2021–22 Utah Jazz season
Appearance
2021–22 Utah Jazz season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Quin Snyder |
General manager | Justin Zanik |
Owner(s) | Ryan Smith |
Arena | Vivint Arena |
Results | |
Record | 49–33 (.598) |
Place | Division: 1st (Northwest) Conference: 5th (Western) |
Playoff finish | First Round (lost to Mavericks 2–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain |
Radio | 1280 97.5 The Zone |
The 2021–22 Utah Jazz season was the 48th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 43rd season of the franchise in Salt Lake City.
After a win against the Memphis Grizzlies in overtime on April 5, the Jazz clinched their sixth consecutive playoff appearance. The Jazz would play the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs where they lost the series in six games.
As of 2024, this season marked the last time the Jazz made the playoffs.
Draft picks
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 30 | Santi Aldama | PF | Spain | Loyola (MD) |
Roster
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Standings
Division
Northwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y – Utah Jazz | 49 | 33 | .598 | – | 29–12 | 20–21 | 15–1 | 82 |
x – Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 1.0 | 23–18 | 25–16 | 6–10 | 82 |
x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 46 | 36 | .561 | 3.0 | 26–15 | 20–21 | 12–4 | 82 |
Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 22.0 | 17–24 | 10–31 | 1–15 | 82 |
Oklahoma City Thunder | 24 | 58 | .293 | 25.0 | 12–29 | 12–29 | 6–10 | 82 |
Conference
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | z – Phoenix Suns * | 64 | 18 | .780 | – | 82 |
2 | y – Memphis Grizzlies * | 56 | 26 | .683 | 8.0 | 82 |
3 | x – Golden State Warriors | 53 | 29 | .646 | 11.0 | 82 |
4 | x – Dallas Mavericks | 52 | 30 | .634 | 12.0 | 82 |
5 | y – Utah Jazz * | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15.0 | 82 |
6 | x – Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 16.0 | 82 |
7 | x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 46 | 36 | .561 | 18.0 | 82 |
8 | pi – Los Angeles Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22.0 | 82 |
9 | x – New Orleans Pelicans | 36 | 46 | .439 | 28.0 | 82 |
10 | pi − San Antonio Spurs | 34 | 48 | .415 | 30.0 | 82 |
11 | Los Angeles Lakers | 33 | 49 | .402 | 31.0 | 82 |
12 | Sacramento Kings | 30 | 52 | .366 | 34.0 | 82 |
13 | Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 37.0 | 82 |
14 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 24 | 58 | .293 | 40.0 | 82 |
15 | Houston Rockets | 20 | 62 | .244 | 44.0 | 82 |
Game log
Preseason
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Preseason: 2–2 (home: 1–0; road: 1–2)
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2021–22 preseason schedule |
Regular season
2021–22 game log Total: 49–33 (home: 29–12; road: 20–21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 5–1 (home: 2–0; road: 3–1)
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November: 9–6 (home: 6–4; road: 3–2)
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December: 12–2 (home: 6–2; road: 6–0)
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January: 4–12 (home: 1–4; road: 3–8)
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February: 8–1 (home: 7–0; road: 1–1)
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March: 8–9 (home: 5–1; road: 3–8)
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April: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1)
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2021–22 season schedule |
Playoffs
2022 playoff game log Total: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Round: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
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2021 playoff schedule |
Player statistics
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 |
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Jordan Clarkson | 79 | 1 | 27.1 | .419 | .318 | .828 | 3.5 | 2.5 | .8 | .2 | 16.0 |
Royce O'Neale | 77 | 77 | 31.2 | .457 | .389 | .804 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 1.1 | .4 | 7.4 |
Mike Conley Jr. | 72 | 72 | 28.6 | .435 | .408 | .796 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 1.3 | .3 | 13.7 |
Bojan Bogdanović | 69 | 69 | 30.9 | .455 | .387 | .858 | 4.3 | 1.7 | .5 | .0 | 18.1 |
Donovan Mitchell | 67 | 67 | 33.8 | .448 | .355 | .853 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 1.5 | .2 | 25.9 |
Rudy Gobert | 66 | 66 | 32.1 | .713 | .000 | .690 | 14.7 | 1.1 | .7 | 2.1 | 15.6 |
Hassan Whiteside | 65 | 8 | 17.9 | .652 | .623 | 7.6 | .4 | .3 | 1.6 | 8.2 | |
Trent Forrest | 60 | 6 | 12.8 | .490 | .185 | .792 | 1.7 | 1.8 | .5 | .1 | 3.3 |
