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1980-81 Utah Jazz Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 28-54, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Tom Nissalke (28-54)

Executive: Frank Layden

PTS/G: 101.2 (22nd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 107.1 (12th of 23)

SRS: -5.99 (22nd of 23) Pace: 97.7 (23rd of 23)

Off Rtg: 103.4 (18th of 23) Def Rtg: 109.4 (20th of 23) Net Rtg: -6.0 (21st of 23)

Expected W-L: 26-56 (21st of 23)

Arena: Salt Palace Attendance: 307,835 (19th of 23)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
33	Mel Bennett	PF	6-7	200	January 4, 1955	us	3	Pitt
24	Ron Boone	SG	6-2	200	September 6, 1946	us	12	Iowa Western Community College, Clarinda Campus, Idaho State University
44	Allan Bristow	SF	6-7	210	August 23, 1951	us	7	Virginia Tech
40	Wayne Cooper	C	6-10	220	November 16, 1956	us	2	New Orleans
4	Adrian Dantley	SF	6-5	208	February 28, 1955	us	4	Notre Dame
18	John Duren	PG	6-3	195	October 30, 1958	us	R	Georgetown
14	Rickey Green	PG	6-0	170	August 18, 1954	us	2	Vincennes University, Michigan
35	Darrell Griffith	SG	6-4	190	June 16, 1958	us	R	Louisville
11	James Hardy	PF	6-8	220	December 1, 1956	us	2	San Francisco
5	Jeff Judkins	SF	6-6	185	March 23, 1956	us	2	Utah
25	Billy McKinney	PG	6-0	160	June 5, 1955	us	2	Northwestern
30	Dick Miller	SF	6-6	215	April 26, 1958	us	R	Toledo
12	Carl Nicks	PG	6-1	175	October 6, 1958	us	R	Indiana State University
50	Ben Poquette	PF	6-9	235	May 7, 1955	us	3	Central Michigan University
52	Brett Vroman	C	7-0	220	December 25, 1955	us	R	UCLA, UNLV
53	Jeff Wilkins	C	6-11	230	March 9, 1955	us	R	Illinois State

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Adrian Dantley	25	80		42.7	11.4	20.3	.559	0.0	0.1	.286	11.3	20.3	.560	.559	7.9	9.8	.806	2.4	4.0	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.1	30.7
2	Darrell Griffith	22	81		35.4	8.8	19.1	.464	0.1	0.6	.192	8.7	18.4	.473	.467	2.8	4.0	.716	1.0	2.6	3.6	2.4	1.3	0.5	2.9	2.7	20.6
3	Ben Poquette	25	82		34.2	4.0	7.5	.528	0.0	0.1	.500	3.9	7.4	.528	.530	1.5	2.0	.778	2.0	5.7	7.7	2.0	0.8	2.1	1.5	4.2	9.5
4	Billy McKinney	25	35		29.5	3.5	6.7	.532	0.0	0.1	.500	3.5	6.6	.532	.534	1.3	1.4	.917	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.5	1.1	0.1	2.0	3.1	8.4
5	Rickey Green	26	47		27.8	3.7	7.8	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	7.8	.482	.481	1.5	2.1	.722	0.6	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.6	0.0	1.8	2.6	9.0
6	Allan Bristow	29	82		24.4	3.3	7.5	.444	0.1	0.2	.278	3.2	7.2	.449	.448	2.0	2.4	.838	1.3	4.0	5.2	4.7	0.8	0.0	2.1	2.3	8.7
7	James Hardy	24	23		22.1	2.3	4.8	.468	0.0	0.0		2.3	4.8	.468	.468	0.5	0.9	.550	1.7	4.1	5.8	1.6	0.9	0.9	1.0	2.5	5.0
8	Ron Boone	34	52		22.0	3.1	7.1	.431	0.2	0.8	.282	2.9	6.4	.449	.446	1.4	1.8	.798	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.1	0.6	0.2	2.1	2.4	7.8
9	Wayne Cooper	24	71		20.0	3.0	6.6	.452	0.0	0.0	.333	3.0	6.6	.453	.453	0.9	1.3	.689	2.3	3.9	6.2	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.1	3.1	6.9
10	Jeff Wilkins	25	56		18.9	2.1	4.6	.450	0.0	0.0		2.1	4.6	.450	.450	0.5	0.7	.675	1.1	3.8	4.9	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.1	3.0	4.7
11	Carl Nicks	22	40		15.4	2.7	5.3	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	5.2	.517	.510	0.9	1.7	.537	0.6	0.9	1.5	1.7	0.8	0.0	1.3	2.2	6.3
12	John Duren	22	40		11.5	0.8	2.5	.327	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	2.5	.330	.327	0.1	0.2	.556	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.8
13	Mel Bennett	26	28		11.2	0.9	2.1	.433	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	2.1	.448	.433	1.9	2.9	.654	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.5	0.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.8
14	Jeff Judkins	24	62		10.7	1.5	3.5	.426	0.1	0.5	.321	1.3	3.0	.441	.447	0.7	0.8	.882	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.4	3.8
15	Brett Vroman	25	11		8.5	0.9	2.5	.370	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	2.4	.385	.370	1.3	1.7	.737	0.6	1.6	2.3	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.4	3.1
16	Dick Miller	22	3		6.3	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.0	.667	.667	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	1.3

