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1987-88 Utah Jazz Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Frank Layden (47-35)

Points Per Game: 108.5 (11th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.8 (5th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 51-31 (7th of 23)

Arena: Salt Palace ▪ Attendance: 503,969 (13th of 23)

SRS: 2.96 (9th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.5 (6th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.8 (16th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.1 (1st of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers

1987-88 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 4 North Carolina State University
45 Darryl Dawkins C 6-11 251 January 11, 1957 12
53 Mark Eaton C 7-4 275 January 24, 1957 5 University of California, Los Angeles
14 Rickey Green G 6-0 170 August 18, 1954 9 University of Michigan
35 Darrell Griffith G 6-4 190 June 16, 1958 6 University of Louisville
20 Bob Hansen G 6-6 190 January 18, 1961 4 University of Iowa
25 Eddie Hughes G 5-10 May 26, 1960 R Colorado State University
43 Marc Iavaroni F 6-8 210 September 15, 1956 5 University of Virginia
11 Bart Kofoed G 6-4 210 March 24, 1964 R University of Nebraska at Kearney
32 Karl Malone F 6-9 250 July 24, 1963 2 Louisiana Tech University
33 Scott Roth F 6-8 212 June 3, 1963 R University of Wisconsin
22 Carey Scurry F 6-7 188 December 4, 1962 2 Long Island University
12 John Stockton G 6-1 170 March 26, 1962 3 Gonzaga University
7 Kelly Tripucka F-G 6-6 220 February 16, 1959 6 University of Notre Dame
54 Melvin Turpin C 6-11 240 December 28, 1960 3 University of Kentucky

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 19705 3484 7092 .491 129 404 .319 1802 2404 .750 1066 2553 3619 2407 771 627 1481 1986 8899 108.5
Opponent 82 19705 3273 7283 .449 146 464 .315 1905 2475 .770 1277 2444 3721 1991 771 472 1467 2013 8597 104.8

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 24 82 82 3198 858 1650 .520 0 5 .000 552 789 .700 277 709 986 199 117 50 325 296 2268
2 Thurl Bailey 26 82 10 2804 633 1286 .492 1 3 .333 337 408 .826 134 397 531 158 49 125 190 186 1604
3 John Stockton 25 82 79 2842 454 791 .574 24 67 .358 272 324 .840 54 183 237 1128 242 16 262 247 1204
4 Bob Hansen 27 81 51 1796 316 611 .517 32 97 .330 113 152 .743 64 123 187 175 65 5 91 193 777
5 Darrell Griffith 29 52 11 1052 251 585 .429 28 102 .275 59 92 .641 36 91 127 91 52 5 67 102 589
6 Mark Eaton 31 82 82 2731 226 541 .418 0 0 119 191 .623 230 487 717 55 41 304 131 320 571
7 Melvin Turpin 27 79 0 1011 199 389 .512 1 3 .333 71 98 .724 88 148 236 32 26 68 71 157 470
8 Rickey Green 33 81 3 1116 157 370 .424 4 19 .211 75 83 .904 14 66 80 300 57 1 94 83 393
9 Kelly Tripucka 28 49 21 976 139 303 .459 31 74 .419 59 68 .868 30 87 117 105 34 4 68 68 368
10 Marc Iavaroni 31 81 71 1238 143 308 .464 0 2 .000 78 99 .788 94 174 268 67 23 25 83 162 364
11 Carey Scurry 25 29 0 447 54 116 .466 3 8 .375 27 39 .692 29 52 81 49 47 22 41 78 138
12 Scott Roth 24 26 0 201 30 74 .405 2 11 .182 22 30 .733 7 21 28 16 12 0 11 37 84
13 Bart Kofoed 23 36 0 225 18 48 .375 2 7 .286 8 13 .615 4 11 15 23 6 1 18 42 46
14 Eddie Hughes 27 11 0 42 5 13 .385 1 6 .167 6 6 1.000 3 1 4 8 0 0 6 5 17
15 Darryl Dawkins 31 4 0 26 1 7 .143 0 0 4 12 .333 2 3 5 1 0 1 4 10 6

