2009–10 Utah Jazz season

2009–10 Utah Jazz season
Head coach	Jerry Sloan
Arena	EnergySolutions Arena
Results
Record	53–29 (.646)
Place	Division: 2nd (Northwest) Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	West Semifinals (eliminated 0–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN Utah
Radio	KFNZ, KBEE

The 2009–10 Utah Jazz season was the 36th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Game 4 of the Conference Semifinals was Jerry Sloan's final playoff appearance as head coach as he resigned the next season.

Key dates

June 25 – The 2009 NBA draft took place in New York City.
July 8 – The free agency period started.

Summary

NBA Draft 2009

Main article: 2009 NBA draft

Draft picks

Main article: 2009 NBA draft

Roster

Utah Jazz roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
5.5 !F/C	5	USA !	Boozer, Carlos (C)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	266 lb (121 kg)	Duke
6.0 !C	44	UKR !	Fesenko, Kyrylo	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	300 lb (136 kg)	Ukraine
1.5 !G	15	USA !	Gaines, Sundiata	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Georgia
1.5 !G	6	USA !	Jeffers, Othyus	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Robert Morris
4.0 !F	47	RUS !	Kirilenko, Andrei (IN)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Russia
1.5 !G	23	USA !	Matthews, Wesley	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Marquette
2.5 !G/F	34	USA !	Miles, C. J.	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Skyline High School
4.0 !F	24	USA !	Millsap, Paul	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Louisiana Tech
5.5 !F/C	13	TUR !	Okur, Mehmet	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	263 lb (119 kg)	Turkey
1.5 !G	17	USA !	Price, Ronnie	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Utah Valley
1.5 !G	8	USA !	Williams, Deron (C)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	Illinois

Head coach

Jerry Sloan (Evansville)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	October 6 (in London, UK)	Utah Jazz		Chicago Bulls
2	October 8 (in Madrid, Spain)	Utah Jazz		Real Madrid (Spain)

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Denver Nuggets	53	29	.646	–	34–7	19–22	12–4
x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	–	32–9	21–20	8–8
x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	3	26–15	24–17	8–8
x-Oklahoma City Thunder	50	32	.610	3	27–14	23–18	9–7
Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	38	10–31	5–36	3–13

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Dallas Mavericks	55	27	.671	2
3	x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	3
4	y-Denver Nuggets	53	29	.646	4
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	4
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	7
7	x-San Antonio Spurs	50	32	.610	7
8	x-Oklahoma City Thunder	50	32	.610	7

9	Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	15
10	Memphis Grizzlies	40	42	.488	17
11	New Orleans Hornets	37	45	.451	20
12	Los Angeles Clippers	29	53	.354	28
13	Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	31
14	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	32
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	42

Game log

2009–10 game log

October: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)

November: 9–6 (Home: 6–3; Road: 3–3)

December: 8–7 (Home: 5–1; Road: 3–6)

January: 10–4 (Home: 7–2; Road: 3–2)

February: 10–3 (Home: 5–2; Road: 5–1)

March: 12–5 (Home: 7–0; Road: 5–5)

April: 3–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–2)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
77	April 2	@ LA Lakers	L 92–106	Carlos Boozer, Deron Williams (20)	Carlos Boozer (18)	Deron Williams (10)	Staples Center 18,997	50-27
78	April 6	Oklahoma City	W 140–139 (OT)	Deron Williams (42)	Carlos Boozer (15)	Deron Williams (10)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,911	51-27
79	April 7	@ Houston	L 96–113	Carlos Boozer (18)	Carlos Boozer, Paul Millsap (11)	Deron Williams (7)	Toyota Center 15,004	51-28
80	April 9	@ New Orleans	W 114–103	Deron Williams (27)	Paul Millsap (12)	Deron Williams (16)	New Orleans Arena 16,624	52-28
81	April 13	@ Golden State	W 103–94	Mehmet Okur (23)	Paul Millsap (24)	Deron Williams (7)	Oracle Arena 19,230	53-28
82	April 14	Phoenix	L 86–100	Deron Williams (24)	Mehmet Okur (11)	Deron Williams (6)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,911	53-29

2009–10 season schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Boozer, Carlos !Carlos Boozer	78	78	34.3	.562	.000	.742	11.2	3.2	1.08	0.46	19.5
Fesenko, Kyrylo !Kyrylo Fesenko	49	5	8.3	.547	.000	.421	1.8	0.3	0.12	0.39	2.6
Gaines, Sundiata !Sundiata Gaines	32	0	6.8	.463	.269	.500	0.9	1.2	0.38	0.00	3.3
Jeffers, Othyus !Othyus Jeffers	14	0	5.2	.414	.000	.684	1.4	0.1	0.29	0.00	2.6
Kirilenko, Andrei !Andrei Kirilenko	58	35	29.0	.506	.292	.744	4.6	2.7	1.43	1.22	11.9
Korver, Kyle !Kyle Korver	52	0	18.3	.493	.536	.796	2.1	1.7	0.50	0.23	7.2
Koufos, Kosta !Kosta Koufos	36	0	4.8	.468	.000	.600	1.3	0.2	0.06	0.11	1.5
Matthews, Wesley !Wesley Matthews	82	48	24.7	.483	.382	.829	2.3	1.5	0.78	0.18	9.4
Miles, C.J. !C. J. Miles	63	28	23.8	.429	.341	.695	2.7	1.7	0.92	.27	9.9
Millsap, Paul !Paul Millsap	82	2	27.8	.538	.111	.693	6.8	1.6	0.78	1.21	11.6
Okur, Mehmet !Mehmet Okur	73	73	29.4	.458	.385	.820	7.1	1.6	0.52	1.11	13.5
Price, Ronnie !Ronnie Price	60	4	13.4	.405	.286	.695	1.2	2.1	0.67	0.22	4.3
Williams, Deron !Deron Williams	76	76	36.9	.469	.371	.801	4.0	10.5	1.26	0.21	18.7

Source: ESPN.com^[1]

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

Carlos Boozer was named Western Conference Player of the Week twice (Nov. 30 – Dec. 6 and Feb. 15 – Feb. 21).^[2]^[3]
Deron Williams was named Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of December 7.^[4]
Carlos Boozer was named Western Conference Player of the Month for February. During this month, he averaged 21.2 points on .604 shooting, along with 13.0 rebounds per game.^[5]

All-Star

Deron Williams was selected to play in the All-Star Game for the first time in his career.^[6]

Season

Deron Williams was named to the All-NBA Second Team.^[7]

Records

Kyle Korver broke the NBA record for 3-pt field goal percentage, by making 53.6% of his attempts.

Milestones

On January 4, 2010, Deron Williams passed the 3000 assists mark in a loss to the New Orleans Hornets.^[8]

References

↑ Utah Jazz Statistics – 2009–10
↑ "Kevin Garnett and Carlos Boozer named Players of the Week". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. December 7, 2009. Archived from the original on 17 December 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
↑ "Carlos Boozer: Western Conference Player of the Week". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 22, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
↑ "Pistons' Stuckey, Jazz's Williams named Players of the Week". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. December 14, 2009. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
↑ "Carlos Boozer, Western Conference Player of the Month". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. March 1, 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
↑ "2010 All-Star Rosters". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
↑ "Best on offense (Durant), defense (Howard) pace All-NBA team". NBA.com. May 6, 2010. Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
↑ http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=300104026

External links

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Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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