Utah Jazz 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
From 2017 through 2022, the Utah Jazz made the NBA Playoffs every season. But since head coach Quin Snyder departed after the 2022 campaign, the Jazz have been in a free fall. Certainly, the departure of Snyder is not the only reason for the demise of the Jazz. But the writing was on the wall in 2022 that Utah would undertake a massive rebuild. Will Hardy was brought in as the replacement for Snyder. Hardy was charged with shepherding the roster through a painful transition. So far, things are getting worse instead of better. Utah just concluded the worst season in franchise history.
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The Utah Jazz's final regular season record was 17-65 straight up, 41-40-1 against the spread, and 48-34 over/under the total. Utah was 15th in the Western Conference playoff standings and 51 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder in the race.
Utah's NBA metrics were 21st for scoring offense, 22nd for field goal percentage, 22nd for 3-point field goal percentage, 22nd for free throw percentage, and 5th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Jazz's metrics were 30th for scoring defense, 26th for field goal percentage permitted, 12th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 17th for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
Last year, PF Lauri Markkanen led the Jazz with 23.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Markkanen 7th overall in the 2017 NBA Draft out of Arizona. Markkanen has been with the Jazz since 2022-23, after playing for the Chicago Bulls in the first four years of his NBA career. This season, he averaged 19.0 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.
PG Collin Sexton averaged 18.7 points per game last season. Sexton was the 8th overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft out of Alabama by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Sexton averaged 18.4 points per game this year.
Last year, PG Jordan Clarkson averaged 17.1 points per game. Clarkson was a second-round pick in the 2014 NBA Draft out of Missouri. He was named to the 2015 NBA All-Rookie First Team and was the 2021 NBA Sixth Man of the Year. Clarkson averaged 16.2 points per game this year.
Head Coach
Will Hardy is in his third season as head coach of the Utah Jazz. He has been an NBA assistant coach since 2015. Hardy is well credentialed, having served as an assistant with the San Antonio Spurs and Boston Celtics. At the onset of the campaign, Hardy had a record of 85-161 in his three seasons on the job.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 7)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2024–25 |
82 |
17 |
65 |
5th, Northwest |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
31 |
51 |
4th, Northwest |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
37 |
45 |
4th, Northwest |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
49 |
33 |
1st, Northwest |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Mavericks) |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
52 |
20 |
1st, Northwest |
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Clippers) |
| 2019–20 |
72 |
44 |
28 |
3rd, Northwest |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Nuggets) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
50 |
32 |
3rd, Northwest |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Rockets) |
Utah Jazz History
The Utah Jazz have been a model NBA franchise since their move to Salt Lake City in 1979 following their 1974 berth as an expansion team in New Orleans. Utah has never won an NBA title, but the Jazz have missed the postseason only eight times since making their first playoff appearance in 1984.
Utah made the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 with head coach Jerry Sloan and the dynamic duo of John Stockton and Karl Malone. Unfortunately, they were on the wrong end of some heroics from the great Michael Jordan in both seasons, and the Mailman was unable to deliver on a Sunday.
Long-time head coach Jerry Sloan retired in the middle of the 2010-11 season partly because of a beef with star guard Deron Williams. Tyrone Corbin was his replacement and didn’t have much success before Quin Snyder became the head coach in 2014. Snyder led the Jazz to six straight playoff appearances from 2017 to 2022, but he resigned this summer after failing to lead Utah past the second round.
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