2008–09 Utah Jazz season

The 2008–09 Utah Jazz season was the 35th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 30th since the team moved from New Orleans to Salt Lake City for the 1979–80 season.

2008–09 Utah Jazz season
Head coachJerry Sloan
ArenaEnergySolutions Arena
Results
Record4834 (.585)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Northwest)
Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(Lost to Lakers 1–4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionFSN Utah, KJZZ
RadioKFNZ, KBEE

For the third straight year, the Jazz made the playoffs, but as the number 8 seed. The Jazz were quickly knocked out of the playoffs with a defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers in the opening round, losing in five games, and having their season ended by the Lakers for a second consecutive time. The Lakers would go on to win their 15th NBA Championship in the NBA Finals, defeating the Orlando Magic in five games.

Key dates

Offseason

Besides the draft, the only significant move that the Jazz made in the offseason was to trade third-string point guard Jason Hart to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for veteran journeyman point guard Brevin Knight on July 23.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 23 Kosta Koufos Center  Greece Ohio State
2 44 Ante Tomić Power forward/Center  Croatia KK Zagreb
2 53 Tadija Dragićević Power forward  Serbia Red Star Belgrade

Roster

Utah Jazz 2008–09 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
G 22 Almond, Morris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Rice
F/C 5 Boozer, Carlos 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 258 lb (117 kg) Duke
G/F 9 Brewer, Ronnie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Arkansas
F 31 Collins, Jarron 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Stanford
C 44 Fesenko, Kyrylo 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 288 lb (131 kg)
F 15 Harpring, Matt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 231 lb (105 kg) Georgia Tech
F 47 Kirilenko, Andrei 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg)
G 2 Knight, Brevin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Stanford
F 26 Korver, Kyle 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Creighton
C 41 Koufos, Kosta 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Ohio State
G 34 Miles, C. J. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Skyline HS (TX)
F 24 Millsap, Paul 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Louisiana Tech
F/C 13 Okur, Mehmet 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 249 lb (113 kg)
G 17 Price, Ronnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Utah Valley
G 8 Williams, Deron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Illinois
Head coach

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

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
yDenver Nuggets5428.65933–821–2012–482
xPortland Trail Blazers5428.65934–720–2111–582
xUtah Jazz4834.585633–815–2610–682
Minnesota Timberwolves2458.2933011–3013–283–1382
Oklahoma City Thunder2359.2803115–268–334–1282
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers6517.793
2 y-Denver Nuggets5428.65911
3 y-San Antonio Spurs5428.65911
4 x-Portland Trail Blazers5428.65911
5 x-Houston Rockets5329.64612
6 x-Dallas Mavericks5032.61015
7 x-New Orleans Hornets4933.59816
8 x-Utah Jazz4834.58517
9 Phoenix Suns4636.56119
10 Golden State Warriors2953.35436
11 Minnesota Timberwolves2458.29341
12 Memphis Grizzlies2458.29341
13 Oklahoma City Thunder2359.28042
14 Los Angeles Clippers1963.23246
15 Sacramento Kings1765.20748

Game log

2008–09 game log
2015–16 season schedule

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (8) Utah Jazz

April 19
3:00 p.m.
Utah Jazz 100, Los Angeles Lakers 113
Scoring by quarter: 19–30, 21–32, 33–24, 27–27
Pts: Carlos Boozer 27
Rebs: Carlos Boozer 9
Asts: Deron Williams 17
Pts: Kobe Bryant 24
Rebs: Pau Gasol 9
Asts: Kobe Bryant 8
Staples Center, Los Angeles
Attendance: 18,997
Referees: Derrick Stafford, Ed Malloy, Joe Crawford
April 21
10:30 p.m.
Utah Jazz 109, Los Angeles Lakers 119
Scoring by quarter: 29–41, 26–25, 23–23, 31–30
Pts: Deron Williams 35
Rebs: Carlos Boozer 10
Asts: Deron Williams 10
Pts: Kobe Bryant 26
Rebs: Gasol, Bryant 6 each
Asts: Ariza, Bryant 9 each
Staples Center, Los Angeles
Attendance: 18,997
Referees: Marc Davis, Sean Corbin, Monty McCutchen
April 23
10:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers 86, Utah Jazz 88
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 22–17, 29–17, 18–28
Pts: Lamar Odom 21
Rebs: Lamar Odom 14
Asts: Kobe Bryant 6
Pts: Carlos Boozer 23
Rebs: Carlos Boozer 22
Asts: Deron Williams 9
EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City
Attendance: 19,911
Referees: Bennett Salvadore, Mike Callahan, Eric Lewis
April 25
9:00 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers 108, Utah Jazz 94
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 40–28, 28–16, 20–25
Pts: Kobe Bryant 38
Rebs: Lamar Odom 15
Asts: Lamar Odom 6
Pts: Williams, Boozer 23 each
Rebs: Carlos Boozer 16
Asts: Deron Williams 13
EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City
Attendance: 19,911
Referees: Bill Spooner, Mark Wunderlich, Joe Derosa
April 27
10:30 p.m.
Utah Jazz 96, Los Angeles Lakers 107
Scoring by quarter: 26–26, 17–30, 20–26, 33–25
Pts: Paul Millsap 16
Rebs: Mehmet Okur 8
Asts: Deron Williams 6
Pts: Kobe Bryant 31
Rebs: Lamar Odom 15
Asts: Odom, Bryant, Ariza, Gasol 4 each
Los Angeles win series, 4–1
Staples Center, Los Angeles
Attendance: 18,997
Referees: Gary Zielinski, James Capers, Steve Javie

Last Playoff Meeting: 2008 Western Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles won 4-2)

Player statistics

Legend

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Deron Williams 686836.8.471.310.8492.910.71.07.2919.4
Mehmet Okur 727233.5.485.446.8177.71.7.75.7417.0
Carlos Boozer 373732.4.490.000.69810.42.11.05.1916.2
Ronnie Brewer 818032.2.508.259.7023.72.21.70.3713.7
Paul Millsap 763830.1.534.000.6998.61.81.03.9613.5
Andrei Kirilenko 671027.3.449.274.7854.82.61.241.1511.6
C.J. Miles 727222.5.459.352.8762.31.5.64.219.1
Kyle Korver 78224.0.438.386.8823.31.8.60.389.0
Kosta Koufos 48711.8.508.000.7062.9.4.25.654.7
Matt Harpring 63211.0.461.000.7642.0.4.46.144.4
Ronnie Price 521714.2.379.311.7561.32.1.75.104.0
Morris Almond 25110.2.407.294.8081.4.3.16.163.7
Brevin Knight 74012.7.349.000.7501.22.6.92.052.4
Kyrylo Fesenko 2117.4.583.000.3331.8.2.33.712.1
Jarron Collins 2637.7.457.000.7271.4.3.08.041.5

Transactions

Trades

July 23, 2008
To Utah Jazz
Brevin Knight
To Los Angeles Clippers
Jason Hart

Subtractions

PlayerLeftTeam
Dee BrownJuly 10, 2008Washington Wizards

References

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