1994–95 Utah Jazz season

The 1994–95 NBA season was the Jazz's 21st season in the National Basketball Association, and 16th season in Salt Lake City, Utah.^[1] During the off-season, the Jazz signed free agent Antoine Carr,^[2][3] and acquired Adam Keefe from the Atlanta Hawks.^[4][5][6] The Jazz struggled losing four of their first six games, but then won seven of their next eight games, then won eight straight games in December.^[7] The team posted a 14–1 record in January, which included a 14-game winning streak which ended in early February,^[8] as the Jazz held a 35–13 record at the All-Star break.^[9] At midseason, the team traded Jay Humphries to the Boston Celtics in exchange for former Jazz guard Blue Edwards.^[10][11][12] The Jazz posted a nine-game winning streak between February and March,^[13] then won their final seven games of the season, finishing second in the Midwest Division with a 60–22 record.^[14] They made their 12th consecutive trip to the playoffs.^[15]

1994–95 Utah Jazz season
Head coach	Jerry Sloan
General manager	Tim Howells
Owner(s)	Larry H. Miller
Arena	Delta Center
Results
Record	60–22 (.732)
Place	Division: 2nd (Midwest) Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	First round (lost to Rockets 2–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KJZZ-TV Prime Sports Intermountain West
Radio	KCNR
< 1993–94 1995–96 >

In a year of milestones, John Stockton became the NBA's all-time assist leader passing Magic Johnson with 9,921 on his way to a record tying eighth straight assist title.^[16][17] Meanwhile, Karl Malone and Tom Chambers both passed the 20,000 point mark in their careers.^[18] Malone averaged 26.7 points and 10.6 rebounds per game, while Stockton averaged 14.7 points, 12.3 assists and 2.4 steals per game. Malone and Stockton were both named to the All-NBA First Team, and selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game,^{[19][20][21][22]} while Stockton was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team, and Malone finished in third place in Most Valuable Player voting, while Stockton finished in eighth place.^[23][24] In addition, Jeff Hornacek finished second on the team in scoring averaging 16.5 points per game, while David Benoit provided the team with 10.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, and Felton Spencer provided with 9.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game,^[25] but only played just 34 games due to an Achilles tendon injury.^[26][27]

In the Western Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Jazz took a 2–1 series lead over the 6th-seeded and defending champion Houston Rockets,^[28][29][30] but went on to lose the series in five games.^{[31][32][33][34]} The Rockets would go on to defeat the Orlando Magic in four straight games in the NBA Finals, winning their second consecutive championship.^{[35][36][37][38][39]}

Following the season, Chambers left to play overseas in Israel,^[40][41][42] and Edwards was left unprotected in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft, where he was selected by the newly expansion Vancouver Grizzlies.^{[43][44][45][46][47]}

Draft picks

Main article: 1994 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	47	Jamie Watson	SF	United States	South Carolina

Roster

1994–95 Utah Jazz roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F 21 Benoit, David 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1968–05–09 Alabama G 20 Bond, Walter 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1969–02–01 Minnesota F 55 Carr, Antoine 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1961–07–23 Wichita State F 42 Chambers, Tom 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1959–06–21 Utah G 25 Crotty, John 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1969–07–15 Virginia C 54 Donaldson, James 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1957–08–16 Washington State G 30 Edwards, Blue 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1965–10–31 East Carolina G 14 Hornacek, Jeff 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1963–05–03 Iowa State F 31 Keefe, Adam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1970–02–22 Stanford F 32 Malone, Karl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1963–07–24 Louisiana Tech F 34 Russell, Bryon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1970–12–31 Long Beach State C 50 Spencer, Felton 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1968–01–15 Louisville G 12 Stockton, John 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1962–03–26 Gonzaga F 15 Watson, Jamie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1972–02–23 South Carolina

Head coach Jerry Sloan Assistant coach(es) Gordon Chiesa David Fredman Phil Johnson Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: February 3, 1995

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
z-San Antonio Spurs	62	20	.756	—	33–8	29–12	20–6
x-Utah Jazz	60	22	.732	2	33–8	27–14	17–9
x-Houston Rockets	47	35	.573	15	25–16	22–19	13–13
x-Denver Nuggets	41	41	.500	21	23–18	18–23	13–13
Dallas Mavericks	36	46	.439	26	19–22	17–24	11–15
Minnesota Timberwolves	21	61	.256	41	13–28	8–33	4–22

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-San Antonio Spurs	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Phoenix Suns	59	23	.720	3
3	x-Utah Jazz	60	22	.732	2
4	x-Seattle SuperSonics	57	25	.695	5
5	x-Los Angeles Lakers	48	34	.585	14
6	x-Houston Rockets	47	35	.573	15
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	44	38	.537	18
8	x-Denver Nuggets	41	41	.500	21
9	Sacramento Kings	39	43	.476	23
10	Dallas Mavericks	36	46	.439	26
11	Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	36
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	21	61	.256	41
13	Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45

