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1989–90 Utah Jazz season

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The 1989–90 NBA season was the 16th season for the Utah Jazz in the National Basketball Association, and their 11th season in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] The Jazz had the 21st overall pick in the 1989 NBA draft, and selected shooting guard Blue Edwards out of East Carolina University.[2]

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The Jazz got off to a fast start early into the regular season by winning seven of their first eight games.[3] The team continued to play solid basketball winning 11 of their 14 games in January, including a nine-game winning streak, and holding a 33–14 record at the All-Star break.[4] The Jazz finished in second place in the Midwest Division with a 55–27 record, and earned the fourth seed in the Western Conference;[5] the team made their seventh consecutive trip to the NBA playoffs.[6]

Karl Malone averaged 31.0 points, 11.1 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game, and was named to the All-NBA First Team, and also finished in fourth place in Most Valuable Player voting,[7][8] while John Stockton averaged 17.2 points, 14.5 assists and 2.7 steals per game, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, and Thurl Bailey provided the team with 14.2 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. In addition, Edwards and Darrell Griffith both contributed 8.9 points per game each, with Edwards being named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, while Bob Hansen provided with 7.6 points per game, Mike Brown averaged 6.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, and Mark Eaton provided with 4.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and led the team with 2.5 blocks per game.[9]

Malone and Stockton were both selected for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game in Miami, Florida. However, Malone threatened to boycott the All-Star Game, after A.C. Green of the Los Angeles Lakers was voted to be the starting power forward for the Western Conference instead of Malone;[10][11][12][13] Malone did not play in the All-Star Game due to an ankle injury, despite playing all 82 games this season, as Rolando Blackman of the Dallas Mavericks was selected as his replacement.[14][15][16][17][18]

In the Western Conference First Round of the 1990 NBA playoffs, the Jazz won Game 1 against the 5th-seeded Phoenix Suns,[19][20] but lost the series in five games.[21][22][23][24] Following the season, Hansen was traded to the Sacramento Kings in an off-season three team trade.[25][26]

One notable highlight of the regular season was Malone scoring a career-high of 61 points in a 144–96 home win over the Milwaukee Bucks on January 27, 1990.[27][28][29][30]

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  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

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