1980–81 Utah Jazz season


The 1980-81 Utah Jazz season was the team's seventh in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 24-58 output from the previous season. The team started the season 12-6 but lost 15 of the next 17 games, however they bested it by four wins, finishing 28-54, but failed to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh straight season.

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
12Darrell GriffithSGLouisville
119John DurenPGGeorgetown
472Alan TaylorBrigham Young
594Wally WestBoston University
6118Ken CunninghamGWestern Michigan
7140Dave ColescottNorth Carolina
8163Jim BrandonSt. Peter's
9181Paul RenfroTexas-Arlington
10201Leroy ColemanMiddle Tennessee State

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Notes

Game log

Player statistics

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Awards and records