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1986-87 Utah Jazz Roster and Statistics

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44-38, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Frank Layden (44-38)

Points Per Game: 107.9 (15th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.5 (9th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 42-40 (11th of 23)

Arena: Salt Palace ▪ Attendance: 491,382 (13th of 23)

SRS: 0.05 (12th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.2 (3rd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 104.1 (21st of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.7 (1st of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus Golden State Warriors

1986-87 Utah Jazz:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
41 Thurl Bailey F-C 6-11 215 April 7, 1961 3 North Carolina State University
54 Kent Benson C 6-10 235 December 27, 1954 9 Indiana University
30 Dell Curry G 6-4 190 June 25, 1964 R Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
53 Mark Eaton C 7-4 275 January 24, 1957 4 University of California, Los Angeles
14 Rickey Green G 6-0 170 August 18, 1954 8 University of Michigan
35 Darrell Griffith G 6-4 190 June 16, 1958 5 University of Louisville
20 Bob Hansen G 6-6 190 January 18, 1961 3 University of Iowa
43 Marc Iavaroni F 6-8 210 September 15, 1956 4 University of Virginia
32 Karl Malone F 6-9 250 July 24, 1963 1 Louisiana Tech University
22 Carey Scurry F 6-7 188 December 4, 1962 1 Long Island University
12 John Stockton G 6-1 170 March 26, 1962 2 Gonzaga University
4 Kelly Tripucka F-G 6-6 220 February 16, 1959 5 University of Notre Dame

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 19755 3485 7514 .464 139 448 .310 1735 2389 .726 1194 2456 3650 2240 835 628 1403 2040 8844 107.9
Opponent 82 19755 3347 7338 .456 143 451 .317 1974 2564 .770 1310 2637 3947 2011 718 457 1579 1992 8811 107.5

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 Karl Malone 23 82 82 2857 728 1422 .512 0 7 .000 323 540 .598 278 577 855 158 104 60 237 323 1779
2 Darrell Griffith 28 76 10 1843 463 1038 .446 67 200 .335 149 212 .703 81 146 227 129 97 29 135 167 1142
3 Thurl Bailey 25 81 2 2155 463 1036 .447 0 2 .000 190 236 .805 145 287 432 102 38 88 123 150 1116
4 Kelly Tripucka 27 79 76 1865 291 621 .469 19 52 .365 197 226 .872 54 188 242 243 85 11 167 147 798
5 Rickey Green 32 81 80 2090 301 644 .467 7 19 .368 172 208 .827 38 125 163 541 110 2 133 108 781
6 Bob Hansen 26 72 72 1453 272 601 .453 16 45 .356 136 179 .760 84 119 203 102 44 6 77 146 696
7 John Stockton 24 82 2 1858 231 463 .499 7 39 .179 179 229 .782 32 119 151 670 177 14 164 224 648
8 Mark Eaton 30 79 79 2505 234 585 .400 0 0 140 213 .657 211 486 697 105 43 321 142 273 608
9 Carey Scurry 24 69 5 753 123 247 .498 4 13 .308 94 134 .701 97 101 198 57 55 54 56 124 344
10 Kent Benson 32 73 2 895 140 316 .443 2 7 .286 47 58 .810 80 151 231 39 39 28 45 138 329
11 Dell Curry 22 67 0 636 139 326 .426 17 60 .283 30 38 .789 30 48 78 58 27 4 44 86 325
12 Marc Iavaroni 30 78 0 845 100 215 .465 0 4 .000 78 116 .672 64 109 173 36 16 11 56 154 278

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 Karl Malone 23 82 82 34.8 8.9 17.3 .512 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 6.6 .598 3.4 7.0 10.4 1.9 1.3 0.7 2.9 3.9 21.7
2 Darrell Griffith 28 76 10 24.3 6.1 13.7 .446 0.9 2.6 .335 2.0 2.8 .703 1.1 1.9 3.0 1.7 1.3 0.4 1.8 2.2 15.0
3 Thurl Bailey 25 81 2 26.6 5.7 12.8 .447 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 2.9 .805 1.8 3.5 5.3 1.3 0.5 1.1 1.5 1.9 13.8
4 Kelly Tripucka 27 79 76 23.6 3.7 7.9 .469 0.2 0.7 .365 2.5 2.9 .872 0.7 2.4 3.1 3.1 1.1 0.1 2.1 1.9 10.1
5 Bob Hansen 26 72 72 20.2 3.8 8.3 .453 0.2 0.6 .356 1.9 2.5 .760 1.2 1.7 2.8 1.4 0.6 0.1 1.1 2.0 9.7
6 Rickey Green 32 81 80 25.8 3.7 8.0 .467 0.1 0.2 .368 2.1 2.6 .827 0.5 1.5 2.0 6.7 1.4 0.0 1.6 1.3 9.6
7 John Stockton 24 82 2 22.7 2.8 5.6 .499 0.1 0.5 .179 2.2 2.8 .782 0.4 1.5 1.8 8.2 2.2 0.2 2.0 2.7 7.9
8 Mark Eaton 30 79 79 31.7 3.0 7.4 .400 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.7 .657 2.7 6.2 8.8 1.3 0.5 4.1 1.8 3.5 7.7
9 Carey Scurry 24 69 5 10.9 1.8 3.6 .498 0.1 0.2 .308 1.4 1.9 .701 1.4 1.5 2.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.8 5.0
10 Dell Curry 22 67 0 9.5 2.1 4.9 .426 0.3 0.9 .283 0.4 0.6 .789 0.4 0.7 1.2 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.3 4.9
11 Kent Benson 32 73 2 12.3 1.9 4.3 .443 0.0 0.1 .286 0.6 0.8 .810 1.1 2.1 3.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 1.9 4.5
12 Marc Iavaroni 30 78 0 10.8 1.3 2.8 .465 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.5 .672 0.8 1.4 2.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.7 2.0 3.6