Record vs. opponents

1994-95 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–1	2–2	1–4	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–4	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0
Boston	1–3	—	1–3	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	0–5	2–3	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	3–1	—	2–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–2	1–4	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1
Chicago	4–1	4–0	2–2	—	2–3	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–4	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2
Cleveland	4–1	2–2	2–3	3–2	—	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	—	1–4	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–4	3–1	2–2	2–3	0–4	2–4	1–1
Denver	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	—	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	6–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–4	2–0
Detroit	2–3	1–3	0–5	0–5	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	—	0–4	0–2	3–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–5	1–3	1–4	2–2	2–0
Houston	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	4–0	—	1–1	3–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–5	0–4	2–3	2–0
Indiana	4–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	2–3	1–3	0–2	—	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	4–0	1–1	3–2	—	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	3–2	1–3	4–1	2–2	2–0
Miami	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	—	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–1
Milwaukee	3–1	3–1	1–4	4–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	—	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–6	1–1	3–1	2–3	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–5	0–4	1–4	1–1
New Jersey	0–4	3–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	—	1–4	2–2	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3
New York	2–2	5–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	—	2–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0
Orlando	3–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	—	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	0–4	1–4	—	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–3	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	5–0	4–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–5	—	3–2	1–3	2–3	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	1–3	0–2	4–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	—	0–4	3–2	0–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	5–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	—	2–2	3–2	2–0
Seattle	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	4–0	1–1	5–0	1–4	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–4	3–2	2–3	2–2	—	1–3	2–0
Utah	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	2–3	3–1	—	2–0
Washington	0–4	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–4	1–3	1–1	3–2	0–4	2–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

Regular season

1994–95 game log Total: 60–22 (home: 33–8; road: 27–14)
November: 9–5 (home: 7–1; road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
December: 10–4 (home: 2–4; road: 8–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 28 December 30 7:00 p.m. MST Houston L 103–111 Malone (25) Malone (14) Stockton (16) Delta Center 19,911 19–9
January: 14–1 (home: 9–1; road: 5–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
February: 8–6 (home: 4–1; road: 4–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 45 February 2 6:30 p.m. MST @ Houston L 101–121 Malone (26) Malone (10) Stockton (5) The Summit 16,611 34–11 All-Star Break
March: 12–4 (home: 5–1; road: 7–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 68 March 23 6:30 p.m. MST @ Houston W 112–104 Malone (30) Malone (15) Stockton (16) The Summit 16,611 50–18
April: 8–2 (home: 6–0; road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 80 April 19 7:00 p.m. MDT Houston W 115–96 Malone (45) Malone (17) Stockton (15) Delta Center 19,911 58–22 82 April 23 5:00 p.m. MDT @ Houston W 103–97 Malone (23) Malone (15) Malone, Stockton (8) The Summit 16,611 60–22
1994–95 schedule

Playoffs

1995 playoff game log
Western Conference First Round: 2–3 (home: 1–2; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 27 7:30 p.m. MDT Houston W 102–100 Stockton (28) Malone (14) Stockton (10) Delta Center 19,911 1–0 2 April 29 7:30 p.m. MDT Houston L 126–140 Malone (28) Malone (17) Sockton (12) Delta Center 19,911 1–1 3 May 3 7:30 p.m. MDT @ Houston W 95–82 Malone (32) Malone (19) Stockton (13) The Summit 16,611 2–1 4 May 5 7:30 p.m. MDT @ Houston L 106–123 Malone (31) Benoit (7) Stockton (11) The Summit 16,611 2–2 5 May 7 1:00 p.m. MDT Houston L 91–95 Malone (35) Malone (10) Hornacek (6) Delta Center 19,911 2–3
1995 schedule

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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Karl Malone	82	82	38.1	.536	.268	.742	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	26.7
Jeff Hornacek	81	81	33.3	.514	.406	.882	2.6	4.3	1.6	0.2	16.5
John Stockton	82	82	35.0	.542	.449	.804	3.1	12.3	2.4	0.3	14.7
David Benoit	71	67	25.9	.486	.330	.841	5.2	0.8	0.6	0.7	10.4
Antoine Carr	78	4	21.5	.531	.250	.821	3.4	0.9	0.3	0.9	9.6
Felton Spencer	34	34	26.6	.488		.793	7.6	0.5	0.4	0.9	9.3
Blue Edwards	36	0	16.8	.495	.344	.762	1.8	0.8	0.7	0.2	6.6
Tom Chambers	81	4	15.3	.457	.167	.807	2.6	0.9	0.3	0.4	6.2
Adam Keefe	75	0	16.9	.577		.676	4.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	6.1
Walter Bond	18	0	13.3	.500	.378	.688	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.2	5.4
Bryon Russell	63	15	13.7	.437	.295	.667	2.2	0.5	0.8	0.2	4.5
John Crotty	80	0	12.7	.403	.306	.810	1.2	2.6	0.5	0.1	3.7
Jamie Watson	60	1	11.2	.500	.263	.679	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.2	3.3
James Donaldson	43	40	14.3	.595		.710	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.7	2.6
Jay Humphries	12	0	12.4	.160	.667		0.8	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.8

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Karl Malone	5	5	43.2	.466	.333	.692	13.2	3.8	1.4	0.4	30.2
John Stockton	5	5	38.6	.459	.400	.765	3.4	10.2	1.4	0.2	17.8
Jeff Hornacek	5	5	35.6	.510	.538	.786	1.2	4.0	1.6	0.2	14.0
David Benoit	5	5	33.4	.467	.440	.667	5.6	0.8	0.4	0.8	11.8
Antoine Carr	5	0	22.8	.452		.833	3.0	1.4	0.6	1.0	9.6
Tom Chambers	5	0	12.0	.500	.333	.692	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.0	6.4
Bryon Russell	2	0	6.5	.571	.500	.500	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	5.5
Adam Keefe	4	0	17.3	.583		.667	4.3	0.5	1.3	0.3	4.5
James Donaldson	5	5	15.2	.833		1.000	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.8
Jamie Watson	5	0	11.4	.667			0.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	2.4
Blue Edwards	4	0	8.3	.333	1.000		1.5	0.8	0.5	0.0	2.3
John Crotty	3	0	8.0	.667		.600	0.0	2.0	0.3	0.0	2.3

Player Statistics Citation:^[25]

Awards and records

• Karl Malone, All-NBA First Team
• John Stockton, All-NBA First Team
• John Stockton, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions

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