1997–98 Utah Jazz season

1997–98 Utah Jazz season
1997–98 Utah Jazz season
Conference champions
Division champions
Head coach	Jerry Sloan
Arena	Delta Center
Results
Record	62–20 (.756)
Place	Division: 1st (Midwest); Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals; (Lost to Bulls 2–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Rocky Mountain, KJZZ
Radio	KSOP-AM and FM
< 1996–97	1998–99 >

The 1997–98 NBA season was the Jazz's 24th season in the National Basketball Association, and 19th season in Salt Lake City, Utah.^[1] Without John Stockton for the first 18 games due to a knee injury,^[2] the Jazz slowly got off to an 11–7 start to the season. However, Stockton would eventually return as the Jazz won 31 of their final 36 games after the All-Star break, and finished first place in the Midwest Division with a 62–20 record. The Jazz's top scorer Karl Malone, who averaged 27.0 points per game, was part of a Jazz offense that had two other players, Stockton and Jeff Hornacek, averaging double-digits in points. Malone was the only member of the team to play in the 1998 NBA All-Star Game.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Jazz trailed 2–1 to the 8th-seeded Houston Rockets. However, they won the series in five games. In the semifinals, they defeated the San Antonio Spurs in five games. After that, the Jazz swept the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals in four straight games to advance to the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year, and once again, met the Chicago Bulls in a rematch of last year's NBA Finals, in which they lost to the Bulls in six games. In the Finals, just like last year's NBA Finals, they lost in six games to the Chicago Bulls. Following the season, Antoine Carr signed as a free agent with the Houston Rockets, and Chris Morris signed with the Phoenix Suns.

The team's season roster is featured in the video games NBA 2K16 ^[3] and NBA 2K17.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	27	Jacque Vaughn ^[4]	PG	United States	Kansas
2	56	Nate Erdmann		United States	Oklahoma

The Jazz used two picks; a first round pick on point guard Jacque Vaughn and a second round pick on Nate Erdmann. Vaughn would play with the team for four seasons before going to the Atlanta Hawks and Erdmann was cut from the team right before regular season, therefore signing with Idaho Stampede in the CBA.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SG	40	Anderson, Shandon	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1973-12-31	Georgia
PF	55	Carr, Antoine	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1961-07-23	Wichita State University
PG	10	Eisley, Howard	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	1972-12-04	Boston College
C	44	Foster, Greg	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1968-10-03	UTEP
SG	14	Hornacek, Jeff	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1963-05-03	Iowa State
PG	25	Hudson, Troy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1976-03-13	Southern Illinois
SF	31	Keefe, Adam	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1970-02-22	Stanford
PF	32	Malone, Karl (C)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1963-07-24	Louisiana Tech
SF	34	Morris, Chris	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1966-01-20	Auburn
C	00	Ostertag, Greg	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	1973-03-06	Kansas
SF	3	Russell, Bryon	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1970-12-31	Long Beach State
PG	12	Stockton, John (C)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1962-03-26	Gonzaga
PG	11	Vaughn, Jacque	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1975-02-11	Kansas

Head coach

Jerry Sloan (Evansville)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Reserves
C	Greg Foster	Greg Ostertag
PF	Karl Malone	Antoine Carr
SF	Adam Keefe	Byron Russell	Chris Morris
SG	Jeff Hornacek	Shandon Anderson
PG	John Stockton	Howard Eisley	Jacque Vaughn	Troy Hudson

Salaries

Player	Salary
Karl Malone	$5,118,578
John Stockton	$5,000,000
Jeff Hornacek	$4,195,000
Chris Morris (basketball)	$3,000,000
Bryon Russell	$2,857,144
Adam Keefe (basketball)	$2,300,000
Antoine Carr	$1,600,000
Howard Eisley	$1,240,000
Shandon Anderson	$1,200,000
Greg Ostertag	$647,400
Jacque Vaughn	$601,320
Greg Foster (basketball)	$504,000
Troy Hudson	$242,000
Total	$27,305,442

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
z-Utah Jazz	62	20	.756	–	36–5	26–15	22–2
x-San Antonio Spurs	56	26	.683	6	31–10	25–16	18–6
x-Minnesota Timberwolves	45	37	.549	17	26–15	19–22	14–10
x-Houston Rockets	41	41	.500	21	24–17	17–24	14–10
Dallas Mavericks	20	62	.244	42	13–28	7–34	9–15
Vancouver Grizzlies	19	63	.232	43	14–27	5–36	4–20
Denver Nuggets	11	71	.134	51	9–32	2–39	3–21

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Utah Jazz	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Seattle SuperSonics	61	21	.744	1
3	x-Los Angeles Lakers	61	21	.744	1
4	x-Phoenix Suns	56	26	.683	6
5	x-San Antonio Spurs	56	26	.683	6
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	46	36	.561	16
7	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	45	37	.549	17
8	x-Houston Rockets	41	41	.500	21

