2008–09 Utah Jazz season

2008–09 Utah Jazz season
Head coach	Jerry Sloan
Arena	EnergySolutions Arena
Results
Record	48–34 (.585)
Place	Division: 3rd (Northwest) Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round (eliminated 1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN Utah, KJZZ
Radio	KFNZ, KBEE

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.

Key dates

• 2008:
  • June 26: The 2008 NBA Draft took place in New York City.
  • July 1: The free agency period started.
• 2009:
  • February 19: The NBA trade deadline was 3:00 pm EST.
  • February 20: Jazz owner Larry H. Miller, who purchased a 50% interest in the Jazz in 1985 and acquired the remaining 50% a year later, dies from complications of type 2 diabetes.
  • February 21: To honor Larry H. Miller's death, the Jazz won a game a day after Larry's death by defeating the New Orleans Hornets 102-88.

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

Main article: 2008 NBA Draft

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. 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 Jerry Sloan 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
y–Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	—	33–8	21–20	12–4	82
x–Portland Trail Blazers	54	28	.659	—	34–7	20–21	11–5	82
x–Utah Jazz	48	34	.585	6	33–8	15–26	10–6	82
Minnesota Timberwolves	24	58	.293	30	11–30	13–28	3–13	82
Oklahoma City Thunder	23	59	.280	31	15–26	8–33	4–12	82

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	65	17	.793	—
2	y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	11
3	y-San Antonio Spurs	54	28	.659	11
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	54	28	.659	11
5	x-Houston Rockets	53	29	.646	12
6	x-Dallas Mavericks	50	32	.610	15
7	x-New Orleans Hornets	49	33	.598	16
8	x-Utah Jazz	48	34	.585	17
9	Phoenix Suns	46	36	.561	19
10	Golden State Warriors	29	53	.354	36
11	Minnesota Timberwolves	24	58	.293	41
12	Memphis Grizzlies	24	58	.293	41
13	Oklahoma City Thunder	23	59	.280	42
14	Los Angeles Clippers	19	63	.232	46
15	Sacramento Kings	17	65	.207	48

Playoffs

West First Round

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

ABC

April 19 3:00 p.m.

Recap

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, California Attendance: 18,997 Referees: Derrick Stafford, Ed Malloy, Joe Crawford

TNT

April 21 10:30 p.m.

Recap

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, California Attendance: 18,997 Referees: Marc Davis, Sean Corbin, Monty McCutchen

TNT

April 23 10:30 p.m.

Recap

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, Utah Attendance: 19,911 Referees: Bennett Salvadore, Mike Callahan, Eric Lewis

ESPN

April 25 9:00 p.m.

Recap

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, Utah Attendance: 19,911 Referees: Bill Spooner, Mark Wunderlich, Joe Derosa

TNT

April 27 10:30 p.m.

Recap

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, California 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

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Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Deron Williams	68	68	36.8	.471	.310	.849	2.9	10.7	1.07	.29	19.4
Mehmet Okur	72	72	33.5	.485	.446	.817	7.7	1.7	.75	.74	17.0
Carlos Boozer	37	37	32.4	.490	.000	.698	10.4	2.1	1.05	.19	16.2
Ronnie Brewer	81	80	32.2	.508	.259	.702	3.7	2.2	1.70	.37	13.7
Paul Millsap	76	38	30.1	.534	.000	.699	8.6	1.8	1.03	.96	13.5
Andrei Kirilenko	67	10	27.3	.449	.274	.785	4.8	2.6	1.24	1.15	11.6
C.J. Miles	72	72	22.5	.459	.352	.876	2.3	1.5	.64	.21	9.1
Kyle Korver	78	2	24.0	.438	.386	.882	3.3	1.8	.60	.38	9.0
Kosta Koufos	48	7	11.8	.508	.000	.706	2.9	.4	.25	.65	4.7
Matt Harpring	63	2	11.0	.461	.000	.764	2.0	.4	.46	.14	4.4
Ronnie Price	52	17	14.2	.379	.311	.756	1.3	2.1	.75	.10	4.0
Morris Almond	25	1	10.2	.407	.294	.808	1.4	.3	.16	.16	3.7
Brevin Knight	74	0	12.7	.349	.000	.750	1.2	2.6	.92	.05	2.4
Kyrylo Fesenko	21	1	7.4	.583	.000	.333	1.8	.2	.33	.71	2.1
Jarron Collins	26	3	7.7	.457	.000	.727	1.4	.3	.08	.04	1.5

Transactions

Trades

July 23, 2008

To Utah Jazz Brevin Knight

To Los Angeles Clippers Jason Hart

Free Agents

Subtractions

Player	Left	Team
Dee Brown	July 10, 2008	Washington Wizards

See also

• 2008–09 NBA season