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1980-81 Utah Jazz Roster and Statistics

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28-54, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Tom Nissalke (28-54)

Points Per Game: 101.2 (22nd of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.1 (12th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 26-56 (21st of 23)

Arena: Salt Palace ▪ Attendance: 307,825 (19th of 23)

SRS: -5.99 (22nd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 97.7 (23rd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 103.4 (18th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.4 (20th of 23)

1980-81 Utah Jazz:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
33 Mel Bennett F 6-7 200 January 4, 1955 3 University of Pittsburgh
24 Ron Boone G-F 6-2 200 September 6, 1946 12 Idaho State University
44 Allan Bristow F-G 6-7 210 August 23, 1951 7 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
40 Wayne Cooper C-F 6-10 220 November 16, 1956 2 University of New Orleans
4 Adrian Dantley F-G 6-5 208 February 28, 1956 4 University of Notre Dame
18 John Duren G 6-3 195 October 30, 1958 R Georgetown University
14 Rickey Green G 6-0 170 August 18, 1954 2 University of Michigan
35 Darrell Griffith G 6-4 190 June 16, 1958 R University of Louisville
11 James Hardy F-C 6-8 220 December 1, 1956 2 University of San Francisco
5 Jeff Judkins G-F 6-6 185 March 23, 1956 2 University of Utah
25 Billy McKinney G 6-0 160 June 5, 1955 2 Northwestern University
30 Dick Miller F 6-6 215 April 26, 1958 R University of Toledo
12 Carl Nicks G 6-1 175 October 6, 1958 R Indiana State University
50 Ben Poquette F-C 6-9 235 May 7, 1955 3 Central Michigan University
52 Brett Vroman C 7-0 220 December 25, 1955 R University of Nevada, Las Vegas
53 Jeff Wilkins C-F 6-11 230 March 9, 1955 R Illinois State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19730 3332 6825 .488 42 163 .258 1595 2080 .767 962 2325 3287 1948 637 386 1423 2110 8301 101.2
Opponent 82 19730 3430 7018 .489 45 147 .306 1879 2472 .760 1154 2440 3594 1985 596 406 1303 1855 8784 107.1

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Adrian Dantley 24 80 3417 909 1627 .559 2 7 .286 632 784 .806 192 317 509 322 109 18 282 245 2452
2 Darrell Griffith 22 81 2867 716 1544 .464 10 52 .192 229 320 .716 79 209 288 194 106 40 231 219 1671
3 Ben Poquette 25 82 2808 324 614 .528 3 6 .500 126 162 .778 160 469 629 161 67 174 122 342 777
4 Allan Bristow 29 82 2001 271 611 .444 5 18 .278 166 198 .838 103 327 430 383 63 3 171 190 713
5 Wayne Cooper 24 71 1420 213 471 .452 1 3 .333 62 90 .689 166 274 440 52 18 51 77 219 489
6 Rickey Green 26 47 1307 176 366 .481 0 1 .000 70 97 .722 30 86 116 235 75 1 83 123 422
7 Ron Boone 34 52 1146 160 371 .431 11 39 .282 75 94 .798 17 67 84 161 33 8 111 126 406
8 Billy McKinney 25 35 1032 124 233 .532 1 2 .500 44 48 .917 12 62 74 157 38 4 70 107 293
9 Jeff Wilkins 25 56 1058 117 260 .450 0 0 27 40 .675 62 212 274 40 32 46 59 169 261
10 Carl Nicks 22 40 616 107 210 .510 0 3 .000 36 67 .537 24 37 61 69 32 1 53 89 250
11 Jeff Judkins 24 62 666 92 216 .426 9 28 .321 45 51 .882 29 64 93 59 16 2 30 84 238
12 James Hardy 24 23 509 52 111 .468 0 0 11 20 .550 39 94 133 36 21 20 23 58 115
13 Mel Bennett 26 28 313 26 60 .433 0 2 .000 53 81 .654 33 60 93 15 3 11 31 56 105
14 John Duren 22 40 458 33 101 .327 0 1 .000 5 9 .556 8 27 35 54 18 2 37 54 71
15 Brett Vroman 25 11 93 10 27 .370 0 1 .000 14 19 .737 7 18 25 9 5 5 9 26 34
16 Dick Miller 22 3 19 2 3 .667 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 4 3 4

