most points scored in a game by a player vs the jazz in 1985-86

Purvis Short posted the most points in a game versus the Jazz in 1985-86, with 39 points on March 12, 1986.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in a regular-season game by a player vs the jazz in 1985-86

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Purvis Short P. Short	39	3/12/1986	GSW	@	UTA	40	6	6	1	1	15	25	60.0	0	0		9	9	100.0	67.3	2	4	3	3
2	Reggie Theus R. Theus	37	1/31/1986	SAC	@	UTA	42	4	7	1	0	11	19	57.9	0	2	0.0	15	18	83.3	68.7	1	3	5	1
3	Moses Malone M. Malone	37	12/20/1985	PHI	vs	UTA	38	16	1	2	2	9	17	52.9	0	0		19	22	86.4	69.3	4	12	2	1
4	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	37	11/13/1985	DAL	@	UTA	34	3	2	2	0	17	23	73.9	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	73.4	1	2	1	1
5	Alex English A. English	35	3/28/1986	DEN	vs	UTA	40	7	3	1	0	13	27	48.1	0	0		9	9	100.0	56.5	5	2	2	4
6	Calvin Natt C. Natt	35	3/28/1986	DEN	vs	UTA	36	7	3	3	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		11	11	100.0	73.4	3	4	1	2
7	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	35	3/20/1986	DAL	@	UTA	32	4	1	0	1	15	22	68.2	0	0		5	6	83.3	71.0	2	2	4	0
8	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	34	4/5/1986	POR	@	UTA	42	6	5	2	1	15	25	60.0	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	63.5	1	5	4	2
9	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	34	3/14/1986	SAS	@	UTA	35	4	2	2	0	12	20	60.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	68.4	2	2	2	3
10	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	32	3/17/1986	DET	@	UTA	44	7	11	0	0	12	25	48.0	0	0		8	12	66.7	52.8	3	4	3	4
11	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	32	1/27/1986	MIL	@	UTA	30	3	5	0	0	9	14	64.3	1	2	50.0	13	13	100.0	81.1	1	2	4	3
12	Jeff Malone J. Malone	32	1/9/1986	WAS	@	UTA	39	5	4	1	0	14	26	53.8	0	0		4	4	100.0	57.6	0	5	3	3
13	Alex English A. English	32	11/29/1985	DEN	@	UTA	38	4	4	3	0	13	23	56.5	0	0		6	7	85.7	61.3	1	3	4	2
14	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	31	2/17/1986	DET	vs	UTA	37	4	8	4	1	14	22	63.6	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	65.2	2	2	1	1
15	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	31	11/23/1985	ATL	vs	UTA	41	7	4	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	61.5	1	6	0	2
16	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	30	4/1/1986	LAC	@	UTA	33	2	11	1	0	12	18	66.7	3	3	100.0	3	3	100.0	77.6	0	2	3	2
17	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	30	2/17/1986	DET	vs	UTA	36	5	5	6	0	13	24	54.2	0	0		4	6	66.7	56.3	3	2	3	2
18	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	30	1/4/1986	DAL	vs	UTA	32	7	6	2	1	13	24	54.2	0	0		4	4	100.0	58.2	5	2	6	5
19	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	30	11/30/1985	GSW	vs	UTA	42	18	0	1	0	11	29	37.9	0	0		8	10	80.0	44.9	6	12	6	5
20	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	29	3/8/1986	POR	vs	UTA	35	2	0	1	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		9	10	90.0	64.7	1	1	4	3
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	29	12/4/1985	LAL	@	UTA	35	9	8	5	0	9	16	56.3	1	1	100.0	10	11	90.9	69.6	1	8	2	5
22	Walter Davis W. Davis	29	11/1/1985	PHX	@	UTA	35	4	3	1	0	12	21	57.1	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	61.3	0	4	2	4
23	Lewis Lloyd L. Lloyd	28	1/14/1986	HOU	vs	UTA	47	10	10	2	1	13	20	65.0	0	0		2	3	66.7	65.7	4	6	3	2
24	Larry Nance L. Nance	28	12/6/1985	PHX	vs	UTA	31	12	4	1	1	12	15	80.0	0	0		4	5	80.0	81.4	1	11	2	4
25	Alex English A. English	27	3/26/1986	DEN	@	UTA	38	6	3	0	0	11	22	50.0	0	0		5	5	100.0	55.8	3	3	1	2