2007–08 Utah Jazz season

The 2007–08 Utah Jazz season was their 34th season in the NBA and 28th in Salt Lake City. The Jazz had the best team offensive rating in the NBA.[1]

2007–08 Utah Jazz season
Division champions
Head coachJerry Sloan
General managerKevin O'Connor
Owner(s)Larry H. Miller
ArenaEnergySolutions Arena
Results
Record54–28 (.659)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Northwest)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishConference Semifinals
(lost to Lakers 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television
Radio

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 ousted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the next round.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

Offseason

Draft picks

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

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 25 Morris Almond Shooting guard/Small forward  United States Rice
2 55 Herbert Hill Power forward/center  United States Providence

Roster
2007–08 Utah Jazz roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SG 22 Almond, Morris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1985-02-02 Rice
PF 5 Boozer, Carlos (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 266 lb (121 kg) 1981-11-20 Duke
SG 9 Brewer, Ronnie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1985-03-20 Arkansas
C 31 Collins, Jarron 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1978-12-02 Stanford
C 44 Fesenko, Kyrylo 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1986-12-24 Ukraine
SF 15 Harpring, Matt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1976-05-31 Georgia Tech
PG 3 Hart, Jason 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1978-04-29 Syracuse
SF 47 Kirilenko, Andrei 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1981-02-18 Russia
SG 26 Korver, Kyle 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 211 lb (96 kg) 1981-03-17 Creighton
SG 34 Miles, C. J. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1987-03-18 Skyline HS (TX)
PF 24 Millsap, Paul 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 258 lb (117 kg) 1985-02-10 Louisiana Tech
C 13 Okur, Mehmet 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 263 lb (119 kg) 1979-05-26 Turkey
PG 17 Price, Ronnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983-06-21 Utah Valley
PG 8 Williams, Deron (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1984-06-26 Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 13, 2008

Regular season

Standings
Northwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Utah Jazz5428.659–37–417–2413–3
x-Denver Nuggets5032.610433–817–2410–6
Portland Trail Blazers4141.5001328–1313–2810–6
Minnesota Timberwolves2260.2683215–267–343–13
Seattle SuperSonics2062.2443413–287–346–10
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers5725.695–
2 y-New Orleans Hornets5626.6831
3 x-San Antonio Spurs5626.6831
4 y-Utah Jazz5428.6593
5 x-Houston Rockets5527.6712
6 x-Phoenix Suns5527.6712
7 x-Dallas Mavericks5131.6226
8 x-Denver Nuggets5032.6107
9 Golden State Warriors4834.5859
10 Portland Trail Blazers4141.50016
11 Sacramento Kings3844.46319
12 Los Angeles Clippers2359.28034
13 Minnesota Timberwolves2260.26835
14 Memphis Grizzlies2260.26835
15 Seattle SuperSonics2062.24437

