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1997-98 Utah Jazz Roster and Statistics

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62-20, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 101.0 points per game, Allowed 94.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 59-23)
Coached by Jerry Sloan (62-20)

Arena: Delta Center ▪ Attendance: 815,889 (4th of 29)

SRS: 5.73 (5th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 89.2 (21st of 29)
Offensive Rating: 112.7 (1st of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.4 (16th of 29)

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

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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	1	University of Georgia
55	Antoine Carr	F-C	6-9	225	July 23, 1961	13	Wichita State University
45	William Cunningham	C	6-11	250	March 25, 1974	R	Temple University
10	Howard Eisley	G	6-2	177	December 4, 1972	3	Boston College
44	Greg Foster	F-C	6-11	240	October 3, 1968	7	University of Texas at El Paso
14	Jeff Hornacek	G	6-3	190	May 3, 1963	11	Iowa State University
25	Troy Hudson	G	6-1	170	March 13, 1976	R	Southern Illinois University
31	Adam Keefe	F	6-9	230	February 22, 1970	5	Stanford University
32	Karl Malone	F	6-9	250	July 24, 1963	12	Louisiana Tech University
34	Chris Morris	F	6-8	210	January 20, 1966	9	Auburn University
00	Greg Ostertag	C	7-2	280	March 6, 1973	2	University of Kansas
3	Bryon Russell	F	6-7	225	December 31, 1970	4	California State University, Long Beach
12	John Stockton	G	6-1	170	March 26, 1962	13	Gonzaga University
11	Jacque Vaughn	G	6-1	190	February 11, 1975	R	University of Kansas

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	19780	2993	6113	.490	249	670	.372	2044	2644	.773	962	2405	3367	2070	648	412	1260	1961	8279	101.0
Opponent	82	19780	2806	6390	.439	401	1122	.357	1730	2284	.757	984	2012	2996	1690	645	423	1157	2133	7743	94.4

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	34	81	81	3030	780	1472	.530	2	6	.333	628	825	.761	189	645	834	316	96	70	247	237	2190
2	Jeff Hornacek	34	80	80	2460	399	828	.482	56	127	.441	285	322	.885	65	205	270	349	109	15	132	175	1139
3	John Stockton	35	64	64	1858	270	511	.528	39	91	.429	191	231	.827	35	131	166	543	89	10	161	138	770
4	Bryon Russell	27	82	7	2219	226	525	.430	73	214	.341	213	278	.766	78	248	326	101	90	31	81	229	738
5	Shandon Anderson	24	82	2	1602	269	500	.538	7	32	.219	136	185	.735	86	141	227	89	66	18	91	145	681
6	Howard Eisley	25	82	18	1726	229	519	.441	48	118	.407	127	149	.852	25	141	166	346	54	13	160	182	633
7	Adam Keefe	27	80	75	2047	229	424	.540	0	0		162	200	.810	179	259	438	89	52	24	71	172	620
8	Greg Foster	29	78	49	1446	186	418	.445	2	9	.222	67	87	.770	85	188	273	51	15	28	68	187	441
9	Antoine Carr	36	66	8	1086	151	325	.465	0	0		76	98	.776	42	89	131	48	11	53	48	195	378
10	Greg Ostertag	24	63	23	1288	115	239	.481	0	0		67	140	.479	134	240	374	25	28	132	74	166	297
11	Chris Morris	32	54	1	538	85	207	.411	19	62	.306	44	61	.721	35	79	114	24	25	17	33	61	233
12	Jacque Vaughn	22	45	0	419	44	122	.361	3	8	.375	48	68	.706	4	34	38	84	9	1	56	63	139
13	Troy Hudson	21	8	0	23	6	14	.429	0	3	.000	0	0		1	1	2	4	2	0	1	1	12
14	William Cunningham	23	6	2	38	4	9	.444	0	0		0	0		4	4	8	1	2	0	0	10	8

