Utah Jazz schedule has breaks, bumps
Heck, Jerry Sloan's 20th-year coaching anniversary will even happen in Minnesota instead of Utah (not that he'll likely mind that, no doubt). But the Jazz appear to have received a bit of a scheduling break for one aspect of the 2008-09 NBA regular season, which begins on Oct. 28.
The Jazz, who open this season at EnergySolutions Arena against Denver on Oct. 29, will only have to face the defending NBA Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, the Southwest Division champion New Orleans Hornets and the San Antonio Spurs three times apiece. However, the Spurs and Lakers will only play in Utah once each.
The Jazz will also only see the Los Angeles Clippers three times, but will play all other Western Conference teams four times in the regular season. Utah will take on each Eastern Conference squad twice, with 2007-08 NBA champion Boston coming to town on Feb. 19 and LeBron James and Cleveland visiting Jan. 24.
The first of the Jazz's 11 nationally televised games will be Nov. 11 at Washington on ESPN, which will air four other Utah games. Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer and crew will be featured on TNT six times, including in the regular-season finale with the Lakers in L.A. on April 14.
Utah's first road game will be against the Clippers at Staples Center on Nov. 3. The Jazz, who struggled to a 17-24 road record last season, finish the season away from Utah in 14 of their final 23 games. December is another road-heavy month, with the annual pre-Christmas excursion taking place from Dec. 15-23 in Boston, New Jersey, Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee. Utah has four other road games in December with only six home dates.
Utah's preseason slate includes seven games just two at home, with the first one coming on Oct. 9 against the Phoenix Suns. The Jazz's preseason schedule begins Oct. 7 against the Lakers in Anaheim. The Jazz will also face the Chicago Bulls twice in Illinois once at Williams' old stomping grounds at the University of Illinois in Champaign before wrapping up the preseason at home against Portland on Oct. 23.
The Jazz will be on the road for Sloan's 20th head coaching anniversary game on Dec. 9 at Minnesota. Another road game of note will take place on Jan. 14, when Utah visits Oklahoma City to play the relocated Seattle SuperSonics.
2008-09 Utah Jazz Regular Season Schedule
OCTOBER
Wed, Oct 29 Denver 7:00 PM
Recent comments
"...the Jazz just don't have a coach who knows how to use AK into the...
re: Another Player? | Aug. 8, 2008 at 3:11 p.m.
I didn't even look at the schedule but immediatley I saw that we play...
FACT MAN | Aug. 7, 2008 at 12:23 p.m.
Nice observation Theagreement made. D-Will has been the stabilizing...
dneehtotnafzzaj | Aug. 7, 2008 at 12:20 p.m.
- Odd Fellows Hall move 6:13 p.m.
- Man charged in child sexual assault 5:43 p.m.
- Jazz in back of line for free agents 5:36 p.m.
- Dining out: Ruth's Diner 5:04 p.m.
- Tactfully bring up plastic surgery 5:04 p.m.
- Malden's craft made good movies 5:04 p.m.
- Megan Joy looks forward to Utah 5:04 p.m.
- Movie listings 5:04 p.m.
- Box office 5:04 p.m.
- Weekend calendar 5:04 p.m.
- Blazers may offer Millsap a contract
- Utah's top 10: Wealth of recreation
- Restaurant burns in 3-alarm fire
- MWC, WAC rushed into BCS
- O'Connor unhappy Fes not with team
- Send Boozer to the Bulls?
- Keeping golf light on the wallet
- Teen injured in fall from waterfall
- Fatigued Jazz no match for Pacers
- River flow marks birth of sanctuary
- Bronco collecting a galaxy of recruits
138 - Letters: Palin mistreated
136 - Teachers struggle with district cuts
134 - Blazers may offer Millsap a contract
118 - 'Tea party' protesters unhappy
107 - Fairness of BCS debated
81 - Stadium of Fire lights up the 4th
79 - Chaffetz eyes challenging Bennett
72 - Millsap not franchise player
70 - Services bids farewell to Jackson
70
Real Salt Lake striker Yura Movsisyan travelled to Europe over last...
Two California high school receivers have given the University of Utah
The recent Poly camp in Bountiful opened the eyes of recruiters to at...
Lute | 4:48 p.m. July 9, 2009 I am glad you took notice again. I am a...
They served decent food but now they can rebuild and it will automatically be...
"Sounds like a good idea, wonder why they wouldn't do it." Er...ah......
Why not just tactfully say, "Edna, you don't look a day over 85."? Edna...
koc must do this trade
"More greed for more entitlements!" It was conservatives believing war was an...
If you support these criminals, you also support burglars, child molesters,...
Perhaps you could have said "why Marylyn, the unnatural stretching of skin...
Anonymous | 11:48 a.m You can't always wait for government. Sometimes you...
Problem is: Jazz dont learn! They will repeat the same mistake time after...


