2006–07 Utah Jazz season

2006–07   Utah Jazz season
Division champions
Head coach	Jerry Sloan
Arena	EnergySolutions Arena
Results
Record	51–31 (.622)
Place	Division: 1st (Northwest) Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Western Conference Finals (lost to Spurs 1–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KJZZ-TV FSN Rocky Mountain
Radio	KFNZ/KBEE
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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

Main article: 2006 NBA draft

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

Utah Jazz roster

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Players

Coaches

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

Head coach Jerry Sloan Assistant(s) Tyrone Corbin (DePaul) Phil Johnson (Utah State) Scott Layden (St. Francis (PA)) Mark McKown (player development) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Northwest Division v t e	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

#	Western Conference v t e
	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	.622	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

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	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

• Paul Millsap, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

References

1. 2006-07 Utah Jazz