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Utah Jazz basketball player Karl Malone holds a basketball and looks to pass during a game, wearing a purple Jazz jersey with yellow trim.
“The Mailman” Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz in an NBA game against the Washington Bullets (later Washington Wizards), c. 1989.

Utah Jazz

American basketball team
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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...

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