1997-98 Utah Jazz Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 62-20
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 13-7 Lost finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Houston Rockets 3-2
Conference Semifinals - Defeated San Antonio Spurs 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-0
Finals - Lost to Chicago Bulls 4-2
Coach: Jerry Sloan (62-20)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 815,889, Avg. 19,900 in 41 home dates

1997-98 Utah Jazz Roster
1997-98 Utah Jazz Results

The Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 62 wins and 20 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 13-7.

Utah poured in 8,279 points and surrendered 7,743. Karl Malone scored a team-leading 2,190 points for the Jazz and contributed 834 rebounds. John Stockton dished out 543 assists for the squad.

On defense, Jeff Hornacek added 109 steals, while Greg Ostertag blocked 132 shots.

Jerry Sloan coached the team. The 1997-98 Utah Jazz lost in the finals.

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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
Karl Malone	F-C	81	81	3030	1472	780	6	2	825	628	189	645	834	316	96	70	247	237	2190
Jeff Hornacek	G	80	80	2460	828	399	127	56	322	285	65	205	270	349	109	15	132	175	1139
John Stockton	G	64	64	1858	511	270	91	39	231	191	35	131	166	543	89	10	161	138	770
Bryon Russell	F	82	7	2219	525	226	214	73	278	213	78	248	326	101	90	31	81	229	738
Shandon Anderson	F-G	82	2	1602	500	269	32	7	185	136	86	141	227	89	66	18	91	145	681
Howard Eisley	G	82	18	1726	519	229	118	48	149	127	25	141	166	346	54	13	160	182	633
Adam Keefe	F	80	75	2047	424	229	0	0	200	162	179	259	438	89	52	24	71	172	620
Greg Foster	F-C	78	49	1446	418	186	9	2	87	67	85	188	273	51	15	28	68	187	441
Antoine Carr	F-C	66	8	1086	325	151	0	0	98	76	42	89	131	48	11	53	48	195	378
Greg Ostertag	C	63	23	1288	239	115	0	0	140	67	134	240	374	25	28	132	74	166	297
Chris Morris	F	54	1	538	207	85	62	19	61	44	35	79	114	24	25	17	33	61	233
Jacque Vaughn	G	45	0	419	122	44	8	3	68	48	4	34	38	84	9	1	56	63	139
Troy Hudson	G	8	0	23	14	6	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	2	0	1	1	12
William Cunningham	C	6	2	38	9	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	8	1	2	0	0	10	8
Totals		871	410	19780	6113	2993	670	249	2644	2044	962	2405	3367	2070	648	412	1223	1961	8279

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Karl Malone	F-C	81	81	37.4	53.0	33.3	76.1	2.3	8.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	3.0	2.9	27.0
Jeff Hornacek	G	80	80	30.8	48.2	44.1	88.5	0.8	2.6	3.4	4.4	1.4	0.2	1.7	2.2	14.2
John Stockton	G	64	64	29.0	52.8	42.9	82.7	0.5	2.0	2.6	8.5	1.4	0.2	2.5	2.2	12.0
Bryon Russell	F	82	7	27.1	43.0	34.1	76.6	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.2	1.1	0.4	1.0	2.8	9.0
Shandon Anderson	F-G	82	2	19.5	53.8	21.9	73.5	1.0	1.7	2.8	1.1	0.8	0.2	1.1	1.8	8.3
Howard Eisley	G	82	18	21.0	44.1	40.7	85.2	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.2	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.2	7.7
Adam Keefe	F	80	75	25.6	54.0		81.0	2.2	3.2	5.5	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.2	7.8
Greg Foster	F-C	78	49	18.5	44.5	22.2	77.0	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.4	5.7
Antoine Carr	F-C	66	8	16.5	46.5		77.6	0.6	1.3	2.0	0.7	0.2	0.8	0.7	3.0	5.7
Greg Ostertag	C	63	23	20.4	48.1		47.9	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.4	0.4	2.1	1.2	2.6	4.7
Chris Morris	F	54	1	10.0	41.1	30.6	72.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.1	4.3
Jacque Vaughn	G	45	0	9.3	36.1	37.5	70.6	0.1	0.8	0.8	1.9	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.4	3.1
Troy Hudson	G	8	0	2.9	42.9	0.0		0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.5
William Cunningham	C	6	2	6.3	44.4			0.7	0.7	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	1.3
Averages		871	410	22.7	49.0	37.2	77.3	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.4	0.7	0.5	1.4	2.3	9.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Karl Malone	F-C	20	795	420	198	3	0	165	130	47	170	217	68	22	20	60	69	526
John Stockton	G	20	596	164	81	26	9	71	51	16	44	60	155	31	3	48	54	222
Bryon Russell	F	20	698	147	69	63	23	81	58	12	81	93	22	21	5	17	49	219
Jeff Hornacek	G	20	636	178	74	30	14	65	55	7	43	50	64	20	4	32	51	217
Shandon Anderson	F-G	20	378	103	53	11	3	37	25	26	37	63	19	5	1	30	30	134
Howard Eisley	G	20	366	125	46	27	8	13	12	4	36	40	81	12	5	31	42	112
Antoine Carr	F-C	20	292	90	41	0	0	8	6	16	25	41	11	1	12	9	63	88
Greg Foster	F-C	20	335	86	39	2	1	5	3	20	47	67	5	2	5	18	55	82
Chris Morris	F	17	240	69	28	23	7	20	14	8	39	47	10	5	3	8	38	77
Greg Ostertag	C	19	336	46	26	0	0	25	12	25	56	81	5	7	37	12	51	64
Adam Keefe	F	15	154	29	10	0	0	17	11	13	21	34	2	4	2	3	18	31
Jacque Vaughn	G	7	24	10	2	2	1	2	2	0	3	3	4	0	0	4	0	7
Totals		218	4850	1467	667	187	66	509	379	194	602	796	446	130	97	272	520	1779

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Karl Malone	F-C	20	39.8	47.1	0.0	78.8	2.4	8.5	10.9	3.4	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.5	26.3
John Stockton	G	20	29.8	49.4	34.6	71.8	0.8	2.2	3.0	7.8	1.6	0.2	2.4	2.7	11.1
Bryon Russell	F	20	34.9	46.9	36.5	71.6	0.6	4.1	4.7	1.1	1.1	0.3	0.9	2.5	11.0
Jeff Hornacek	G	20	31.8	41.6	46.7	84.6	0.4	2.2	2.5	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.6	10.9
Shandon Anderson	F-G	20	18.9	51.5	27.3	67.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.1	1.5	1.5	6.7
Howard Eisley	G	20	18.3	36.8	29.6	92.3	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.6	2.1	5.6
Antoine Carr	F-C	20	14.6	45.6		75.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.5	3.2	4.4
Greg Foster	F-C	20	16.8	45.3	50.0	60.0	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.9	2.8	4.1
Chris Morris	F	17	14.1	40.6	30.4	70.0	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.2	4.5
Greg Ostertag	C	19	17.7	56.5		48.0	1.3	2.9	4.3	0.3	0.4	1.9	0.6	2.7	3.4
Adam Keefe	F	15	10.3	34.5		64.7	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.2	2.1
Jacque Vaughn	G	7	3.4	20.0	50.0	100.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	1.0
Averages		871	22.2	45.5	35.3	74.5	0.9	2.8	3.7	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.4	8.2