2007–08 Utah Jazz season

2007–08 Utah Jazz season
Division Champions
Head coach	Jerry Sloan
Arena	EnergySolutions Arena
Results
Record	54–28 (.659)
Place	Division: 1st (Northwest) Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	West Semifinals (eliminated 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN Utah, KJZZ
Radio	KFNZ, KBEE

The 2007–08 Utah Jazz season was their 34th season in the NBA and 28th in Salt Lake City.

The Jazz continued to play consistent all season, finishing with a 54-28 record. They defeated the Houston Rockets in the opening round, but were outsed by the Los Angeles Lakers in the next round.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City on June 28.
The free agency period begins in July.

Draft picks

Utah's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	25	Morris Almond	Shooting guard/Small forward	United States	Rice
2	55	Herbert Hill	Power Forward/Center	United States	Providence

Roster

Utah Jazz roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
2.0 !SG	22	USA !	Almond, Morris	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Rice
5.5 !F/C	5	USA !	Boozer, Carlos (C)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	266 lb (121 kg)	Duke
1.5 !G	9	USA !	Brewer, Ronnie	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Arkansas
6.0 !C	31	USA !	Collins, Jarron	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	Stanford
6.0 !C	44	UKR !	Fesenko, Kyrylo	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Ukraine
2.5 !G/F	15	USA !	Harpring, Matt	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Georgia Tech
1.0 !PG	3	USA !	Hart, Jason	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Syracuse
4.0 !F	47	RUS !	Kirilenko, Andrei	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Russia
2.0 !SG	26	USA !	Korver, Kyle	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	Creighton
1.5 !G	34	USA !	Miles, C. J.	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Skyline HS (TX)
4.5 !PF	24	USA !	Millsap, Paul	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	258 lb (117 kg)	Louisiana Tech
5.5 !F/C	13	TUR !	Okur, Mehmet	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	263 lb (119 kg)	Turkey
1.0 !PG	17	USA !	Price, Ronnie	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Utah Valley State
1.0 !PG	8	USA !	Williams, Deron (C)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Illinois

Head coach

Jerry Sloan (Evansville)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2007-12-29

Standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	54	28	.659	–	37–4	17–24	13–3
x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	4	33–8	17–24	10–6
Portland Trail Blazers	41	41	.500	13	28–13	13–28	10–6
Minnesota Timberwolves	22	60	.268	32	15–26	7–34	3–13
Seattle SuperSonics	20	62	.244	34	13–28	7–34	6–10

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-New Orleans Hornets	56	26	.683	1
3	x-San Antonio Spurs	56	26	.683	1
4	y-Utah Jazz	54	28	.659	3
5	x-Houston Rockets	55	27	.671	2
6	x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	2
7	x-Dallas Mavericks	51	31	.622	6
8	x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	7

9	Golden State Warriors	48	34	.585	9
10	Portland Trail Blazers	41	41	.500	16
11	Sacramento Kings	38	44	.463	19
12	Los Angeles Clippers	23	59	.280	34
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	22	60	.268	35
14	Memphis Grizzlies	22	60	.268	35
15	Seattle SuperSonics	20	62	.244	37

Game log

October

Record: 1–0; Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
1	October 30	Jazz	W 117–96	Warriors	NA	Boozer (32)	19,832	1–0

November

Record: 11–5; Home: 7–1; Road: 4–4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
2	November 1	Rockets	L 95–106	Jazz	NA	Boozer (30)	19,911	1–1
3	November 3	Warriors	W 133–110	Jazz	NA	Williams (30)	19,911	2–1
4	November 4	Jazz	L 109–119	Lakers	NA	Williams (26)	18,997	2–2
5	November 7	Cavaliers	W 103–101	Jazz	NA	Millsap (24)	19,911	3–2
6	November 9	Jazz	W 103–101	SuperSonics	NA	Boozer (27)	15,980	4–2
7	November 10	Grizzlies	W 118–94	Jazz	NA	Boozer (31)	19,771	5–2
8	November 12	Kings	W 117–93	Jazz	NA	Boozer (32)	19,911	6–2
9	November 14	Jazz	W 92–88	Raptors	NA	Boozer (23)	17,337	7–2
10	November 16	Jazz	L 94–99	Cavaliers	NA	Boozer (26)	19,862	7–3
11	November 17	Jazz	L 97–117	Pacers	NA	Boozer (19)	12,447	7–4
12	November 19	Nets	W 102–75	Jazz	NA	Williams (20)	19,911	8–4
13	November 23	Hornets	W 99–71	Jazz	NA	Boozer (19)	19,911	9–4
14	November 25	Jazz	W 103–93	Pistons	NA	Boozer (36)	22,076	10–4
15	November 26	Jazz	L 109–113	Knicks	NA	Boozer (30)	18,816	10–5
16	November 28	Jazz	W 106–95	76ers	NA	Boozer (26)	11,006	11–5
17	November 30	Lakers	W 120–96	Jazz	NA	Williams (35)	19,911	12–5

