At least it wasn’t a seven-year drought. But after a three-year absence, the Jazz clinched a playoff spot with the Warriors losing to the Lakers & Kobe’s 43. Here’s hoping to another run of 20+ consecutive playoff appearances. Only this time with a different result. Here’s the roster on the last squad that made the playoffs:

No Player Pos
00 Greg Ostertag ……… C
2 DeShawn Stevenson ….. G
12 John Stockton ……… G
13 Mark Jackson ………. G
15 Matt Harpring ……… G-F
22 Curtis Borchardt …… C
24 Raul Lopez ………… G
26 John Amaechi ………. F-C
30 Carlos Arroyo ……… G
31 Jarron Collins …….. F
32 Karl Malone ……….. F
34 Scott Padgett ……… F
40 Calbert Cheaney ……. G
44 Tony Massenburg ……. F
47 Andrei Kirilenko …… F

What a group that was. ‘Tag was making almost $9 million. Thanks Scott Layden! Well, only AK & Harpring are left over from the bunch.