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1980–81 Utah Jazz season

NBA professional basketball team season

Sam Battistone
Larry Hatfield

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.

Draft picks

Main article: 1980 NBA draft

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

Roster

Tom Nissalke
Bill Bertka
Gene Littles

Regular season

Season standings

Notes

z, y – division champions
x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

Player statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Awards and records

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

Transactions

Free agents

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

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/1981.html 1980-81 Utah Jazz]

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