The season's young, teams are still figuring things out, especially with so much movement in the off-season. But, when you watch a game like the one that took place Friday, November 9th in Salt Lake City...
It was a thing of beauty.
Because it's a new season with new players, the fans--as well as the other teams--are trying to figure out the new Jazz players, too. There's new names and new faces attached to those names. Fans can be patient, unless they feel the team ought to be winning now.
Not being in the building, can only imagine what it must have been like, watching a double-digit lead evaporate in the final minutes. Then, it looked like the game would go to overtime...
But wait!
There's still time on the clock!
An in-bound pass to Bojan Bodganovic in the corner. He shoots the three, and...
It goes in.
The place went crazy, and I'm sure Jazz fans watching outside the building did too.
The Bucks from Milwaukee (to quote Alice Cooper, "it's pronounced 'mill-e-wah-que' which is Algonquin for 'the good land'...) played for the Eastern Conference Finals last season, falling to the NBA Champion Toronto Raptors. This is a good team. Last Friday, the Jazz were better, three points better.
I've been fortunate enough to be in that building a few times, mostly when John Stockton and Karl Malone played. The Jazz fans love their team. They did then; they do now. Hopefully, there'll be more celebrations than not this season, and from now on. Because on a tense November evening in Salt Lake City (to quote Hot Rod Hundley), a gentle push, and a mild arc, and the old cowhide globe hit home.
All photos used without permission from the National Basketball Association or the Utah Jazz
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