a career-high 22.6 points per game, and broke his own league record by sinking 92 three-point shots. During the year, he passed Joey Hassett as the all-time NBA leader for most career three-pointers. He also continued his high-flying ways, representing the Jazz in the 1984 and 1985 NBA Slam Dunk Contests. However, the team changed dramatically in the mid-1980s with the emergence of Karl Malone and John Stockton as Utah's top offensive weapons. Dantley was traded away and Griffith suffered from injuries. ("Dr. Dunkenstein was paying his toll", he once said in an interview.) He missed the entire 1985–86 season due to a stress fracture in his foot, and would lose his starting position when he returned. Griffith would need an operation on his left knee in March 1988, causing him to miss the remainder of that season. He managed to reclaim his starting spot for most of the 1988–89 season, but lost it permanently the following year. His playing time gradually decreased until his retirement in 1991. He scored 12,391 total points over the course of his 10-year professional career – all with the Jazz. The franchise recognized his contributions by retiring his jersey number 35 on December 4, 1993. Griffith is now a special assistant to the President of the University of Louisville. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 81 || || 35.4 || .464 || .192 || .716 || 3.6 || 2.4 || 1.3 || .5 || 20.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 80 || 79 || 32.5 || .482 || .288 || .697 || 3.8 || 2.3 || 1.2 || .4 || 19.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 77 || 76 || 36.2 || .484 || .288 || .679 || 3.9 || 3.5 || 1.8 || .4 || 22.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 82 || 82 || 32.3 || .490 || .361 || .696 || 4.1 || 3.5 || 1.4 || .3 || 20.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 78 || 78 || 35.6 || .457 || .358 || .725 || 4.4 || 3.1 || 1.7 || .4 || 22.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 76 || 10 || 24.3 || .446 || .335 || .703 || 3.0 || 1.7 || 1.3 || .4 || 15.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 52 || 11 || 20.2 || .429 || .275 || .641 || 2.4