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Adrian Dantley 24 80 42.7 11.4 20.3 .559 0.0 0.1 .286 7.9 9.8 .806 2.4 4.0 6.4 4.0 1.4 0.2 3.5 3.1 30.7
2 Darrell Griffith 22 81 35.4 8.8 19.1 .464 0.1 0.6 .192 2.8 4.0 .716 1.0 2.6 3.6 2.4 1.3 0.5 2.9 2.7 20.6
3 Ben Poquette 25 82 34.2 4.0 7.5 .528 0.0 0.1 .500 1.5 2.0 .778 2.0 5.7 7.7 2.0 0.8 2.1 1.5 4.2 9.5
4 Rickey Green 26 47 27.8 3.7 7.8 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.1 .722 0.6 1.8 2.5 5.0 1.6 0.0 1.8 2.6 9.0
5 Allan Bristow 29 82 24.4 3.3 7.5 .444 0.1 0.2 .278 2.0 2.4 .838 1.3 4.0 5.2 4.7 0.8 0.0 2.1 2.3 8.7
6 Billy McKinney 25 35 29.5 3.5 6.7 .532 0.0 0.1 .500 1.3 1.4 .917 0.3 1.8 2.1 4.5 1.1 0.1 2.0 3.1 8.4
7 Ron Boone 34 52 22.0 3.1 7.1 .431 0.2 0.8 .282 1.4 1.8 .798 0.3 1.3 1.6 3.1 0.6 0.2 2.1 2.4 7.8
8 Wayne Cooper 24 71 20.0 3.0 6.6 .452 0.0 0.0 .333 0.9 1.3 .689 2.3 3.9 6.2 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.1 3.1 6.9
9 Carl Nicks 22 40 15.4 2.7 5.3 .510 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.7 .537 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.7 0.8 0.0 1.3 2.2 6.3
10 James Hardy 24 23 22.1 2.3 4.8 .468 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .550 1.7 4.1 5.8 1.6 0.9 0.9 1.0 2.5 5.0
11 Jeff Wilkins 25 56 18.9 2.1 4.6 .450 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.7 .675 1.1 3.8 4.9 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.1 3.0 4.7
12 Jeff Judkins 24 62 10.7 1.5 3.5 .426 0.1 0.5 .321 0.7 0.8 .882 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.4 3.8
13 Mel Bennett 26 28 11.2 0.9 2.1 .433 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.9 .654 1.2 2.1 3.3 0.5 0.1 0.4 1.1 2.0 3.8
14 Brett Vroman 25 11 8.5 0.9 2.5 .370 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.7 .737 0.6 1.6 2.3 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.8 2.4 3.1
15 John Duren 22 40 11.5 0.8 2.5 .327 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.2 .556 0.2 0.7 0.9 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.4 1.8
16 Dick Miller 22 3 6.3 0.7 1.0 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.3 1.0 1.3

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Adrian Dantley 24 80 3417 9.6 17.1 .559 0.0 0.1 .286 6.7 8.3 .806 2.0 3.3 5.4 3.4 1.1 0.2 3.0 2.6 25.8
2 Darrell Griffith 22 81 2867 9.0 19.4 .464 0.1 0.7 .192 2.9 4.0 .716 1.0 2.6 3.6 2.4 1.3 0.5 2.9 2.7 21.0
3 Carl Nicks 22 40 616 6.3 12.3 .510 0.0 0.2 .000 2.1 3.9 .537 1.4 2.2 3.6 4.0 1.9 0.1 3.1 5.2 14.6
4 Brett Vroman 25 11 93 3.9 10.5 .370 0.0 0.4 .000 5.4 7.4 .737 2.7 7.0 9.7 3.5 1.9 1.9 3.5 10.1 13.2
5 Jeff Judkins 24 62 666 5.0 11.7 .426 0.5 1.5 .321 2.4 2.8 .882 1.6 3.5 5.0 3.2 0.9 0.1 1.6 4.5 12.9
6 Ron Boone 34 52 1146 5.0 11.7 .431 0.3 1.2 .282 2.4 3.0 .798 0.5 2.1 2.6 5.1 1.0 0.3 3.5 4.0 12.8
7 Allan Bristow 29 82 2001 4.9 11.0 .444 0.1 0.3 .278 3.0 3.6 .838 1.9 5.9 7.7 6.9 1.1 0.1 3.1 3.4 12.8
8 Wayne Cooper 24 71 1420 5.4 11.9 .452 0.0 0.1 .333 1.6 2.3 .689 4.2 6.9 11.2 1.3 0.5 1.3 2.0 5.6 12.4
9 Mel Bennett 26 28 313 3.0 6.9 .433 0.0 0.2 .000 6.1 9.3 .654 3.8 6.9 10.7 1.7 0.3 1.3 3.6 6.4 12.1
10 Rickey Green 26 47 1307 4.8 10.1 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.7 .722 0.8 2.4 3.2 6.5 2.1 0.0 2.3 3.4 11.6
11 Billy McKinney 25 35 1032 4.3 8.1 .532 0.0 0.1 .500 1.5 1.7 .917 0.4 2.2 2.6 5.5 1.3 0.1 2.4 3.7 10.2
12 Ben Poquette 25 82 2808 4.2 7.9 .528 0.0 0.1 .500 1.6 2.1 .778 2.1 6.0 8.1 2.1 0.9 2.2 1.6 4.4 10.0
13 Jeff Wilkins 25 56 1058 4.0 8.8 .450 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.4 .675 2.1 7.2 9.3 1.4 1.1 1.6 2.0 5.8 8.9
14 James Hardy 24 23 509 3.7 7.9 .468 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.4 .550 2.8 6.6 9.4 2.5 1.5 1.4 1.6 4.1 8.1
15 Dick Miller 22 3 19 3.8 5.7 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.8 5.7 1.9 1.9 0.0 7.6 5.7 7.6
16 John Duren 22 40 458 2.6 7.9 .327 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.7 .556 0.6 2.1 2.8 4.2 1.4 0.2 2.9 4.2 5.6

