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2006–07  Utah Jazz season
Division champions
Head coach Jerry Sloan
ArenaEnergySolutions Arena
Results
Record51–31 (.622)
PlaceDivision: 1st ( Northwest)
Conference: 4th ( Western)
Playoff finish Western Conference Finals
(lost to Spurs 1–4)
Local media
Television KJZZ-TV
FSN Rocky Mountain
Radio KFNZ/ KBEE
< 2005–06 2007–08 >

The 2006-07 Utah Jazz season was the team's 33rd in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 41-41 output from the previous season.

They managed to improve by 10 games, finishing 51-31, and qualifying for the playoffs. [1] The Jazz met the Houston Rockets in the first round, and defeated them in seven games. Then, they met the Golden State Warriors, who just came off a stunning upset in the First Round, in which they defeated the first-seeded Dallas Mavericks in six games in the Semifinals, but the Jazz swiftly dispatched the Warriors in five games, moving on to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 1998, when they last made the NBA Finals. However, their playoff run ended with a defeat to the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs in five games. The Spurs would go on to win their fourth NBA Championship after sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in that year's NBA Finals. Their Western Finals trip made this the most successful recent Jazz season as of 2022.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 14 Ronnie Brewer   United States Arkansas
2 46 Dee Brown   United States Illinois
2 47 Paul Millsap   United States Louisiana Tech

Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
C 55 Brazil Araújo, Rafael 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 280 lb (127 kg) BYU
PF 5 United States Boozer, Carlos 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 258 lb (117 kg) Duke
G 9 United States Brewer, Ronnie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Arkansas
PG 11 United States Brown, Dee 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Illinois
PF 31 United States Collins, Jarron 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Stanford
PG 2 United States Fisher, Derek 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Little Rock
SG 10 Croatia Giriček, Gordan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Croatia
SF 15 United States Harpring, Matt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Georgia Tech
SF 47 Russia Kirilenko, Andrei 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Russia
SF 34 United States Miles, C. J. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 231 lb (105 kg) Skyline (HS)
PF 24 United States Millsap, Paul 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 258 lb (117 kg) Louisiana Tech
C 13 Turkey Okur, Mehmet 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 290 lb (132 kg) Turkey
PG 8 United States Williams, Deron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings

W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y- Utah Jazz 51 31 .634 - 31–10 20–21 10–6
x- Denver Nuggets 45 37 .549 6 23–18 22–19 9–7
Portland Trail Blazers 32 50 .390 19 18–23 14–27 7–9
Minnesota Timberwolves 32 50 .390 19 20–21 12–29 6–10
Seattle SuperSonics 31 51 .378 20 20–21 11–30 8–8
#
Team W L PCT GB
1 z- Dallas Mavericks 67 15 .817 -
2 y- Phoenix Suns 61 21 .744 6
3 x- San Antonio Spurs 58 24 .707 9
4 y- Utah Jazz 51 31 .634 16
5 x- Houston Rockets 52 30 .634 15
6 x- Denver Nuggets 45 37 .549 22
7 x- Los Angeles Lakers 42 40 .512 25
8 x- Golden State Warriors 42 40 .512 25
9 Los Angeles Clippers 40 42 .488 27
10 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets 39 43 .476 28
11 Sacramento Kings 33 49 .402 34
12 Portland Trail Blazers 32 50 .390 35
13 Minnesota Timberwolves 32 50 .390 35
14 Seattle SuperSonics 31 51 .378 36
15 Memphis Grizzlies 22 60 .268 45

Record vs. opponents

2006-07 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOK NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta 3–1 1–3 0–4 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–4 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–2 1–3
Boston 1–3 2–2 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–4 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–1 1–3 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–3
Charlotte 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 2–2
Chicago 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 0–2 1–3 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 3–1
Cleveland 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1
Dallas 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–3 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 4–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–2 1–1
Denver 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–1
Detroit 2–1 4–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–2
Golden State 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–4 3–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1
Houston 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–3 2–0
Indiana 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–3 0–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 4–0 0–2 0–4 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–3
L.A. Clippers 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 0–4 2–2 0–2 1–3 1–1
L.A. Lakers 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–3 0–2 4–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Memphis 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–4 2–2 0–2 1–3 0–4 0–2 0–3 2–2 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 2–2 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–1
Miami 4–0 2–1 2–2 1–3 3–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 0–4 1–3 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1
Milwaukee 2–1 2–2 2–2 0–4 0–4 0–2 0–2 1–3 2–0 0–2 0–4 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–3
Minnesota 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–3 1–1
New Jersey 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 4–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 4–0
New Orleans/Oklahoma City 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 3–1 0–4 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–1
New York 2–1 1–3 2–2 1–3 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 0–2 0–4 0–2 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–2
Orlando 1–3 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–4 2–0 2–2
Philadelphia 3–1 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–3
Phoenix 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–1
Portland 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–4 2–2 0–4 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0
Sacramento 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–3 2–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2
San Antonio 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 4–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 2–0
Seattle 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–4 1–3 0–2 1–3 0–3 2–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–4 1–1 2–2 0–2
Toronto 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–1
Utah 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1
Washington 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 2–2 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–3 1–1