9	Sacramento Kings	27	55	.329	35
10	Dallas Mavericks	20	62	.244	42
11	Vancouver Grizzlies	19	63	.232	43
11	Golden State Warriors	19	63	.232	43
13	Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45
14	Denver Nuggets	11	71	.134	51

^[5]

Record vs. opponents

1997-98 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	TOR	UTA	VAN	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	4–0
Boston	1–2	—	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	3–2
Charlotte	0–4	2–1	—	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2
Chicago	3–1	3–1	3–1	—	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	3–1
Cleveland	0–4	3–1	2–2	2–2	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–2
Dallas	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	3–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–1	0–4	4–0	1–1
Denver	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	—	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1
Detroit	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–0	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	0–2	2–2
Golden State	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	—	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2
Houston	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	—	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–0	0–4	3–1	1–1
Indiana	3–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–0
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	0–4	0–2	—	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	—	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	4–0	4–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1
Miami	3–1	4–0	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	—	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2
Milwaukee	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–3	—	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–2
Minnesota	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	4–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	4–0	0–2
New Jersey	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	0–2	—	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3
New York	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	—	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3
Orlando	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–4	—	4–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–4	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–1
Phoenix	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	4–0	1–1
Portland	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	—	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	—	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	4–0	—	2–2	2–0	1–3	4–0	1–1
Seattle	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	2–2	—	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–1
Toronto	0–4	0–3	0–4	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	0–2	1–1	0–3
Utah	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	—	4–0	0–2
Vancouver	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	2–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	0–4	—	1–1
Washington	0–4	2–3	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	—

Game log

1997-98 Game Log

Total: 62-20 (Home: 36-5; Road: 26-15)

October: 0-1 (Home: 0-0; Road: 0-1)

November: 9-5 (Home: 6-2; Road: 3-3)

December: 10-5 (Home: 5-1; Road: 5-4)

January: 10-3 (Home: 8-1; Road: 2-2)

February: 9-2 (Home: 6-1; Road: 3-1)

March: 15-2 (Home: 5-0; Road: 10-2)

April: 9-2 (Home: 6-0; Away: 3-2)

1997-98 Schedule

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) Utah Jazz vs. (8) Houston Rockets Last Playoff Meeting: 1997 Western Conference Finals (Utah won 4-2)

Game	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Record (UTA-HOU)	Venue	Box score	Television
1	April 23	Utah	90	Houston	103	0-1	Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah	1	TBS 9:30et
2	April 25	Utah	105	Houston	90	1-1	Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah	2	TNT 10:30et
3	April 29	Houston	89	Utah	85	1-2	Compaq Center, Houston, Texas	3	TBS 9:30et
4	May 1	Houston	71	Utah	93	2-2	Compaq Center, Houston, Texas	4	TNT 9:30et
5	May 3	Utah	84	Houston	70	3-2	Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah	5	NBC 3:00et
Utah wins series 3–2

West Conference Semifinals

(1) Utah Jazz vs. (5) San Antonio Spurs Last Playoff Meeting: 1996 Western Conference Semifinals (Utah won 4-2)

Game	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Record (UTA-SAS)	Venue	Box score	Television
1	May 5	Utah	83	San Antonio	82	1-0	Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah	1	TNT 10:30et
2	May 7	Utah	109	San Antonio	106	2-0	Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah	2	TNT 10:30et
3	May 9	San Antonio	86	Utah	64	2-1	Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas	3	NBC 3:30et
4	May 10	San Antonio	73	Utah	82	3-1	Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas	4	TNT 9:00et
5	May 12	Utah	87	San Antonio	77	4-1	Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah	5	TNT 8:00et
Utah wins series 4–1

West Conference Finals

(1) Utah Jazz vs. (3) Los Angeles Lakers Last Playoff Meeting: 1997 Western Conference Semifinals (Utah won 4-1)

Game	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Record (UTA-LAL)	Venue	Box score	Television
1	May 16	Utah	112	Los Angeles	77	1-0	Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah	1	NBC 3:00et
2	May 18	Utah	99	Los Angeles	95	2-0	Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah	2	TNT 8:30et
3	May 22	Los Angeles	98	Utah	109	3-0	Great Western Forum, Los Angeles	3	TNT 10:30et
4	May 24	Los Angeles	92	Utah	96	4-0	Great Western Forum, Los Angeles, California	4	NBC 3:30et
Utah wins series 4–0

NBA Finals

With home-court advantage, the Jazz were favored by many^[who?] to end the Bulls' dynasty, as they took Game 1 at the Delta Center. However, the Bulls rallied to take Game 2 and jumped out to a 3–1 lead by taking the first two games in Chicago. Facing elimination, the Jazz edged the Bulls by two points to send the series back to Utah. In Game 6, the Jazz had a late lead, but Michael Jordan, playing in his final game with the Bulls, led the Bulls to an 87–86 win, hitting the game-winning shot with 5.2 seconds left.^[5]

