Cousins at the Game

Yesterday was the Jazz's final home game of the regular season. They played the LA Clippers, which normally wouldn't be anything to fret about, but they lost to the Timberwolves at home, the Golden State Warriors at home, and lost road games by twenty points in the past couple weeks, so there was reason for concern. Em and I even thought about boycotting the Jazz to make a statement, but alas, we had planned for a few weeks to have a Cousin Jazz Night--me, Emily, our cousin Phaedra, and our cousin Karen, who has never been to a Jazz game!! We overlooked the fact that she is from Denver and sadly a McNuggets fan, because family is family. And we also wanted this totally awesome picture of us, all in our Jazz jerseys, to send to our Grandma.


The night of course started at Applebee's by the arena, where we've met numerous times before a game to eat and talk about the Jazz (Kyle Korver to be more exact, as Em and Phaedra are quite smitten with him!). We even had a surpirse guest at the table behind us as my mom showed up with a co-worker and the boss's unused lower-bowl seats!




We all commented how the arena (I still refuse to call it by it's new name; it will always be the Delta Center to me) felt different, had a better energy to it. We just knew they were going to win. We couldn't let our minds go to the if they lost place, so we thought good thoughts and gave them good energy...and they WON!! They were a completely different team, helped, I think, by the surprising start of Matt Harpring. He definitely needs to start tonight as they go against the Lakers, and when they start the playoffs. He's a 32-year-old "veteran", but plays with so much energy and toughness and determination that he is definitely a starter.

Super fun night, and hopefully Karen enjoyed her first Jazz game as much as we enjoyed the Jazz's first win in five games.