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 69 | March 17 | Dallas | W 118–103 | Dantley (40) | Kelley (11) | Green (9) | Salt Palace Acord Arena12,699 | 38–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 70 | March 19 | Detroit | W 143–125 | Dantley (43) | Bailey,Kelley (8) | Green,Griffith (10) | Salt Palace Acord Arena12,698 | 39–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 22 | @ San Antonio | L 126–129 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 39–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 72 | March 23 | Golden State(at Las Vegas, NV) | L 104–115 | | | | Thomas & Mack Center | 39–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 73 | March 25 | @ Seattle | W 121–98 | Dantley (40) | Bailey,Dantley (8) | Dantley (10) | Kingdome11,574 | 40–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 74 | March 27 | Kansas City | W 110–106 | Dantley (31) | Bailey,Eaton (10) | Green (10) | Salt Palace Acord Arena9,110 | 41–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 75 | March 29 | Seattle | W 106–96 | Dantley (24) | Eaton (15) | Green (7) | Salt Palace Acord Arena12,687 | 42–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | March 31 | @ Kansas City | L 103–105 | Dantley (30) | Bailey,Eaton (8) | Dantley (9) | Kemper Arena13,546 | 42–34 Utah Jazz April #FFFF00 #36004A 3 1 0 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 77 | April 2 | Houston | W 111–100 | | | | Salt Palace Acord Arena | 43–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 | April 5 | Los Angeles(at Las Vegas, NV) | L 115–129 | Drew (24) | Kelley,Wilkins (6) | Green (10) | Thomas & Mack Center18,389 | 43–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 79 | April 7 | @ Dallas | L 100–109 | Griffith (37) | Eaton (13) | Green (9) | Reunion Arena17,007 | 43–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 | April 10 | Denver(at Las Vegas, NV) | W 135–120 | Green (45) | Griffith (12) | Green (10) | Thomas & Mack Center7,357 | 44–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 81 | April 12 | San Diego | W 113–94 | | | | Salt Palace Acord Arena | 45–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 14 | @ San Diego | L 128–146 | | | | San Diego Sports Arena | 45–37 UTA 1984 Playoffs Utah Jazz 1984 yes #36004A #FFFF00 Utah Jazz Western Conference First Round no yes yes #FFFF00 #36004A 2 1 1 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 17 | Denver | W 123–121 | Dantley (30) | Dantley (9) | Green (12) | Salt Palace Acord Arena10,255 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 19 | Denver | L 116–132 | Dantley (27) | Dantley,Wilkins (6) | Green (6) | Salt Palace Acord Arena12,413 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 22 | @ Denver | L 117–121 | Dantley (29) | Bailey (11) | Green (12) | McNichols Sports Arena14,681 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 24 | @ Denver | W 129–124 | Dantley (39) | Dantley (8) | Dantley (7) | McNichols Sports Arena16,108 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | April 26 | Denver | W 127–111 | Dantley (30) | Dantley (12) | Green (16) | Salt Palace Acord Arena12,731 | 3–2 |- Utah Jazz Western Conference Semifinals no yes #FFFF00 #36004A 2 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 29 | Phoenix | W 105–95 | Dantley (36) | Bailey (13) | Green (16) | Salt Palace Acord Arena12,403 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | May 2 | Phoenix | L 97–102 | Dantley (26) | Eaton (9) | Green (6) | Salt Palace Acord Arena12,689 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 4 | @ Phoenix | L 94–106 | Dantley (31) | Eaton (11) | Green (4) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum14,660 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 6 | @ Phoenix | L 110–111 (OT) | Dantley (37) | Eaton (12) | Griffith (8) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum14,660 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | May 8 | Phoenix | W 118–106 | Dantley (46) | Eaton (11) | Green (14) | Salt Palace Acord Arena12,560 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | May 10 | @ Phoenix | L 82–102 | Dantley (23) | Eaton (10) | Green (6) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum14,660 | 2–4 |- UTA 1984 yes Awards and honors Frank Layden, NBA Coach of the Year Award Adrian Dantley, All-NBA Second Team Thurl Bailey, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team Adrian Dantley, NBA leader, Points per game References External links 1983–84 Jazz on Basketball Reference Category:Utah Jazz seasons Utah Utah Jazz Utah Jazz