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 Karl Malone 23 82 82 2857 9.2 17.9 .512 0.0 0.1 .000 4.1 6.8 .598 3.5 7.3 10.8 2.0 1.3 0.8 3.0 4.1 22.4
2 Darrell Griffith 28 76 10 1843 9.0 20.3 .446 1.3 3.9 .335 2.9 4.1 .703 1.6 2.9 4.4 2.5 1.9 0.6 2.6 3.3 22.3
3 Thurl Bailey 25 81 2 2155 7.7 17.3 .447 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 3.9 .805 2.4 4.8 7.2 1.7 0.6 1.5 2.1 2.5 18.6
4 Dell Curry 22 67 0 636 7.9 18.5 .426 1.0 3.4 .283 1.7 2.2 .789 1.7 2.7 4.4 3.3 1.5 0.2 2.5 4.9 18.4
5 Bob Hansen 26 72 72 1453 6.7 14.9 .453 0.4 1.1 .356 3.4 4.4 .760 2.1 2.9 5.0 2.5 1.1 0.1 1.9 3.6 17.2
6 Carey Scurry 24 69 5 753 5.9 11.8 .498 0.2 0.6 .308 4.5 6.4 .701 4.6 4.8 9.5 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.7 5.9 16.4
7 Kelly Tripucka 27 79 76 1865 5.6 12.0 .469 0.4 1.0 .365 3.8 4.4 .872 1.0 3.6 4.7 4.7 1.6 0.2 3.2 2.8 15.4
8 Rickey Green 32 81 80 2090 5.2 11.1 .467 0.1 0.3 .368 3.0 3.6 .827 0.7 2.2 2.8 9.3 1.9 0.0 2.3 1.9 13.5
9 Kent Benson 32 73 2 895 5.6 12.7 .443 0.1 0.3 .286 1.9 2.3 .810 3.2 6.1 9.3 1.6 1.6 1.1 1.8 5.6 13.2
10 John Stockton 24 82 2 1858 4.5 9.0 .499 0.1 0.8 .179 3.5 4.4 .782 0.6 2.3 2.9 13.0 3.4 0.3 3.2 4.3 12.6
11 Marc Iavaroni 30 78 0 845 4.3 9.2 .465 0.0 0.2 .000 3.3 4.9 .672 2.7 4.6 7.4 1.5 0.7 0.5 2.4 6.6 11.8
12 Mark Eaton 30 79 79 2505 3.4 8.4 .400 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.1 .657 3.0 7.0 10.0 1.5 0.6 4.6 2.0 3.9 8.7

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 Karl Malone 23 82 2857 18.0 .536 .512 10.0 21.2 15.6 8.8 1.7 1.2 12.5 26.3 104 102 1.8 5.1 6.9
2 John Stockton 24 82 1858 19.0 .575 .506 1.8 6.7 4.2 47.6 4.4 0.4 22.5 15.5 116 102 3.4 3.3 6.7
3 Rickey Green 32 81 2090 15.9 .531 .473 1.9 6.3 4.1 35.1 2.4 0.1 15.3 16.5 113 107 3.0 2.6 5.6
4 Mark Eaton 30 79 2505 11.1 .448 .400 8.7 20.4 14.5 5.3 0.8 7.4 17.3 13.0 92 100 -1.5 5.0 3.6
5 Kelly Tripucka 27 79 1865 13.0 .554 .484 3.0 10.6 6.7 17.9 2.1 0.3 18.8 18.9 103 105 0.8 2.6 3.3
6 Thurl Bailey 25 81 2155 13.9 .490 .447 6.9 14.0 10.4 7.1 0.8 2.3 9.7 23.2 101 106 0.2 2.9 3.1
7 Bob Hansen 26 72 1453 12.4 .512 .466 6.0 8.6 7.3 10.1 1.4 0.2 10.2 20.6 105 108 0.9 1.6 2.6
8 Carey Scurry 24 69 753 18.3 .562 .506 13.3 14.1 13.7 10.5 3.4 4.1 15.5 19.1 111 99 1.0 1.6 2.6
9 Darrell Griffith 28 76 1843 15.0 .505 .478 4.5 8.3 6.4 11.1 2.4 0.9 10.7 27.2 99 105 -0.1 2.6 2.5
10 Kent Benson 32 73 895 11.7 .482 .446 9.2 17.7 13.4 6.0 2.0 1.8 11.6 17.1 100 102 0.1 1.6 1.7
11 Marc Iavaroni 30 78 845 7.8 .522 .465 7.8 13.5 10.6 5.6 0.9 0.7 17.4 15.1 100 106 0.0 1.1 1.1
12 Dell Curry 22 67 636 11.3 .474 .452 4.9 7.9 6.4 13.7 2.0 0.4 11.4 24.1 96 107 -0.3 0.8 0.5

