Utah Jazz 1988-1989 Schedule and Results (2024)

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What was the best Utah Jazz team ever? ›

1996–1998: Reaching the NBA Finals. In the next two seasons, the Jazz were finally able to capitalize on regular-season success. In 1996–97, the Jazz had the best record in franchise history (64–18), won the Midwest Division and finished with the best record in the Western Conference.

The Utah Jazz had their best record in a season in 1996-97, with a record of 64-18.

In the playoffs, the Jazz defeated the Seattle SuperSonics three games to two in the Western Conference First Round, but would lose in five games to the Pacific champion Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Semi-finals for the second consecutive year.

All-NBA level player, Lauri Markkanen, is clearly the Jazz's best player, but who is the Jazz's second best player?

The Jazz set a franchise record by scoring 154 points in a 49-point win over the Sacramento Kings on April 28, 2021, in Sacramento, California, just besting their previous franchise high of 153 set in the 1977-78 season when the team was in New Orleans.

A farm boy, Absey picked up that first mascot job at Morehouse State College for $25. One thing led to another, and he was asked to try out to be the Jazz mascot in the early 1990s. Absey then worked more than 800 home games as the Jazz Bear. He didn't try to be anyone else or act like someone else in the suit.

Malone played in college at Louisiana Tech and was drafted in the first round of the 1985 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. Malone spent most of his career with the Jazz, playing with them from 1985-2003, before spending one final season with the Los Angeles Lakers. In the NBA Malone was MVP in 1997 and 1999.

Why did the Utah Jazz leave New Orleans? ›

In 1979 the franchise's financial difficulties led to a relocation to Salt Lake City, where it incongruously retained the name Jazz. Shortly before beginning its first season in Utah, the team traded for Adrian Dantley, who became the key figure in the Jazz's ascent to the upper echelon of the Western Conference.

The Utah Jazz have posted the fewest points by a team in an NBA Finals game, with 54 points versus the Bulls on June 7, 1998.

John Stockton has the most assists for the Jazz in a game, with 28 assists versus the Spurs on January 15, 1991.

John Stockton, who spent his entire career from 1984 to 2003 as a point guard for the Utah Jazz, is the runaway leader for assists in the NBA.

Who are the Utah Jazz's Biggest Rivals? Beyond their staunch opposition to the neighboring Denver Nuggets, the Utah Jazz have built deep-seated rivalries with the Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Utah Jazz are yet to win an NBA championship.