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1996-97 Utah Jazz Roster and Statistics

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64-18, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Jerry Sloan (64-18)

Points Per Game: 103.1 (2nd of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 94.3 (8th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 64-18 (2nd of 29)

Arena: Delta Center ▪ Attendance: 813,073 (5th of 29)

SRS: 7.97 (2nd of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 90.0 (17th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 113.6 (2nd of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.0 (9th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus Chicago Bulls
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Houston Rockets
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Los Angeles Clippers

1996-97 Utah Jazz:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
40 Shandon Anderson F-G 6-6 208 December 31, 1973 R University of Georgia
55 Antoine Carr F-C 6-9 225 July 23, 1961 12 Wichita State University
10 Howard Eisley G 6-2 177 December 4, 1972 2 Boston College
44 Greg Foster F-C 6-11 240 October 3, 1968 6 University of Texas at El Paso
14 Jeff Hornacek G 6-3 190 May 3, 1963 10 Iowa State University
43 Stephen Howard F 6-9 225 July 15, 1970 2 DePaul University
31 Adam Keefe F 6-9 230 February 22, 1970 4 Stanford University
32 Karl Malone F 6-9 250 July 24, 1963 11 Louisiana Tech University
34 Chris Morris F 6-8 210 January 20, 1966 8 Auburn University
30 Ruben Nembhard G 6-3 208 February 20, 1972 R Weber State University
00 Greg Ostertag C 7-2 280 March 6, 1973 1 University of Kansas
3 Bryon Russell F 6-7 225 December 31, 1970 3 California State University, Long Beach
12 John Stockton G 6-1 170 March 26, 1962 12 Gonzaga University
22 Brooks Thompson G 6-4 193 July 19, 1970 2 Oklahoma State University
15 Jamie Watson F 6-7 190 February 23, 1972 2 University of South Carolina

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 19830 3131 6217 .504 334 902 .370 1858 2416 .769 889 2410 3299 2199 748 418 1259 1981 8454 103.1
Opponent 82 19830 2708 6188 .438 521 1480 .352 1796 2395 .750 957 2101 3058 1593 639 373 1330 2045 7733 94.3

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 33 82 82 2998 864 1571 .550 0 13 .000 521 690 .755 193 616 809 368 113 48 233 217 2249
2 Jeff Hornacek 33 82 82 2592 413 856 .482 72 195 .369 293 326 .899 60 181 241 361 124 26 134 188 1191
3 John Stockton 34 82 82 2896 416 759 .548 76 180 .422 275 325 .846 45 183 228 860 166 15 248 194 1183
4 Bryon Russell 26 81 81 2525 297 620 .479 108 264 .409 171 244 .701 79 252 331 123 129 27 94 237 873
5 Antoine Carr 35 82 0 1460 252 522 .483 0 3 .000 99 127 .780 60 135 195 74 24 63 75 214 603
6 Greg Ostertag 23 77 70 1818 210 408 .515 0 4 .000 139 205 .678 180 385 565 27 24 152 74 233 559
7 Shandon Anderson 23 65 0 1066 147 318 .462 24 47 .511 68 99 .687 52 127 179 49 27 8 73 113 386
8 Howard Eisley 24 82 0 1083 139 308 .451 20 72 .278 70 89 .787 20 64 84 198 44 10 110 141 368
9 Chris Morris 31 73 1 977 122 299 .408 31 113 .274 39 54 .722 37 125 162 43 29 24 45 121 314
10 Greg Foster 28 79 12 920 111 245 .453 2 3 .667 54 65 .831 56 131 187 31 10 20 54 145 278
11 Adam Keefe 26 62 0 915 82 160 .513 0 1 .000 71 103 .689 75 141 216 32 30 13 45 97 235
12 Stephen Howard 26 42 0 349 55 96 .573 0 0 40 67 .597 25 51 76 10 11 10 20 55 150
13 Jamie Watson 24 13 0 129 11 25 .440 1 3 .333 10 12 .833 4 14 18 10 11 2 9 16 33
14 Ruben Nembhard 24 8 0 94 12 29 .414 0 4 .000 8 10 .800 3 5 8 12 6 0 3 9 32
15 Brooks Thompson 26 2 0 8 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0