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 24 82 82 39.0 10.5 20.1 .520 0.0 0.1 .000 6.7 9.6 .700 3.4 8.6 12.0 2.4 1.4 0.6 4.0 3.6 27.7
2 Thurl Bailey 26 82 10 34.2 7.7 15.7 .492 0.0 0.0 .333 4.1 5.0 .826 1.6 4.8 6.5 1.9 0.6 1.5 2.3 2.3 19.6
3 John Stockton 25 82 79 34.7 5.5 9.6 .574 0.3 0.8 .358 3.3 4.0 .840 0.7 2.2 2.9 13.8 3.0 0.2 3.2 3.0 14.7
4 Darrell Griffith 29 52 11 20.2 4.8 11.3 .429 0.5 2.0 .275 1.1 1.8 .641 0.7 1.8 2.4 1.8 1.0 0.1 1.3 2.0 11.3
5 Bob Hansen 27 81 51 22.2 3.9 7.5 .517 0.4 1.2 .330 1.4 1.9 .743 0.8 1.5 2.3 2.2 0.8 0.1 1.1 2.4 9.6
6 Kelly Tripucka 28 49 21 19.9 2.8 6.2 .459 0.6 1.5 .419 1.2 1.4 .868 0.6 1.8 2.4 2.1 0.7 0.1 1.4 1.4 7.5
7 Mark Eaton 31 82 82 33.3 2.8 6.6 .418 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.3 .623 2.8 5.9 8.7 0.7 0.5 3.7 1.6 3.9 7.0
8 Melvin Turpin 27 79 0 12.8 2.5 4.9 .512 0.0 0.0 .333 0.9 1.2 .724 1.1 1.9 3.0 0.4 0.3 0.9 0.9 2.0 5.9
9 Rickey Green 33 81 3 13.8 1.9 4.6 .424 0.0 0.2 .211 0.9 1.0 .904 0.2 0.8 1.0 3.7 0.7 0.0 1.2 1.0 4.9
10 Carey Scurry 25 29 0 15.4 1.9 4.0 .466 0.1 0.3 .375 0.9 1.3 .692 1.0 1.8 2.8 1.7 1.6 0.8 1.4 2.7 4.8
11 Marc Iavaroni 31 81 71 15.3 1.8 3.8 .464 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.2 .788 1.2 2.1 3.3 0.8 0.3 0.3 1.0 2.0 4.5
12 Scott Roth 24 26 0 7.7 1.2 2.8 .405 0.1 0.4 .182 0.8 1.2 .733 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.4 1.4 3.2
13 Eddie Hughes 27 11 0 3.8 0.5 1.2 .385 0.1 0.5 .167 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.5
14 Darryl Dawkins 31 4 0 6.5 0.3 1.8 .143 0.0 0.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.0 2.5 1.5
15 Bart Kofoed 23 36 0 6.3 0.5 1.3 .375 0.1 0.2 .286 0.2 0.4 .615 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.5 1.2 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 Karl Malone 24 82 82 3198 9.7 18.6 .520 0.0 0.1 .000 6.2 8.9 .700 3.1 8.0 11.1 2.2 1.3 0.6 3.7 3.3 25.5
2 Thurl Bailey 26 82 10 2804 8.1 16.5 .492 0.0 0.0 .333 4.3 5.2 .826 1.7 5.1 6.8 2.0 0.6 1.6 2.4 2.4 20.6
3 Darrell Griffith 29 52 11 1052 8.6 20.0 .429 1.0 3.5 .275 2.0 3.1 .641 1.2 3.1 4.3 3.1 1.8 0.2 2.3 3.5 20.2
4 Melvin Turpin 27 79 0 1011 7.1 13.9 .512 0.0 0.1 .333 2.5 3.5 .724 3.1 5.3 8.4 1.1 0.9 2.4 2.5 5.6 16.7
5 Bob Hansen 27 81 51 1796 6.3 12.2 .517 0.6 1.9 .330 2.3 3.0 .743 1.3 2.5 3.7 3.5 1.3 0.1 1.8 3.9 15.6
6 John Stockton 25 82 79 2842 5.8 10.0 .574 0.3 0.8 .358 3.4 4.1 .840 0.7 2.3 3.0 14.3 3.1 0.2 3.3 3.1 15.3
7 Scott Roth 24 26 0 201 5.4 13.3 .405 0.4 2.0 .182 3.9 5.4 .733 1.3 3.8 5.0 2.9 2.1 0.0 2.0 6.6 15.0
8 Eddie Hughes 27 11 0 42 4.3 11.1 .385 0.9 5.1 .167 5.1 5.1 1.000 2.6 0.9 3.4 6.9 0.0 0.0 5.1 4.3 14.6
9 Kelly Tripucka 28 49 21 976 5.1 11.2 .459 1.1 2.7 .419 2.2 2.5 .868 1.1 3.2 4.3 3.9 1.3 0.1 2.5 2.5 13.6
10 Rickey Green 33 81 3 1116 5.1 11.9 .424 0.1 0.6 .211 2.4 2.7 .904 0.5 2.1 2.6 9.7 1.8 0.0 3.0 2.7 12.7
11 Carey Scurry 25 29 0 447 4.3 9.3 .466 0.2 0.6 .375 2.2 3.1 .692 2.3 4.2 6.5 3.9 3.8 1.8 3.3 6.3 11.1
12 Marc Iavaroni 31 81 71 1238 4.2 9.0 .464 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 2.9 .788 2.7 5.1 7.8 1.9 0.7 0.7 2.4 4.7 10.6
13 Darryl Dawkins 31 4 0 26 1.4 9.7 .143 0.0 0.0 5.5 16.6 .333 2.8 4.2 6.9 1.4 0.0 1.4 5.5 13.8 8.3
14 Mark Eaton 31 82 82 2731 3.0 7.1 .418 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.5 .623 3.0 6.4 9.5 0.7 0.5 4.0 1.7 4.2 7.5
15 Bart Kofoed 23 36 0 225 2.9 7.7 .375 0.3 1.1 .286 1.3 2.1 .615 0.6 1.8 2.4 3.7 1.0 0.2 2.9 6.7 7.4