Record vs. opponents
2007-08 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —0–32–22–21–21–11–10–41–10–21–21–11–12–03–12–22–01–30–24–02–23–11–10–21–10–21–11–21–12–2
Boston 3–0—3–14–02–22–01–12–11–12–03–02–02–02–04–04–02–04–01–14–01–23–11–12–02–02–02–03–11–10–3
Charlotte 2–21–3—1–31–30–21–10–31–10–23–12–01–11–13–11–22–01–30–21–21–31–20–22–00–20–22–02–21–11–3
Chicago 2–20–43–1—3–10–21–13–11–10–22–21–10–21–12–13–11–11–20–22–20–41–30–20–21–10–22–01–21–11–2
Cleveland 2–12–23–11–3—1–10–21–31–10–24–02–02–02–03–01–32–01–30–22–11–32–10–22–02–01–11–13–11–12–2
Dallas 1–10–22–02–01–1—1–21–13–13–11–14–01–34–02–01–13–01–12–22–02–01–12–12–22–11–33–11–12–20–2
Denver 1–11–11–11–12–02–1—0–23–12–21–13–10–34–02–01–14–02–01–21–11–11–12–22–22–12–23–12–01–32–0
Detroit 4–01–23–01–33–11–12–0–2–01–14–02–01–12–04–03–12–03–02–02–22–22–22–01–10–22–02–03–10–22–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–11–11–31–30–2—2–21–13–12–24–02–02–03–11–11–21–11–12–02–22–23–12–12–12–00–32–0
Houston 2–00–22–02–02–01–32–21–12–2—2–03–02–13–11–12–03–02–02–22–01–10–22–24–02–22–24–01–11–22–0
Indiana 2–10–31–32–20–41–11–10–41–10–2—1–10–21–13–13–11–12–21–14–01–23–00–22–01–10–21–11–31–12–2
L.A. Clippers 1–10–20–21–10–20–41–30–21–30–31–1–0–43–11–11–11–32–00–42–00–20–21–30–33–10–32–11–11–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–10–21–12–00–23–13–01–12–21–22–04–0—2–12–01–13–01–12–22–01–12–03–12–23–12–24–02–03–12–0
Memphis 0–20–21–11–10–20–40–40–20–41–31–11–31–2—2–00–22–22–00–42–01–10–20–30–32–21–33–10–20–31–1
Miami 1–30–41–31–20–30–20–20–40–21–11–31–10–20–2—2–21–11–20–21–30–40–31–10–21–10–21–10–41–10–4
Milwaukee 2–20–42–11–33–11–11–11–30–20–21–31–11–12–02–2—1–10–40–21–31–31–20–20–20–20–21–11–20–22–2
Minnesota 0–20–20–21–10–20–30–40–21–30–31–13–10–32–21–11–1—1–11–31–11–11–12–20–42–10–41–30–22–20–2
New Jersey 3–10–43–12–13–11–10–20–31–10–22–20–21–10–22–14–01–1—0–21–31–32–20–21–10–20–22–01–31–12–1
New Orleans 2–01–12–02–02–02–22–10–22–12–21–14–02–24–02–02–03–12–0—2–01–12–04–02–21–22–23–01–11–30–2
New York 0–40–42–12–21–20–21–12–21–10–20–40–20–20–23–13–11–13–10–2—1–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–31–12–1
Orlando 2–22–13–14–03–10–21–12–21–11–12–12–01–11–14–03–11–13–11–13–1—3–10–22–01–10–22–02–10–23–1
Philadelphia 1–31–32–13–11–21–11–12–20–22–00–32–00–22–03–02–11–12–20–23–11–3—1–11–11–11–12–01–30–22–2
Phoenix 1–11–12–02–02–01–22–20–22–22–22–03–11–33–01–12–02–22–00–42–02–01–1—3–04–03–14–02–01–22–0
Portland 2–00–20–22–00–22–22–21–12–20–40–23–02–23–02–02–04–01–12–22–00–21–10–3—1–30–32–21–13–11–1
Sacramento 1–10–22–01–10–21–21–22–01–32–21–11–31–32–21–12–01–22–02–12–01–11–10–43–1—1–33–11–12–20–2
San Antonio 2–00–22–02–01–13–12–20–21–22–22–03–02–23–12–02–04–02–02–22–02–01–11–33–03–1—2–11–12–22–0
Seattle 1–10–20–20–21–11–31–30–21–20–41–11–20–41–31–11–13–10–20–32–00–20–20–42–21–31–2—1–10–40–2
Toronto 2–11–32–22–11–31–10–21–30–21–13–11–10–22–04–02–12–03–11–13–11–23–10–21–11–11–11–1—0–21–3
Utah 1–11–11–11–11–12–23–12–03–02–11–13–11–33–01–12–02–21–13–11–12–02–02–11–32–22–24–02–0—2–0
Washington 2–23–03–12–12–22–00–21–20–20–22–22–00–21–14–02–22–01–22–01–21–32–20–21–12–00–22–03–10–2—

October

Record: 1–0; home: 0–0; road: 1–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
1October 30JazzW 117–96 WarriorsNABoozer (32)19,8321–0

November

Record: 11–5; home: 7–1; road: 4–4

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
2November 1RocketsL 95–106 JazzNABoozer (30)19,9111–1
3November 3WarriorsW 133–110 JazzNAWilliams (30)19,9112–1
4November 4JazzL 109–119 LakersNAWilliams (26)18,9972–2
5November 7CavaliersW 103–101 JazzNAMillsap (24)19,9113–2
6November 9JazzW 103–101 SuperSonicsNABoozer (27)15,9804–2
7November 10GrizzliesW 118–94 JazzNABoozer (31)19,7715–2
8November 12KingsW 117–93 JazzNABoozer (32)19,9116–2
9November 14JazzW 92–88 RaptorsNABoozer (23)17,3377–2
10November 16JazzL 94–99 CavaliersNABoozer (26)19,8627–3
11November 17JazzL 97–117 PacersNABoozer (19)12,4477–4
12November 19NetsW 102–75 JazzNAWilliams (20)19,9118–4
13November 23HornetsW 99–71 JazzNABoozer (19)19,9119–4
14November 25JazzW 103–93 PistonsNABoozer (36)22,07610–4
15November 26JazzL 109–113 KnicksNABoozer (30)18,81610–5
16November 28JazzW 106–95 76ersNABoozer (26)11,00611–5
17November 30LakersW 120–96 JazzNAWilliams (35)19,91112–5