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 33 82 82 36.6 10.5 19.2 .550 0.0 0.2 .000 6.4 8.4 .755 2.4 7.5 9.9 4.5 1.4 0.6 2.8 2.6 27.4
2 Jeff Hornacek 33 82 82 31.6 5.0 10.4 .482 0.9 2.4 .369 3.6 4.0 .899 0.7 2.2 2.9 4.4 1.5 0.3 1.6 2.3 14.5
3 John Stockton 34 82 82 35.3 5.1 9.3 .548 0.9 2.2 .422 3.4 4.0 .846 0.5 2.2 2.8 10.5 2.0 0.2 3.0 2.4 14.4
4 Bryon Russell 26 81 81 31.2 3.7 7.7 .479 1.3 3.3 .409 2.1 3.0 .701 1.0 3.1 4.1 1.5 1.6 0.3 1.2 2.9 10.8
5 Antoine Carr 35 82 0 17.8 3.1 6.4 .483 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.5 .780 0.7 1.6 2.4 0.9 0.3 0.8 0.9 2.6 7.4
6 Greg Ostertag 23 77 70 23.6 2.7 5.3 .515 0.0 0.1 .000 1.8 2.7 .678 2.3 5.0 7.3 0.4 0.3 2.0 1.0 3.0 7.3
7 Shandon Anderson 23 65 0 16.4 2.3 4.9 .462 0.4 0.7 .511 1.0 1.5 .687 0.8 2.0 2.8 0.8 0.4 0.1 1.1 1.7 5.9
8 Howard Eisley 24 82 0 13.2 1.7 3.8 .451 0.2 0.9 .278 0.9 1.1 .787 0.2 0.8 1.0 2.4 0.5 0.1 1.3 1.7 4.5
9 Chris Morris 31 73 1 13.4 1.7 4.1 .408 0.4 1.5 .274 0.5 0.7 .722 0.5 1.7 2.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.6 1.7 4.3
10 Ruben Nembhard 24 8 0 11.8 1.5 3.6 .414 0.0 0.5 .000 1.0 1.3 .800 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.5 0.8 0.0 0.4 1.1 4.0
11 Adam Keefe 26 62 0 14.8 1.3 2.6 .513 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.7 .689 1.2 2.3 3.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.7 1.6 3.8
12 Stephen Howard 26 42 0 8.3 1.3 2.3 .573 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6 .597 0.6 1.2 1.8 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.3 3.6
13 Greg Foster 28 79 12 11.6 1.4 3.1 .453 0.0 0.0 .667 0.7 0.8 .831 0.7 1.7 2.4 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.8 3.5
14 Jamie Watson 24 13 0 9.9 0.8 1.9 .440 0.1 0.2 .333 0.8 0.9 .833 0.3 1.1 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.7 1.2 2.5
15 Brooks Thompson 26 2 0 4.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0

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 33 82 82 2998 10.4 18.9 .550 0.0 0.2 .000 6.3 8.3 .755 2.3 7.4 9.7 4.4 1.4 0.6 2.8 2.6 27.0
2 Jeff Hornacek 33 82 82 2592 5.7 11.9 .482 1.0 2.7 .369 4.1 4.5 .899 0.8 2.5 3.3 5.0 1.7 0.4 1.9 2.6 16.5
3 Stephen Howard 26 42 0 349 5.7 9.9 .573 0.0 0.0 4.1 6.9 .597 2.6 5.3 7.8 1.0 1.1 1.0 2.1 5.7 15.5
4 Antoine Carr 35 82 0 1460 6.2 12.9 .483 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.1 .780 1.5 3.3 4.8 1.8 0.6 1.6 1.8 5.3 14.9
5 John Stockton 34 82 82 2896 5.2 9.4 .548 0.9 2.2 .422 3.4 4.0 .846 0.6 2.3 2.8 10.7 2.1 0.2 3.1 2.4 14.7
6 Shandon Anderson 23 65 0 1066 5.0 10.7 .462 0.8 1.6 .511 2.3 3.3 .687 1.8 4.3 6.0 1.7 0.9 0.3 2.5 3.8 13.0
7 Bryon Russell 26 81 81 2525 4.2 8.8 .479 1.5 3.8 .409 2.4 3.5 .701 1.1 3.6 4.7 1.8 1.8 0.4 1.3 3.4 12.4
8 Ruben Nembhard 24 8 0 94 4.6 11.1 .414 0.0 1.5 .000 3.1 3.8 .800 1.1 1.9 3.1 4.6 2.3 0.0 1.1 3.4 12.3
9 Howard Eisley 24 82 0 1083 4.6 10.2 .451 0.7 2.4 .278 2.3 3.0 .787 0.7 2.1 2.8 6.6 1.5 0.3 3.7 4.7 12.2
10 Chris Morris 31 73 1 977 4.5 11.0 .408 1.1 4.2 .274 1.4 2.0 .722 1.4 4.6 6.0 1.6 1.1 0.9 1.7 4.5 11.6
11 Greg Ostertag 23 77 70 1818 4.2 8.1 .515 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 4.1 .678 3.6 7.6 11.2 0.5 0.5 3.0 1.5 4.6 11.1
12 Greg Foster 28 79 12 920 4.3 9.6 .453 0.1 0.1 .667 2.1 2.5 .831 2.2 5.1 7.3 1.2 0.4 0.8 2.1 5.7 10.9
13 Adam Keefe 26 62 0 915 3.2 6.3 .513 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 4.1 .689 3.0 5.5 8.5 1.3 1.2 0.5 1.8 3.8 9.2
14 Jamie Watson 24 13 0 129 3.1 7.0 .440 0.3 0.8 .333 2.8 3.3 .833 1.1 3.9 5.0 2.8 3.1 0.6 2.5 4.5 9.2
15 Brooks Thompson 26 2 0 8 0.0 4.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 0.0

