Stockton and Malone - The Original Trash Bro's

[Full Court]

20 ppg. I think if Jordan have any motivations he should have sign with the Baby Bulls in 2004.

Was Jordan better or worse than -86 in the finals? Genuinely curious.

[Shooter]

Malone deserves to be called trash just for being a pedo

+1

[Iverson3]

Playoff Blunders

1986 - choked 1st rnd vs Mavs
1987 - choked 1st rnd vs Warriors (as favorites)
1988 - choked semi's vs Lakers (5 seed)
1989 - choked 1st rnd vs Warriors (as favorites)
1990 - choked 1st rnd vs Suns (as favorites)
1991 - choked semi's vs Trailblazers (5 seed)
1992 - choked WCF vs Trailblazers
1993 - choked 1st rnd vs Sonics
1994 - choked WCF vs Rockets
1995 - choked 1st rnd vs Rockets (as favorites)
1996 - choked WCF vs Sonics
1997 - choked Finals vs Bulls
1998 - choked Finals vs Bulls
1999 - choked semi's vs Blazers
2000 - choked semi's vs Blazers (as favorites)
2001 - choked 1st rnd vs Mavs (as favorites)
2002 - choked 1st rnd vs Kings
2003 - choked 1st rnd vs Kings (5 seed)



18 Playoffs together

9 First round exits

4 Semi Conf exits

3 Conf final exits

2 Finals exits



[I]The Original Trash Bros

Damn

[John8204]

Boy I would sure love to have a team that makes playoff runs for 18 straight seasons, makes the conference finals and finals five times.

Also what does this say about Shaq who only won a single game against them out of nine

[Gotterdammerung]

Had to scroll up just to make sure I wasn't repeating myself on an old thread from 2019.

But yeah, the Jazz were consistent, but they always choked in the playoffs.

I noticed that they only finally broke through the Western Conference once every other powerhouse team declined:
Portland Trailblazers
San Antonio Spurs
Seattle Supersonics
Houston Rockets
Phoenix Suns

The Jazz just could not get through any of them once they established themselves as a power in the West after that 7 game series vs the championship Lakers in the 1988 playoffs. Stockton-to-Malone was established in the national lexicon after that year. Everyone thought they were the next dynasty. But what happened?

1989. Division champs. Got swept by the Warriors 0-3 in the first round.
1990. Win 55 games, 2nd in division. Lost to the Suns in the first round, 2-3.
1991. Win 54 games, 2nd in division. Made it to the semifinals, lost to the Portland Trailblazers, 1-4.
1992. Win 55 games, 1st in division. Advanced to the conference finals, but lost to the Blazers again, 2-4.
1993. Fell to 3rd in division, lost to the Supersonics 2-3 in the first round.
1994. Still 3rd in midwest, lost to the Houston Rockets in the conference finals, 1-4.
1995. Win 60 games, lost to the Houston Rockets 2-3 in the first round.
1996. 2nd in division, lost to the Supersonics in a 7 game deathmatch. Karl Malone forgot how to hit a free throw.
1997. Finally broke through, beating an old and slow Houston Rockets in the conference finals, 4-2. Lost to the Bulls.
1998. Lost to the Bulls again.
1999. Lost to the Trailblazers in the semifinals.
2000. Lost to the Trailblazers in the semis again, 1-4.
2001. Lost to the Mavericks in 5 in the first round. Steve Nash ate John Stockton's lunch.
2002. Lost to the Sacramento Kings in the first round.
2003. Lost to the Kings in the first round again.

And then never was heard of again.