From Deseret News archives:
Jazz remain top draw in Salt Lake
Despite poor year, Utah's attendance among NBA leaders
For Utah Jazz fans, talk about the NBA team's 2004-05 season went from "future" to "futility."
A year after a rag-tag band of little-known players overachieved its way to 42 wins, after a summer of high expectations and high-priced signings, and after a 6-1 start of the new season, the Jazz since have spiraled down to the bottom reaches of the NBA standings, floundering headfirst into a high NBA Lottery pick later this summer.
Rather than extolling the season-long virtues of the likes of Andrei Kirilenko, Carlos Boozer and Mehmut Okur, the Jazz franchise had to be content with homecourt highlights such as retiring John Stockton's No. 12 jersey in late November, hosting Karl Malone's retirement announcement in February and last month's unveiling of the Stockton statue outside the Delta Center, with Malone's bronzed likeness still to come.
Ah, the good old days, when the Jazz were contending for conference and NBA titles more than a half-dozen seasons ago and the Delta Center was the hottest ticket in town, the place to be . . . and to be seen.
Even with the team scrambling to avoid setting franchise-low in victories as the season winds down, Jazz games still are one of the top draws as far as local sporting events as well as in the NBA. The Jazz rank seventh in overall attendance in the league, claiming a per-game average of 18,841 through early April or 92 percent of capacity.
TEAM: Utah Jazz
TEAM WEBSITE: www.nba.com/jazz/
VENUE: Delta Center, 301 W. South Temple. Seating capacity of 19,911.
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