2015–16 Utah Jazz season

The 2015–16 Utah Jazz season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 37th season of the franchise in Salt Lake City.^[1] Utah missed the playoffs for the fourth year in a row thanks to a win and a tiebreaker win by the Houston Rockets, but remained in playoff contention until before the final regular season game in which would be Kobe Bryant's last NBA game.

2015–16 Utah Jazz season
Head coach	Quin Snyder
General manager	Dennis Lindsey
Arena	Vivint Arena
Results
Record	40–42 (.488)
Place	Division: 3rd (Northwest) Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Root Sports Rocky Mountain
Radio	1280 97.5 The Zone
< 2014–15 2016–17 >

Draft picks

Main article: 2015 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	12	Trey Lyles	SF / PF	United States	Kentucky
2	42	Olivier Hanlan	PG	Canada	Boston College
2	54	Dani Diez	SF	Spain	Gipuzkoa Basket

Roster

2015–16 Utah Jazz roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From PF 33 Trevor Booker 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1987–11–25 Clemson PG 3 Trey Burke 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 1992–11–12 Michigan SG 10 Alec Burks 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1991–07–20 Colorado SG 11 Dante Exum 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1995–07–13 Lake Ginninderra (AUS) PF 15 Derrick Favors 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1991–07–15 Georgia Tech C 27 Rudy Gobert 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1992–06–26 France SF 20 Gordon Hayward 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1990–03–23 Butler SG 5 Rodney Hood 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1992–10–20 Duke SF 2 Joe Ingles 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1987–10–02 Lake Ginninderra (AUS) SG 23 Chris Johnson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1990–04–29 Dayton PF 41 Trey Lyles 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 1995–11–05 Kentucky PG 8 Shelvin Mack 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1990–04–22 Butler PG 25 Raul Neto 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1992–05–19 Brazil C 21 Tibor Pleiß 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 256 lb (116 kg) 1989–11–02 Germany C 24 Jeff Withey 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1990–03–07 Kansas

Head coach Quin Snyder Assistant(s) Johnnie Bryant Alex Jensen Brad Jones Igor Kokoškov Antonio Lang Mike Wells Mark McKown (player development) Jeff Watkinson (player development) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Updated: 2016–04–03

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Oklahoma City Thunder	55	27	.671	–	32‍–‍9	23‍–‍18	13–3	82
x – Portland Trail Blazers	44	38	.537	11.0	28‍–‍13	16‍–‍25	11–5	82
e – Utah Jazz	40	42	.488	15.0	24‍–‍17	16‍–‍25	8–8	82
e – Denver Nuggets	33	49	.402	22.0	18‍–‍23	15‍–‍26	4–12	82
e – Minnesota Timberwolves	29	53	.354	26.0	14‍–‍27	15‍–‍26	4–12	82

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z – Golden State Warriors *	73	9	.890	–	82
2	y – San Antonio Spurs *	67	15	.817	6.0	82
3	y – Oklahoma City Thunder *	55	27	.671	18.0	82
4	x – Los Angeles Clippers	53	29	.646	20.0	82
5	x – Portland Trail Blazers	44	38	.537	29.0	82
6	x – Dallas Mavericks	42	40	.512	31.0	82
7	x – Memphis Grizzlies	42	40	.512	31.0	82
8	x – Houston Rockets	41	41	.500	32.0	82
9	e – Utah Jazz	40	42	.488	33.0	82
10	e – Sacramento Kings	33	49	.402	40.0	82
11	e – Denver Nuggets	33	49	.402	40.0	82
12	e – New Orleans Pelicans	30	52	.366	43.0	82
13	e – Minnesota Timberwolves	29	53	.354	44.0	82
14	e – Phoenix Suns	23	59	.280	50.0	82
15	e – Los Angeles Lakers	17	65	.207	56.0	82

