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.

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: 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 College 1 25 Morris Almond Shooting guard/Small forward Rice 2 55 Herbert Hill Power forward/center Providence

Roster

Regular season Standings

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 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 Jazz NA Boozer (30) 19,911 1–1 3 November 3 Warriors Jazz NA Williams (30) 19,911 2–1 4 November 4 Jazz Lakers NA Williams (26) 18,997 2–2 5 November 7 Cavaliers Jazz NA Millsap (24) 19,911 3–2 6 November 9 Jazz SuperSonics NA Boozer (27) 15,980 4–2 7 November 10 Grizzlies Jazz NA Boozer (31) 19,771 5–2 8 November 12 Kings Jazz NA Boozer (32) 19,911 6–2 9 November 14 Jazz Raptors NA Boozer (23) 17,337 7–2 10 November 16 Jazz Cavaliers NA Boozer (26) 19,862 7–3 11 November 17 Jazz Pacers NA Boozer (19) 12,447 7–4 12 November 19 Nets Jazz NA Williams (20) 19,911 8–4 13 November 23 Hornets Jazz NA Boozer (19) 19,911 9–4 14 November 25 Jazz Pistons NA Boozer (36) 22,076 10–4 15 November 26 Jazz Knicks NA Boozer (30) 18,816 10–5 16 November 28 Jazz 76ers NA Boozer (26) 11,006 11–5 17 November 30 Lakers 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 Jazz NA Okur (25) 19,911 13–5 19 December 4 Jazz Kings NA Williams (30) 12,688 13–6 20 December 7 Jazz Spurs NA Two Way Tie 18,797 13–7 21 December 8 Jazz Mavericks NA Williams (41) 20,300 13–8 22 December 11 Trail Blazers Jazz NA Boozer (29) 19,911 13–9 23 December 12 Jazz Suns NA Boozer (24) 18,422 13–10 24 December 14 Jazz Trail Blazers NA Boozer (22) 19,980 13–11 25 December 15 SuperSonics Jazz NA Boozer (21) 19,911 14–11 26 December 17 Jazz Hawks NA Boozer (39) 15,263 14–12 27 December 19 Jazz Bobcats NA Boozer (21) 13,014 14–13 28 December 21 Jazz Magic NA Millsap (28) 17,519 15–13 29 December 22 Jazz Heat NA Williams (22) 19,600 15–14 30 December 26 Mavericks Jazz NA Boozer (21) 19,911 16–14 31 December 28 Jazz Lakers NA Boozer (20) 18,997 16–15 32 December 29 Celtics Jazz NA Williams (22) 19,911 16–16 33 December 31 Trail Blazers 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 Jazz NA Carlos Boozer (22) 19,911 18–16 35 January 5 Jazz Trail Blazers NA Deron Williams (23) 20,450 18–17 36 January 8 Pacers Jazz NA Carlos Boozer (22) 19,911 19–17 37 January 10 Suns Jazz NA Mehmet Okur (22) 19,911 20–17 38 January 12 Magic Jazz NA Mehmet Okur (29) 19,911 21–17 39 January 14 Bucks Jazz NA Deron Williams (33) 19,911 22–17 40 January 17 Jazz Nuggets NA Deron Williams (23) 22–18 41 January 18 Clippers Jazz NA Carlos Boozer (19) 19,911 23–18 42 January 21 Jazz Clippers NA Deron Williams (18) 24–18 43 January 25 Kings Jazz NA Carlos Boozer (33) 19,911 25–18 44 January 27 Jazz Rockets NA Three-way tie (17) 26–18 45 January 28 Spurs Jazz NA Two-way tie (23) 19,911 27–18 46 January 30 Knicks 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 Wizards NA Mehmet Okur (27) 20,173 29–18 48 February 2 Jazz Grizzlies NA Carlos Boozer (19) 12,407 30–18 49 February 4 Hornets Jazz NA Deron Williams (29) 19,911 31–18 50 February 6 Jazz Nuggets 1 Deron Williams (29) 32–18 51 February 8 Jazz Kings NA Carlos Boozer (23) 32–19 52 February 9 Bulls Jazz NA Carlos Boozer (22) 19,911 33–19 53 February 13 Jazz SuperSonics NA Carlos Boozer (22) 34–19 54 February 19 Warriors Jazz NA Deron Williams (29) 19,911 35–19 55 February 22 Jazz Clippers NA Deron Williams (26) 35–20 56 February 23 Hawks Jazz NA Carlos Boozer (21) 19,911 36–20 57 February 26 Jazz Timberwolves NA Carlos Boozer (34) 36–21 58 February 27 Pistons Jazz NA Mehmet Okur (24) 19,911 37–21 59 February 29 Jazz 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 Grizzlies NA Carlos Boozer (18) 38–22 61 March 3 Mavericks Jazz NA Carlos Boozer (28) 19,911 39–22 62 March 5 Timberwolves Jazz NA Deron Williams (21) 19,911 40–22 63 March 7 Jazz Suns NA Two-way tie (25) 18,422 41–22 64 March 8 Nuggets Jazz NA Mehmet Okur (27) 19,911 42–22 65 March 11 Jazz Bulls NA Mehmet Okur (22) 21,970 42–23 66 March 12 Jazz Bucks NA Deron Williams (26) 43–23 67 March 14 Jazz Celtics NA Deron Williams (32) 18,624 44–23 68 March 15 Jazz Nets NA Carlos Boozer (41) 44–24 69 March 17 Raptors Jazz NA Deron Williams (21) 19,911 45–24 70 March 20 Lakers Jazz NA Deron Williams (26) 19,911 45–25 71 March 22 SuperSonics Jazz NA Carlos Boozer (26) 19,911 46–25 72 March 25 Bobcats Jazz NA Carlos Boozer (28) 19,911 47–25 73 March 28 Clippers Jazz NA Carlos Boozer (34) 19,911 48–25 74 March 30 Jazz Timberwolves NA Carlos Boozer (25) 48–26 75 March 31 Wizards 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 Jazz NA Mehmet Okur (22) 19,911 50–26 77 April 4 Spurs Jazz NA Mehmet Okur (17) 19,911 51–26 78 April 8 Jazz Hornets NA Mehmet Okur (22) 52–26 79 April 10 Jazz Mavericks NA Mehmet Okur (19) 52–27 80 April 12 Nuggets Jazz NA Three-way tie (20) 19,911 53–27 81 April 14 Rockets Jazz NA Carlos Boozer (21) 19,911 54–27 82 April 16 Jazz Spurs NA C. J. Miles (12) 18,797 54–28 Green background indicates win. Red background indicates loss.