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	34	81	81	37.4	9.6	18.2	.530	0.0	0.1	.333	7.8	10.2	.761	2.3	8.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	3.0	2.9	27.0
2	Jeff Hornacek	34	80	80	30.8	5.0	10.4	.482	0.7	1.6	.441	3.6	4.0	.885	0.8	2.6	3.4	4.4	1.4	0.2	1.7	2.2	14.2
3	John Stockton	35	64	64	29.0	4.2	8.0	.528	0.6	1.4	.429	3.0	3.6	.827	0.5	2.0	2.6	8.5	1.4	0.2	2.5	2.2	12.0
4	Bryon Russell	27	82	7	27.1	2.8	6.4	.430	0.9	2.6	.341	2.6	3.4	.766	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.2	1.1	0.4	1.0	2.8	9.0
5	Shandon Anderson	24	82	2	19.5	3.3	6.1	.538	0.1	0.4	.219	1.7	2.3	.735	1.0	1.7	2.8	1.1	0.8	0.2	1.1	1.8	8.3
6	Adam Keefe	27	80	75	25.6	2.9	5.3	.540	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.5	.810	2.2	3.2	5.5	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.2	7.8
7	Howard Eisley	25	82	18	21.0	2.8	6.3	.441	0.6	1.4	.407	1.5	1.8	.852	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.2	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.2	7.7
8	Antoine Carr	36	66	8	16.5	2.3	4.9	.465	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.5	.776	0.6	1.3	2.0	0.7	0.2	0.8	0.7	3.0	5.7
9	Greg Foster	29	78	49	18.5	2.4	5.4	.445	0.0	0.1	.222	0.9	1.1	.770	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.4	5.7
10	Greg Ostertag	24	63	23	20.4	1.8	3.8	.481	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.2	.479	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.4	0.4	2.1	1.2	2.6	4.7
11	Chris Morris	32	54	1	10.0	1.6	3.8	.411	0.4	1.1	.306	0.8	1.1	.721	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.1	4.3
12	Jacque Vaughn	22	45	0	9.3	1.0	2.7	.361	0.1	0.2	.375	1.1	1.5	.706	0.1	0.8	0.8	1.9	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.4	3.1
13	Troy Hudson	21	8	0	2.9	0.8	1.8	.429	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.5
14	William Cunningham	23	6	2	6.3	0.7	1.5	.444	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.7	0.7	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	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	34	81	81	3030	9.3	17.5	.530	0.0	0.1	.333	7.5	9.8	.761	2.2	7.7	9.9	3.8	1.1	0.8	2.9	2.8	26.0
2	Troy Hudson	21	8	0	23	9.4	21.9	.429	0.0	4.7	.000	0.0	0.0		1.6	1.6	3.1	6.3	3.1	0.0	1.6	1.6	18.8
3	Jeff Hornacek	34	80	80	2460	5.8	12.1	.482	0.8	1.9	.441	4.2	4.7	.885	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.1	1.6	0.2	1.9	2.6	16.7
4	Chris Morris	32	54	1	538	5.7	13.9	.411	1.3	4.1	.306	2.9	4.1	.721	2.3	5.3	7.6	1.6	1.7	1.1	2.2	4.1	15.6
5	Shandon Anderson	24	82	2	1602	6.0	11.2	.538	0.2	0.7	.219	3.1	4.2	.735	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.0	1.5	0.4	2.0	3.3	15.3
6	John Stockton	35	64	64	1858	5.2	9.9	.528	0.8	1.8	.429	3.7	4.5	.827	0.7	2.5	3.2	10.5	1.7	0.2	3.1	2.7	14.9
7	Howard Eisley	25	82	18	1726	4.8	10.8	.441	1.0	2.5	.407	2.6	3.1	.852	0.5	2.9	3.5	7.2	1.1	0.3	3.3	3.8	13.2
8	Antoine Carr	36	66	8	1086	5.0	10.8	.465	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.2	.776	1.4	3.0	4.3	1.6	0.4	1.8	1.6	6.5	12.5
9	Bryon Russell	27	82	7	2219	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	3.5	.341	3.5	4.5	.766	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.6	1.5	0.5	1.3	3.7	12.0
10	Jacque Vaughn	22	45	0	419	3.8	10.5	.361	0.3	0.7	.375	4.1	5.8	.706	0.3	2.9	3.3	7.2	0.8	0.1	4.8	5.4	11.9
11	Greg Foster	29	78	49	1446	4.6	10.4	.445	0.0	0.2	.222	1.7	2.2	.770	2.1	4.7	6.8	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.7	4.7	11.0
12	Adam Keefe	27	80	75	2047	4.0	7.5	.540	0.0	0.0		2.8	3.5	.810	3.1	4.6	7.7	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.2	3.0	10.9
13	Greg Ostertag	24	63	23	1288	3.2	6.7	.481	0.0	0.0		1.9	3.9	.479	3.7	6.7	10.5	0.7	0.8	3.7	2.1	4.6	8.3
14	William Cunningham	23	6	2	38	3.8	8.5	.444	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		3.8	3.8	7.6	0.9	1.9	0.0	0.0	9.5	7.6