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 33 82 2998 28.9 .600 .550 8.5 24.2 16.8 24.5 2.0 1.3 11.1 32.7 118 101 11.6 5.1 16.7
2 John Stockton 34 82 2896 22.1 .656 .598 2.1 7.4 4.9 46.0 3.1 0.4 21.6 18.4 125 105 10.0 3.6 13.6
3 Jeff Hornacek 33 82 2592 18.8 .596 .525 3.1 8.2 5.8 22.1 2.6 0.8 11.8 20.3 121 106 7.2 3.0 10.2
4 Bryon Russell 26 81 2525 13.7 .600 .566 4.1 11.8 8.2 7.3 2.7 0.9 11.4 15.1 116 104 3.9 3.4 7.4
5 Greg Ostertag 23 77 1818 15.3 .561 .515 13.1 24.9 19.4 2.2 0.7 7.0 12.9 14.6 114 100 2.6 3.3 5.9
6 Antoine Carr 35 82 1460 12.1 .522 .483 5.5 10.9 8.3 8.2 0.9 3.6 11.5 20.8 103 106 0.8 1.6 2.4
7 Adam Keefe 26 62 915 11.7 .572 .513 10.9 18.2 14.7 5.0 1.7 1.2 18.0 12.7 111 104 1.0 1.3 2.3
8 Howard Eisley 24 82 1083 11.1 .530 .484 2.4 7.0 4.8 27.7 2.2 0.8 24.1 19.6 99 107 0.1 1.1 1.2
9 Shandon Anderson 23 65 1066 10.4 .534 .500 6.5 14.0 10.5 7.1 1.4 0.6 16.8 18.9 99 106 0.1 1.2 1.2
10 Chris Morris 31 73 977 9.7 .486 .460 5.0 15.1 10.3 6.6 1.6 2.1 12.2 17.5 97 104 -0.1 1.3 1.2
11 Stephen Howard 26 42 349 15.4 .598 .573 9.5 17.2 13.6 4.5 1.7 2.4 13.7 19.4 112 103 0.5 0.5 1.1
12 Greg Foster 28 79 920 8.4 .508 .457 8.1 16.8 12.7 5.0 0.6 1.8 16.5 16.5 98 106 0.0 1.0 1.0
13 Jamie Watson 24 13 129 11.5 .545 .460 4.1 12.8 8.7 11.0 4.5 1.3 22.9 14.1 99 99 0.0 0.2 0.3
14 Ruben Nembhard 24 8 94 13.8 .479 .414 4.2 6.3 5.3 19.3 3.4 0.0 8.2 18.0 110 105 0.1 0.1 0.2
15 Brooks Thompson 26 2 8 -9.1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.8 0.0 0.0 50.0 11.6 27 114 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 33 20 816 187 430 1 2 144 200 60 228 57 27 15 54 59 519 .435 .500 .720 40.8 26.0 11.4 2.9
2 John Stockton 34 20 739 113 217 19 50 77 90 18 78 191 33 5 62 52 322 .521 .380 .856 37.0 16.1 3.9 9.6
3 Jeff Hornacek 33 20 704 90 208 19 53 92 105 22 89 73 21 4 36 53 291 .433 .358 .876 35.2 14.6 4.5 3.7
4 Bryon Russell 26 20 758 89 193 36 101 31 43 18 92 27 21 6 20 59 245 .461 .356 .721 37.9 12.3 4.6 1.4
5 Howard Eisley 24 20 217 38 76 9 19 27 28 4 18 40 3 0 17 27 112 .500 .474 .964 10.9 5.6 0.9 2.0
6 Antoine Carr 35 20 280 40 83 0 0 18 24 11 40 10 6 9 18 64 98 .482 .750 14.0 4.9 2.0 0.5
7 Greg Ostertag 23 20 459 34 83 0 0 26 35 52 137 6 10 47 18 76 94 .410 .743 23.0 4.7 6.9 0.3
8 Greg Foster 28 20 309 28 72 2 8 26 30 15 56 11 4 7 11 53 84 .389 .250 .867 15.5 4.2 2.8 0.6
9 Shandon Anderson 23 18 296 29 66 5 12 20 28 20 48 13 11 1 13 28 83 .439 .417 .714 16.4 4.6 2.7 0.7
10 Chris Morris 31 20 175 20 50 8 25 9 15 5 32 5 8 3 6 18 57 .400 .320 .600 8.8 2.9 1.6 0.3
11 Stephen Howard 26 5 13 3 6 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 9 .500 .750 2.6 1.8 0.2 0.0
12 Adam Keefe 26 8 59 2 6 0 0 4 6 3 16 2 2 1 2 5 8 .333 .667 7.4 1.0 2.0 0.3