Player statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 9 0 4.3 .267 .250 .667 .2 .3 .11 .00 1.4 81 81 34.9 .547 .000 .738 10.4 2.9 1.23 .51 21.1 76 76 27.5 .558 .220 .759 2.9 1.8 1.70 .25 12.0 70 9 10.0 .439 .000 .622 1.7 .5 .14 .09 1.7 9 0 7.8 .375 .000 .500 2.8 .2 .00 .33 1.6 76 0 18.1 .500 .200 .712 3.2 1.1 .59 .18 8.2 57 0 10.6 .322 .355 .844 1.0 1.5 .53 .05 2.9 72 72 30.8 .506 .379 .770 4.7 4.0 1.19 1.51 11.0 75 0 23.1 .443 .375 .915 2.3 1.3 .56 .39 9.9 60 13 11.5 .479 .390 .788 1.3 .9 .53 .13 5.0 82 2 20.8 .504 .000 .677 5.6 1.0 .88 .89 8.1 72 72 33.2 .445 .388 .804 7.7 2.0 .76 .40 14.5 61 3 9.6 .431 .347 .684 .8 1.3 .52 .05 3.7 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 12 12 36.8 .415 .000 .714 12.3 2.8 .50 .17 16.0 12 12 25.4 .520 .167 .760 3.2 1.6 1.00 .33 10.2 5 0 4.0 .000 .000 .000 1.2 .2 .20 .20 .0 12 0 17.4 .397 .333 .800 2.8 .7 .58 .33 6.6 2 0 3.0 .500 .000 .000 .0 .0 .00 .00 1.0 12 12 32.3 .447 .227 .714 3.4 2.5 1.50 1.67 11.0 12 0 21.6 .411 .289 .920 2.2 .6 .33 .67 7.8 7 0 3.7 .357 .250 .000 .7 .0 .29 .00 1.7 12 0 17.5 .516 .000 .520 3.9 .3 .58 1.33 6.4 12 12 38.5 .423 .373 .773 11.8 1.9 .67 .67 15.4 12 0 5.7 .323 .214 .769 .3 .9 .50 .17 2.8 12 12 42.8 .492 .500 .773 3.6 10.0 .58 .33 21.6

Playoffs

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 19 || @ Houston || 93–82 || Kirilenko (21) || Boozer (16) || Williams (10) ||Toyota Center18,213 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 21 || @ Houston || 90–84 || Williams (22) || Okur (16) || Williams (5) ||Toyota Center18,158 || 2–0 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 3 || April 24 || Houston || 92–94 || Williams (28) || Boozer (13) || Williams (12) ||EnergySolutions Arena19,911 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 26 || Houston || 86–82 || Williams (17) || Okur (18) || Williams (9) ||EnergySolutions Arena19,911 || 3–1 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 5 || April 29 || @ Houston || 69–95 || Boozer (19) || Boozer, Okur (10) || Williams (6) ||Toyota Center18,269 || 3–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || May 2 || Houston || 113–91 || Williams (25) || Okur (13) || Williams (9) ||EnergySolutions Arena19,911 || 4–2

|- bgcolor="edbebf" | 1 || May 4 || @ L.A. Lakers || 98–109 || Okur (21) || Okur (19) || Williams (9) ||Staples Center18,997 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 2 || May 7 || @ L.A. Lakers || 110–120 || Williams (25) || Millsap (10) || Williams (10) ||Staples Center18,997 || 0–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || May 9 || L.A. Lakers || 104–99 || Boozer (27) || Boozer (20) || Williams (12) ||EnergySolutions Arena19,911 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || May 11 || L.A. Lakers || 123–115 || Williams (29) || Boozer (12) || Williams (14) ||EnergySolutions Arena19,911 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 5 || May 14 || @ L.A. Lakers || 104–111 || Williams (27) || Okur (13) || Williams (10) ||Staples Center18,997 || 2–3 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 6 || May 16 || L.A. Lakers || 105–108 || Williams (21) || Boozer (14) || Williams (14) || EnergySolutions Arena19,911 || 2–4

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.

Records

Milestones

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

See also 2007–08 NBA season 2008 NBA Playoffs

References