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Adrian Dantley 24 80 3417 24.3 .622 .559 6.5 10.5 8.5 16.3 1.6 0.3 12.5 28.4 118 111 12.3 1.3 13.6
2 Ben Poquette 25 82 2808 13.0 .567 .530 6.6 18.9 12.8 7.9 1.2 3.6 15.1 12.4 110 107 2.9 2.5 5.4
3 Allan Bristow 29 82 2001 14.9 .511 .448 6.0 18.5 12.3 27.0 1.5 0.1 19.7 18.7 103 109 1.4 1.3 2.7
4 Rickey Green 26 47 1307 13.6 .516 .481 2.7 7.5 5.1 25.3 2.8 0.0 16.9 16.2 105 109 1.0 0.7 1.8
5 Wayne Cooper 24 71 1420 12.2 .479 .453 13.6 21.9 17.8 5.3 0.6 2.1 13.1 17.8 100 108 0.5 1.0 1.5
6 Billy McKinney 25 35 1032 11.0 .576 .534 1.3 6.8 4.1 21.0 1.8 0.2 21.6 13.5 106 112 0.8 0.3 1.1
7 Jeff Judkins 24 62 666 11.1 .499 .447 5.1 10.9 8.0 12.5 1.2 0.2 11.2 17.4 105 112 0.5 0.2 0.7
8 James Hardy 24 23 509 11.9 .480 .468 8.9 20.9 15.0 9.5 2.0 2.3 16.1 12.1 101 105 0.1 0.5 0.7
9 Jeff Wilkins 25 56 1058 9.2 .470 .450 6.8 22.7 14.9 5.2 1.5 2.5 17.5 13.7 91 106 -0.5 1.1 0.5
10 Darrell Griffith 22 81 2867 14.7 .496 .467 3.2 8.3 5.8 11.4 1.8 0.8 12.1 28.8 95 111 -0.8 1.1 0.4
11 Carl Nicks 22 40 616 11.7 .522 .510 4.5 6.8 5.7 16.7 2.6 0.1 18.1 20.4 97 110 0.0 0.3 0.3
12 Mel Bennett 26 28 313 10.7 .549 .433 12.2 21.7 17.0 6.3 0.5 2.0 24.5 17.4 99 108 0.1 0.2 0.3
13 Brett Vroman 25 11 93 11.8 .481 .370 8.7 22.0 15.4 13.1 2.6 3.1 20.3 20.5 94 103 0.0 0.1 0.1
14 Dick Miller 22 3 19 1.4 .667 .667 6.1 11.9 9.1 7.1 2.6 0.0 57.1 15.9 60 108 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
15 Ron Boone 34 52 1146 9.0 .492 .446 1.7 6.6 4.2 19.9 1.4 0.4 21.2 19.7 91 112 -0.8 0.2 -0.6
16 John Duren 22 40 458 2.6 .338 .327 2.0 6.7 4.4 15.3 1.9 0.3 26.1 13.3 69 111 -1.1 0.2 -0.9

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Adrian Dantley *$279,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)