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1979–80 Utah Jazz season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Utah Jazz
end_year	1980
wins	24
losses	58
division	Midwest
division_place	5
conf_place	11
coach	Tom Nissalke
gm	Frank Layden
arena	Salt Palace
television	KSL-TV
radio	KSL
playoffs	Did not qualify
bbr_team	UTA
prev_name	New Orleans Jazz

Sam Battistone
Larry Hatfield 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). 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). 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

Roster

Tom Nissalke
Bill Bertka
Gene Littles

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.

Season standings

Game log

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | | @ Portland | L 85–101 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | | Milwaukee | L 107–131 | | | | Salt Palace | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | | Portland | L 92–107 | | | | Salt Palace | 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | October 20 | @ Golden State | 96–101 | | | | Oracle Arena | 0–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | October 22 | San Diego | 110–109 | | | | Salt Palace | 1–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | | @ Los Angeles | L 87–102 | | | | The Forum | 1–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | October 25 | Chicago | 113–105 | | | | Salt Palace | 2–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 8 | October 27 | @ Denver | 96–116 | | | | McNichols Sports Arena | 2–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | | @ Kansas City | L 108–125 | | | | Municipal Auditorium | 2–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 10 | | New York | L 118–134 | | | | Salt Palace | 2–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | | Phoenix | L 107–120 | | | | Salt Palace | 2–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 | | Seattle | L 87–88 | | | | Salt Palace | 2–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | | @ Atlanta | L 97–108 | | | | The Omni | 2–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | | @ Boston | L 97–113 | | | | Boston Garden | 2–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | | @ Washington | L 103–111 | | | | Capital Centre | 2–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 | | Los Angeles | L 118–122 | | | | Salt Palace | 2–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 | | Seattle | W 97–95 | | | | Salt Palace | 4–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | | Milwaukee | L 89–96 | | | | Salt Palace | 4–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | | @ Seattle | L 96–115 | | | | Kingdome | 4–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 | | Portland | W 87–82 (OT) | | | | Salt Palace | 5–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 | | San Antonio | W 144–114 | | | | Salt Palace | 8–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 30 | | @ Kansas City | L 87–103 | | | | Municipal Auditorium | 8–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | | @ Milwaukee | L 79–104 | | | | MECCA Arena | 8–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 33 | | @ Phoenix | L 99–117 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 9–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | | Los Angeles | L 116–124 | | | | Salt Palace | 10–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 39 | | @ Milwaukee | W 95–88 | | | | MECCA Arena | 12–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 40 | | Kansas City | L 121–128 (OT) | | | | Salt Palace | 12–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 41 | | @ Portland | L 97–115 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 12–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | | Washington | L 107–108 | | | | Salt Palace | 12–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 44 | | @ Seattle | L 90–100 | | | | Kingdome | 13–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 | | @ Phoenix | L 103–106 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 13–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 47 | | @ Los Angeles | L 99–112 | | | | The Forum | 13–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 48 | | Phoenix | L 108–115 | | | | Salt Palace | 13–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 51 | | Milwaukee | W 127–122 (OT) | | | | Salt Palace | 16–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | | Kansas City | L 88–110 | | | | Salt Palace | 16–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | | @ Kansas City | L 107–112 | | | | Municipal Auditorium | 16–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 | | Philadelphia | W 107–101 | | | | Salt Palace | 17–37 |- align="center" |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | | Atlanta | L 90–92 | | | | Salt Palace | 19–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | | @ Houston | L 95–117 | | | | The Summit | 19–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 59 | | @ San Antonio | L 128–148 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 19–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 60 | | @ Philadelphia | L 85–107 | | | | The Spectrum | 19–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 62 | | @ New York | W 121–102 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 20–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 | | Boston | L 98–105 | | | | Salt Palace | 20–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | | Houston | L 82–94 | | | | Salt Palace | 20–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | | Seattle | L 95–105 | | | | Salt Palace | 20–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | | Phoenix | L 101–111 | | | | Salt Palace | 20–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 68 | | @ Portland | W 91–87 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 21–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | | @ Seattle | L 91–103 | | | | Kingdome | 21–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 71 | | Portland | W 117–110 | | | | Salt Palace | 22–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 72 | | @ Phoenix | L 94–110 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 22–50 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 | | Kansas City | L 98–102 | | | | Salt Palace | 23–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 | | @ Los Angeles | L 96–101 | | | | The Forum | 23–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 80 | | Los Angeles | L 95–97 | | | | Salt Palace | 24–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | | @ Milwaukee | L 91–107 | | | | MECCA Arena | 24–58

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

Transactions

Added Bernard King to Roster.

References

Jazz on Basketball Reference

References

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