2011–12 Utah Jazz season

2011–12 Utah Jazz season
Head coach	Tyrone Corbin
General manager	Kevin O'Connor
Owner(s)	Gail Miller
Arena	EnergySolutions Arena
Results
Record	36–30 (.545)
Place	Division: 3rd (Northwest) Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finish	First round (lost to Spurs 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Root Sports Utah
Radio	KFNZ KBEE

The 2011–12 Utah Jazz season is the franchise's 38th overall in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 33rd season of the franchise in Salt Lake City.

With a mediocre 36–30 record, the Jazz made the playoffs for the first time since 2010 without Jerry Sloan, who retired last year. However, the Jazz were quickly eliminated from the playoffs as they were overpowered by the San Antonio Spurs, who swept them in four games.

The Jazz would not return to the playoffs until 2017.

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Draft picks

Main article: 2011 NBA draft

Roster

2011–12 Utah Jazz roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From PG 2 Ahearn, Blake 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1984-05-27 Missouri State SG 19 Bell, Raja 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1976-09-19 FIU SG 10 Burks, Alec 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1991-07-20 Colorado SF 3 Carroll, DeMarre 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1986-07-27 Missouri SF 40 Evans, Jeremy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1987-10-24 Western Kentucky PF 15 Favors, Derrick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1991-07-15 Georgia Tech PG 5 Harris, Devin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1983-02-27 Wisconsin SF 20 Hayward, Gordon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990-03-23 Butler SF 8 Howard, Josh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980-04-28 Wake Forest C 25 Jefferson, Al 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 289 lb (131 kg) 1985-01-04 Prentiss HS (MS) C 0 Kanter, Enes 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 267 lb (121 kg) 1992-05-20 Turkey SG 34 Miles, C. J. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1987-03-18 Skyline HS (TX) PF 24 Millsap, Paul 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 253 lb (115 kg) 1985-02-10 Louisiana Tech PG 6 Tinsley, Jamaal 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1978-02-28 Iowa State PG 11 Watson, Earl 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 199 lb (90 kg) 1979-06-12 UCLA

Head coach Tyrone Corbin Assistant coach(es) Jeff Hornacek Scott Layden Sidney Lowe Mark McKown Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: April 9, 2012

Pre-season

Game log

2011 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 19 @ Portland L 90–110 Derrick Favors (25) Derrick Favors (12) Earl Watson (5) Rose Garden 19,997 0–1 2 December 21 Portland W 92–89 C.J. Miles (17) C.J. Miles Al Jefferson (9) Jamaal Tinsley Al Jefferson (3) EnergySolutions Arena 15,367 1–1
2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Oklahoma City Thunder	47	19	.712	–	26‍–‍7	21‍–‍12	10–3	66
x-Denver Nuggets	38	28	.576	9.0	20‍–‍13	18‍–‍15	6–7	66
x-Utah Jazz	36	30	.545	11.0	25‍–‍8	11‍–‍22	9–4	66
Portland Trail Blazers	28	38	.424	19.0	20‍–‍13	8‍–‍25	4–10	66
Minnesota Timberwolves	26	40	.394	21.0	13‍–‍20	13‍–‍20	4–9	66

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-San Antonio Spurs *	50	16	.758	–	66
2	y-Oklahoma City Thunder *	47	19	.712	3.0	66
3	y-Los Angeles Lakers *	41	25	.621	9.0	66
4	x-Memphis Grizzlies	41	25	.621	9.0	66
5	x-Los Angeles Clippers	40	26	.606	10.0	66
6	x-Denver Nuggets	38	28	.576	12.0	66
7	x-Dallas Mavericks	36	30	.545	14.0	66
8	x-Utah Jazz	36	30	.545	14.0	66
9	Houston Rockets	34	32	.515	16.0	66
10	Phoenix Suns	33	33	.500	17.0	66
11	Portland Trail Blazers	28	38	.424	22.0	66
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	26	40	.394	24.0	66
13	Golden State Warriors	23	43	.348	27.0	66
14	Sacramento Kings	22	44	.333	28.0	66
15	New Orleans Hornets	21	45	.318	29.0	66