Eric Paschall | 58 | 3 | 12.7 | .485 | .370 | .767 | 1.8 | .6 | .2 | .1 | 5.8 |
Rudy Gay | 55 | 1 | 18.9 | .414 | .345 | .785 | 4.4 | 1.0 | .5 | .3 | 8.1 |
Joe Ingles | 45 | 15 | 24.9 | .404 | .347 | .773 | 2.9 | 3.5 | .5 | .1 | 7.2 |
Jared Butler | 42 | 1 | 8.6 | .404 | .318 | .688 | 1.1 | 1.5 | .4 | .2 | 3.8 |
Danuel House Jr.† | 25 | 6 | 19.6 | .447 | .415 | .692 | 2.7 | 1.0 | .6 | .5 | 6.8 |
Juancho Hernangómez† | 17 | 9 | 17.5 | .507 | .438 | .476 | 3.5 | .8 | .5 | .4 | 6.2 |
Udoka Azubuike | 17 | 6 | 11.5 | .755 | .545 | 4.2 | .0 | .1 | .6 | 4.7 | |
Miye Oni | 16 | 0 | 2.8 | .222 | .125 | .000 | .4 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .3 |
Nickeil Alexander-Walker† | 15 | 2 | 9.9 | .333 | .303 | .917 | 1.5 | 1.1 | .3 | .3 | 3.5 |
Elijah Hughes† | 14 | 1 | 8.0 | .417 | .357 | 1.000 | 1.2 | .4 | .3 | .1 | 3.1 |
Malik Fitts† | 7 | 0 | 5.0 | .222 | .500 | 1.4 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .9 | |
Xavier Sneed† | 7 | 0 | 4.4 | .250 | .167 | .6 | .1 | .0 | .0 | .7 | |
Greg Monroe† | 3 | 0 | 8.7 | .800 | .571 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .3 | 4.0 | |
Norvel Pelle | 3 | 0 | 6.3 | .600 | 2.0 | .0 | .0 | .3 | 2.0 | ||
Denzel Valentine† | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | .500 | .333 | 2.0 | .0 | .5 | .0 | 2.5 | |
Zylan Cheatham | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Playoffs
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Donovan Mitchell | 6 | 6 | 38.2 | .398 | .208 | .881 | 4.3 | 5.7 | .7 | .5 | 25.5 |
Bojan Bogdanović | 6 | 6 | 35.7 | .481 | .333 | .792 | 4.2 | 1.7 | .3 | .0 | 18.0 |
Rudy Gobert | 6 | 6 | 32.8 | .636 | .682 | 13.2 | .5 | .2 | 1.0 | 12.0 | |
Royce O'Neale | 6 | 6 | 31.3 | .400 | .280 | 1.000 | 5.7 | 1.5 | .5 | .2 | 6.2 |
Mike Conley Jr. | 6 | 6 | 29.0 | .333 | .200 | .800 | 3.2 | 4.8 | .8 | .3 | 9.2 |
Jordan Clarkson | 6 | 0 | 28.3 | .548 | .375 | .889 | 3.2 | 1.3 | .5 | .2 | 17.5 |
Danuel House Jr. | 6 | 0 | 18.7 | .409 | .200 | .750 | 2.8 | .7 | .0 | .2 | 4.3 |
Hassan Whiteside | 6 | 0 | 10.8 | .417 | .250 | 5.2 | .0 | .3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | |
Juancho Hernangómez | 6 | 0 | 9.3 | .278 | .333 | 2.0 | .8 | .3 | .0 | 2.3 | |
Eric Paschall | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.3 | .0 | .3 | .0 | 2.0 |
Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .0 | 5.0 | |
Jared Butler | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Jazz only.
Transactions
Trades
July 30, 2021[1] | To Utah Jazz 2027 second-round pick Cash considerations |
To Oklahoma City Thunder Derrick Favors 2024 protected first-round pick | |
August 7, 2021[2] | To Utah Jazz Draft rights to Jared Butler (No. 40) 2022 MEM second-round pick 2026 MEM second-round pick |
To Memphis Grizzlies Draft rights to Santi Aldama (No. 30) | |
August 7, 2021[3] | To Utah Jazz Eric Paschall |
To Golden State Warriors 2026 MEM protected second-round pick | |
February 9, 2022 | Three-team trade | [4][5] | |
To Portland Trail Blazers
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To San Antonio Spurs
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To Utah Jazz
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Free agency
Re-signed
Player | Signed |
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Mike Conley Jr.[7] | August 6, 2021 |
Additions
Player | Signed | Former team |
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Rudy Gay[8] | August 6, 2021 | San Antonio Spurs |
Hassan Whiteside[8] | August 6, 2021 | Sacramento Kings |
Subtractions
Player | Reason left | New team |
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Matt Thomas[9] | Waived | |
Georges Niang[10] | Free agency | Philadelphia 76ers |
Notes
References
- ^ "Thunder Acquires Derrick Favors and Future First-Round Draft Pick". NBA.com. July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Grizzlies acquire draft rights to Santi Aldama from Jazz". NBA.com. August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Utah Jazz acquire forward Eric Paschall". NBA.com. August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Trail Blazers Complete Three-Team Trade". NBA.com. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "SPURS ACQUIRE TOMÁŠ SATORANSKÝ & SECOND ROUND PICK". NBA.com. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "Future Traded Pick Details". RealGM. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ^ "Utah Jazz re-sign Mike Conley". NBA.com. August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ a b "Utah Jazz sign Rudy Gay and Hassan Whiteside". NBA.com. August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Utah Jazz waive Matt Thomas". NBA.com. August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "76ers Sign Georges Niang". NBA.com. August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.