1985-86 Utah Jazz Schedule and Results

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Record: 42-40, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Frank Layden (42-40)

Executive: Frank Layden

PTS/G: 108.2 (18th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 108.5 (9th of 23)

SRS: -0.67 (12th of 23) Pace: 103.3 (9th of 23)

Off Rtg: 104.2 (20th of 23) Def Rtg: 104.6 (3rd of 23) Net Rtg: -0.4 (12th of 23)

Expected W-L: 40-42 (12th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +5000

Arena: Salt Palace Attendance: 477,833 (11th of 23)

NBA 1986 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-3) versus Dallas Mavericks (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 25, 1985		Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		108	112	0	1	L 1	12,431	2:15
2	Tue, Oct 29, 1985		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		112	124	0	2	L 2	5,213	2:17
3	Wed, Oct 30, 1985		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		102	100	1	2	W 1	9,376	2:13
4	Fri, Nov 1, 1985		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		121	110	2	2	W 2	11,124	2:23
5	Sat, Nov 2, 1985		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		108	128	2	3	L 1	12,666	2:14
6	Tue, Nov 5, 1985		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		118	99	3	3	W 1	9,794	1:59
7	Thu, Nov 7, 1985		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		106	116	3	4	L 1	12,631	2:18
8	Sat, Nov 9, 1985		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		121	114	4	4	W 1	10,573	2:06
9	Tue, Nov 12, 1985		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	119	4	5	L 1	14,496	2:13
10	Wed, Nov 13, 1985		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		100	115	4	6	L 2	9,430	2:07
11	Fri, Nov 15, 1985		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		133	118	5	6	W 1	11,935	2:11
12	Sat, Nov 16, 1985		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		100	96	6	6	W 2	10,333	2:08
13	Wed, Nov 20, 1985		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	106	115	6	7	L 1	14,890	2:15
14	Fri, Nov 22, 1985		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		121	113	7	7	W 1	10,357	2:09
15	Sat, Nov 23, 1985		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		116	106	8	7	W 2	6,115	2:05
16	Mon, Nov 25, 1985		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		102	101	9	7	W 3	6,597	2:02
17	Wed, Nov 27, 1985		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		114	96	10	7	W 4	11,920	2:11
18	Fri, Nov 29, 1985		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		114	129	10	8	L 1	12,580	2:04
19	Sat, Nov 30, 1985		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		89	88	11	8	W 1	12,309	2:08
20	Mon, Dec 2, 1985		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		103	100	12	8	W 2	9,376	2:10
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 4, 1985		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	127	131	12	9	L 1	12,287	2:46
22	Fri, Dec 6, 1985		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		92	111	12	10	L 2	9,821	2:02
23	Sat, Dec 7, 1985		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		131	91	13	10	W 1	7,273	1:56
24	Tue, Dec 10, 1985		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		105	134	13	11	L 1	12,839	2:09
25	Wed, Dec 11, 1985		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		119	111	14	11	W 1	10,037	2:08
26	Sat, Dec 14, 1985		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		114	100	15	11	W 2	12,251	2:20
27	Tue, Dec 17, 1985		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		106	98	16	11	W 3	4,981	2:05
28	Wed, Dec 18, 1985	7:40p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		98	113	16	12	L 1	9,049	2:02
29	Fri, Dec 20, 1985		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		105	112	16	13	L 2	6,252	2:00
30	Sat, Dec 21, 1985		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		104	117	16	14	L 3	10,823	2:01
31	Thu, Dec 26, 1985		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		99	106	16	15	L 4	16,016	2:12
32	Sat, Dec 28, 1985		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		108	110	16	16	L 5	12,702	2:15
33	Mon, Dec 30, 1985		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		107	105	17	16	W 1	12,650	2:10
34	Fri, Jan 3, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		101	110	17	17	L 1	17,505	2:10
35	Sat, Jan 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		106	119	17	18	L 2	17,007	2:01
36	Tue, Jan 7, 1986		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		84	91	17	19	L 3	6,529	1:58
37	Thu, Jan 9, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		89	95	17	20	L 4	12,201	2:04
38	Sat, Jan 11, 1986		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		106	114	17	21	L 5	13,237	2:08
39	Sun, Jan 12, 1986		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		106	102	18	21	W 1	6,510	2:19
40	Tue, Jan 14, 1986		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		105	102	19	21	W 2	16,016	2:19