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 34 20 739 22.7 .627 .565 3.0 9.6 6.4 47.5 2.5 0.6 19.5 20.6 122 108 2.3 0.8 3.1
2 Karl Malone 33 20 816 22.2 .501 .436 9.1 24.3 16.9 14.9 1.8 1.6 9.4 33.4 105 104 1.0 1.2 2.2
3 Jeff Hornacek 33 20 704 16.4 .572 .478 3.9 11.2 7.6 18.2 1.7 0.5 12.4 19.7 117 109 1.5 0.6 2.1
4 Bryon Russell 26 20 758 12.1 .578 .554 2.9 11.5 7.3 6.1 1.5 0.7 8.6 14.6 115 109 1.0 0.6 1.6
5 Greg Ostertag 23 20 459 12.9 .478 .410 14.1 21.8 18.1 2.1 1.2 9.0 15.5 12.1 105 100 0.2 0.9 1.1
6 Howard Eisley 24 20 217 19.4 .634 .559 2.3 7.6 5.0 35.3 0.8 0.0 16.1 23.1 121 112 0.7 0.1 0.8
7 Shandon Anderson 23 18 296 11.3 .530 .477 8.4 11.2 9.8 7.3 2.1 0.3 14.2 14.7 108 108 0.2 0.3 0.5
8 Greg Foster 28 20 309 8.4 .493 .403 6.0 15.7 11.0 5.9 0.7 2.0 11.4 14.8 104 108 0.2 0.3 0.4
9 Chris Morris 31 20 175 11.8 .504 .480 3.5 18.2 11.1 4.9 2.5 1.5 9.6 17.1 101 104 0.0 0.3 0.3
10 Antoine Carr 35 20 280 8.5 .524 .482 4.9 12.2 8.6 6.4 1.2 2.8 16.1 19.0 97 107 -0.1 0.3 0.2
11 Stephen Howard 26 5 13 23.8 .580 .500 0.0 9.1 4.7 0.0 4.3 0.0 0.0 28.5 124 104 0.0 0.0 0.1
12 Adam Keefe 26 8 59 9.0 .463 .333 6.3 26.0 16.4 5.1 1.9 1.5 18.8 8.6 99 103 0.0 0.1 0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 John Stockton $6,000,000
2 Karl Malone $4,657,000
3 Chris Morris $2,500,000
4 Jeff Hornacek $2,396,000
5 Antoine Carr $2,300,000
6 Adam Keefe $1,950,000
7 Kenny Gattison $1,450,000
8 Brooks Thompson $1,332,300
9 Jamie Watson $1,000,000
10 Greg Ostertag $573,000
11 Greg Foster $420,000
12 Bryon Russell $385,000
13 Howard Eisley $298,000
14 Ruben Nembhard *$220,000
15 Shandon Anderson $220,000
16 Stephen Howard $181,100
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)