1988–89 Utah Jazz season


In American basketball, the 1988-89 Utah Jazz season was the team's 15th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 47-35 output from the previous season. They bested it by four wins, finishing 51-31 and qualified for the playoffs for the sixth straight season.
The Jazz sold 10,153 season tickets, which was an increase of 550 from the previous season.
This season marked by the arrival of the assistant coach Jerry Sloan became a full-time head coach replacing Frank Layden, who retired from coaching after their slow 11–6 start.
Sloan would go on to coach the Jazz for 23 seasons, including two trips to the Finals in 1997 and 1998 and 19 playoff appearances out of 22 seasons including 15 consecutive appearances from 1989 to 2003 and 4 more from 2007 to 2010 before he resigned midway through the 2010–11 season.

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
117Eric LecknerC/PFWyoming
242Jeff MoeIowa
367Ricky GracePGOklahoma

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

West First Round

Utah Jazz vs. Golden State Warriors: Warriors win series 3-0
Last Playoff Meeting: 1987 Western Conference First Round

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records