1981–82 Utah Jazz season
Head coach
General managerFrank Layden
Owners
  • Sam Battistone
  • Larry Hatfield
ArenaSalt Palace
Results
Record25–57 (.305)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Midwest)
Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKSL-TV
RadioKSL

The 1981–82 Utah Jazz season was the team's eighth in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 28–54 output from the previous season. They came up three wins shy of tying it, finishing 25–57, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the eighth straight season.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
113Danny SchayesC United StatesSyracuse
227Howard WoodPF United StatesTennessee
473George Torres Puerto RicoSouthern Nazarene
597Mike Clark United StatesOregon
6119Kevin Sprewer United StatesLoyola (IL)
7143Mike Robinson United StatesCentral Michigan
8165Bobby CattagePF United StatesAuburn
9188Ken Ollie United StatesWyoming
10207Joe Merten United StatesWisconsin Eau-Claire

Roster

1981–82 Utah Jazz roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PF 43 Cattage, Bobby 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1958–08–17 Auburn
SF 4 Dantley, Adrian 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1955–02–28 Notre Dame
PG 18 Duren, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1958–10–30 Georgetown
PG 14 Green, Ricky 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1954–08–18 Michigan
SG 35 Griffith, Darrell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1958–06–16 Louisville
PF 11 Hardy, James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1956–12–01 San Francisco
G 22 Nicks, Carl 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1958–10–06 Indiana State
C 50 Poquette, Ben 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1955–05–07 Central Michigan
PF 52 Robinzine, Bill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1953–01–20 DePaul
C 24 Schayes, Danny 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1959–05–10 Syracuse
C 45 Wilkins, Jeff 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1955–03–09 Illinois State
F 33 Wood, Howard 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1959–05–20 Tennessee
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-San Antonio Spurs4834.585–29–1219–2220–10
x-Denver Nuggets4636.5612.029–1217–2419–11
x-Houston Rockets4636.5612.025–1621–2017–13
Kansas City Kings3052.36618.023–187–3411–19
Dallas Mavericks2854.34120.016–2512–2911–19
Utah Jazz2557.30523.018–237–349–21
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers5725.695–
2 y-San Antonio Spurs4834.5859
3 x-Seattle SuperSonics5230.6345
4 x-Denver Nuggets4636.56111
5 x-Phoenix Suns4636.56111
6 x-Houston Rockets4636.56111
7 Golden State Warriors4537.54912
8 Portland Trail Blazers4240.51215
9 Kansas City Kings3052.36627
10 Dallas Mavericks2854.34129
11 Utah Jazz2557.30532
12 San Diego Clippers1765.20740
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1981-82 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SDC SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —1–52–34–21–11–12–40–22–04–21–10–23–33–25–13–31–12–01–11–11–12–02–4
Boston 5–1—4–25–02–01–16–01–11–14–12–01–13–35–15–14–21–11–12–02–00–22–06–0
Chicago 3–22–4—5–11–11–10–60–21–13–31–12–01–52–43–21–50–21–11–12–01–11–12–4
Cleveland 2–40–51–5—2–00–21–51–11–11–51–10–20–60–60–60–50–21–10–21–10–22–01–5
Dallas 1–10–21–10–2—1–51–10–52–41–14–21–41–12–01–10–22–32–31–52–31–43–31–1
Denver 1–11–11–12–05–1—1–13–25–10–24–21–41–11–11–11–12–32–32–45–02–33–32–0
Detroit 4–20–66–05–11–11–1—2–02–02–42–00–22–42–43–32–30–20–20–22–01–11–11–4
Golden State 2–01–12–01–15–02–30–2—1–42–03–23–32–01–11–10–24–22–43–25–11–53–21–1
Houston 0–21–11–11–14–21–50–24–1—2–03–31–41–11–11–11–13–24–13–34–12–36–02–0
Indiana 2–41–53–35–11–12–04–20–20–2—1–10–20–64–23–20–61–11–12–02–01–11–11–5
Kansas City 1–10–21–11–12–42–40–22–33–31–1—1–41–11–12–00–22–30–51–54–12–33–30–2
Los Angeles 2–01–10–22–04–14–12–03–34–12–04–1—0–21–10–21–14–25–12–35–14–25–02–0
Milwaukee 3–33–35–16–01–11–14–20–21–16–01–12–0—4–13–34–21–12–01–12–00–22–03–2
New Jersey 2–31–54–26–00–21–14–21–11–12–41–11–11–4—4–23–32–01–11–12–00–22–04–2
New York 1–51–52–36–01–11–13–31–11–12–30–22–03–32–4—1–50–21–10–22–00–22–01–5
Philadelphia 3–32–45–15–02–01–13–22–01–16–02–01–12–43–35–1—1–12–00–22–02–02–06–0
Phoenix 1–11–12–02–03–23–22–02–42–31–13–22–41–10–22–01–1—3–34–14–23–33–21–1
Portland 0–21–11–11–13–23–22–04–21–41–15–01–50–21–11–10–23–3—3–24–23–34–10–2
San Antonio 1–10–21–12–05–14–22–02–33–30–25–13–21–11–12–02–01–42–3—3–24–13–31–1
San Diego 1–10–20–21–13–20–50–21–51–40–21–41–50–20–20–20–22–42–42–3—1–51–40–2
Seattle 1–12–01–12–04–13–21–15–13–21–13–22–42–02–02–00–23–33–31–45–1—5–01–1
Utah 0–20–21–10–23–33–31–12–30–61–13–30–50–20–20–20–22–31–43–34–10–5—1–1
Washington 4–20–64–25–11–10–24–11–10–25–12–00–22–32–45–10–61–12–01–12–01–11–1—

Game log

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Bobby Cattage
Adrian Dantley
John Duren
Rickey Green
Darrell Griffith
James Hardy
Carl Nicks
Ben Poquette
Bill Robinzine
Danny Schayes
Jeff Wilkins
Howard Wood
Sam Worthen

Awards and records

Transactions

References

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