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	Lost in second round to L.A. Lakers 4-0
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN Utah
Radio	KFNZ, KBEE
Utah Jazz seasons
< 2008–09	2010–11 >

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

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

Free agency

Draft picks

Main article: 2009 NBA Draft

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (Y–M–D)
6.0 !C	44	UKR !	Fesenko, Kyrylo	85 !7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	300 lb (136 kg)	Ukraine
1.5 !G	15	USA !	Gaines, Sundiata	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Georgia
1.5 !G	6	USA !	Jeffers, Othyus	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Robert Morris*
4.0 !F	47	RUS !	Kirilenko, Andrei (IN)	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Russia
1.5 !G	23	USA !	Matthews, Wesley	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Marquette
2.5 !G/F	34	USA !	Miles, C. J.	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Skyline HS (TX)
4.0 !F	24	USA !	Millsap, Paul	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Louisiana Tech
5.5 !F/C	13	TUR !	Okur, Mehmet	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	263 lb (119 kg)	Turkey
1.5 !G	17	USA !	Price, Ronnie	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Utah Valley*
1.5 !G	8	USA !	Williams, Deron (C)	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	Illinois

Head coach

Jerry Sloan (Evansville)

Assistant coach(es)

Athletic trainer(s)

Gary Briggs (Morehead State*)
Brian Zettler (Texas A&M/North Texas*)

Legend

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

Injured

Depth chart

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

October: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 28	@ Denver	L 105–114	Deron Williams (28)	Carlos Boozer (11)	Deron Williams (13)	Pepsi Center 19,155	0-1
2	October 30	LA Clippers	W 111–98	Paul Millsap (23)	Carlos Boozer (12)	Deron Williams (9)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,911	1-1

November: 9–6 (Home: 6–3; Road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	November 2	Houston	L 96–113	Mehmet Okur (21)	Carlos Boozer (11)	Deron Williams (8)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,911	1-2
4	November 3	@ Dallas	L 85–96	Deron Williams (22)	Mehmet Okur (14)	Mehmet Okur, Deron Williams (5)	American Airlines Center 19,725	1-3
5	November 5	San Antonio	W 113–99	Carlos Boozer, Deron Williams (27)	Carlos Boozer (17)	Deron Williams (9)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,797	2-3
6	November 7	Sacramento	L 99–104	Deron Williams (29)	Carlos Boozer (17)	Deron Williams (15)	EnergySolutions Arena 18,825	2-4
7	November 9	@ NY Knicks	W 95–93	Andrei Kirilenko, Carlos Boozer (23)	Carlos Boozer (14)	Deron Williams (16)	Madison Square Garden 19,355	3-4
8	November 11	@ Boston	L 86–105	Ronnie Brewer, Deron Williams (13)	Paul Millsap (13)	Deron Williams, Eric Maynor (4)	TD Garden 18,624	3-5
9	November 13	@ Philadelphia	W 112–90	Carlos Boozer (24)	Carlos Boozer (12)	Eric Maynor (11)	Wachovia Center 10,738	4-5
10	November 14	@ Cleveland	L 103–107	Carlos Boozer (25)	Carlos Boozer (12)	Ronnie Brewer, Andrei Kirilenko (5)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	4-6
11	November 18	Toronto	W 104–91	Carlos Boozer (22)	Carlos Boozer (18)	Deron Williams (9)	EnergySolutions Arena 17,879	5-6
12	November 19	@ San Antonio	W 90–83	Deron Williams (21)	Carlos Boozer (11)	Deron Williams (9)	AT&T Center 17,519	6-6
13	November 21	Detroit	W 100–97 (OT)	Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko (22)	Andrei Kirilenko (10)	Deron Williams (11)	EnergySolutions Arena 18,355	7-6
14	November 24	Oklahoma City	L 94–104	Carlos Boozer (26)	Carlos Boozer, Deron Williams, Andrei Kirilenko (7)	Deron Williams (9)	EnergySolutions Arena 17,937	7-7
15	November 26	Chicago	W 105–86	Carlos Boozer (28)	Paul Millsap (9)	Ronnie Brewer, Deron Williams, Andrei Kirilenko (6)	EnergySolutions Arena 18,045	8-7
16	November 28	Portland	W 108–92	Carlos Boozer (26)	Carlos Boozer (12)	Deron Williams (15)	EnergySolutions Arena 18,051	9-7
17	November 30	Memphis	W 120–93	Ronnie Brewer (25)	Carlos Boozer (15)	Carlos Boozer (7)	EnergySolutions Arena 18,469	10-7

