1999–2000 Utah Jazz season

The 1999–2000 NBA season was the 26th season for the Utah Jazz in the National Basketball Association, and their 21st season in Salt Lake City, Utah.^[1] During the off-season, the Jazz signed free agent Olden Polynice,^[2][3][4] then later on signed Armen Gilliam in January;^[5][6][7] Polynice became the team's starting center this season, as Greg Ostertag came off the bench as a backup to Polynice.^[8]

1999–2000 Utah Jazz season
Division champions
Head coach	Jerry Sloan
Arena	Delta Center
Results
Record	55–27 (.671)
Place	Division: 1st (Midwest) Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference semifinals (lost to Trail Blazers 1–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KJZZ-TV Fox Sports Net Utah
Radio	KFNZ
< 1998–99 2000–01 >

The Jazz were now the oldest team in the NBA,^[9][10] as they got off to a solid 15–7 start to the regular season, which included a 7-game winning streak,^[11] but then lost six straight games between January and February, holding a 29–18 record at the All-Star break.^[12] However, the team won nine consecutive games between February and March, finishing in first place in the Midwest Division with a solid 55–27 record, and earning the second seed in the Western Conference;^[13] the Jazz qualified for the NBA playoffs for the 17th consecutive season.^[14]

Karl Malone averaged 25.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, and also reached a milestone by scoring his 30,000th career point during this season.^[15][16][17] In addition, Bryon Russell averaged 14.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game, and led the Jazz with 106 three-point field goals, while Jeff Hornacek contributed 12.4 points per game, John Stockton provided the team with 12.1 points, 8.6 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and sixth man Howard Eisley contributed 8.6 points and 4.2 assists per game off the bench. On the defensive side, Polynice averaged 5.3 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, and Ostertag provided with 6.0 rebounds, and led the team with 2.1 blocks per game off the bench.^[18]

During the NBA All-Star weekend in Oakland, California, Malone and Stockton were both selected for the 2000 NBA All-Star Game, which was also Stockton's final All-Star appearance,^[19][20][21] and Hornacek won both the NBA Three-Point Shootout, and the NBA 2Ball Contest.^[22][20][23] Malone also finished in fourth place in Most Valuable Player voting,^[24][25] and head coach Jerry Sloan finished in fourth place in Coach of the Year voting.^[25]

In the 2000 NBA playoffs, the Jazz defeated the Seattle SuperSonics, three games to two in the Western Conference First Round,^[26][27][28] but would lose in five games to the Pacific Division champion Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Semi-finals for the second consecutive year.^[29][30][31]

Following the season, Hornacek retired ending his fourteen-year career in the NBA.^[32][33][34] Meanwhile, Gilliam also retired, while Eisley and Adam Keefe were both involved in a four-team trade; Eisley was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, and Keefe was dealt to the Golden State Warriors.^[35][36][37]

Draft picks

Main article: 1999 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	19	Quincy Lewis	SF/SG	United States	Minnesota
1	24	Andrei Kirilenko	SF	Russia
1	28	Scott Padgett	SF	United States	Kentucky
2	58	Eddie Lucas	SG	United States	Virginia Polytechnic

Roster

1999–2000 Utah Jazz roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 10 Howard Eisley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 1972–12–04 Boston College F 5 Armen Gilliam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1964–05–28 UNLV G 14 Jeff Hornacek 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1963–05–03 Iowa State F/C 31 Adam Keefe 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1970–02–22 Stanford G/F 20 Quincy Lewis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1977–06–26 Minnesota F 32 Karl Malone 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 256 lb (116 kg) 1963–07–24 Louisiana Tech C 39 Greg Ostertag 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1973–03–06 Kansas F 34 Scott Padgett 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1976–04–19 Kentucky C 0 Olden Polynice 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1964–11–21 Virginia F 3 Bryon Russell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1970–12–31 Long Beach State G 12 John Stockton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1962–03–26 Gonzaga G 11 Jacque Vaughn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1975–02–11 Kansas

Head coach Jerry Sloan Assistant(s) Gordon Chiesa David Fredman Phil Johnson Kenny Natt Mark McKown (player development) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	–	31–10	24–17	14–10
x-San Antonio Spurs	53	29	.646	2	31–10	22–19	16–8
x-Minnesota Timberwolves	50	32	.610	5	26–15	24–17	18–6
Dallas Mavericks	40	42	.488	15	22–19	18–23	12–12
Denver Nuggets	35	47	.427	20	25–16	10–31	10–14
Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	21	22–19	12–29	8–16
Vancouver Grizzlies	22	60	.268	33	12–29	10–31	6–18

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	67	15	.817	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	12
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	59	23	.720	8
4	x-San Antonio Spurs	53	29	.646	14
5	x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	14
6	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	50	32	.610	17
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	45	37	.549	22
8	x-Sacramento Kings	44	38	.537	23
9	Dallas Mavericks	40	42	.488	27
10	Denver Nuggets	35	47	.427	32
11	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	33
12	Vancouver Grizzlies	22	60	.268	45
13	Golden State Warriors	19	63	.232	48
14	Los Angeles Clippers	15	67	.183	52