December

Record: 5–11; Home: 4–2; Road: 1–9

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
18	December 3	Heat	W 110–101	Jazz	NA	Okur (25)	19,911	13–5
19	December 4	Jazz	L 107–117	Kings	NA	Williams (30)	12,688	13–6
20	December 7	Jazz	L 98–104	Spurs	NA	Two Way Tie	18,797	13–7
21	December 8	Jazz	L 117–125	Mavericks	NA	Williams (41)	20,300	13–8
22	December 11	Trail Blazers	L 89–97	Jazz	NA	Boozer (29)	19,911	13–9
23	December 12	Jazz	L 98–103	Suns	NA	Boozer (24)	18,422	13–10
24	December 14	Jazz	L 91–99	Trail Blazers	NA	Boozer (22)	19,980	13–11
25	December 15	SuperSonics	W 96–75	Jazz	NA	Boozer (21)	19,911	14–11
26	December 17	Jazz	L 111–116	Hawks	NA	Boozer (39)	15,263	14–12
27	December 19	Jazz	L 92–98	Bobcats	NA	Boozer (21)	13,014	14–13
28	December 21	Jazz	W 113–64	Magic	NA	Millsap (28)	17,519	15–13
29	December 22	Jazz	L 102–104	Heat	NA	Williams (22)	19,600	15–14
30	December 26	Mavericks	W 99–90	Jazz	NA	Boozer (21)	19,911	16–14
31	December 28	Jazz	L 109–123	Lakers	NA	Boozer (20)	18,997	16–15
32	December 29	Celtics	L 98–104	Jazz	NA	Williams (22)	19,911	16–16
33	December 31	Trail Blazers	W 111–101	Jazz	NA	Boozer (19)	19,911	17–16

January

Record: 11–2; Home: 9–0; Road: 2–2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
34	January 2	Sixers	W 110–107	Jazz	NA	Carlos Boozer (22)	19,911	18–16
35	January 5	Jazz	L 89–103	Trail Blazers	NA	Deron Williams (23)	20,450	18–17
36	January 8	Pacers	W 111–89	Jazz	NA	Carlos Boozer (22)	19,911	19–17
37	January 10	Suns	W 108–86	Jazz	NA	Mehmet Okur (22)	19,911	20–17
38	January 12	Magic	W 119–115	Jazz	NA	Mehmet Okur (29)	19,911	21–17
39	January 14	Bucks	W 98–87	Jazz	NA	Deron Williams (33)	19,911	22–17
40	January 17	Jazz	L 109–120	Nuggets	NA	Deron Williams (23)		22–18
41	January 18	Clippers	W 106–88	Jazz	NA	Carlos Boozer (19)	19,911	23–18
42	January 21	Jazz	W 109–93	Clippers	NA	Deron Williams (18)		24–18
43	January 25	Kings	W 127–113	Jazz	NA	Carlos Boozer (33)	19,911	25–18
44	January 27	Jazz	W 97–89	Rockets	NA	Three-way tie (17)		26–18
45	January 28	Spurs	W 97–91	Jazz	NA	Two-way tie (23)	19,911	27–18
46	January 30	Knicks	W 100–89	Jazz	NA	Deron Williams (22)	19,911	28–18

February

Record: 9–4; Home: 5–0; Road: 4–4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
47	February 1	Jazz	W 96–87	Wizards	NA	Mehmet Okur (27)	20,173	29–18
48	February 2	Jazz	W 110–91	Grizzlies	NA	Carlos Boozer (19)	12,407	30–18
49	February 4	Hornets	W 110–88	Jazz	NA	Deron Williams (29)	19,911	31–18
50	February 6	Jazz	W 118–115	Nuggets	1	Deron Williams (29)		32–18
51	February 8	Jazz	L 104–117	Kings	NA	Carlos Boozer (23)		32–19
52	February 9	Bulls	W 97–87	Jazz	NA	Carlos Boozer (22)	19,911	33–19
53	February 13	Jazz	W 112–93	SuperSonics	NA	Carlos Boozer (22)		34–19
54	February 19	Warriors	W 119–109	Jazz	NA	Deron Williams (29)	19,911	35–19
55	February 22	Jazz	L 104–114	Clippers	NA	Deron Williams (26)		35–20
56	February 23	Hawks	W 100–94	Jazz	NA	Carlos Boozer (21)	19,911	36–20
57	February 26	Jazz	L 100–111	Timberwolves	NA	Carlos Boozer (34)		36–21
58	February 27	Pistons	W 103–95	Jazz	NA	Mehmet Okur (24)	19,911	37–21
59	February 29	Jazz	L 98–110	Hornets	NA	Mehmet Okur (23)		37–22