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Adrian Dantley	25	80		3417	909	1627	.559	2	7	.286	907	1620	.560	.559	632	784	.806	192	317	509	322	109	18	282	245	2452
2	Darrell Griffith	22	81		2867	716	1544	.464	10	52	.192	706	1492	.473	.467	229	320	.716	79	209	288	194	106	40	231	219	1671
3	Ben Poquette	25	82		2808	324	614	.528	3	6	.500	321	608	.528	.530	126	162	.778	160	469	629	161	67	174	122	342	777
4	Allan Bristow	29	82		2001	271	611	.444	5	18	.278	266	593	.449	.448	166	198	.838	103	327	430	383	63	3	171	190	713
5	Wayne Cooper	24	71		1420	213	471	.452	1	3	.333	212	468	.453	.453	62	90	.689	166	274	440	52	18	51	77	219	489
6	Rickey Green	26	47		1307	176	366	.481	0	1	.000	176	365	.482	.481	70	97	.722	30	86	116	235	75	1	83	123	422
7	Ron Boone	34	52		1146	160	371	.431	11	39	.282	149	332	.449	.446	75	94	.798	17	67	84	161	33	8	111	126	406
8	Jeff Wilkins	25	56		1058	117	260	.450	0	0		117	260	.450	.450	27	40	.675	62	212	274	40	32	46	59	169	261
9	Billy McKinney	25	35		1032	124	233	.532	1	2	.500	123	231	.532	.534	44	48	.917	12	62	74	157	38	4	70	107	293
10	Jeff Judkins	24	62		666	92	216	.426	9	28	.321	83	188	.441	.447	45	51	.882	29	64	93	59	16	2	30	84	238
11	Carl Nicks	22	40		616	107	210	.510	0	3	.000	107	207	.517	.510	36	67	.537	24	37	61	69	32	1	53	89	250
12	James Hardy	24	23		509	52	111	.468	0	0		52	111	.468	.468	11	20	.550	39	94	133	36	21	20	23	58	115
13	John Duren	22	40		458	33	101	.327	0	1	.000	33	100	.330	.327	5	9	.556	8	27	35	54	18	2	37	54	71
14	Mel Bennett	26	28		313	26	60	.433	0	2	.000	26	58	.448	.433	53	81	.654	33	60	93	15	3	11	31	56	105
15	Brett Vroman	25	11		93	10	27	.370	0	1	.000	10	26	.385	.370	14	19	.737	7	18	25	9	5	5	9	26	34
16	Dick Miller	22	3		19	2	3	.667	0	0		2	3	.667	.667	0	0		1	2	3	1	1	0	4	3	4
			82		19730	3332	6825	.488	42	163	.258	3290	6662	.494	.491	1595	2080	.767	962	2325	3287	1948	637	386	1423	2110	8301