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	Karl Malone	34	81	3030	27.9	.597	.531	8.3	24.8	17.1	20.9	1.7	1.7	11.9	31.8	118	102	11.9	4.2	16.2
2	Jeff Hornacek	34	80	2460	19.3	.587	.516	3.5	9.7	6.8	23.9	2.4	0.5	12.0	20.8	120	107	7.3	2.1	9.4
3	John Stockton	35	64	1858	21.8	.628	.567	2.5	8.2	5.6	47.8	2.6	0.4	20.8	19.3	122	107	6.3	1.5	7.9
4	Adam Keefe	27	80	2047	14.5	.605	.540	11.6	14.8	13.3	6.7	1.4	0.9	12.2	13.2	125	107	4.8	1.7	6.5
5	Bryon Russell	27	82	2219	12.9	.570	.500	4.7	13.0	9.1	7.0	2.2	1.0	11.1	15.2	116	105	3.7	2.2	5.9
6	Shandon Anderson	24	82	1602	15.7	.586	.545	7.1	10.3	8.8	9.4	2.2	0.8	13.5	19.5	112	106	2.8	1.4	4.2
7	Howard Eisley	25	82	1726	13.6	.541	.487	1.9	9.5	6.0	32.1	1.7	0.6	21.5	20.0	104	108	1.7	1.2	2.9
8	Greg Ostertag	24	63	1288	12.5	.494	.481	13.8	21.8	18.1	2.9	1.2	7.7	19.8	13.5	98	100	0.1	2.1	2.2
9	Antoine Carr	36	66	1086	9.8	.513	.465	5.1	9.6	7.5	7.2	0.5	3.7	11.5	17.8	104	108	0.8	0.7	1.5
10	Greg Foster	29	78	1446	8.9	.483	.447	7.8	15.2	11.7	5.6	0.6	1.5	13.0	16.8	99	108	0.3	1.0	1.3
11	Chris Morris	32	54	538	14.7	.498	.457	8.7	17.1	13.2	7.5	2.5	2.4	12.4	23.0	101	102	0.3	0.7	1.0
12	William Cunningham	23	6	38	8.7	.444	.444	14.0	12.3	13.1	4.0	2.8	0.0	0.0	11.0	118	104	0.1	0.0	0.1
13	Troy Hudson	21	8	23	19.1	.429	.429	5.8	5.1	5.4	35.1	4.7	0.0	6.7	30.2	99	104	0.0	0.0	0.0
14	Jacque Vaughn	22	45	419	6.9	.457	.373	1.3	9.5	5.6	30.8	1.2	0.2	26.9	23.0	86	109	-0.6	0.2	-0.4