Game log

2011–12 game log Total: 36–30 (home: 25–8; road: 11–22)
December: 1–3 (home: 1–0; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 27 @ L. A. Lakers L 71–96 Paul Millsap (18) Enes Kanter (11) Devin Harris (6) Staples Center 18,997 0–1 2 December 28 @ Denver L 100–117 Al Jefferson (19) Derrick Favors (10) Gordon Hayward (7) Pepsi Center 19,155 0–2 3 December 30 Philadelphia W 102–99 Derrick Favors (20) Paul Millsap (14) Earl Watson (4) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 1–2 4 December 31 @ San Antonio L 89–104 Al Jefferson (21) Al Jefferson (11) Gordon Hayward (4) AT&T Center 17,769 1–3
January: 11–4 (home: 9–3; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 January 2 New Orleans W 94–90 Al Jefferson (22) Al Jefferson Paul Millsap (6) Earl Watson (7) EnergySolutions Arena 19,159 2–3 6 January 3 Milwaukee W 85–73 Al Jefferson (26) Paul Millsap (12) Earl Watson (8) EnergySolutions Arena 17,756 3–3 7 January 6 Memphis W 94–85 Al Jefferson (20) Al Jefferson (9) Earl Watson (5) EnergySolutions Arena 19,503 4–3 8 January 7 @ Golden State W 88–87 Gordon Hayward (18) Derrick Favors (10) Devin Harris (8) Oracle Arena 19,596 5–3 9 January 10 Cleveland W 113–105 Al Jefferson (30) Al Jefferson (12) Gordon Hayward (8) EnergySolutions Arena 17,859 6–3 10 January 11 L. A. Lakers L 87–90 (OT) Paul Millsap (29) Al Jefferson (11) Devin Harris Gordon Hayward (5) EnergySolutions Arena 19,642 6–4 11 January 14 New Jersey W 107–94 Al Jefferson (20) Paul Millsap (12) Devin Harris (6) EnergySolutions Arena 19,557 7–4 12 January 15 @ Denver W 106–96 Paul Millsap (26) Al Jefferson Paul Millsap (12) Devin Harris Earl Watson (7) Pepsi Center 16,208 8–4 13 January 17 L. A. Clippers W 108–79 Paul Millsap (20) Al Jefferson (13) Devin Harris Al Jefferson (4) EnergySolutions Arena 19,371 9–4 14 January 19 Dallas L 91–94 Al Jefferson (22) Paul Millsap (13) Earl Watson (7) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 9–5 15 January 21 Minnesota W 108–98 Paul Millsap (26) Al Jefferson (12) Earl Watson (7) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 10–5 16 January 25 Toronto L 106–111 (OT) Paul Millsap (31) Derrick Favors (12) Devin Harris (6) EnergySolutions Arena 19,802 10–6 17 January 27 @ Dallas L 101–116 Paul Millsap (20) Enes Kanter Paul Millsap (7) Gordon Hayward (6) American Airlines Center 20,096 10–7 18 January 28 Sacramento W 96–93 Gordon Hayward (21) Paul Millsap (14) Devin Harris (6) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 11–7 19 January 30 Portland W 93–89 Paul Millsap (19) Paul Millsap (15) Three players (4) EnergySolutions Arena 19,328 12–7
February: 4–11 (home: 3–3; road: 1–8) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 20 February 1 L. A. Clippers L 105–107 Al Jefferson (27) Al Jefferson (12) Earl Watson (8) EnergySolutions Arena 19,637 12–8 21 February 2 @ Golden State L 101–119 Gordon Hayward (21) Paul Millsap (11) Jamaal Tinsley (13) Oracle Arena 18,123 12–9 22 February 4 L. A. Lakers W 95–87 Al Jefferson (18) Al Jefferson Paul Millsap (13) Earl Watson (11) EnergySolutions Arena 19,642 13–9 23 February 6 @ New York L 88–99 Al Jefferson (22) Paul Millsap (13) Devin Harris Gordon Hayward (4) Madison Square Garden 19,763 13–10 24 February 7 @ Indiana L 99–104 Paul Millsap (18) Paul Millsap (10) Earl Watson (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,006 13–11 25 February 10 Oklahoma City L 87–101 Al Jefferson (20) Paul Millsap (9) Devin Harris (7) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 13–12 26 February 12 @ Memphis W 98–88 Gordon Hayward (23) Al Jefferson (15) Gordon Hayward Earl Watson (5) FedExForum 14,234 14–12 27 February 13 @ New Orleans L 80–86 Derrick Favors Al Jefferson (14) Al Jefferson Enes Kanter (12) Earl Watson (5) New Orleans Arena 13,562 14–13 28 February 14 @ Oklahoma City L 85–111 Al Jefferson (15) Paul Millsap (8) Earl Watson (6) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 14–14 29 February 17 Washington W 114–100 Al Jefferson (34) Al Jefferson Paul Millsap (12) Devin Harris (9) EnergySolutions Arena 18,719 15–14 30 February 19 @ Houston L 85–101 Al Jefferson (23) Al Jefferson (11) Devin Harris Gordon Hayward (4) Toyota Center 16,764 15–15 31 February 20 San Antonio L 102–106 Al Jefferson (20) Al Jefferson Paul Millsap (11) Devin Harris (4) EnergySolutions Arena 19,105 15–16 32 February 22 @ Minnesota L 98–100 Paul Millsap (25) Al Jefferson (11) Devin Harris (8) Target Center 18,776 15–17 All-Star Break 33 February 28 @ Sacramento L 96–103 Devin Harris (18) Derrick Favors (11) Devin Harris (7) Power Balance Pavilion 13,896 15–18 34 February 29 Houston W 104–83 CJ Miles (27) Al Jefferson (10) Earl Watson (8) EnergySolutions Arena 18,816 16–18
