2004–05 Utah Jazz season

2004–05 Utah Jazz season
Head coach	Jerry Sloan
Arena	Delta Center
Results
Record	26–56 (.317)
Place	Division: 5th Conference: 14th
Playoff finish	DNQ
Local media
Television	FSN Rocky Mountain, KJZZ
Radio	KSOP-AM and FM

The 2004-05 Utah Jazz season was the team’s 31st in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 42-40 output from the previous season. They came up sixteen games shy of doing so, finishing 26-56, and failing to qualify for the playoffs for the second straight season. It broke a record sequence of nineteen consecutive winning seasons by the Jazz, a feat which in major professional sports leagues of North America has been bettered only by the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys between 1966 and 1985, by the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings since 1990–91 and by the American League’s New York Yankees between 1926 and 1964. In fact, it was the Jazz’ first losing season since 1982–83, which would place them second only to the mid-century Yankees.

Draft picks

Main article: 2004 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	14	Kris Humphries		United States	Minnesota
1	16	Kirk Snyder		United States	Nevada
1	21	Pavel Podkolzin		Russia

Regular season

Season standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Seattle SuperSonics	52	30	.634	–	26–15	26–15	11–5
x-Denver Nuggets	49	33	.598	3	31–10	18–23	9–7
Minnesota Timberwolves	44	38	.537	8	24–17	20–21	10–6
Portland Trail Blazers	27	55	.329	25	18–23	9–32	4–12
Utah Jazz	26	56	.317	26	18–23	8–33	6–10

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Phoenix Suns	62	20	.756	—
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	59	23	.720	3
3	y-Seattle SuperSonics	52	30	.634	10
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	58	24	.707	4
5	x-Houston Rockets	51	31	.622	11
6	x-Sacramento Kings	50	32	.610	12
7	x-Denver Nuggets	49	33	.598	13
8	x-Memphis Grizzlies	45	37	.549	17
9	Minnesota Timberwolves	44	38	.537	18
10	Los Angeles Clippers	37	45	.451	25
11	Los Angeles Lakers	34	48	.415	28
12	Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	28
13	Portland Trail Blazers	27	55	.329	35
14	Utah Jazz	26	56	.317	36
15	New Orleans Hornets	18	64	.220	44

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

Awards and records

• Andrei Kirilenko, NBA All-Defensive Second Team