1979–80 Utah Jazz season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Utah Jazz 1980 24 58 Midwest 5 11 Tom Nissalke Frank Layden Sam Battistone Larry Hatfield Salt Palace KSL-TV KSL Did not qualify UTA New Orleans Jazz 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). https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/1980.html 1979-80 Utah Jazz Roster and Stats Basketball-Reference.com 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). https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NOJ/1979.html 1978-79 New Orleans Jazz Roster and Stats Basketball-Reference.com 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 https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1979.html 1979 NBA Draft Basketball-Reference.com Roster Utah Jazz 1979–80 #5C2F83 #FCC200 #087830 #FFFFFF 24 Ron Boone SG 6 2 200 1946–09–06 Idaho State 33 Tom Boswell basketball PF 6 9 220 1953–10–02 South Carolina 44 Allan Bristow SF 6 7 210 1951–08–23 Virginia Tech 33 Mack Calvin PG 6 0 165 1947–07–27 USC 4 Adrian Dantley SF 6 5 208 1955–02–28 Notre Dame 12 Brad Davis basketball PG 6 3 180 1955–12–17 Maryland 31 Paul Dawkins SF 6 5 190 1957–06–10 Northern Illinois 25 Terry Furlow SG 6 4 190 1954–10–10 Michigan State 11 James Hardy basketball PF 6 8 220 1956–12–01 San Francisco 51 Carl Kilpatrick C 6 10 230 1956–05–16 Louisiana-Monroe 22 Bernard King SF 6 7 205 1956–12–04 Tennessee yes 50 Ben Poquette C 6 9 235 1955–05–07 Central Michigan University 40 Jerome Whitehead C 6 10 220 1956–09–30 Marquette 20 Duck Williams PG 6 2 180 1956–08–02 Notre Dame Tom Nissalke Bill Bertka Gene Littles https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/1980.html 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.Deseret Morning News | 25 years later the Jazz are going strong Season standings UTA UTA Game log Regular season Utah Jazz 1980 #36004A #FFFF00 Total: (Home: 17–24; Road: 7–34) Utah Jazz October yes #FFFF00 #36004A 2 2 0 5 |- | 1 | October 12, 1979 | @ Portland | L 85–101 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 0–1 |- | 2 | October 15, 1979 | Milwaukee | L 107–131 | | | | Salt Palace | 0–2 |- | 3 | October 18, 1979 | 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, 1979 | @ 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, 1979 | @ Kansas City | L 108–125 | | | | Municipal Auditorium | 2–7 Utah Jazz November #FFFF00 #36004A 0 6 1 6 |- | 10 | November 1, 1979 | New York | L 118–134 | | | | Salt Palace | 2–8 |- | 12 | November 6, 1979 | Phoenix | L 107–120 | | | | Salt Palace | 2–10 |- | 14 | November 10, 1979 | Seattle | L 87–88 | | | | Salt Palace | 2–12 |- | 16 | November 14, 1979 | @ Atlanta | L 97–108 | | | | The Omni | 2–14 |- | 17 | November 16, 1979 | @ Boston | L 97–113 | | | | Boston Garden | 2–15 |- | 18 | November 17, 1979 | @ Washington | L 103–111 | | | | Capital Centre | 2–16 |- | 21 | November 27, 1979 | Los Angeles | L 118–122 | | | | Salt Palace | 2–19 Utah Jazz December #FFFF00 #36004A 6 3 3 5 |- | 23 | December 1, 1979 | Seattle | W 97–95 | | | | Salt Palace | 4–19 |- | 24 | December 3, 1979 | Milwaukee | L 89–96 | | | | Salt Palace | 4–20 |- | 25 | December 5, 1979 | @ Seattle | L 96–115 | | | | Kingdome | 4–21 |- | 26 | December 6, 1979 | Portland | W 87–82 (OT) | | | | Salt Palace | 5–21 |- | 29 | December 13, 1979 | San Antonio | W 144–114 | | | | Salt Palace | 8–21 |- | 30 | December 14, 1979 | @ Kansas City | L 87–103 | | | | Municipal Auditorium | 8–22 |- | 31 | December 16, 1979 | @ Milwaukee | L 79–104 | | | | MECCA Arena | 8–23 |- | 33 | December 19, 1979 | @ Phoenix | L 99–117 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 9–24 |- | 37 | December 27, 1979 | Los Angeles | L 116–124 | | | | Salt Palace | 10–27 |- | 39 | December 30, 1979 | @ Milwaukee | W 95–88 | | | | MECCA Arena | 12–27 Utah Jazz January #FFFF00 #36004A 5 4 1 6 |- | 40 | January 2, 1980 | Kansas City | L 121–128 (OT) | | | | Salt Palace | 12–28 |- | 41 | January 4, 1980 | @ Portland | L 97–115 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 12–29 |- | 42 | January 5, 1980 | Washington | L 107–108 | | | | Salt Palace | 12–30 |- | 44 | January 11, 1980 | @ Seattle | L 90–100 | | | | Kingdome | 13–31 |- | 46 | January 13, 1980 | @ Phoenix | L 103–106 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 13–33 |- | 47 | January 15, 1980 | @ Los Angeles | L 99–112 | | | | The Forum | 13–34 |- | 48 | January 16, 1980 | Phoenix | L 108–115 | | | | Salt Palace | 13–35 |- | 51 | January 22, 1980 | Milwaukee | W 127–122 (OT) | | | | Salt Palace | 16–35 |- | 52 | January 24, 1980 | Kansas City | L 88–110 | | | | Salt Palace | 16–36 |- | 53 | January 26, 1980 | @ Kansas City | L 107–112 | | | | Municipal Auditorium | 16–37 |- | 54 | January 28, 1980 | Philadelphia | W 107–101 | | | | Salt Palace | 17–37 Utah Jazz February #FFFF00 #36004A 1 5 2 5 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- | 57 | February 7, 1980 | Atlanta | L 90–92 | | | | Salt Palace | 19–38 |- | 58 | February 9, 1980 | @ Houston | L 95–117 | | | | The Summit | 19–39 |- | 59 | February 10, 1980 | @ San Antonio | L 128–148 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 19–40 |- | 60 | February 13, 1980 | @ Philadelphia | L 85–107 | | | | The Spectrum | 19–41 |- | 62 | February 16, 1980 | @ New York | W 121–102 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 20–42 |- | 63 | February 20, 1980 | Boston | L 98–105 | | | | Salt Palace | 20–43 |- | 64 | February 22, 1980 | Houston | L 82–94 | | | | Salt Palace | 20–44 |- | 65 | February 23, 1980 | Seattle | L 95–105 | | | | Salt Palace | 20–45 |- | 67 | February 28, 1980 | Phoenix | L 101–111 | | | | Salt Palace | 20–47 |- | 68 | February 29, 1980 | @ Portland | W 91–87 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 21–47 Utah Jazz March #FFFF00 #36004A 3 4 0 7 |- | 69 | March 2, 1980 | @ Seattle | L 91–103 | | | | Kingdome | 21–48 |- | 71 | March 6, 1980 | Portland | W 117–110 | | | | Salt Palace | 22–49 |- | 72 | March 7, 1980 | @ Phoenix | L 94–110 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 22–50 |- | 77 | March 21, 1980 | Kansas City | L 98–102 | | | | Salt Palace | 23–54 |- | 78 | March 23, 1980 | @ Los Angeles | L 96–101 | | | | The Forum | 23–55 |- | 80 | March 27, 1980 | Los Angeles | L 95–97 | | | | Salt Palace | 24–56 |- | 82 | March 30, 1980 | @ Milwaukee | L 91–107 | | | | MECCA Arena | 24–58 UTA 1980 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 PTSAdrian Dantley 68 2674 516 191 96 14 1903Ron Boone 75 2286 216 302 92 3 970Allan Bristow 82 2304 512 341 88 6 953Terry Furlow 55 1718 152 221 54 14878Tom Boswell 61 1555 328 115 24 29700Ben Poquette 82 2349 560 131 45 162 731Pete Maravich 17 522 40 54 15 4 290Bernard King 19 419 88 52 7 4 176Brad Davis 13 225 15 45 10 176Carl Kilpatrick 2 6 4 0 0 0 3 https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/1980.html 1979-80 Utah Jazz Roster and Stats Basketball-Reference.com Transactions Added Bernard King to Roster. 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