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Adrian Dantley	25	80	3417	24.3	.622	.004	.482	6.5	10.5	8.5	16.3	1.6	0.3	12.5	28.4		12.3	1.3	13.6	.191		5.7	-1.4	4.3	5.4
2	Darrell Griffith	22	81	2867	14.7	.496	.034	.207	3.2	8.3	5.8	11.4	1.8	0.8	12.1	28.8		-0.8	1.1	0.4	.006		-1.0	-2.2	-3.2	-0.9
3	Ben Poquette	25	82	2808	13.0	.567	.010	.264	6.6	18.9	12.8	7.9	1.2	3.6	15.1	12.4		2.9	2.5	5.4	.092		-1.1	0.9	-0.2	1.3
4	Allan Bristow	29	82	2001	14.9	.511	.029	.324	6.0	18.5	12.3	27.0	1.5	0.1	19.7	18.7		1.4	1.3	2.7	.065		0.3	-0.5	-0.2	0.9
5	Wayne Cooper	24	71	1420	12.2	.479	.006	.191	13.6	21.9	17.8	5.3	0.6	2.1	13.1	17.8		0.5	1.0	1.5	.051		-2.5	-2.0	-4.5	-0.9
6	Rickey Green	26	47	1307	13.6	.516	.003	.265	2.7	7.5	5.1	25.3	2.8	0.0	16.9	16.2		1.0	0.7	1.8	.065		-1.2	0.0	-1.2	0.3
7	Ron Boone	34	52	1146	9.0	.492	.105	.253	1.7	6.6	4.2	19.9	1.4	0.4	21.2	19.7		-0.8	0.2	-0.6	-0.025		-3.2	-2.1	-5.2	-0.9
8	Jeff Wilkins	25	56	1058	9.2	.470	.000	.154	6.8	22.7	14.9	5.2	1.5	2.5	17.5	13.7		-0.5	1.1	0.5	.024		-4.1	0.1	-4.0	-0.5
9	Billy McKinney	25	35	1032	11.0	.576	.009	.206	1.3	6.8	4.1	21.0	1.8	0.2	21.6	13.5		0.8	0.3	1.1	.051		-2.0	-0.7	-2.7	-0.2
10	Jeff Judkins	24	62	666	11.1	.499	.130	.236	5.1	10.9	8.0	12.5	1.2	0.2	11.2	17.4		0.5	0.2	0.7	.052		-1.6	-1.5	-3.1	-0.2
11	Carl Nicks	22	40	616	11.7	.522	.014	.319	4.5	6.8	5.7	16.7	2.6	0.1	18.1	20.4		0.0	0.3	0.3	.021		-2.8	-0.6	-3.5	-0.2
12	James Hardy	24	23	509	11.9	.480	.000	.180	8.9	20.9	15.0	9.5	2.0	2.3	16.1	12.1		0.1	0.5	0.7	.064		-1.3	0.9	-0.4	0.2
13	John Duren	22	40	458	2.6	.338	.010	.089	2.0	6.7	4.4	15.3	1.9	0.3	26.1	13.3		-1.1	0.2	-0.9	-0.099		-6.6	-0.9	-7.5	-0.6
14	Mel Bennett	26	28	313	10.7	.549	.033	1.350	12.2	21.7	17.0	6.3	0.5	2.0	24.5	17.4		0.1	0.2	0.3	.045		-3.7	-1.2	-5.0	-0.3
15	Brett Vroman	25	11	93	11.8	.481	.037	.704	8.7	22.0	15.4	13.1	2.6	3.1	20.3	20.5		0.0	0.1	0.1	.048		-4.5	0.8	-3.6	0.0
16	Dick Miller	22	3	19	1.4	.667	.000	.000	6.1	11.9	9.1	7.1	2.6	0.0	57.1	15.9		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.156		-4.8	-0.1	-4.9	0.0

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