# Temporada 1980-81 de los Utah Jazz

La temporada 1980-81 fue la séptima de los Jazz en la NBA, y la segunda en su nueva ubicación en Salt Lake City, tras cinco temporadas en Nueva Orleans. La temporada regular acabó con 28 victorias y 54 derrotas, ocupando el undécimo puesto de la Conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 2 | Darrell Griffith | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Louisville |
| 1 | 19 | John Duren | Base | Estados Unidos | Georgetown |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 52 | 30 | .634 | – | 34–7 | 18–23 | 21–9 |
| x-Kansas City Kings | 40 | 42 | .488 | 12.0 | 24–17 | 16–25 | 19–11 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 40 | 42 | .488 | 12.0 | 25–16 | 15–26 | 19–11 |
| Denver Nuggets | 37 | 45 | .451 | 15.0 | 23–18 | 14–27 | 13–17 |
| Utah Jazz | 28 | 54 | .341 | 24.0 | 20–21 | 8–33 | 13–17 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 15 | 67 | .183 | 37.0 | 11–30 | 4–37 | 5–25 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Adrian Dantley | 25 | 80 | 42.7 | 11.4 | 20.3 | .559 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .286 | 7.9 | 9.8 | .806 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 30.7 |
| 2 | Darrell Griffith | 22 | 81 | 35.4 | 8.8 | 19.1 | .464 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .192 | 2.8 | 4.0 | .716 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 20.6 |
| 3 | Ben Poquette | 25 | 82 | 34.2 | 4.0 | 7.5 | .528 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .500 | 1.5 | 2.0 | .778 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 9.5 |
| 4 | Billy McKinney | 25 | 35 | 29.5 | 3.5 | 6.7 | .532 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .500 | 1.3 | 1.4 | .917 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 8.4 |
| 5 | Rickey Green | 26 | 47 | 27.8 | 3.7 | 7.8 | .481 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.5 | 2.1 | .722 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Allan Bristow | 29 | 82 | 24.4 | 3.3 | 7.5 | .444 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .278 | 2.0 | 2.4 | .838 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 8.7 |
| 7 | James Hardy | 24 | 23 | 22.1 | 2.3 | 4.8 | .468 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.9 | .550 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 5.0 |
| 8 | Ron Boone | 34 | 52 | 22.0 | 3.1 | 7.1 | .431 | 0.2 | 0.8 | .282 | 1.4 | 1.8 | .798 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 7.8 |
| 9 | Wayne Cooper | 24 | 71 | 20.0 | 3.0 | 6.6 | .452 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .333 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .689 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 6.9 |
| 10 | Jeff Wilkins | 25 | 56 | 18.9 | 2.1 | 4.6 | .450 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.7 | .675 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
| 11 | Carl Nicks | 22 | 40 | 15.4 | 2.7 | 5.3 | .510 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.9 | 1.7 | .537 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 6.3 |
| 12 | John Duren | 22 | 40 | 11.5 | 0.8 | 2.5 | .327 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .556 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 13 | Mel Bennett | 26 | 28 | 11.2 | 0.9 | 2.1 | .433 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.9 | 2.9 | .654 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.8 |
| 14 | Jeff Judkins | 24 | 62 | 10.7 | 1.5 | 3.5 | .426 | 0.1 | 0.5 | .321 | 0.7 | 0.8 | .882 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.8 |
| 15 | Brett Vroman | 25 | 11 | 8.5 | 0.9 | 2.5 | .370 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.3 | 1.7 | .737 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| 16 | Dick Miller | 22 | 3 | 6.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .667 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Adrian Dantley | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star |
| Darrell Griffith | Rookie del Año de la NBA Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |