# 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. 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.

## Draft picks

| 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

| 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 |
| Utah Jazz | 40 | 42 | .488 | 15.0 | 24‍–‍17 | 16‍–‍25 | 8–8 | 82 |
| Denver Nuggets | 33 | 49 | .402 | 22.0 | 18‍–‍23 | 15‍–‍26 | 4–12 | 82 |
| 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 | Utah Jazz | 40 | 42 | .488 | 33.0 | 82 |
| 10 | Sacramento Kings | 33 | 49 | .402 | 40.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Denver Nuggets | 33 | 49 | .402 | 40.0 | 82 |
| 12 | New Orleans Pelicans | 30 | 52 | .366 | 43.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 29 | 53 | .354 | 44.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Phoenix Suns | 23 | 59 | .280 | 50.0 | 82 |
| 15 | 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1October 4@ L.A. Lakers
90–71
Derrick Favors (16)
Favors, Hayward (9)
Raul Neto (6)
Stan Sheriff Center 10,300
1–0
2October 6@ L.A. Lakers
117–114 OT
Alec Burks (27)
Trey Lyles (8)
Alec Burks (6)
Stan Sheriff Center 10,300
2–0
3October 9@ Phoenix
85–101
Gordon Hayward (24)
Favors, Booker (7)
Gordon Hayward (3)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,773
2–1
4October 12@ Portland
81–88
Alec Burks (19)
Derrick Favors (10)
Alec Burks (3)
Moda Center 15,171
2–2
5October 18Portland
111–116 OT
Trey Burke (22)
Jeff Withey (11)
Burke, Booker, Lyles, Neto (3)
EnergySolutions Arena 16,352
2–3
6October 20Oklahoma City
102–113
Rodney Hood (23)
Trevor Booker (6)
Trey Burke (4)
EnergySolutions Arena 17,806
2–4
7October 22Denver
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
### 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.