^[6] Legend: OT denotes a game decided in overtime

Game	Date	Home team	Result	Road team
Game 1	June 3	Utah	88–85 (OT)	Chicago
Game 2	June 5	Utah	88–93	Chicago
Game 3	June 7	Chicago	96–54	Utah
Game 4	June 10	Chicago	86–82	Utah
Game 5	June 12	Chicago	81–83	Utah
Game 6	June 14	Utah	86–87	Chicago

Bulls win series 4–2

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
Shandon Anderson	82	2	19.5	.538	.219	.735	2.8	1.1	.8	.2	8.3
Antoine Carr	66	8	16.5	.465	.	.776	2.0	.7	.2	.8	5.7
William Cunningham	6	2	6.3	.444	.	.	1.3	.2	.3	.0	1.3
Howard Eisley	82	18	21.0	.441	.407	.852	2.0	4.2	.7	.2	7.7
Greg Foster	78	49	18.5	.445	.222	.770	3.5	.7	.2	.4	5.7
Jeff Hornacek	80	80	30.8	.482	.441	.885	3.4	4.4	1.4	.2	14.2
Troy Hudson	8	0	2.9	.429	.000	.	.3	.5	.3	.0	1.5
Adam Keefe	80	75	25.6	.540	.	.810	5.5	1.1	.7	.3	7.8
Karl Malone	81	81	37.4	.530	.333	.761	10.3	3.9	1.2	.9	27.0
Chris Morris	54	1	10.0	.411	.306	.721	2.1	.4	.5	.3	4.3
Greg Ostertag	63	23	20.4	.481	.	.479	5.9	.4	.4	2.1	4.7
Bryon Russell	82	7	27.1	.430	.341	.766	4.0	1.2	1.1	.4	9.0
John Stockton	64	64	29.0	.528	.429	.827	2.6	8.5	1.4	.2	12.0
Jacque Vaughn	45	0	9.3	.361	.375	.706	.8	1.9	.2	.0	3.1

^[7]

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Shandon Anderson	20	0	18.9	.515	.273	.676	3.2	1.0	.3	.1	6.7
Antoine Carr	20	0	14.6	.456	.	.750	2.1	.6	.1	.6	4.4
Howard Eisley	20	0	18.3	.368	.296	.923	2.0	4.1	.6	.3	5.6
Greg Foster	20	16	16.8	.453	.500	.600	3.4	.3	.1	.3	4.1
Jeff Hornacek	20	20	31.8	.416	.467	.846	2.5	3.2	1.0	.2	10.9
Adam Keefe	15	10	10.3	.345	.	.647	2.3	.1	.3	.1	2.1
Karl Malone	20	20	39.8	.471	.000	.788	10.9	3.4	1.1	1.0	26.3
Chris Morris	17	0	14.1	.406	.304	.700	2.8	.6	.3	.2	4.5
Greg Ostertag	19	1	17.7	.565	.	.480	4.3	.3	.4	1.9	3.4
Bryon Russell	20	13	34.9	.469	.365	.716	4.7	1.1	1.1	.3	11.0
John Stockton	20	20	29.8	.494	.346	.718	3.0	7.8	1.6	.2	11.1
Jacque Vaughn	7	0	3.4	.200	.500	1.000	.4	.6	.	.	1.0

Awards and records

Karl Malone, All-NBA First Team
Karl Malone, NBA All-Defensive First Team
Karl Malone, NBA Leader, Free Throw Attempts (825) ^[5]

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team

References

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^ "Jazz Loses Stockton for 2-3 Months". Los Angeles Times. October 15, 1997. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
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[2] "Jazz Loses Stockton for 2-3 Months". Los Angeles Times. October 15, 1997. Retrieved March 2, 2017.

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[4] NBA Draft 1997

[autogenerated2-5] 1997-98 NBA Season Summary - Basketball-Reference.com

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v t e Utah Jazz
Founded in 1974 Played in New Orleans (1974–1979) Based in Salt Lake City, Utah
Franchise	All-time roster Draft history 1974 expansion draft Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Loyola Field House New Orleans Municipal Auditorium Louisiana Superdome Salt Palace Delta Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Ryan Smith President Jim Olson CEO of basketball operations Danny Ainge General manager Justin Zanik Head coach Will Hardy
NBA G League affiliate	Salt Lake City Stars
Retired numbers	1 4 7 9 12 14 32 35 53 1223
Rivalries	Denver Nuggets Houston Rockets
Culture and lore	Radio network Jazz Bear Team mural Craig Bolerjack Thurl Bailey Hot Rod Hundley Dan Roberts KJZZ-TV Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals Celtic Pride Tiffany Coyne "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" (The Simpsons episode) "Whatever It Takes" (Imagine Dragons song) Suspension of the 2019–20 NBA season Larry H. Miller Gail Miller

Offseason

NBA Draft

Roster

Depth Chart

Salaries

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

West First Round

West Conference Semifinals

West Conference Finals

NBA Finals

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

See also

References