March

Record: 12–4; Home: 8–1; Road: 4–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
60	March 1	Jazz	W 113–92	Grizzlies	NA	Carlos Boozer (18)		38–22
61	March 3	Mavericks	W 116–110	Jazz	NA	Carlos Boozer (28)	19,911	39–22
62	March 5	Timberwolves	W 105–76	Jazz	NA	Deron Williams (21)	19,911	40–22
63	March 7	Jazz	W 126–118	Suns	NA	Two-way tie (25)	18,422	41–22
64	March 8	Nuggets	W 132–105	Jazz	NA	Mehmet Okur (27)	19,911	42–22
65	March 11	Jazz	L 96–108	Bulls	NA	Mehmet Okur (22)	21,970	42–23
66	March 12	Jazz	W 114–110	Bucks	NA	Deron Williams (26)		43–23
67	March 14	Jazz	W 110–92	Celtics	NA	Deron Williams (32)	18,624	44–23
68	March 15	Jazz	L 115–117	Nets	NA	Carlos Boozer (41)		44–24
69	March 17	Raptors	W 96–79	Jazz	NA	Deron Williams (21)	19,911	45–24
70	March 20	Lakers	L 95–106	Jazz	NA	Deron Williams (26)	19,911	45–25
71	March 22	SuperSonics	W 115–101	Jazz	NA	Carlos Boozer (26)	19,911	46–25
72	March 25	Bobcats	W 128–106	Jazz	NA	Carlos Boozer (28)	19,911	47–25
73	March 28	Clippers	W 121–101	Jazz	NA	Carlos Boozer (34)	19,911	48–25
74	March 30	Jazz	L 103–110	Timberwolves	NA	Carlos Boozer (25)		48–26
75	March 31	Wizards	W 129–87	Jazz	NA	C. J. Miles (29)	19,911	49–26

April

Record: 5–2; Home: 4–0; Road: 1–2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
76	April 2	Timberwolves	W 117–100	Jazz	NA	Mehmet Okur (22)	19,911	50–26
77	April 4	Spurs	W 90–64	Jazz	NA	Mehmet Okur (17)	19,911	51–26
78	April 8	Jazz	W 77–66	Hornets	NA	Mehmet Okur (22)		52–26
79	April 10	Jazz	L 94–97	Mavericks	NA	Mehmet Okur (19)		52–27
80	April 12	Nuggets	W 124–97	Jazz	NA	Three-way tie (20)	19,911	53–27
81	April 14	Rockets	W 105–96	Jazz	NA	Carlos Boozer (21)	19,911	54–27
82	April 16	Jazz	L 80–109	Spurs	NA	C. J. Miles (12)	18,797	54–28

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates loss.

Player stats

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Almond, Morris !Morris Almond	9	0	4.3	.267	.250	.667	.2	.3	.11	.00	1.4
Boozer, Carlos !Carlos Boozer	81	81	34.9	.547	.000	.738	10.4	2.9	1.23	.51	21.1
Brewer, Ronnie !Ronnie Brewer	76	76	27.5	.558	.220	.759	2.9	1.8	1.70	.25	12.0
Collins, Jarron !Jarron Collins	70	9	10.0	.439	.000	.622	1.7	.5	.14	.09	1.7
Fesenko, Kyrylo !Kyrylo Fesenko	9	0	7.8	.375	.000	.500	2.8	.2	.00	.33	1.6
Harpring, Matt !Matt Harpring	76	0	18.1	.500	.200	.712	3.2	1.1	.59	.18	8.2
Hart, Jason !Jason Hart	57	0	10.6	.322	.355	.844	1.0	1.5	.53	.05	2.9
Kirilenko, Andrei !Andrei Kirilenko	72	72	30.8	.506	.379	.770	4.7	4.0	1.19	1.51	11.0
Korver, Kyle !Kyle Korver*	75	0	23.1	.443	.375	.915	2.3	1.3	.56	.39	9.9
Miles, C.J. !C. J. Miles	60	13	11.5	.479	.390	.788	1.3	.9	.53	.13	5.0
Millsap, Paul !Paul Millsap	82	2	20.8	.504	.000	.677	5.6	1.0	.88	.89	8.1
Okur, Mehmet !Mehmet Okur	72	72	33.2	.445	.388	.804	7.7	2.0	.76	.40	14.5
Price, Ronnie !Ronnie Price	61	3	9.6	.431	.347	.684	.8	1.3	.52	.05	3.7
Williams, Deron !Deron Williams	82	82	37.3	.507	.395	.803	3.0	10.5	1.10	.28	18.8

