Comments on: Utah Jazz Among Greatest Teams Never To Win A Title https://thejnotes.com/2015/08/27/utah-jazz-among-greatest-teams-never-to-win-a-title/ Utah Jazz News, Rumors, and Fan Community Wed, 05 Jun 2019 21:16:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.3 By: anunakki https://thejnotes.com/2015/08/27/utah-jazz-among-greatest-teams-never-to-win-a-title/comment-page-1/#comment-3857 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 19:32:00 +0000 https://thejnotes.com/?p=41843#comment-3857 I don’t particularly agree with the article from Fox Sports. Ranking Utah beneath Seattle seems emotional rather than analytical or historically accurate.

The 96 Jazz lost to thd Sonics in the WCF while Stockton was badly injured. He was so injured that Malone said 95% of the league would have sat the series out. Yet Utah took Seattle to 7 a games and lost by 4 points total. Stockton’s injury certainly hurt Utah a great deal.

Seattle was also relatively easily defeated in the Finals. The Jazz lost the 97 Finals by two baskets, total. One of the closest championship series ever. Over the course of two Finals between Chi and Uta, 9 of twelve games came down to the final seconds.

Interestingly, ESPN recently ran Elo ratings for every team in history. The 97 Jazz ranked 15th all-time. The 98 Jazz ranked 18th.

The 96 Sonics ranked 41st.

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