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 25 82 2842 23.2 .645 .589 2.1 6.6 4.5 54.8 4.0 0.3 21.9 17.2 125 102 9.2 4.9 14.1
2 Karl Malone 24 82 3198 20.7 .568 .520 9.7 22.8 16.6 10.1 1.7 0.9 14.0 29.7 107 101 4.0 6.1 10.1
3 Thurl Bailey 26 82 2804 16.3 .547 .493 5.4 14.6 10.2 8.6 0.8 2.6 11.5 24.2 106 104 2.7 4.1 6.8
4 Bob Hansen 27 81 1796 12.9 .573 .543 4.0 7.0 5.6 13.8 1.7 0.2 11.8 17.5 112 107 2.3 2.1 4.4
5 Mark Eaton 31 82 2731 9.5 .457 .418 9.5 18.3 14.1 2.5 0.7 6.4 17.3 11.3 94 101 -1.1 5.2 4.1
6 Melvin Turpin 27 79 1011 13.8 .544 .513 9.8 15.1 12.5 4.6 1.2 3.9 14.1 20.4 103 102 0.4 1.7 2.1
7 Rickey Green 33 81 1116 13.2 .483 .430 1.4 6.1 3.8 36.2 2.4 0.1 18.8 18.4 102 106 0.4 1.4 1.8
8 Kelly Tripucka 28 49 976 11.4 .553 .510 3.5 9.2 6.4 14.5 1.6 0.2 17.0 16.8 104 106 0.5 1.2 1.7
9 Marc Iavaroni 31 81 1238 8.6 .518 .464 8.5 14.5 11.6 7.0 0.9 1.2 19.1 14.4 99 105 0.0 1.7 1.7
10 Carey Scurry 25 29 447 12.8 .518 .478 7.3 12.0 9.7 14.4 5.0 2.8 23.5 15.9 95 96 -0.2 1.1 0.9
11 Darrell Griffith 29 52 1052 12.7 .471 .453 3.8 8.9 6.5 13.4 2.3 0.3 9.7 26.9 95 105 -0.7 1.5 0.8
12 Scott Roth 24 26 201 10.1 .482 .419 3.9 10.8 7.5 10.8 2.8 0.0 11.2 20.0 100 103 0.0 0.3 0.3
13 Eddie Hughes 27 11 42 8.8 .543 .423 8.0 2.4 5.1 24.9 0.0 0.0 27.7 21.1 99 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Bart Kofoed 23 36 225 1.9 .428 .396 2.0 5.0 3.6 12.7 1.3 0.3 25.1 13.0 80 108 -0.4 0.2 -0.1
15 Darryl Dawkins 31 4 26 -10.6 .244 .143 8.6 11.9 10.3 4.5 0.0 2.2 24.6 25.6 50 107 -0.2 0.0 -0.2