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Boozer, Carlos !Carlos Boozer	12	12	36.8	.415	.000	.714	12.3	2.8	.50	.17	16.0
Brewer, Ronnie !Ronnie Brewer	12	12	25.4	.520	.167	.760	3.2	1.6	1.00	.33	10.2
Collins, Jarron !Jarron Collins	5	0	4.0	.000	.000	.000	1.2	.2	.20	.20	.0
Harpring, Matt !Matt Harpring	12	0	17.4	.397	.333	.800	2.8	.7	.58	.33	6.6
Hart, Jason !Jason Hart	2	0	3.0	.500	.000	.000	.0	.0	.00	.00	1.0
Kirilenko, Andrei !Andrei Kirilenko	12	12	32.3	.447	.227	.714	3.4	2.5	1.50	1.67	11.0
Korver, Kyle !Kyle Korver	12	0	21.6	.411	.289	.920	2.2	.6	.33	.67	7.8
Miles, C.J. !C. J. Miles	7	0	3.7	.357	.250	.000	.7	.0	.29	.00	1.7
Millsap, Paul !Paul Millsap	12	0	17.5	.516	.000	.520	3.9	.3	.58	1.33	6.4
Okur, Mehmet !Mehmet Okur	12	12	38.5	.423	.373	.773	11.8	1.9	.67	.67	15.4
Price, Ronnie !Ronnie Price	12	0	5.7	.323	.214	.769	.3	.9	.50	.17	2.8
Williams, Deron !Deron Williams	12	12	42.8	.492	.500	.773	3.6	10.0	.58	.33	21.6

Playoffs

2008 playoff game log

First Round: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)

Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–3)

2008 playoff schedule

Awards and records

During the season, Andrei Kirilenko was named FIBA Europe Player of the Year as the top European player in 2007. Unlike NBA awards, which are presented at the end of the season, Europe's major continent-wide player awards are presented at the end of a calendar year, and consider players' performances for both their clubs and national teams.

Transactions

The Jazz have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

On December 29, 2007 the Utah Jazz announced that they would trade Gordan Giricek and a first round draft pick (through 2009–2014 pick) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Kyle Korver.

Before this trade the Jazz team lacked an outside shooter that they could count on during clutch times. Located in the western conference, Utah Jazz knew they had to make a blockbuster trade since top teams like Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns were making their own big time trades.

After the trade Jazz had an up tempo team which led them to long winning streaks along with moving up the western conference standings. As a result, the Jazz had virtually clinched a spot in for the playoffs, the question now was which spot they would clinch.

Free agents

Player	Former team

Player	New team

External links

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Utah Jazz

Founded in 1974 Played in New Orleans (1974–1979) Based in Salt Lake City, Utah

Franchise	Franchise Summer League 1974 Expansion Draft All-time roster Draft history Records Head coaches Seasons Current season

Arenas	Loyola Field House New Orleans Municipal Auditorium Louisiana Superdome Salt Palace Vivint Smart Home Arena

Personnel	Checketts Gardner Rigby

D-League affiliate	Salt Lake City Stars

Administration	Owner: Jazz Basketball Investors, Inc. (represented by Gail Miller, widow of Larry H. Miller) President: Steve Starks Executive VP, Basketball Operations: Kevin O'Connor General Manager: Dennis Lindsey Head coach: Quin Snyder

Retired numbers	1 4 7 9 12 14 32 35 53 1223 Hot Rod Hundley (Microphone)

Hall of Famers	Pete Maravich Adrian Dantley John Stockton Jerry Sloan Hot Rod Hundley Karl Malone

Western Conference Championships (2)	1997 1998

Rivals	Houston Rockets

Culture and lore	Jazz Bear Dan Roberts Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals Celtic Pride Tiffany Coyne "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" (The Simpsons episode)

Media	TV Root Sports Utah (current) KJZZ-TV (former) Radio Radio Network KZNS-AM KZNS-FM Announcers Craig Bolerjack Matt Harpring David Locke Ron Boone

2007–08 Utah Jazz season

Draft picks

Roster

Standings

Game log

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

Player stats

Regular season

Playoffs

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

See also

External links