Game log

Playoffs

2007 playoff game log
First Round: 4–3 (home: 3–0; road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 April 21 @ Houston L 75–84 Williams, Fisher (15) Carlos Boozer (12) Deron Williams (9) Toyota Center
18,195
0–1
2 April 23 @ Houston L 90–98 Carlos Boozer (41) Carlos Boozer (12) Deron Williams (7) Toyota Center
18,206
0–2
3 April 26 Houston W 81–67 Carlos Boozer (22) Carlos Boozer (12) Deron Williams (8) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911
1–2
4 April 28 Houston W 98–85 Deron Williams (25) Carlos Boozer (10) Deron Williams (7) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911
2–2
5 April 30 @ Houston L 92–96 Carlos Boozer (26) Mehmet Okur (9) Deron Williams (6) Toyota Center
18,314
2–3
6 May 3 Houston W 94–82 Carlos Boozer (22) Okur, Boozer (9) Deron Williams (8) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911
3–3
7 May 5 @ Houston W 103–99 Carlos Boozer (35) Carlos Boozer (14) Deron Williams (14) Toyota Center
18,307
4–3
Conference Semifinals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 May 7 Golden State W 116–112 Deron Williams (31) Carlos Boozer (20) Deron Williams (8) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911
1–0
2 May 9 Golden State W 127–117 (OT) Carlos Boozer (30) Mehmet Okur (18) Deron Williams (14) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911
2–0
3 May 11 @ Golden State L 105–125 Carlos Boozer (19) Carlos Boozer (11) Deron Williams (6) Oracle Arena
20,655
2–1
4 May 13 @ Golden State W 115–101 Carlos Boozer (34) Carlos Boozer (12) Deron Williams (13) Oracle Arena
20,679
3–1
5 May 15 Golden State W 100–87 Boozer, Kirilenko (21) Carlos Boozer (14) Deron Williams (7) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911
4–1
Conference Finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 May 20 @ San Antonio L 100–108 Deron Williams (34) Carlos Boozer (12) Deron Williams (9) AT&T Center
18,300
0–1
2 May 22 @ San Antonio L 96–105 Carlos Boozer (33) Carlos Boozer (15) Deron Williams (10) AT&T Center
18,797
0–2
3 May 26 San Antonio W 109–83 Deron Williams (31) Carlos Boozer (12) Deron Williams (8) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911
1–2
4 May 28 San Antonio L 79–91 Deron Williams (27) Carlos Boozer (9) Deron Williams (10) EnergySolutions Arena
19,911
1–3
5 May 30 @ San Antonio L 84–109 Andrei Kirilenko (13) Carlos Boozer (12) Carlos Boozer (4) AT&T Center
18,797
1–4
2007 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season

Utah Jazz statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Lou Amundson 1 0 2.0 . . . .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Rafael Araujo 28 0 8.9 .415 . .621 2.4 .4 .2 .1 2.6
Carlos Boozer 74 74 34.6 .561 . .685 11.7 3.0 .9 .3 20.9
Ronnie Brewer 56 14 12.1 .528 .000 .675 1.3 .4 .7 .1 4.6
Dee Brown 49 0 9.2 .327 .214 .649 .8 1.7 .4 .1 1.9
Jarron Collins 82 9 11.1 .441 . .651 2.1 .7 .2 .1 2.5
Derek Fisher 82 61 27.9 .382 .308 .853 1.8 3.3 1.0 .1 10.1
Gordan Giricek 61 6 19.5 .462 .426 .816 2.1 1.0 .5 .1 7.8
Matt Harpring 77 2 25.5 .491 .333 .767 4.6 1.3 .7 .1 11.6
Andrei Kirilenko 70 70 29.3 .471 .213 .728 4.7 2.9 1.1 2.1 8.3
C. J. Miles 37 13 10.1 .345 .219 .609 .9 .7 .3 .1 2.7
Paul Millsap 82 1 18.0 .525 .333 .673 5.2 .8 .8 .9 6.8
Mehmet Okur 80 80 33.3 .462 .384 .765 7.2 2.0 .5 .5 17.6
Roger Powell 3 0 4.3 .000 .000 1.000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .7
Deron Williams 80 80 36.9 .456 .322 .767 3.3 9.3 1.0 .2 16.2

Playoffs

Utah Jazz statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rafael Araujo 5 0 5.6 .375 . .417 2.2 .2 .2 .0 2.2
Carlos Boozer 17 17 38.5 .536 . .738 12.2 2.9 1.0 .3 23.5
Ronnie Brewer 8 0 5.1 .600 . .538 .8 .3 .1 .0 2.4
Dee Brown 8 0 6.5 .353 .000 .250 .4 1.1 .0 .0 1.6
Jarron Collins 13 0 8.5 .333 . .529 1.5 .4 .3 .0 1.2
Derek Fisher 16 14 27.8 .405 .375 .933 1.6 2.6 1.0 .1 9.5
Gordan Giricek 17 3 18.1 .418 .538 .875 1.6 1.0 .2 .1 6.1
Matt Harpring 17 0 25.5 .456 .000 .723 4.8 1.4 .4 .2 9.3
Andrei Kirilenko 17 17 31.0 .447 .333 .785 5.2 2.6 .9 2.4 9.6
C. J. Miles 1 0 10.1 . . .500 .0 .0 .0 .0 1.0
Paul Millsap 17 0 15.5 .525 .000 .667 4.4 .5 .6 .5 5.9
Mehmet Okur 17 17 34.4 .388 .316 .786 7.8 1.8 1.4 .9 11.8
Deron Williams 17 17 38.6 .452 .333 .790 4.3 8.6 1.5 .2 19.2

Awards and records

Transactions

References