December: 8–7 (Home: 5–1; Road: 3–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
18	December 4	Indiana	W 96–87	Carlos Boozer (35)	Carlos Boozer (13)	Deron Williams (12)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,347	11-7
19	December 5	@ Minnesota	L 101–108	Carlos Boozer (21)	Carlos Boozer (13)	Deron Williams (11)	Target Center 18,466	11-8
20	December 7	San Antonio
21	December 9	@ LA Lakers
22	December 10	Orlando
23	December 12	LA Lakers
24	December 14	Minnesota
25	December 16	@ New Jersey
26	December 18	@ Atlanta
27	December 19	@ Charlotte
28	December 21	@ Orlando
29	December 23	@ Miami
30	December 26	Philadelphia
31	December 30	@ Minnesota
32	December 31	@ Oklahoma City

January: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team
33	January 2	Denver
34	January 4	New Orleans
35	January 6	Memphis
36	January 8	@ Memphis
37	January 9	@ Dallas
38	January 11	Miami
39	January 14	Cleveland
40	January 16	Milwaukee
41	January 17	@ Denver
42	January 20	@ San Antonio
43	January 23	New Jersey
44	January 25	Phoenix
45	January 27	@ Portland
46	January 29	Sacramento

February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team
47	February 1	Dallas
48	February 3	Portland
49	February 6	Denver
50	February 9	@ LA Clippers
51	February 10	LA Lakers
52	February 16	@ Houston
53	February 17	@ New Orleans
54	February 19	@ Golden State
55	February 21	@ Portland
56	February 22	Atlanta
57	February 24	Charlotte
58	February 26	@ Sacramento
59	February 27	Houston

March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team
60	March 1	@ LA Clippers
61	March 4	@ Phoenix
62	March 6	LA Clippers
63	March 9	@ Chicago
64	March 10	@ Detroit
65	March 12	@ Milwaukee
66	March 14	@ Oklahoma City
67	March 15	Washington
68	March 17	Minnesota
69	March 19	@ Phoenix
70	March 20	New Orleans
71	March 22	Boston
72	March 24	@ Toronto
73	March 26	@ Indiana
74	March 27	@ Washington
75	March 29	NY Knicks
76	March 31	Golden State

April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team
77	April 2	@ LA Lakers
78	April 6	Oklahoma City
79	April 7	Houston
80	April 9	@ New Orleans
81	April 13	@ Golden State
82	April 14	Phoenix

2009–10 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

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]

Playoffs

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 53.4% of his attempts.

Milestones

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

Injuries and surgeries

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

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. http://www.nba.com/2009/news/12/07/players.ofthe.week/index.html. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
^ "Carlos Boozer: Western Conference Player of the Week". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 22, 2010. http://www.nba.com/2010/news/02/22/players.of.week/index.html. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
^ "Pistons' Stuckey, Jazz's Williams named Players of the Week". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. December 14, 2009. http://www.nba.com/2009/news/12/14/players.week/index.html. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
^ "Carlos Boozer, Western Conference Player of the Month". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. March 1, 2010. http://www.nba.com/2010/news/03/01/players.month/index.html. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
^ "2010 All-Star Rosters". NBA.com. http://www.nba.com/allstar2010/players/. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
^ "Best on offense (Durant), defense (Howard) pace All-NBA team". NBA.com. May 6, 2010. http://www.nba.com/2010/news/05/06/all.nba/index.html. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
^ http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=300104026

External links

Utah Jazz

Formerly the New Orleans Jazz • Founded in 1974 • Based in Salt Lake City, Utah

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Arenas	Loyola Field House • New Orleans Municipal Auditorium • Louisiana Superdome • Salt Palace • EnergySolutions Arena (formerly Delta Center)

Coaches	Robertson • Baylor • van Breda Kolff • Baylor • Nissalke • Layden • Sloan • Corbin

D-League Affiliate	Idaho Stampede

Administration	Jazz Basketball Investors, Inc. (the estate of Larry H. Miller, owner) • Kevin O'Connor (Sr. VP & General Manager) • Tyrone Corbin (Head Coach)

Retired Numbers	1 • 4 • 7 • 9 • 12 • 14 • 32 • 35 • 53 • "Hot" Rod Hundley (Microphone)

Hall of Famers	Pete Maravich • Adrian Dantley • John Stockton • Jerry Sloan • "Hot Rod" Hundley • Karl Malone

Conference Championships (2)	1997 • 1998 (Western)

Rivals	Chicago Bulls • Denver Nuggets • Houston Rockets • Los Angeles Lakers • Portland Trail Blazers

Culture and lore	The Mailman • Jazz Bear • Dan Roberts • "Hot Rod" Hundley • Larry H. Miller • The Last Shot • Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals

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2009–10 NBA season by team

2009 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions

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

2009–10 Utah Jazz season

Contents

Key dates

Summary

NBA Draft 2009

Free agency

Draft picks

Roster

Depth chart

Pre-season

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

Records

Milestones

Injuries and surgeries

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

External links