March: 11–8 (home: 6–1; road: 5–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 35 March 2 Miami W 99–98 Al Jefferson (20) Josh Howard (9) Earl Watson (7) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 17–18 36 March 3 @ Dallas L 96–102 Paul Millsap (24) Al Jefferson (10) Devin Harris (5) American Airlines Center 20,560 17–19 37 March 5 @ Cleveland W 109–100 Al Jefferson (25) Al Jefferson (13) Al Jefferson (7) Quicken Loans Arena 13,190 18–19 38 March 7 @ Charlotte W 99–93 Al Jefferson (31) Al Jefferson (9) Al Jefferson Earl Watson (5) Time Warner Cable Arena 10,891 19–19 39 March 9 @ Philadelphia L 91–104 Paul Millsap (15) Paul Millsap (9) Earl Watson (5) Wells Fargo Center 18,512 19–20 40 March 10 @ Chicago L 97–111 Paul Millsap (26) Al Jefferson (8) Jamaal Tinsley (10) United Center 22,158 19–21 41 March 12 Detroit W 105–90 Al Jefferson (33) Al Jefferson (12) Devin Harris (8) EnergySolutions Arena 19,393 20–21 42 March 14 @ Phoenix L 111–120 Al Jefferson Paul Millsap (18) Paul Millsap (10) Jamaal Tinsley (8) US Airways Center 14,076 20–22 43 March 15 Minnesota W 111–105 (OT) Gordon Hayward (26) Derrick Favors (16) Jamaal Tinsley (5) EnergySolutions Arena 18,053 21–22 44 March 17 Golden State W 99–92 (OT) Derrick Favors (23) Derrick Favors (17) Devin Harris (5) EnergySolutions Arena 17,854 22–22 45 March 18 @ L. A. Lakers W 103–99 Paul Millsap (24) Derrick Favors (10) Devin Harris (9) Staples Center 18,997 23–22 46 March 20 Oklahoma City W 97–90 Paul Millsap (20) Derrick Favors (9) Devin Harris Al Jefferson (4) EnergySolutions Arena 18,138 24–22 47 March 22 @ Sacramento W 103–102 Al Jefferson (26) Derrick Favors (10) Jamaal Tinsley (8) Power Balance Pavilion 11,646 25–22 48 March 23 Denver W 121–102 Al Jefferson (23) Al Jefferson (8) Devin Harris (9) EnergySolutions Arena 19,250 26–22 49 March 25 @ Atlanta L 133–139 (4OT) Al Jefferson (28) Al Jefferson (17) Devin Harris (10) Philips Arena 13,544 26–23 50 March 26 @ New Jersey W 105–84 Paul Millsap (24) Paul Millsap (13) Devin Harris (11) Prudential Center 10,310 27–23 51 March 28 @ Boston L 82–94 Gordon Hayward (19) Al Jefferson (12) Devin Harris (7) TD Garden 18,624 27–24 52 March 30 Sacramento L 103–104 Al Jefferson (27) Al Jefferson (16) Earl Watson (7) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 27–25 53 March 31 @ L. A. Clippers L 96–105 Al Jefferson (26) Paul Millsap (9) Devin Harris (6) Staples Center 19,060 27–26
April: 9–4 (home: 6–1; road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 54 April 2 @ Portland W 102–97 Paul Millsap (31) Derrick Favors Paul Millsap (11) Jamaal Tinsley (6) Rose Garden 20,050 28–26 55 April 4 Phoenix L 105–107 Paul Millsap (25) Gordon Hayward (10) Paul Millsap (6) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 28–27 56 April 6 Golden State W 104–98 Al Jefferson (30) Al Jefferson (11) Earl Watson (6) EnergySolutions Arena 18,933 29–27 57 April 8 @ San Antonio L 104–114 Al Jefferson (19) Derrick Favors (12) Devin Harris (6) AT&T Center 18,581 29–28 58 April 9 San Antonio W 91–84 Devin Harris (25) Al Jefferson Paul Millsap (10) Devin Harris (6) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 30–28 59 April 11 @ Houston W 103–91 Gordon Hayward (29) Derrick Favors (11) Gordon Hayward (6) Toyota Center 18,273 31–28 60 April 13 @ New Orleans L 85–96 Paul Millsap (27) Derrick Favors (13) Devin Harris (8) New Orleans Arena 16,326 31–29 61 April 14 @ Memphis L 98–103 Devin Harris Al Jefferson (20) Derrick Favors (14) Devin Harris (6) FedExForum 17,190 31–30 62 April 16 Dallas W 123–121 (3OT) Al Jefferson (28) Al Jefferson (26) Devin Harris (7) EnergySolutions Arena 19,363 32–30 63 April 18 @ Portland W 112–91 Devin Harris (27) Al Jefferson (10) Alec Burks (5) Rose Garden 20,545 33–30 64 April 21 Orlando W 117–107 Devin Harris Al Jefferson (21) Derrick Favors (11) Jamaal Tinsley (9) EnergySolutions Arena 19,580 34–30 65 April 24 Phoenix W 100–88 Paul Millsap (26) Al Jefferson (16) Gordon Hayward (8) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 35–30 66 April 26 Portland W 96–94 Alec Burks (18) Jeremy Evans Enes Kanter (10) Jamaal Tinsley (7) EnergySolutions Arena 19,554 36–30
2011–12 season 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
Gordon Hayward	66	58	30.5	.456	.346	.832	3.5	3.1	.8	.6	11.8
Enes Kanter	66	0	13.2	.496	.000	.667	4.2	.1	.3	.3	4.6
Derrick Favors	65	9	21.2	.499		.649	6.5	.7	.6	1.0	8.8
Paul Millsap	64	62	32.8	.495	.226	.792	8.8	2.3	1.8	.8	16.6
Devin Harris	63	63	27.6	.445	.362	.746	1.8	5.0	1.0	.2	11.3
Al Jefferson	61	61	34.0	.492	.250	.774	9.6	2.2	.8	1.7	19.2
Alec Burks	59	0	15.9	.429	.333	.727	2.2	.9	.5	.1	7.2
C. J. Miles	56	14	20.4	.381	.307	.794	2.1	1.2	.8	.3	9.1
Earl Watson	50	2	20.7	.338	.192	.674	2.4	4.3	1.1	.4	3.0
Josh Howard	43	18	23.0	.399	.243	.773	3.7	1.2	.7	.2	8.7
Jamaal Tinsley	37	1	13.7	.404	.270	.765	1.2	3.3	.5	.2	3.7
Raja Bell	34	33	23.4	.466	.391	.840	1.4	1.1	.4	.1	6.4
Jeremy Evans	29	0	7.5	.643	.000	.500	1.7	.4	.2	.8	2.1
DeMarre Carroll†	20	9	16.4	.374	.368	.875	2.5	.8	.6	.1	4.8
Blake Ahearn	4	0	7.5	.286	.222		.5	.3	.0	.0	2.5

