1993–94 Utah Jazz season

The 1993–94 NBA season was the Jazz's 20th season in the National Basketball Association, and 15th season in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] During the off-season, the Jazz signed free agent All-Star forward Tom Chambers,[2] and acquired Felton Spencer from the Minnesota Timberwolves.[3] The Jazz played competitive basketball with a 22–8 start, but then lost five of their next six games. At midseason, the team traded Jeff Malone to the Philadelphia 76ers for Jeff Hornacek.[4] With the addition of Hornacek, the Jazz posted a ten-game winning streak between February and March, and won nine of their final eleven games finishing third in the Midwest Division with a 53–29 record.[5] John Stockton led the league in assists for the seventh straight season, as Karl Malone joined the list in all-time points scored topping the 19,000 point mark. Stockton averaged 15.1 points, 12.6 assists and 2.4 steals per game, while Malone averaged 25.2 points, 11.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, Chambers provided the team with 11.2 points per game off the bench, and Spencer contributed 8.6 points and 8.3 rebounds per game.[6] Both Stockton and Malone were named to the All-NBA First Team, and selected for the 1994 NBA All-Star Game.[7]

1993–94 Utah Jazz season
Head coachJerry Sloan
General managerTim Howells
Owner(s)Larry H. Miller
ArenaDelta Center
Results
Record53–29 (.646)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Midwest)
Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishConference Finals
(Lost to Rockets 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television
RadioKCNR

In the Western Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Jazz defeated the 4th-seeded San Antonio Spurs after losing Game 1.[8] In the Western Conference Semi-finals, they took a 3–0 series lead over the 8th-seeded Denver Nuggets. However, the Jazz would lose the next three games to the Nuggets, then finally win Game 7 and advance to the next round.[9] In the Western Conference Finals, they lost in five games to the Houston Rockets.[10] Following the season, Tyrone Corbin was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, and Mark Eaton retired after missing the entire season with a back injury.[11]

Draft picks
Main article: 1993 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
118Luther WrightC United StatesSeton Hall
245Bryon RussellSF United StatesCalifornia State-Long Beach

Roster
1993–94 Utah Jazz roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
SF 21 Benoit, David 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1968–05–09 Alabama
SG 20 Bond, Walter 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1969–02–01 Minnesota
PF 42 Chambers, Tom 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1959–06–21 Utah
SF 23 Corbin, Tyrone 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1962–12–31 DePaul
PG 25 Crotty, John 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1969–07–15 Virginia
C 53 Eaton, Mark  (IN) 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1957–01–24 UCLA
C 55 Gallagher, Chad 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1969–05–30 Creighton
SG 14 Hornacek, Jeff 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1963–05–03 Iowa State
SF 43 Howard, Stephen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1970–07–15 DePaul
SG 6 Humphries, Jay 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1962–10–17 Colorado
PF 32 Malone, Karl (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1963–07–24 Louisiana Tech
SF 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
PG 12 Stockton, John (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1962–03–26 Gonzaga
C 44 Wright, Luther  7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1971–09–22 Seton Hall
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 28, 1994

Roster Notes
  • Center Mark Eaton missed the entire season due to a back injury.

