He joined the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team in his second year because his grades were too low for freshman eligibility; Malone played under coach Andy Russo. Malone scored 29 points that game, including four free throws followed by a three-pointer by Pace Mannion to rally from a deficit with 5 minutes and 36 seconds remaining to a tie. In the four playoff games, Malone improved in his scoring with a 20 points per game average but was still subpar in shooting After his second season, Malone became the Jazz' leader in average scoring By the —88 season , Malone was the foundation of the offense and John Stockton was the floor general.
Malone made his first All-Star Game in on the strength of This was the first of 14 consecutive All-Star appearances for Malone. In the seventh game of the series, Malone scored 31 points and made 15 rebounds, but the Lakers beat the Jazz and would eventually win the NBA Finals. In 11 playoff games in , Malone averaged The Jazz finished 51—31, but were swept in three games in the first round by the Golden State Warriors. Malone, in —90 , increased his scoring to 31 points and his rebounding to He led the team in scoring in 24 of the last 26 games of the season; on March 29, against the Golden State Warriors , Malone scored 49 points, and on April 12 against the Lakers he scored The Jazz, finishing the season , lost to the Phoenix Suns within five games in the first round of the playoffs , in which Malone averaged For the second straight season, Malone finished second in the league in points per game behind Michael Jordan.
From January 19 to March 4, , Malone led the Jazz in scoring for 19 straight games; after starting the —91 season the team went in January and February He was among four Jazz players with double-figure scoring averages, the others being the newly acquired Jeff Malone no relation as well as John Stockton and Thurl Bailey.
In four games, the Jazz eliminated the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the playoffs , but lost to the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round.
As he had done in , Malone finished the season second in the league in scoring, averaging Malone averaged Through the s, Malone continued to put up stellar numbers: in —93 , he averaged In the West's overtime win, Malone scored 28 points and made 10 rebounds. Malone started all 82 games of —94 and helped the Jazz make the Western Conference Finals for the second time in franchise history and his career.
In his ninth season, Malone led the Jazz in scoring However, Malone made only 8 of 29 field goals that night and commented post-game: "My rebounds are not going to be tomorrow's headline Tomorrow's headline is going to be all those easy shots I missed.
Midway into the fourth quarter, Malone and Olajuwon scored in four consecutive possessions by their teams, leading up to a tie. For the first time in team history, in —95, the Utah Jazz won 60 games. In addition, the team won 15 consecutive away games the best such streak by the team, then the second-best streak in the league. Malone's In the playoffs , the Jazz lost to the Houston Rockets for the second consecutive year, this time in the first round.
On January 13, , Malone renewed his contract with the Jazz. Malone returned from a gold medal winning-effort at the Summer Olympics leading the Jazz to two consecutive NBA Finals appearances. During the season, Malone put up a resurgent The Jazz beat them in six games the last victory coming on a last-second shot by Stockton. Malone finally got to the Finals in , where they played the Jordan -led Chicago Bulls.
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Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors. More Malone Pages. Full Site Menu Return to Top. Utah also posted a record — the best in franchise history to date. Over the next 11 seasons, his scoring average never dipped below In , he was a member on the U. Dream Team, which won a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. Despite all the offensive production and honors up to that point in his career, Malone was criticized for his failure to lead the Jazz to a championship.
The team consistently won in the regular season but always fell short in the playoffs. The shot is indelibly inscribed in Jazz lore — small forward Bryon Russell inbounded the ball to Stockton with 2. And after the made basket, Malone, Stockton and shooting guard Jeff Hornacek celebrated with a mid-court hug before being joined by their teammates.
The Jazz, however, would go on to lose in The Finals to the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls in six games and suffer the same result in a rematch the next year.
Malone would continue to put up prodigious numbers for the Jazz in his last five years with the team but the team never again reached the Finals. Although Malone never won a championship, he played in the playoffs every season and his postseason production were equal to his phenomenal regular season stats. He had career regular-season averages of His increased production continued and formed his breakout season as Malone became a full-fledged superstar. He scored These numbers placed him fifth in the league in scoring and fourth in rebounding.
And for the second straight season Malone played in all 82 regular-season games, something he would do a total of nine times. In fact, Utah pushed the Lakers to a seventh game, in which Malone scored 31 points and grabbed 15 boards.
After being snubbed for an All-Star staring spot in , Karl Malone runs wild and scores 61 vs. Malone had a monster postseason, averaging Just 17 games into the season Utah head coach Frank Layden moved upstairs as team president and his assistant, Jerry Sloan, took the reigns.
The Jazz went on to set a then club record with 51 victories. Malone also had his best season to date, finishing second in the NBA in scoring However, despite superb individual play, Malone averaged He finished second to Michael Jordan Although the Jazz acquired another Malone — guard Jeff Malone — in a three-team deal prior to the season, giving the club another offensive weapon, the remainder of the 90s for Malone and the Jazz was much of the same until the Finals run in It was odd that in the next three even numbered years of the decade, the Jazz lost in the conference finals.
In , Utah lost to the Houston Rockets in five games although the team was bolstered by the midseason arrival of Jeff Hornacek.
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