December

Record: 5–11; home: 4–2; road: 1–9

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
18December 3HeatW 110–101 JazzNAOkur (25)19,91113–5
19December 4JazzL 107–117 KingsNAWilliams (30)12,68813–6
20December 7JazzL 98–104 SpursNATwo Way Tie18,79713–7
21December 8JazzL 117–125 MavericksNAWilliams (41)20,30013–8
22December 11Trail BlazersL 89–97 JazzNABoozer (29)19,91113–9
23December 12JazzL 98–103 SunsNABoozer (24)18,42213–10
24December 14JazzL 91–99 Trail BlazersNABoozer (22)19,98013–11
25December 15SuperSonicsW 96–75 JazzNABoozer (21)19,91114–11
26December 17JazzL 111–116 HawksNABoozer (39)15,26314–12
27December 19JazzL 92–98 BobcatsNABoozer (21)13,01414–13
28December 21JazzW 113–64 MagicNAMillsap (28)17,51915–13
29December 22JazzL 102–104 HeatNAWilliams (22)19,60015–14
30December 26MavericksW 99–90 JazzNABoozer (21)19,91116–14
31December 28JazzL 109–123 LakersNABoozer (20)18,99716–15
32December 29CelticsL 98–104 JazzNAWilliams (22)19,91116–16
33December 31Trail BlazersW 111–101 JazzNABoozer (19)19,91117–16

January

Record: 11–2; home: 9–0; road: 2–2

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
34January 2SixersW 110–107 JazzNACarlos Boozer (22)19,91118–16
35January 5JazzL 89–103 Trail BlazersNADeron Williams (23)20,45018–17
36January 8PacersW 111–89 JazzNACarlos Boozer (22)19,91119–17
37January 10SunsW 108–86 JazzNAMehmet Okur (22)19,91120–17
38January 12MagicW 119–115 JazzNAMehmet Okur (29)19,91121–17
39January 14BucksW 98–87 JazzNADeron Williams (33)19,91122–17
40January 17JazzL 109–120 NuggetsNADeron Williams (23)22–18
41January 18ClippersW 106–88 JazzNACarlos Boozer (19)19,91123–18
42January 21JazzW 109–93 ClippersNADeron Williams (18)24–18
43January 25KingsW 127–113 JazzNACarlos Boozer (33)19,91125–18
44January 27JazzW 97–89 RocketsNAThree-way tie (17)26–18
45January 28SpursW 97–91 JazzNATwo-way tie (23)19,91127–18
46January 30KnicksW 100–89 JazzNADeron Williams (22)19,91128–18

February

Record: 9–4; home: 5–0; road: 4–4

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
47February 1JazzW 96–87 WizardsNAMehmet Okur (27)20,17329–18
48February 2JazzW 110–91 GrizzliesNACarlos Boozer (19)12,40730–18
49February 4HornetsW 110–88 JazzNADeron Williams (29)19,91131–18
50February 6JazzW 118–115 Nuggets1Deron Williams (29)32–18
51February 8JazzL 104–117 KingsNACarlos Boozer (23)32–19
52February 9BullsW 97–87 JazzNACarlos Boozer (22)19,91133–19
53February 13JazzW 112–93 SuperSonicsNACarlos Boozer (22)34–19
54February 19WarriorsW 119–109 JazzNADeron Williams (29)19,91135–19
55February 22JazzL 104–114 ClippersNADeron Williams (26)35–20
56February 23HawksW 100–94 JazzNACarlos Boozer (21)19,91136–20
57February 26JazzL 100–111 TimberwolvesNACarlos Boozer (34)36–21
58February 27PistonsW 103–95 JazzNAMehmet Okur (24)19,91137–21
59February 29JazzL 98–110 HornetsNAMehmet Okur (23)37–22

March

Record: 12–4; home: 8–1; road: 4–3

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
60March 1JazzW 113–92 GrizzliesNACarlos Boozer (18)38–22
61March 3MavericksW 116–110 JazzNACarlos Boozer (28)19,91139–22
62March 5TimberwolvesW 105–76 JazzNADeron Williams (21)19,91140–22
63March 7JazzW 126–118 SunsNATwo-way tie (25)18,42241–22
64March 8NuggetsW 132–105 JazzNAMehmet Okur (27)19,91142–22
65March 11JazzL 96–108 BullsNAMehmet Okur (22)21,97042–23
66March 12JazzW 114–110 BucksNADeron Williams (26)43–23
67March 14JazzW 110–92 CelticsNADeron Williams (32)18,62444–23
68March 15JazzL 115–117 NetsNACarlos Boozer (41)44–24
69March 17RaptorsW 96–79 JazzNADeron Williams (21)19,91145–24
70March 20LakersL 95–106 JazzNADeron Williams (26)19,91145–25
71March 22SuperSonicsW 115–101 JazzNACarlos Boozer (26)19,91146–25
72March 25BobcatsW 128–106 JazzNACarlos Boozer (28)19,91147–25
73March 28ClippersW 121–101 JazzNACarlos Boozer (34)19,91148–25
74March 30JazzL 103–110 TimberwolvesNACarlos Boozer (25)48–26
75March 31WizardsW 129–87 JazzNAC. J. Miles (29)19,91149–26

