1979-80 Utah Jazz Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 24-58
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Tom Nissalke (24-58)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 320,649, Avg. 7,821 in 41 home dates

1979-80 Utah Jazz Roster
1979-80 Utah Jazz Results

The Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 24 wins and 58 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference.

The Jazz tossed in 8,394 points, worst in the league and conceded 8,887. Adrian Dantley scored a team-leading 1,903 points for Utah, while Ben Poquette contributed 560 rebounds. Allan Bristow dished out 341 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Duck Williams added 100 steals, and Ben Poquette blocked 162 shots.

Tom Nissalke coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Adrian Dantley	F-G	68	68	2674	1267	730	2	0	526	443	183	333	516	191	96	14	233	211	1903
Ron Boone	G-F	75	0	2286	875	391	50	19	189	169	50	166	216	302	92	3	184	219	970
Allan Bristow	F-G	82	0	2304	785	377	7	2	243	197	170	342	512	341	88	6	179	211	953
Terry Furlow	G-F	55	0	1718	765	364	73	23	145	127	47	105	152	221	54	14	129	79	878
Ben Poquette	F-C	82	0	2349	566	296	2	0	167	139	124	436	560	131	45	162	103	283	731
Tom Boswell	F-C	61	0	1555	478	274	8	4	203	148	106	222	328	115	24	29	142	214	700
Duck Williams	G	77	0	1794	519	232	12	0	60	42	21	85	106	183	100	11	107	166	506
James Hardy	F-C	76	0	1600	363	184	2	1	66	51	124	275	399	104	47	87	105	207	420
Paul Dawkins	F	57	0	776	300	141	5	1	48	33	42	83	125	77	33	9	76	112	316
Mack Calvin	G	48	0	772	227	100	11	1	117	105	13	71	84	134	27	0	57	72	306
Pete Maravich	G	17	0	522	294	121	11	7	50	41	7	33	40	54	15	4	45	30	290
Bernard King	F	19	10	419	137	71	0	0	63	34	24	64	88	52	7	4	50	66	176
Brad Davis	G	13	3	225	56	33	1	0	12	10	4	11	15	45	10	1	11	21	76
Jerome Whitehead	C-F	32	0	328	69	31	0	0	17	5	27	70	97	18	7	11	28	65	67
John Gianelli	C-F	17	0	285	66	23	0	0	16	9	14	48	62	17	6	7	22	26	55
Andre Wakefield	G	8	0	47	15	6	0	0	3	3	0	4	4	3	1	0	8	13	15
Robert Smith	G	6	0	73	15	5	0	0	5	5	3	0	3	7	4	0	1	3	15
Greg Deane	G	7	0	48	11	2	1	1	7	5	2	4	6	6	0	0	3	3	10
John Brown	F	4	0	24	7	0	0	0	4	4	5	4	9	4	0	0	5	4	4
Carl Kilpatrick	C	2	0	6	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	3
Totals		806	81	19805	6817	3382	185	59	1943	1571	967	2359	3326	2005	656	362	1488	2006	8394

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Adrian Dantley	F-G	68	68	39.3	57.6	0.0	84.2	2.7	4.9	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	3.4	3.1	28.0
Ron Boone	G-F	75	0	30.5	44.7	38.0	89.4	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.0	1.2	0.0	2.5	2.9	12.9
Allan Bristow	F-G	82	0	28.1	48.0	28.6	81.1	2.1	4.2	6.2	4.2	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.6	11.6
Terry Furlow	G-F	55	0	31.2	47.6	31.5	87.6	0.9	1.9	2.8	4.0	1.0	0.3	2.3	1.4	16.0
Ben Poquette	F-C	82	0	28.6	52.3	0.0	83.2	1.5	5.3	6.8	1.6	0.5	2.0	1.3	3.5	8.9
Tom Boswell	F-C	61	0	25.5	57.3	50.0	72.9	1.7	3.6	5.4	1.9	0.4	0.5	2.3	3.5	11.5
Duck Williams	G	77	0	23.3	44.7	0.0	70.0	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.4	1.3	0.1	1.4	2.2	6.6
James Hardy	F-C	76	0	21.1	50.7	50.0	77.3	1.6	3.6	5.3	1.4	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.7	5.5
Paul Dawkins	F	57	0	13.6	47.0	20.0	68.8	0.7	1.5	2.2	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.0	5.5
Mack Calvin	G	48	0	16.1	44.1	9.1	89.7	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.5	6.4
Pete Maravich	G	17	0	30.7	41.2	63.6	82.0	0.4	1.9	2.4	3.2	0.9	0.2	2.6	1.8	17.1
Bernard King	F	19	10	22.1	51.8		54.0	1.3	3.4	4.6	2.7	0.4	0.2	2.6	3.5	9.3
Brad Davis	G	13	3	17.3	58.9	0.0	83.3	0.3	0.8	1.2	3.5	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.6	5.8
Jerome Whitehead	C-F	32	0	10.3	44.9		29.4	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.0	2.1
John Gianelli	C-F	17	0	16.8	34.8		56.3	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.0	0.4	0.4	1.3	1.5	3.2
Andre Wakefield	G	8	0	5.9	40.0		100.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	1.0	1.6	1.9
Robert Smith	G	6	0	12.2	33.3		100.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.2	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.5	2.5
Greg Deane	G	7	0	6.9	18.2	100.0	71.4	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.4
John Brown	F	4	0	6.0	0.0		100.0	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.0	1.0
Carl Kilpatrick	C	2	0	3.0	50.0		50.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5
Averages		806	81	24.6	49.6	31.9	80.9	1.2	2.9	4.1	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.8	2.5	10.4