They managed to improve by 10 games, finishing 51–31, and qualifying for the playoffs.
[1] The Jazz met the Houston Rockets in the first round, and defeated them in seven games.
Then, they met the Golden State Warriors, who just came off a stunning upset in the First Round, in which they defeated the first-seeded Dallas Mavericks in six games in the Semifinals, but the Jazz swiftly dispatched the Warriors in five games, moving on to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 1998, when they last made the NBA Finals.
However, their playoff run ended with a defeat to the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs in five games.
Their Western Finals trip made this the most successful recent Jazz season as of 2022.