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1987-1988 Utah Jazz
Record: 47-35
Overall ranking: 250th, 3.163 points above average
    The 1987-1988 season marks the point when John Stockton and Karl Malone truly emerged as household names.
    Stockton, in his fourth season out of Gonzaga, finally supplanted Rickey Green as Utah’s starting point guard. He promptly won the first of his nine straight league assist titles with 13.8 per game.
    Malone, in his third season out of Louisiana Tech, enjoyed his true breakthrough season. He upped his scoring average from 21.7 points per game to 27.7 points per outing.
    Stockton and Malone led Utah to a 47-35 mark, at the time a club record for wins. (The Jazz would match or surpass that winning percentage every year for the next 13 years).
    Stockton and Malone burst into national consciousness when they pushed the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers to seven games in the Western Conference semifinals. The Jazz led the series 2-1, and lost by just two points in the series’ pivotal fifth game.
Stockton and Malone had arrived.

Utah Jazz From Top to Bottom

All-time RankingW-LPlayoffs
191996-97Utah Jazz64-18NBA finalist
311994-95Utah Jazz60-22West first round
811995-96Utah Jazz55-27West finals
971997-98Utah Jazz62-20NBA finalist
1021998-99Utah Jazz37-13West semifinals
1071991-92Utah Jazz55-27West finals
1502000-01Utah Jazz53-29West first round
1571989-90Utah Jazz55-27West first round
1661999-00Utah Jazz55-27West semifinals
1861988-89Utah Jazz51-31West first round
1881993-94Utah Jazz53-29West finals
2631987-88Utah Jazz47-35West semifinals
2671990-91Utah Jazz54-28West semifinals
2762006-07Utah Jazz51-31West finals
3122002-03Utah Jazz47-35West first round
4051992-93Utah Jazz47-35West first round
4742001-02Utah Jazz44-38West first round
5001983-84Utah Jazz45-37West semifinals
5781986-87Utah Jazz44-38West first round
6161984-85Utah Jazz41-41West semifinals
6481985-86Utah Jazz42-40West first round
6662003-04Utah Jazz42-40
6711975-76New Orleans Jazz38-44
7811977-78New Orleans Jazz39-43
8472005-06Utah Jazz41-41
8641976-77New Orleans Jazz35-47
9392004-05Utah Jazz26-56
9581982-83Utah Jazz30-52
10311981-82Utah Jazz25-57
10381979-80Utah Jazz24-58
10461980-81Utah Jazz28-54
10511978-79New Orleans Jazz26-56
10921974-75New Orleans Jazz23-59