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Houston Rockets 5824.707—35–623–1815–11
x-San Antonio Spurs 5527.671332–923–1816–10
x-Utah Jazz 5329.646533–820–2121–5
x-Denver Nuggets 4240.5121628–1314–2714–12
Minnesota Timberwolves 2062.2443813–287–345–21
Dallas Mavericks 1369.159456–357–347–19
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Seattle SuperSonics6319.768–
2 y-Houston Rockets5824.7075
3 x-Phoenix Suns5626.6837
4 x-San Antonio Spurs5527.6718
5 x-Utah Jazz5329.64610
6 x-Golden State Warriors5032.61013
7 x-Portland Trail Blazers4735.57316
8 x-Denver Nuggets4240.51221
9 Los Angeles Lakers3349.40230
10 Sacramento Kings2854.34135
11 Los Angeles Clippers2755.32936
12 Minnesota Timberwolves2062.24443
13 Dallas Mavericks1369.15950
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1993-94 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 —4–04–12–33–12–01–14–00–21–13–21–11–13–15–02–01–32–23–14–01–11–12–01–11–11–14–0
Boston 0–4—0–42–21–32–01–13–11–11–10–41–11–12–33–11–11–40–42–24–11–11–11–10–20–20–23–2
Charlotte 1–44–0—1–41–41–11–14–00–21–12–21–12–01–33–22–02–23–12–23–12–00–21–10–20–21–12–2
Chicago 3–22–24–1—1–32–01–15–02–01–14–12–01–12–24–02–03–11–32–23–11–10–21–11–11–12–04–0
Cleveland 1–33–14–13–1—2–01–13–22–00–22–32–01–11–33–22–02–20–42–24–00–22–02–00–21–11–13–1
Dallas 0–20–21–10–20–2—1–41–10–41–40–20–40–40–20–25–10–20–20–20–20–41–32–20–50–40–51–1
Denver 1–11–11–11–11–14–1—2–01–33–21–13–13–11–12–04–11–11–11–10–21–31–32–22–42–21–41–1
Detroit 0–41–30–40–52–31–10–2—0–20–21–41–10–22–21–42–01–30–41–31–31–10–21–11–11–10–22–2
Golden State 2–01–12–00–20–24–03–12–0—0–41–14–15–02–02–02–20–21–11–11–12–33–24–12–21–43–12–0
Houston 1–11–11–11–12–04–12–32–04–0—1–14–03–12–01–14–12–02–01–12–02–24–04–02–32–23–31–1
Indiana 2–34–02–21–43–22–01–14–11–11–1—2–00–23–13–12–03–10–42–22–21–11–12–00–21–11–13–1
L.A. Clippers 1–11–11–10–20–24–01–31–11–40–40–2—2–31–11–11–31–10–21–11–10–52–33–21–31–41–31–1
L.A. Lakers 1–11–10–21–11–14–01–32–00–51–32–03–2—1–12–03–10–20–22–01–13–20–51–40–40–52–21–1
Miami 1–33–23–12–23–12–01–12–20–20–21–31–11–1—4–02–02–32–22–34–10–20–21–10–21–11–13–1
Milwaukee 0–51–32–30–42–32–00–24–10–21–11–31–10–20–4—0–21–30–41–31–30–21–11–10–20–20–21–3
Minnesota 0–21–10–20–20–21–51–40–22–21–40–23–11–30–22–0—1–10–21–12–00–40–42–21–40–41–40–2
New Jersey 3–14–12–21–32–22–01–13–12–00–21–31–12–03–23–11–1—4–10–53–10–20–21–11–11–11–13–1
New York 2–24–01–33–14–02–01–14–01–10–24–02–02–02–24–02–01–4—3–23–21–12–02–01–11–10–25–0
Orlando 1–32–22–22–22–22–01–13–11–11–12–21–10–23–23–11–15–02–3—4–01–12–02–00–21–12–04–1
Philadelphia 0–41–41–31–30–42–02–03–11–10–22–21–11–11–43–10–21–32–30–4—0–20–20–20–20–21–12–3
Phoenix 1–11–10–21–12–04–03–11–13–22–21–15–02–32–02–04–02–01–11–12–0—3–24–13–12–32–22–0
Portland 1–11–12–02–00–23–13–12–02–30–41–13–25–02–01–14–02–00–20–22–02–3—4–11–31–41–32–0
Sacramento 0–21–11–11–10–22–22–21–11–40–40–22–34–11–11–12–21–10–20–22–01–41–4—1–30–51–32–0
San Antonio 1–12–02–01–12–05–04–21–12–23–22–03–14–02–02–04–11–11–12–02–01–33–13–1—0–40–52–0
Seattle 1–12–02–01–11–14–02–21–14–12–21–14–15–01–12–04–01–11–11–12–03–24–15–04–0—3–12–0
Utah 1–12–01–10–21–15–04–12–01–33–31–13–12–21–12–04–11–12–00–21–12–23–13–15–01–3—2–0
Washington 0–42–32–20–41–31–11–12–20–21–11–31–11–11–33–12–01–30–51–43–20–20–20–20–20–20–2—

Playoffs
1994 playoff game log
First Round: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 28 @ San Antonio L 89–106 Karl Malone (36) Karl Malone (10) John Stockton (8) Alamodome
18,257		 0–1
2 April 30 @ San Antonio W 96–84 Karl Malone (23) Karl Malone (14) John Stockton (5) Alamodome 1–1
3 May 3 San Antonio W 105–72 Karl Malone (24) Karl Malone (13) John Stockton (12) Delta Center
19,911		 2–1
4 May 5 San Antonio W 95–90 Karl Malone (34) Karl Malone (12) John Stockton (18) Delta Center
19,911		 3–1
Conference Semifinals: 4–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 10 Denver W 100–91 Karl Malone (25) Karl Malone (10) John Stockton (11) Delta Center
19,911		 1–0
2 May 12 Denver W 104–94 Karl Malone (32) Karl Malone (12) John Stockton (8) Delta Center
19,911		 2–0
3 May 14 @ Denver W 111–109 (OT) Jeff Hornacek (27) Karl Malone (13) John Stockton (13) McNichols Sports Arena
17,171		 3–0
4 May 15 @ Denver L 82–83 Karl Malone (20) Karl Malone (9) John Stockton (6) McNichols Sports Arena
17,171		 3–1
5 May 17 Denver L 101–109 (2OT) Karl Malone (22) Corbin, Spencer (14) John Stockton (13) Delta Center
19,911		 3–2
6 May 19 @ Denver L 91–94 Karl Malone (31) Karl Malone (15) John Stockton (7) McNichols Sports Arena
17,171		 3–3
7 May 21 Denver W 91–81 Karl Malone (31) Karl Malone (14) John Stockton (9) Delta Center
19,911		 4–3
Conference Finals: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 23 @ Houston L 86–100 Karl Malone (20) Karl Malone (16) John Stockton (11) The Summit
16,611		 0–1
2 May 25 @ Houston L 99–104 Karl Malone (32) Malone, Spencer (7) John Stockton (10) The Summit
16,611		 0–2
3 May 27 Houston W 95–86 Karl Malone (22) Karl Malone (16) John Stockton (11) Delta Center
19,911		 1–2
4 May 29 Houston L 78–80 Karl Malone (25) Karl Malone (14) John Stockton (6) Delta Center
19,911		 1–3
5 May 31 @ Houston L 83–94 Karl Malone (31) Felton Spencer (15) John Stockton (9) The Summit
16,611		 1–4
1994 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 40.6 .497 .250 .694 11.5 4.0 1.5 1.5 25.2
Jeff Malone 50 50 33.1 .488 .500 .843 2.3 1.3 0.5 0.1 16.2
John Stockton 82 82 36.2 .528 .322 .805 3.1 12.6 2.4 0.3 15.1
Jeff Hornacek 27 9 30.6 .509 .429 .891 2.5 3.9 1.2 0.1 14.6
Tom Chambers 80 0 23.0 .440 .311 .786 4.1 1.0 0.5 0.4 11.2
Felton Spencer 79 79 28.0 .505 .607 8.3 0.5 0.5 0.8 8.6
Tyrone Corbin 82 17 26.2 .456 .207 .813 4.7 1.5 1.2 0.3 8.0
Jay Humphries 75 19 21.6 .436 .396 .750 1.7 2.9 0.9 0.1 7.5
David Benoit 55 18 19.5 .385 .203 .773 4.7 0.4 0.4 0.7 6.5
Bryon Russell 67 48 16.7 .484 .091 .614 2.7 0.8 1.0 0.3 5.0
Stephen Howard 9 0 5.9 .588 .688 1.8 0.1 0.1 0.3 3.4
Walter Bond 56 4 10.0 .404 .352 .775 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.2 3.1
Chad Gallagher 2 0 1.5 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
John Crotty 45 0 7.0 .455 .458 .861 0.7 1.7 0.3 0.0 2.9
Darren Morningstar 1 0 4.0 1.000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Luther Wright 15 2 6.1 .348 .000 .750 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.3
Dave Jamerson 1 0 4.0 .000 1.000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Aaron Williams 6 0 2.0 .250 .000 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.7
Sean Green 1 0 2.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Karl Malone 16 16 43.9 .467 .000 .738 12.4 3.4 1.4 0.8 27.1
Jeff Hornacek 16 16 34.9 .475 .441 .912 2.4 4.0 1.5 0.4 15.4
John Stockton 16 16 37.3 .456 .167 .810 3.3 9.8 1.7 0.5 14.4
Felton Spencer 16 16 30.8 .448 .660 8.4 0.4 0.2 1.3 7.9
Jay Humphries 16 0 22.3 .426 .318 .679 2.3 2.4 0.8 0.1 7.4
David Benoit 16 5 22.3 .393 .188 .640 4.2 0.6 0.4 0.7 7.2
Tyrone Corbin 16 11 25.8 .387 .333 .933 4.9 0.9 1.3 0.2 6.3
Tom Chambers 16 0 20.3 .361 .000 .793 2.8 0.8 0.3 0.6 5.8
Bryon Russell 6 0 6.0 .400 .667 1.000 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.7
John Crotty 8 0 4.8 .364 1.000 1.000 0.4 1.1 0.1 0.0 1.5
Stephen Howard 10 0 2.7 .273 .727 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4
Walter Bond 4 0 3.3 .000 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3

Player Statistics Citation:[6]

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Free agents

See also

References
  1. 1993-94 Utah Jazz
  2. "SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO BASKETBALL; Jazz Sign Chambers". New York Times. August 13, 1993. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  3. "Jazz trade Brown to Timberwolves for Spencer". UPI Archives. June 30, 1993. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  4. "PRO BASKETBALL; Clippers Deal Manning To Hawks for Wilkins". New York Times. February 25, 1994. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  5. "1993–94 Utah Jazz Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  6. "1993–94 Utah Jazz Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  7. "1994 NBA All-Star Game East: 127, West 118". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  8. "SPURS CRY FOUL BUT APPLAUD JAZZ". Deseret News. May 6, 1994. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  9. "Malone delivers Jazz to West finals". Baltimore Sun. May 22, 1994. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  10. "Rockets Now Rest and Wait : Pro basketball: Houston controls game early and wraps up series with a 94-83 victory over Jazz. NBA finals next". Los Angeles Times. June 1, 1994. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  11. "Back Troubles Force Utah's Eaton to Retire". Los Angeles Times. September 29, 1994. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
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