1987-88 Utah Jazz Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 47-35
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 6-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Portland Trail Blazers 3-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
Coach: Frank Layden (47-35)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 503,969, Avg. 12,292 in 41 home dates

1987-88 Utah Jazz Roster
1987-88 Utah Jazz Results

The Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 47 wins and 35 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-5.

The Jazz poured in 8,899 points and conceded 8,597. Karl Malone scored a team-leading 2,268 points for Utah, and Thurl Bailey contributed 17 or more per game, too. Karl Malone accounted for 986 rebounds. John Stockton dished out 1128 assists for the squad.

Defensively, John Stockton added 242 steals, while Mark Eaton blocked 304 shots.

Frank Layden coached the team. The 1987-88 Utah Jazz lost in the conference semifinals.

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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	82	82	3198	1650	858	5	0	789	552	277	709	986	199	117	50	325	296	2268
Thurl Bailey	F-C	82	10	2804	1286	633	3	1	408	337	134	397	531	158	49	125	190	186	1604
John Stockton	G	82	79	2842	791	454	67	24	324	272	54	183	237	1128	242	16	262	247	1204
Bob Hansen	G	81	51	1796	611	316	97	32	152	113	64	123	187	175	65	5	91	193	777
Darrell Griffith	G	52	11	1052	585	251	102	28	92	59	36	91	127	91	52	5	67	102	589
Mark Eaton	C	82	82	2731	541	226	0	0	191	119	230	487	717	55	41	304	131	320	571
Mel Turpin	C	79	0	1011	389	199	3	1	98	71	88	148	236	32	26	68	71	157	470
Rickey Green	G	81	3	1116	370	157	19	4	83	75	14	66	80	300	57	1	94	83	393
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	49	21	976	303	139	74	31	68	59	30	87	117	105	34	4	68	68	368
Marc Iavaroni	F	81	71	1238	308	143	2	0	99	78	94	174	268	67	23	25	83	162	364
Carey Scurry	F	29	0	447	116	54	8	3	39	27	29	52	81	49	47	22	41	78	138
Scott Roth	F	26	0	201	74	30	11	2	30	22	7	21	28	16	12	0	11	37	84
Bart Kofoed	G-F	36	0	225	48	18	7	2	13	8	4	11	15	23	6	1	18	42	46
Eddie Hughes	G	11	0	42	13	5	6	1	6	6	3	1	4	8	0	0	6	5	17
Darryl Dawkins	C	4	0	26	7	1	0	0	12	4	2	3	5	1	0	1	4	10	6
Totals		857	410	19705	7092	3484	404	129	2404	1802	1066	2553	3619	2407	771	627	1462	1986	8899

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Karl Malone	F-C	82	82	39.0	52.0	0.0	70.0	3.4	8.6	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.6	27.7
Thurl Bailey	F-C	82	10	34.2	49.2	33.3	82.6	1.6	4.8	6.5	1.9	0.6	1.5	2.3	2.3	19.6
John Stockton	G	82	79	34.7	57.4	35.8	84.0	0.7	2.2	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	3.2	3.0	14.7
Bob Hansen	G	81	51	22.2	51.7	33.0	74.3	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.2	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.4	9.6
Darrell Griffith	G	52	11	20.2	42.9	27.5	64.1	0.7	1.8	2.4	1.8	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.0	11.3
Mark Eaton	C	82	82	33.3	41.8		62.3	2.8	5.9	8.7	0.7	0.5	3.7	1.6	3.9	7.0
Mel Turpin	C	79	0	12.8	51.2	33.3	72.4	1.1	1.9	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.9	0.9	2.0	5.9
Rickey Green	G	81	3	13.8	42.4	21.1	90.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	3.7	0.7	0.0	1.2	1.0	4.9
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	49	21	19.9	45.9	41.9	86.8	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.4	7.5
Marc Iavaroni	F	81	71	15.3	46.4	0.0	78.8	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.0	4.5
Carey Scurry	F	29	0	15.4	46.6	37.5	69.2	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.7	1.6	0.8	1.4	2.7	4.8
Scott Roth	F	26	0	7.7	40.5	18.2	73.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.4	1.4	3.2
Bart Kofoed	G-F	36	0	6.3	37.5	28.6	61.5	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.2	1.3
Eddie Hughes	G	11	0	3.8	38.5	16.7	100.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5
Darryl Dawkins	C	4	0	6.5	14.3		33.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.5	1.5
Averages		857	410	23.0	49.1	31.9	75.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	2.8	0.9	0.7	1.7	2.3	10.4

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	11	494	255	123	1	0	112	81	33	97	130	17	13	7	39	35	327
Thurl Bailey	F-C	11	449	203	99	1	0	68	57	21	42	63	18	6	23	21	32	255
John Stockton	G	11	478	134	68	14	4	91	75	14	31	45	163	37	3	48	36	215
Bob Hansen	G	11	408	135	67	36	19	22	16	8	31	39	32	7	0	27	42	169
Mark Eaton	C	11	461	65	31	0	0	36	23	28	75	103	13	12	34	14	48	85
Marc Iavaroni	F	11	137	29	16	0	0	14	12	5	14	19	14	2	2	6	26	44
Bart Kofoed	G-F	10	109	23	9	5	1	2	2	3	11	14	11	1	0	9	18	21
Mel Turpin	C	7	31	9	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	6	2	1	4	2	5	8
Eddie Hughes	G	7	16	7	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	5
Rickey Green	G	7	38	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	2	0	3	2	4
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	2	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2
Scott Roth	F	6	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Totals		105	2640	874	422	60	25	347	268	116	305	421	281	84	73	171	246	1137

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Karl Malone	F-C	11	44.9	48.2	0.0	72.3	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	3.5	3.2	29.7
Thurl Bailey	F-C	11	40.8	48.8	0.0	83.8	1.9	3.8	5.7	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.9	2.9	23.2
John Stockton	G	11	43.5	50.7	28.6	82.4	1.3	2.8	4.1	14.8	3.4	0.3	4.4	3.3	19.5
Bob Hansen	G	11	37.1	49.6	52.8	72.7	0.7	2.8	3.5	2.9	0.6	0.0	2.5	3.8	15.4
Mark Eaton	C	11	41.9	47.7		63.9	2.5	6.8	9.4	1.2	1.1	3.1	1.3	4.4	7.7
Marc Iavaroni	F	11	12.5	55.2		85.7	0.5	1.3	1.7	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.4	4.0
Bart Kofoed	G-F	10	10.9	39.1	20.0	100.0	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.9	1.8	2.1
Mel Turpin	C	7	4.4	33.3		100.0	0.4	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.1
Eddie Hughes	G	7	2.3	28.6	33.3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7
Rickey Green	G	7	5.4	25.0			0.0	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.6
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	2	4.5	33.3			0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0
Scott Roth	F	6	1.7	33.3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Averages		857	25.1	48.3	41.7	77.2	1.1	2.9	4.0	2.7	0.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	10.8