Record vs. opponents

1999-2000 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	–	1–3	1–3	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3
Boston	3–1	–	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	3–1	3–1	–	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–0
Chicago	1–3	2–2	0–4	–	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–1	0–3	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2
Cleveland	1–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	–	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–3	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	2–0	3–1
Dallas	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	–	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–3	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1
Denver	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	–	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1
Detroit	3–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	–	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	3–1	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	–	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1
Indiana	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	3–1	0–4	1–1	–	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	–	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1
Miami	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	–	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	4–0
Milwaukee	4–0	2–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	–	0–2	1–3	0–4	4–0	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	0–4	0–2	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	0–2
New Jersey	1–3	1–3	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	–	1–3	3–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
New York	1–2	2–2	3–1	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	4–0	1–1	3–1	–	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2
Orlando	3–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	2–3	1–3	–	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–0
Philadelphia	4–0	3–1	1–3	4–0	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	–	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–1
Phoenix	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	–	1–3	4–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–4	4–0	2–0
Portland	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	–	4–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	0–4	–	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0
San Antonio	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	1–3	–	2–2	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–1
Seattle	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–2	–	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–0
Toronto	2–2	2–2	1–3	4–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	2–2
Utah	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	–	3–1	2–0
Vancouver	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	3–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	0–4	1–1	1–3	–	1–1
Washington	3–1	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	—

Playoffs

2000 playoff game log
First round: 3–2 (home: 3–0; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 22 Seattle W 104–93 Karl Malone (50) Karl Malone (12) Jeff Hornacek (11) Delta Center 19,911 1–0 2 April 24 Seattle W 101–87 Karl Malone (23) Greg Ostertag (12) John Stockton (11) Delta Center 19,911 2–0 3 April 29 @ Seattle L 78–89 Karl Malone (30) three players tied (6) John Stockton (13) KeyArena 16,713 2–1 4 May 3 @ Seattle L 93–104 Bryon Russell (26) Karl Malone (14) John Stockton (12) KeyArena 16,631 2–2 5 May 5 Seattle W 96–93 Karl Malone (27) Karl Malone (8) John Stockton (15) Delta Center 19,911 3–2
Conference Semi-finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 7 @ Portland L 75–94 Karl Malone (22) Malone, Polynice (8) John Stockton (6) Rose Garden 20,351 0–1 2 May 9 @ Portland L 85–103 Karl Malone (15) Olden Polynice (6) John Stockton (6) Rose Garden 20,463 0–2 3 May 11 Portland L 84–103 Karl Malone (28) Karl Malone (11) John Stockton (12) Delta Center 19,911 0–3 4 May 14 Portland W 88–85 Karl Malone (27) Olden Polynice (11) John Stockton (9) Delta Center 19,627 1–3 5 May 16 @ Portland L 79–81 Karl Malone (27) Karl Malone (11) John Stockton (9) Rose Garden 20,043 1–4
2000 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
Pete Chilcutt†	26	0	8.6	.355	.100	1.000	1.7	.4	.2	.2	1.8
Howard Eisley	82	5	25.6	.418	.368	.824	2.1	4.2	.7	.1	8.6
Armen Gilliam	50	0	15.6	.436	.000	.779	4.2	.8	.2	.3	6.7
Jeff Hornacek	77	77	27.7	.492	.478	.950	2.4	2.6	.9	.2	12.4
Adam Keefe	62	3	9.7	.408	.000	.806	2.2	.5	.3	.2	2.2
Quincy Lewis	74	0	12.1	.372	.365	.731	1.5	.5	.3	.2	3.8
Karl Malone	82	82	35.9	.509	.250	.797	9.5	3.7	1.0	.9	25.5
Greg Ostertag	81	3	19.8	.464	.000	.636	6.0	.2	.2	2.1	4.5
Scott Padgett	47	9	9.2	.314	.295	.704	1.9	.5	.3	.2	2.6
Olden Polynice	82	79	22.2	.510	.500	.311	5.5	.5	.4	1.0	5.3
Bryon Russell	82	70	35.4	.446	.396	.750	5.2	1.9	1.6	.3	14.1
John Stockton	82	82	29.7	.501	.355	.860	2.6	8.6	1.7	.2	12.1
Jacque Vaughn	78	0	11.3	.416	.412	.750	.8	1.6	.4	.0	3.7

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Howard Eisley	10	0	20.0	.309	.474	.889	1.8	1.9	.6	.1	5.1
Armen Gilliam	10	0	13.2	.326		.385	2.9	.4	.4	.4	3.5
Jeff Hornacek	10	10	29.7	.422	.409	.833	3.0	3.3	1.0	.0	11.5
Quincy Lewis	8	0	13.3	.370	.333	.800	1.9	.3	.4	.9	3.3
Karl Malone	10	10	38.6	.520	1.000	.810	8.9	3.1	.7	.7	27.2
Greg Ostertag	8	0	21.5	.526		.455	5.6	.3	.3	2.1	3.8
Scott Padgett	8	0	7.4	.375	.333		2.1	.6	.1	.3	1.9
Olden Polynice	10	10	26.0	.538		.500	6.6	.5	.3	.8	5.9
Bryon Russell	10	10	37.1	.421	.289	.756	5.2	2.1	1.6	.5	14.0
John Stockton	10	10	35.0	.461	.389	.767	3.0	10.3	1.3	.2	11.2
Jacque Vaughn	7	0	9.6	.357	.500	.875	1.7	1.6	.6	.1	4.0

Player Statistics Citation:^[18]

Awards and records

• Karl Malone, All-NBA Second Team

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