Utah Jazz

American basketball team
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Date:
1974 - present
Headquarters:
Salt Lake City
Areas Of Involvement:
basketball

Utah Jazz, American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah, that plays in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Jazz have won two conference championships (1997 and 1998). Originally based in New Orleans, whose storied music history gave the Jazz its name, the team played its first game in 1974. Early Jazz teams were noteworthy for the presence of high-scoring guard Pete Maravich, who was an All-Star three times in his five years in New Orleans but who never led the Jazz to a winning record or a divisional finish higher than fourth place. ...(100 of 823 words)