April

Record: 5–2; home: 4–0; road: 1–2

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
76April 2TimberwolvesW 117–100 JazzNAMehmet Okur (22)19,91150–26
77April 4SpursW 90–64 JazzNAMehmet Okur (17)19,91151–26
78April 8JazzW 77–66 HornetsNAMehmet Okur (22)52–26
79April 10JazzL 94–97 MavericksNAMehmet Okur (19)52–27
80April 12NuggetsW 124–97 JazzNAThree-way tie (20)19,91153–27
81April 14RocketsW 105–96 JazzNACarlos Boozer (21)19,91154–27
82April 16JazzL 80–109 SpursNAC. J. Miles (12)18,79754–28
  • 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
Morris Almond 904.3.267.250.667.2.3.11.001.4
Carlos Boozer 818134.9.547.000.73810.42.91.23.5121.1
Ronnie Brewer 767627.5.558.220.7592.91.81.70.2512.0
Jarron Collins 70910.0.439.000.6221.7.5.14.091.7
Kyrylo Fesenko 907.8.375.000.5002.8.2.00.331.6
Matt Harpring 76018.1.500.200.7123.21.1.59.188.2
Jason Hart 57010.6.322.355.8441.01.5.53.052.9
Andrei Kirilenko 727230.8.506.379.7704.74.01.191.5111.0
Kyle Korver* 75023.1.443.375.9152.31.3.56.399.9
C. J. Miles 601311.5.479.390.7881.3.9.53.135.0
Paul Millsap 82220.8.504.000.6775.61.0.88.898.1
Mehmet Okur 727233.2.445.388.8047.72.0.76.4014.5
Ronnie Price 6139.6.431.347.684.81.3.52.053.7
Deron Williams 828237.3.507.395.8033.010.51.10.2818.8

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Carlos Boozer 121236.8.415.000.71412.32.8.50.1716.0
Ronnie Brewer 121225.4.520.167.7603.21.61.00.3310.2
Jarron Collins 504.0.000.000.0001.2.2.20.20.0
Matt Harpring 12017.4.397.333.8002.8.7.58.336.6
Jason Hart 203.0.500.000.000.0.0.00.001.0
Andrei Kirilenko 121232.3.447.227.7143.42.51.501.6711.0
Kyle Korver 12021.6.411.289.9202.2.6.33.677.8
C. J. Miles 703.7.357.250.000.7.0.29.001.7
Paul Millsap 12017.5.516.000.5203.9.3.581.336.4
Mehmet Okur 121238.5.423.373.77311.81.9.67.6715.4
Ronnie Price 1205.7.323.214.769.3.9.50.172.8
Deron Williams 121242.8.492.500.7733.610.0.58.3321.6

Playoffs
2008 playoff game log
First Round: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1April 19@ Houston93–82Kirilenko (21)Boozer (16)Williams (10)Toyota Center
18,213		1–0
2April 21@ Houston90–84Williams (22)Okur (16)Williams (5)Toyota Center
18,158		2–0
3April 24Houston92–94Williams (28)Boozer (13)Williams (12)EnergySolutions Arena
19,911		2–1
4April 26Houston86–82Williams (17)Okur (18)Williams (9)EnergySolutions Arena
19,911		3–1
5April 29@ Houston69–95Boozer (19)Boozer, Okur (10)Williams (6)Toyota Center
18,269		3–2
6May 2Houston113–91Williams (25)Okur (13)Williams (9)EnergySolutions Arena
19,911		4–2
Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1May 4@ L.A. Lakers98–109Okur (21)Okur (19)Williams (9)Staples Center
18,997		0–1
2May 7@ L.A. Lakers110–120Williams (25)Millsap (10)Williams (10)Staples Center
18,997		0–2
3May 9L.A. Lakers104–99Boozer (27)Boozer (20)Williams (12)EnergySolutions Arena
19,911		1–2
4May 11L.A. Lakers123–115Williams (29)Boozer (12)Williams (14)EnergySolutions Arena
19,911		2–2
5May 14@ L.A. Lakers104–111Williams (27)Okur (13)Williams (10)Staples Center
18,997		2–3
6May 16L.A. Lakers105–108Williams (21)Boozer (14)Williams (14)EnergySolutions Arena
19,911		2–4
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
PlayerFormer team
PlayerNew team

See also

References
  1. "Offensive Rating". NBA.com. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
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