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Al Jefferson	4	4	35.3	.529	.000	.250	8.5	2.5	1.3	.8	18.3
Paul Millsap	4	4	34.8	.370	.000	.500	11.0	.5	.3	2.5	12.0
Gordon Hayward	4	4	30.8	.182	.083	1.000	2.8	3.0	.8	.0	7.3
Devin Harris	4	4	30.0	.396	.267	.714	1.5	3.8	.8	.5	13.0
Josh Howard	4	3	15.8	.294	.500	.800	3.5	1.0	.5	.3	3.8
Derrick Favors	4	1	29.0	.417		.586	9.5	.5	1.3	1.5	11.8
DeMarre Carroll	4	0	18.3	.474	.200		3.8	.8	.5	.3	4.8
Jamaal Tinsley	4	0	16.3	.250	.250	1.000	.5	3.0	.5	.0	3.8
Alec Burks	4	0	15.8	.250	.000	.857	2.8	.8	.5	.0	6.5
Enes Kanter	4	0	10.8	.438		.000	4.0	.3	.0	1.0	3.5
Blake Ahearn	3	0	2.7	.667	1.000		.0	.7	.0	.0	1.7
Jeremy Evans	2	0	3.5	.000		1.000	1.5	.5	.5	.0	1.0

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Jazz only.