Preseason

2015 pre-season game log Total: 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–2)
Pre-season: 3–4 (home: 1–2; road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 4 @ L.A. Lakers 90–71 Derrick Favors (16) Favors, Hayward (9) Raul Neto (6) Stan Sheriff Center 10,300 1–0 2 October 6 @ L.A. Lakers 117–114 OT Alec Burks (27) Trey Lyles (8) Alec Burks (6) Stan Sheriff Center 10,300 2–0 3 October 9 @ Phoenix 85–101 Gordon Hayward (24) Favors, Booker (7) Gordon Hayward (3) Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,773 2–1 4 October 12 @ Portland 81–88 Alec Burks (19) Derrick Favors (10) Alec Burks (3) Moda Center 15,171 2–2 5 October 18 Portland 111–116 OT Trey Burke (22) Jeff Withey (11) Burke, Booker, Lyles, Neto (3) EnergySolutions Arena 16,352 2–3 6 October 20 Oklahoma City 102–113 Rodney Hood (23) Trevor Booker (6) Trey Burke (4) EnergySolutions Arena 17,806 2–4 7 October 22 Denver 98–78 Trey Burke (17) Rudy Gobert (11) Alec Burks (5) EnergySolutions Arena 17,083 3–4
2014–15 season schedule

Regular season game log

2015–16 game log Total: 40–42 (Home: 24–17; Road: 16–25)
October: 2–1 (home: 0–0; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 28 @ Detroit L 87–92 Derrick Favors (26) Rudy Gobert (12) Rodney Hood (6) Palace of Auburn Hills 18,434 0–1 2 October 30 @ Philadelphia W 99–71 Derrick Favors (20) Derrick Favors (12) Trey Burke (6) Wells Fargo Center 17,122 1–1 3 October 31 @ Indiana W 97–76 Derrick Favors (18) Rudy Gobert (17) Hayward, Burke (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,412 2–1
November : 6–7 (home: 3–3; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 4 Portland L 92–108 Alec Burks (21) Derrick Favors (10) Rodney Hood (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 2–2 5 November 5 @ Denver W 96–84 Gordon Hayward (20) Rudy Gobert (16) Alec Burks (8) Pepsi Center 9,906 3–2 6 November 7 Memphis W 89–79 Trey Burke (24) Derrick Favors (16) Burks, Hayward (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,456 4–2 7 November 10 @ Cleveland L 114–118 Alec Burks (24) Derrick Favors (9) Gobert, Neto (5) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 4–3 8 November 12 @ Miami L 91–92 Derrick Favors (25) Derrick Favors (12) Hayward, Hood (3) American Airlines Arena 19,600 4–4 9 November 13 @ Orlando L 93–102 Burke, Hayward (16) Booker, Favors, Withey (7) Raul Neto (7) Amway Center 16,709 4–5 10 November 15 @ Atlanta W 97–96 Derrick Favors (23) Rudy Gobert (11) Trey Burke (5) Philips Arena 14,436 5–5 11 November 18 Toronto W 93–89 Derrick Favors (18) Derrick Favors (11) Rodney Hood (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,741 6–5 12 November 20 @ Dallas L 93–102 Gordon Hayward (22) Rudy Gobert (13) Hayward, Hood (4) AmericanAirlines Arena 20,028 6–6 13 November 23 Oklahoma City L 89–111 Gordon Hayward (19) Derrick Favors (7) Gordon Hayward (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 6–7 14 November 25 @ L.A. Clippers W 102–91 Gordon Hayward (33) Rudy Gobert (11) Raul Neto (6) Staples Center 19,060 7–7 15 November 28 New Orleans W 101–87 Alec Burks (21) Trevor Booker (15) Burks, Hood (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 8–7 16 November 30 Golden State L 103–106 Derrick Favors (23) Rudy Gobert (11) Gordon Hayward (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 8–8