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	34	20	795	198	420	0	3	130	165	47	217	68	22	20	60	69	526	.471	.000	.788	39.8	26.3	10.9	3.4
2	John Stockton	35	20	596	81	164	9	26	51	71	16	60	155	31	3	48	54	222	.494	.346	.718	29.8	11.1	3.0	7.8
3	Bryon Russell	27	20	698	69	147	23	63	58	81	12	93	22	21	5	17	49	219	.469	.365	.716	34.9	11.0	4.7	1.1
4	Jeff Hornacek	34	20	636	74	178	14	30	55	65	7	50	64	20	4	32	51	217	.416	.467	.846	31.8	10.9	2.5	3.2
5	Shandon Anderson	24	20	378	53	103	3	11	25	37	26	63	19	5	1	30	30	134	.515	.273	.676	18.9	6.7	3.2	1.0
6	Howard Eisley	25	20	366	46	125	8	27	12	13	4	40	81	12	5	31	42	112	.368	.296	.923	18.3	5.6	2.0	4.1
7	Antoine Carr	36	20	292	41	90	0	0	6	8	16	41	11	1	12	9	63	88	.456		.750	14.6	4.4	2.1	0.6
8	Greg Foster	29	20	335	39	86	1	2	3	5	20	67	5	2	5	18	55	82	.453	.500	.600	16.8	4.1	3.4	0.3
9	Chris Morris	32	17	240	28	69	7	23	14	20	8	47	10	5	3	8	38	77	.406	.304	.700	14.1	4.5	2.8	0.6
10	Greg Ostertag	24	19	336	26	46	0	0	12	25	25	81	5	7	37	12	51	64	.565		.480	17.7	3.4	4.3	0.3
11	Adam Keefe	27	15	154	10	29	0	0	11	17	13	34	2	4	2	3	18	31	.345		.647	10.3	2.1	2.3	0.1
12	Jacque Vaughn	22	7	24	2	10	1	2	2	2	0	3	4	0	0	4	0	7	.200	.500	1.000	3.4	1.0	0.4	0.6

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	Karl Malone	34	20	795	24.2	.534	.471	7.6	24.5	16.5	19.5	1.6	2.1	10.9	34.1	105	96	1.3	1.7	3.0
2	John Stockton	35	20	596	20.0	.569	.521	3.4	8.5	6.1	47.1	2.9	0.4	19.7	20.0	112	101	1.2	1.0	2.2
3	Bryon Russell	27	20	698	12.8	.600	.548	2.2	13.3	8.0	5.4	1.7	0.6	8.5	14.0	117	101	1.1	1.1	2.2
4	Jeff Hornacek	34	20	636	12.1	.525	.455	1.4	7.7	4.7	17.6	1.8	0.5	13.4	18.4	103	103	0.4	0.8	1.3
5	Shandon Anderson	24	20	378	11.6	.562	.529	8.8	11.2	10.1	9.2	0.7	0.2	20.1	19.4	99	104	0.1	0.4	0.5
6	Howard Eisley	25	20	366	11.3	.428	.400	1.4	11.3	6.6	39.4	1.8	1.1	19.2	21.7	90	101	-0.4	0.6	0.2
7	Antoine Carr	36	20	292	8.2	.470	.456	7.0	9.8	8.5	6.9	0.2	3.4	8.8	17.2	97	103	0.0	0.4	0.4
8	Greg Foster	29	20	335	5.6	.465	.459	7.6	16.1	12.1	2.6	0.3	1.2	16.9	15.5	86	102	-0.3	0.5	0.1
9	Chris Morris	32	17	240	10.2	.495	.457	4.3	18.6	11.8	7.3	1.2	1.0	9.3	17.5	100	100	0.1	0.4	0.5
10	Greg Ostertag	24	19	336	12.9	.561	.565	9.5	19.1	14.6	2.4	1.2	9.0	17.4	10.1	106	95	0.2	0.8	1.0
11	Adam Keefe	27	15	154	8.6	.425	.345	10.8	15.6	13.3	2.1	1.5	1.1	7.6	12.6	100	100	0.0	0.3	0.3
12	Jacque Vaughn	22	7	24	-0.9	.322	.250	0.0	14.3	7.5	27.6	0.0	0.0	26.9	30.4	61	105	-0.2	0.0	-0.1

Salaries

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Rk	Player	Salary
1	Karl Malone	$5,118,578
2	John Stockton	$5,000,000
3	Jeff Hornacek	$4,195,000
4	Chris Morris	$3,000,000
5	Bryon Russell	$2,857,144
6	Adam Keefe	$2,300,000
7	Antoine Carr	$1,600,000
8	Howard Eisley	$1,240,000
9	Shandon Anderson	$1,200,000
10	Greg Ostertag	$647,400
11	Jacque Vaughn	$601,320
12	Greg Foster	$504,000
13	Troy Hudson	$242,000
14	William Cunningham	$50,000

Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)

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