1994–95 Utah Jazz season

The 1994–95 NBA season was the 21st season for the Utah Jazz in the National Basketball Association, and their 16th season in Salt Lake City, Utah. During the off-season, the Jazz signed free agent Antoine Carr, and acquired Adam Keefe from the Atlanta Hawks. The Jazz struggled losing four of their first six games of the regular season, but then won seven of their next eight games, then won eight straight games in December. The team posted a 14–1 record in January, which included a 14-game winning streak which ended in early February, as the Jazz held a 35–13 record at the All-Star break.

At mid-season, the team traded Jay Humphries to the Boston Celtics in exchange for former Jazz guard Blue Edwards. The Jazz posted a nine-game winning streak between February and March, then won their final seven games of the season, finishing in second place in the Midwest Division with a 60–22 record, and earning the #3 seed in the Western Conference; the team made their twelfth consecutive trip to the NBA playoffs.

Karl Malone averaged 26.7 points, 10.6 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game, while Jeff Hornacek averaged 16.5 points, 4.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and John Stockton provided the team with 14.7 points, 12.3 assists and 2.4 steals per game, and also led them with 102 three-point field goals. In addition, David Benoit contributed 10.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, and Felton Spencer provided with 9.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, but only played just 34 games due to an Achilles tendon injury. Off the bench, Carr provided with 9.6 points per game, while Keefe averaged 6.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, and Tom Chambers contributed 6.2 points per game.

In a year of milestones, Stockton became the NBA's all-time assist leader passing Magic Johnson with 9,921 on his way to a record tying eighth straight assist title. Meanwhile, Malone and Chambers both passed the 20,000 point mark in their careers. Malone and Stockton were also both named to the All-NBA First Team, and selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix, Arizona, while Stockton was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Malone finished in third place in Most Valuable Player voting, while Stockton finished in eighth place; Carr finished in seventh place in Sixth Man of the Year voting, and head coach Jerry Sloan finished in fourth place in Coach of the Year voting.

In the Western Conference First Round of the 1995 NBA playoffs, the Jazz took a 2–1 series lead over the 6th-seeded, and defending champion Houston Rockets, but went on to lose the series in five games. The Rockets would go on to defeat the Orlando Magic in four straight games in the 1995 NBA Finals, winning their second consecutive championship.

Following the season, Chambers left to play overseas in Israel, and Edwards was left unprotected in the 1995 NBA expansion draft, where he was selected by the newly expansion Vancouver Grizzlies.