December : 6–9 (home: 6–4; road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 December 3 Orlando L 94–103 Gordon Hayward (24) Derrick Favors (10) Trey Burke (6) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,247 8–9 18 December 5 Indiana W 122–119 (OT) Derrick Favors (35) Trevor Booker (14) Trey Burke (7) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,500 9–9 19 December 8 @ Sacramento L 106–114 Burks, Hayward (18) Booker, Favors (10) Gordon Hayward (6) Sleep Train Arena 16,505 9–10 20 December 9 New York W 106–85 Gordon Hayward (24) Trey Lyles (10) Hayward, Neto, Burke (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,586 10–10 21 December 11 Oklahoma City L 90–94 Gordon Hayward (19) Gordon Hayward (8) Alec Burks (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 10–11 22 December 13 @ Oklahoma City L 98–104 (OT) Rodney Hood (23) Derrick Favors (10) Elijah Millsap (4) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 10–12 23 December 14 @ San Antonio L 81–118 Derrick Favors (16) Trevor Booker (7) Joe Ingles (4) AT&T Center 18,418 10–13 24 December 16 New Orleans L 94–104 Derrick Favors (22) Derrick Favors (7) Burke, Favors (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 17,899 10–14 25 December 18 Denver W 97–88 Gordon Hayward (26) Derrick Favors (9) Rodney Hood (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,169 11–14 26 December 21 Phoenix W 110–89 Gordon Hayward (24) Derrick Favors (9) Gordon Hayward (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 12–14 27 December 23 @ Golden State L 85–103 Derrick Favors (17) Derrick Favors (9) Burke, Hood, Ingles (3) Oracle Arena 19,596 12–15 28 December 26 L.A. Clippers L 104–109 Gordon Hayward (28) Jeff Withey (7) Gordon Hayward (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 12–16 29 December 28 Philadelphia W 95–91 Gordon Hayward (24) Jeff Withey (12) Gordon Hayward (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 13–16 30 December 30 @ Minnesota L 80–94 Trey Burke (23) Trevor Booker (15) Trey Burke (4) Target Center 14,326 13–17 31 December 31 Portland W 109–96 Gordon Hayward (23) Gordon Hayward (10) Rodney Hood (6) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,380 14–17
January : 7–8 (home: 5–3; road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 32 January 2 Memphis W 92–87 (OT) Rodney Hood (32) Trevor Booker (11) Gordon Hayward (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,455 15–17 33 January 4 Houston L 91–93 Rodney Hood (23) Jeff Withey (11) Rodney Hood (7) Vivint Smart Home Arena 17,912 15–18 34 January 6 @ San Antonio L 98–123 Trey Burke (21) Booker, Withey (7) Burke, Hayward (4) AT&T Center 18,418 15–19 35 January 7 @ Houston L 94–103 Gordon Hayward (15) Trey Lyles (9) Raul Neto (7) Toyota Center 18,155 15–20 36 January 9 Miami W 98–83 Gordon Hayward (34) Trey Lyles (10) Raul Neto (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 16–20 37 January 10 @ L. A. Lakers W 86–74 Gordon Hayward (25) Trey Lyles (9) Rodney Hood (4) Staples Center 18,997 17–20 38 January 13 @ Portland L 85–99 Gordon Hayward (19) Rudy Gobert (8) Gordon Hayward (9) Moda Center 19,393 17–21 39 January 14 Sacramento L 101–103 Hayward, Lyles (19) Rudy Gobert (12) Raul Neto (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 17,894 17–22 40 January 16 L. A. Lakers W 109–82 Rudy Gobert (18) Rudy Gobert (18) Gordon Hayward (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 18–22 41 January 18 @ Charlotte L 119–124 (OT) Gordon