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 24 11 494 123 255 0 1 81 112 33 130 17 13 7 39 35 327 .482 .000 .723 44.9 29.7 11.8 1.5
2 Thurl Bailey 26 11 449 99 203 0 1 57 68 21 63 18 6 23 21 32 255 .488 .000 .838 40.8 23.2 5.7 1.6
3 John Stockton 25 11 478 68 134 4 14 75 91 14 45 163 37 3 48 36 215 .507 .286 .824 43.5 19.5 4.1 14.8
4 Bob Hansen 27 11 408 67 135 19 36 16 22 8 39 32 7 0 27 42 169 .496 .528 .727 37.1 15.4 3.5 2.9
5 Mark Eaton 31 11 461 31 65 0 0 23 36 28 103 13 12 34 14 48 85 .477 .639 41.9 7.7 9.4 1.2
6 Marc Iavaroni 31 11 137 16 29 0 0 12 14 5 19 14 2 2 6 26 44 .552 .857 12.5 4.0 1.7 1.3
7 Bart Kofoed 23 10 109 9 23 1 5 2 2 3 14 11 1 0 9 18 21 .391 .200 1.000 10.9 2.1 1.4 1.1
8 Melvin Turpin 27 7 31 3 9 0 0 2 2 3 6 2 1 4 2 5 8 .333 1.000 4.4 1.1 0.9 0.3
9 Eddie Hughes 27 7 16 2 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 .286 .333 2.3 0.7 0.0 0.1
10 Rickey Green 33 7 38 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 2 0 3 2 4 .250 5.4 0.6 0.1 1.3
11 Scott Roth 24 6 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 1.7 0.3 0.0 0.0
12 Kelly Tripucka 28 2 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 .333 4.5 1.0 0.5 0.5

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 25 11 478 22.5 .618 .522 3.6 7.0 5.4 51.9 3.9 0.4 21.6 20.3 121 106 1.3 0.7 2.0
2 Thurl Bailey 26 11 449 16.6 .547 .488 5.8 10.1 8.1 6.9 0.7 3.0 8.3 24.8 110 110 0.5 0.5 1.0
3 Karl Malone 24 11 494 18.4 .537 .482 8.3 21.1 15.1 6.3 1.3 0.8 11.4 30.4 104 106 0.2 0.8 1.0
4 Mark Eaton 31 11 461 10.1 .526 .477 7.5 17.5 12.9 3.9 1.3 4.3 14.8 9.0 107 105 0.2 0.8 0.9
5 Bob Hansen 27 11 408 10.3 .584 .567 2.4 8.2 5.5 12.4 0.9 0.0 15.7 18.4 104 112 0.1 0.3 0.4
6 Marc Iavaroni 31 11 137 10.7 .626 .552 4.5 11.0 8.0 15.0 0.7 0.9 14.6 13.2 122 111 0.2 0.1 0.4
7 Eddie Hughes 27 7 16 2.7 .357 .357 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.3 3.2 0.0 12.5 21.9 71 111 -0.1 0.0 0.0
8 Scott Roth 24 6 10 10.7 .333 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.1 0.0 0.0 13.1 73 97 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Melvin Turpin 27 7 31 10.1 .405 .333 12.0 10.4 11.1 9.2 1.6 7.6 16.8 16.8 90 105 0.0 0.1 0.0
10 Kelly Tripucka 28 2 9 0.6 .333 .333 13.7 0.0 6.4 16.1 0.0 0.0 25.0 19.5 74 118 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Bart Kofoed 23 10 109 2.3 .440 .413 3.4 10.9 7.4 14.1 0.5 0.0 27.4 13.2 80 112 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
12 Rickey Green 33 7 38 4.2 .250 .250 0.0 2.8 1.5 31.7 2.7 0.0 27.3 12.7 71 111 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Marc Iavaroni $1,750,000
2 Melvin Turpin $1,000,000
3 Kelly Tripucka $971,000
4 Karl Malone $835,000
5 Darryl Dawkins $750,000
6 Darrell Griffith $685,000
7 Mark Eaton $625,000
8 Thurl Bailey $549,000
9 Rickey Green $312,000
10 John Stockton $278,000
11 Bob Hansen $200,000
12 Scott Roth $75,000
13 Bart Kofoed $75,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)