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Karl Malone 23 5 200 37 88 0 0 26 36 15 48 6 11 4 17 20 100 .420 .722 40.0 20.0 9.6 1.2
2 Thurl Bailey 25 5 151 30 63 0 0 18 18 14 30 9 3 6 12 12 78 .476 1.000 30.2 15.6 6.0 1.8
3 Darrell Griffith 28 5 104 24 65 6 15 14 19 5 12 8 6 2 12 5 68 .369 .400 .737 20.8 13.6 2.4 1.6
4 Bob Hansen 26 5 142 21 49 2 5 17 20 3 15 11 1 1 7 14 61 .429 .400 .850 28.4 12.2 3.0 2.2
5 Mark Eaton 30 5 193 19 41 0 0 16 25 16 55 3 1 21 4 18 54 .463 .640 38.6 10.8 11.0 0.6
6 John Stockton 24 5 157 18 29 4 5 10 13 2 11 40 15 1 11 18 50 .621 .800 .769 31.4 10.0 2.2 8.0
7 Kelly Tripucka 27 5 70 14 20 0 3 4 4 1 7 3 4 0 7 6 32 .700 .000 1.000 14.0 6.4 1.4 0.6
8 Rickey Green 32 4 72 11 23 0 1 5 6 1 8 25 2 0 7 5 27 .478 .000 .833 18.0 6.8 2.0 6.3
9 Carey Scurry 24 4 57 10 22 1 2 3 7 7 14 0 4 5 2 10 24 .455 .500 .429 14.3 6.0 3.5 0.0
10 Marc Iavaroni 30 5 47 4 10 0 0 2 3 8 13 4 0 3 6 7 10 .400 .667 9.4 2.0 2.6 0.8
11 Dell Curry 22 2 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Kent Benson 32 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 John Stockton 24 5 157 18.2 .720 .690 1.5 6.7 4.1 38.1 4.8 0.4 24.1 12.3 130 104 0.4 0.3 0.7
2 Mark Eaton 30 5 193 13.9 .519 .463 9.7 23.7 16.6 2.3 0.3 6.6 7.1 12.3 116 104 0.2 0.4 0.6
3 Thurl Bailey 25 5 151 16.1 .550 .476 10.8 12.4 11.6 10.2 1.0 2.4 14.5 23.2 110 109 0.1 0.2 0.3
4 Bob Hansen 26 5 142 10.6 .528 .449 2.5 9.9 6.2 12.2 0.4 0.4 10.8 19.3 111 112 0.1 0.1 0.3
5 Karl Malone 23 5 200 13.4 .482 .420 8.7 19.3 14.0 5.0 2.8 1.2 14.1 25.6 97 104 -0.2 0.4 0.2
6 Rickey Green 32 4 72 16.4 .527 .478 1.6 11.4 6.5 55.1 1.4 0.0 21.4 19.2 111 110 0.1 0.1 0.2
7 Kelly Tripucka 27 5 70 14.1 .735 .700 1.7 10.0 5.8 7.3 2.9 0.0 24.3 17.4 110 108 0.0 0.1 0.2
8 Carey Scurry 24 4 57 15.6 .478 .477 14.3 14.4 14.3 0.0 3.5 5.4 7.4 20.1 104 101 0.0 0.1 0.1
9 Darrell Griffith 28 5 104 13.5 .463 .415 5.6 7.9 6.7 13.9 2.9 1.2 14.1 34.7 93 107 -0.2 0.2 0.0
10 Marc Iavaroni 30 5 47 6.8 .442 .400 19.8 12.5 16.2 12.2 0.0 3.9 34.6 15.6 85 110 -0.1 0.1 0.0
11 Kent Benson 32 2 3 -16.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 14.1 0 117 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Dell Curry 22 2 4 -28.9 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.7 0 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Kelly Tripucka *$971,000
2 Marc Iavaroni *$935,000
3 Darrell Griffith *$577,667
4 Mark Eaton *$535,000
5 Karl Malone *$530,000
6 Thurl Bailey *$404,500
7 Kent Benson *$332,500
8 Rickey Green *$281,000
9 John Stockton *$214,000
10 Bob Hansen *$140,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)