Hayward (36) Rudy Gobert (14) Gordon Hayward (9) Time Warner Cable Arena 17,459 18–23 42 January 20 @ New York L 111–118 (OT) Rodney Hood (29) Booker, Gobert (8) Hayward, Hood (5) Madison Square Garden 19,812 18–24 43 January 22 @ Brooklyn W 108–86 Gordon Hayward (21) Rudy Gobert (9) Gordon Hayward (9) Barclays Center 12,809 19–24 44 January 25 Detroit L 92–95 Rodney Hood (23) Rudy Gobert (17) Rodney Hood (6) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,783 19–25 45 January 27 Charlotte W 102–73 Rodney Hood (24) Rudy Gobert (12) Gordon Hayward (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 16,683 20–25 46 January 29 Minnesota W 103–90 Rodney Hood (22) Rudy Gobert (12) Raul Neto (6) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,850 21–25
February : 7–6 (home: 5–2; road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 47 February 1 Chicago W 105–96 (OT) Gordon Hayward (27) Gobert, Hayward (12) Gordon Hayward (7) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,811 22–25 48 February 3 Denver W 85–81 Favors, Hayward (16) Derrick Favors (11) Gordon Hayward (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,461 23–25 49 February 5 Milwaukee W 84–81 Rodney Hood (23) Derrick Favors (15) Raul Neto (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 24–25 50 February 6 @ Phoenix W 98–89 Rodney Hood (25) Rudy Gobert (13) Raul Neto (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena 16,180 25–25 51 February 9 @ Dallas W 121–119 (OT) Rodney Hood (29) Rudy Gobert (10) Rodney Hood (5) AmericanAirlines Arena 19,394 26–25 52 February 10 @ New Orleans L 96–100 Derrick Favors (29) Rudy Gobert (14) Gordon Hayward (4) Smoothie King Center 15,256 26–26 All-Star Break 53 February 18 @ Washington L 89–103 Gordon Hayward (19) Rudy Gobert (12) Trey Burke (7) Verizon Center 12,415 26–27 54 February 19 Boston W 111–93 Derrick Favors (23) Rudy Gobert (15) Derrick Favors (6) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 27–27 55 February 21 @ Portland L 111–115 Derrick Favors (22) Favors, Gobert (8) Shelvin Mack (6) Moda Center 19,470 27–28 56 February 23 Houston W 117–114 (OT) Gordon Hayward (28) Derrick Favors (12) Hayward, Hood (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,132 28–28 57 February 25 San Antonio L 78–96 Derrick Favors (25) Favors, Gobert (6) Rodney Hood (6) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 28–29 58 February 27 Brooklyn L 96–98 Gordon Hayward (27) Rudy Gobert (19) Gordon Hayward (6) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,863 28–30 59 February 29 @ Boston L 95–100 Lyles, Mack (18) Derrick Favors (16) Shelvin Mack (5) TD Garden 17,680 28–31
March : 9–7 (home: 4–2; road: 5–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 2 @ Toronto L 94–104 Gordon Hayward (26) Rudy Gobert (8) Gordon Hayward (6) Air Canada Centre 19,800 28–32 61 March 4 @ Memphis L 88–94 Gordon Hayward (18) Rudy Gobert (18) Shelvin Mack (8) FedExForum 17,188 28–33 62 March 5 @ New Orleans W 106–94 Derrick Favors (28) Rudy Gobert (18) Hayward, Ingles, Mack (4) Smoothie King Center 16,680 29–33 63 March 8 Atlanta L 84–91 Gordon Hayward (22) Rudy Gobert (15) Shelvin Mack (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,282 29–34 64 March 9 @ Golden State L 94–115 Trey Burke (18) Rudy Gobert (15) Shelvin Mack (8) Oracle Arena 19,596 29–35 65 March 11 Washington W 114–93 Shelvin Mack (27) Rudy Gobert (11) Shelvin Mack (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 30–35 66 March 13 @ Sacramento W 108–99 Derrick Favors (28) Derrick Favors (14) Shelvin Mack (8) Sleep Train Arena 17,023 31–35 67 March 14 Cleveland W 94–85 Rodney Hood (28) Rudy Gobert (11) Shelvin Mack (10) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 32–35 68 March 17 Phoenix W 103–69 Trey Lyles (17) Rudy Gobert (16) Shelvin Mack (10) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,784 33–35 69 March 19 @ Chicago L 85–92 Derrick Favors (24) Rudy Gobert (7) Shelvin Mack (8) United Center 21,856 33–36 70 March 20 @ Milwaukee W 94–85 Gordon Hayward (18) Rudy Gobert (14) Shelvin Mack (12) BMO Harris Bradley Center 14,124 34–36 71 March 23 @ Houston W 89–87 Gordon Hayward (22) Derrick Favors (15) Gordon Hayward (5) Toyota Center 18,151 35–36 72 March 24 @ Oklahoma City L 91–113 Trey Burke (17) Joe Ingles (7) Gordon Hayward (5) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 35–37 73 March 26 @ Minnesota W 93–84 Derrick Favors (19) Rudy Gobert (11) Shelvin Mack (6) Target Center 14,694 36–37 74 March 28 L. A. Lakers W 123–75 Rodney Hood (30) Rudy Gobert (19) Gordon Hayward (6) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 37–37 75 March 30 Golden State L 96–103 (OT) Gordon Hayward (21) Rudy Gobert (18) Shelvin Mack (9) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 37–38
April : 3–4 (home: 1–3; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 1 Minnesota W 98–85 Gordon Hayward (22) Rudy Gobert (14) Shelvin Mack (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 38–38 77 April 3 @ Phoenix W 101–86 Gordon Hayward (22) Shelvin Mack (7) Rodney Hood (7) Talking Stick Resort Arena 17,279 39–38 78 April 5 San Antonio L 86–88 Rodney Hood (23) Rudy Gobert (10) Rodney Hood (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,381 39–39 79 April 8 L. A. Clippers L 99–102 (OT) Gordon Hayward (24) Gordon Hayward (13) Gordon Hayward (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 39–40 80 April 10 @ Denver W 100–84 Hayward, Lyles (22) Rudy Gobert (14) Shelvin Mack (6) Pepsi Center 16,172 40–40 81 April 11 Dallas L 92–101 Gordon Hayward (24) Gordon Hayward (6) Gordon Hayward (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 40–41 82 April 13 @ L. A. Lakers L 96–101 Trey Lyles (18) Trey Lyles (11) Shelvin Mack (6) Staples Center 18,997 40–42
2015–16 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
Raul Neto	81	53	18.5	.431	.395	.743	1.5	2.1	.8	.0	5.9
Joe Ingles	81	2	15.3	.426	.386	.722	1.9	1.2	.7	.0	4.2
Gordon Hayward	80	80	36.2	.433	.349	.824	5.0	3.7	1.2	.3	19.7
Trey Lyles	80	33	17.3	.438	.383	.695	3.7	.7	.3	.2	6.1
Rodney Hood	79	79	32.2	.420	.359	.860	3.4	2.7	.9	.2	14.5
Trevor Booker	79	2	20.7	.490	.293	.670	5.7	1.1	.7	.5	5.9
Chris Johnson	70	2	12.2	.371	.273	.810	1.9	.6	.5	.3	2.9
Trey Burke	64	0	21.3	.413	.344	.817	1.8	2.3	.5	.1	10.6
Derrick Favors	62	59	32.0	.515	.000	.709	8.1	1.5	1.2	1.5	16.4
Rudy Gobert	61	60	31.7	.559		.569	11.0	1.5	.7	2.2	9.1
Jeff Withey	51	10	12.9	.537	.000	.729	3.4	.4	.4	1.0	4.3
Alec Burks	31	3	25.7	.410	.405	.752	3.5	2.0	.6	.1	13.3
Shelvin Mack†	28	27	31.4	.444	.357	.735	3.8	5.3	.9	.1	12.7
Elijah Millsap	20	0	8.7	.282	.083	.722	1.8	1.0	.4	.2	1.8
Tibor Pleiß	12	0	6.8	.440	.000	1.000	1.3	.2	.1	.2	2.0
Erick Green†	6	0	5.8	.417	.250	1.000	.8	.3	.2	.0	2.2
J. J. O'Brien	2	0	3.0	.000			.5	.0	.5	.0	.0

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