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 15, 1986		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		104	150	19	22	L 1	7,050	2:04
42	Fri, Jan 17, 1986		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		139	112	20	22	W 1	12,466	2:01
43	Sat, Jan 18, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		97	131	20	23	L 1	7,059	2:06
44	Tue, Jan 21, 1986		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W	OT	117	114	21	23	W 1	12,181	2:26
45	Thu, Jan 23, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		105	106	21	24	L 1	12,199	2:16
46	Sat, Jan 25, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		130	90	22	24	W 1	11,557	2:01
47	Mon, Jan 27, 1986		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		103	127	22	25	L 1	11,325	2:20
48	Wed, Jan 29, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		107	86	23	25	W 1	12,472	2:07
49	Fri, Jan 31, 1986		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		113	101	24	25	W 2	10,545	2:12
50	Sun, Feb 2, 1986		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		97	100	24	26	L 1	16,651	2:06
51	Mon, Feb 3, 1986		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		104	112	24	27	L 2	10,537	2:04
52	Thu, Feb 6, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		119	101	25	27	W 1	12,570	2:08
53	Tue, Feb 11, 1986		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		92	105	25	28	L 1	5,609	2:04
54	Thu, Feb 13, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		106	113	25	29	L 2	10,517	2:19
55	Sat, Feb 15, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		104	97	26	29	W 1	13,473	2:08
56	Mon, Feb 17, 1986		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		96	117	26	30	L 1	8,221	2:08
57	Wed, Feb 19, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	OT	109	105	27	30	W 1	12,654	2:53
58	Sat, Feb 22, 1986		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		105	97	28	30	W 2	12,534	2:14
59	Tue, Feb 25, 1986		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		100	97	29	30	W 3	12,206	2:07
60	Thu, Feb 27, 1986		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		109	92	30	30	W 4	10,561	2:07
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Mar 1, 1986		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		110	94	31	30	W 5	12,452	2:04
62	Tue, Mar 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		92	94	31	31	L 1	10,333	2:13
63	Wed, Mar 5, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		84	130	31	32	L 2	16,640	2:00
64	Fri, Mar 7, 1986		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		105	103	32	32	W 1	12,788	2:14
65	Sat, Mar 8, 1986		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		90	104	32	33	L 1	12,666	2:03
66	Wed, Mar 12, 1986		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		111	118	32	34	L 2	10,235	2:05
67	Fri, Mar 14, 1986		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		146	121	33	34	W 1	12,219	2:19
68	Sat, Mar 15, 1986		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		98	108	33	35	L 1	17,007	2:11
69	Mon, Mar 17, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		107	106	34	35	W 1	12,200	2:05
70	Tue, Mar 18, 1986		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		107	104	35	35	W 2	6,962	2:13
71	Thu, Mar 20, 1986		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		107	114	35	36	L 1	11,474	2:00
72	Sat, Mar 22, 1986		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		119	109	36	36	W 1	11,463	2:03
73	Mon, Mar 24, 1986		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		116	108	37	36	W 2	11,610	2:10
74	Wed, Mar 26, 1986		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		116	101	38	36	W 3	11,935	1:59
75	Fri, Mar 28, 1986		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		120	128	38	37	L 1	14,421	2:19
76	Sat, Mar 29, 1986		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		110	102	39	37	W 1	7,020	2:04
77	Tue, Apr 1, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	L		109	113	39	38	L 1	12,281	2:19
78	Wed, Apr 2, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		94	97	39	39	L 2	8,993	2:03
79	Sat, Apr 5, 1986		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		114	103	40	39	W 1	12,629	2:01
80	Wed, Apr 9, 1986		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	L		108	113	40	40	L 1	12,230	2:11
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Thu, Apr 10, 1986		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		119	108	41	40	W 1	10,333	2:13
82	Sat, Apr 12, 1986		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		117	99	42	40	W 2	15,209	1:57

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG
1	Fri, Apr 18, 1986	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L	93	101	0	1	L 1	17,007	2:06
2	Sun, Apr 20, 1986	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L	106	113	0	2	L 2	17,007	2:06
3	Wed, Apr 23, 1986	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W	100	98	1	2	W 1	11,635	2:07
4	Fri, Apr 25, 1986	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L	113	117	1	3	L 1	12,683	2:08

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