The 2007âÂÂ08 Utah Jazz season was their 34th season in the NBA and 28th in Salt Lake City. The Jazz had the best team offensive rating in the NBA.
The Jazz continued to play consistent all season, finishing with a 54âÂÂ28 record. They defeated the Houston Rockets in the opening round, but were ousted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the next round.
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
Utah's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.
Record: 1âÂÂ0; home: 0âÂÂ0; road: 1âÂÂ0
Record: 11âÂÂ5; home: 7âÂÂ1; road: 4âÂÂ4
Record: 5âÂÂ11; home: 4âÂÂ2; road: 1âÂÂ9
Record: 11âÂÂ2; home: 9âÂÂ0; road: 2âÂÂ2
Record: 9âÂÂ4; home: 5âÂÂ0; road: 4âÂÂ4
Record: 12âÂÂ4; home: 8âÂÂ1; road: 4âÂÂ3
Record: 5âÂÂ2; home: 4âÂÂ0; road: 1âÂÂ2
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Total for entire season including previous team(s)
|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 19 || @ Houston || 93âÂÂ82 || Kirilenko (21) || Boozer (16) || Williams (10) ||Toyota Center<br>18,213 || 1âÂÂ0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 21 || @ Houston || 90âÂÂ84 || Williams (22) || Okur (16) || Williams (5) ||Toyota Center<br>18,158 || 2âÂÂ0 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 3 || April 24 || Houston || 92âÂÂ94 || Williams (28) || Boozer (13) || Williams (12) ||EnergySolutions Arena<br>19,911 || 2âÂÂ1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 26 || Houston || 86âÂÂ82 || Williams (17) || Okur (18) || Williams (9) ||EnergySolutions Arena<br>19,911 || 3âÂÂ1 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 5 || April 29 || @ Houston || 69âÂÂ95 || Boozer (19) || Boozer, Okur (10) || Williams (6) ||Toyota Center<br>18,269 || 3âÂÂ2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || May 2 || Houston || 113âÂÂ91 || Williams (25) || Okur (13) || Williams (9) ||EnergySolutions Arena<br>19,911 || 4âÂÂ2 |-
|- bgcolor="edbebf" | 1 || May 4 || @ L.A. Lakers || 98âÂÂ109 || Okur (21) || Okur (19) || Williams (9) ||Staples Center<br>18,997 || 0âÂÂ1 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 2 || May 7 || @ L.A. Lakers || 110âÂÂ120 || Williams (25) || Millsap (10) || Williams (10) ||Staples Center<br>18,997 || 0âÂÂ2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || May 9 || L.A. Lakers || 104âÂÂ99 || Boozer (27) || Boozer (20) || Williams (12) ||EnergySolutions Arena<br>19,911 || 1âÂÂ2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || May 11 || L.A. Lakers || 123âÂÂ115 || Williams (29) || Boozer (12) || Williams (14) ||EnergySolutions Arena<br>19,911 || 2âÂÂ2 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 5 || May 14 || @ L.A. Lakers || 104âÂÂ111 || Williams (27) || Okur (13) || Williams (10) ||Staples Center<br>18,997 || 2âÂÂ3 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 6 || May 16 || L.A. Lakers || 105âÂÂ108 || Williams (21) || Boozer (14) || Williams (14) || EnergySolutions Arena<br>19,911 || 2âÂÂ4 |-
During the season, Andrei Kirilenko was named FIBA Europe Player of the Year as the top European player in 2007. Unlike NBA awards, which are presented at the end of the season, Europe's major continent-wide player awards are presented at the end of a calendar year, and consider players' performances for both their clubs and national teams.
The Jazz have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007âÂÂ08 season.
On December 29, 2007, the Utah Jazz announced that they would trade Gordan Giricek and a first round draft pick (through 2009âÂÂ2014 pick) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Kyle Korver.
Before this trade the Jazz team lacked an outside shooter that they could count on during clutch times. Located in the western conference, Utah Jazz knew they had to make a blockbuster trade since top teams like Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns were making their own big time trades.
After the trade Jazz had an up tempo team which led them to long winning streaks along with moving up the western conference standings. As a result, the Jazz had virtually clinched a spot in for the playoffs, the question now was which spot they would clinch.