[1] During the off-season, the Jazz signed free agents Matt Harpring,[2][3] Calbert Cheaney,[4][5] and Mark Jackson.
[6][7] The team struggled losing seven of their first ten games, but then posted a six-game winning streak afterwards, and held a 29–20 record at the All-Star break.
[8] The Jazz finished third in the Midwest Division with a 47–35 record,[9] and qualified for the playoffs for the twentieth straight season.
Stockton and Malone were both given a long standing ovation after Game 4 at the Delta Center, and another one after Game 5 at the ARCO Arena, as Stockton retired ending his nineteen-year career with the Jazz.
[12][13][14][15] Following the season, Malone signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers after eighteen seasons in Utah,[16][17][18][19] while Cheaney signed with the Golden State Warriors,[20][21] and Jackson was released to free agency.