The Utah Jazz | as seen by Basketball John

[At this rate, Danielle will have a pic of every Jazz player by then end of the playoffs.]

So, last night for Jac’s B-day we went to the CPK at the Gateway. And then we went to the movie theatre there and saw 21. It was pretty good, except for the lady that let her little kid run around the movie theatre with the light up shoes. Seriously people, don’t take your baby to a movie and certainly don’t let them walk around.

And then we were going down the escalator, it’s around 10 pm and there’s hardly anyone around. I see these 2 really tall guys walking out of CPK and headed in our direction. I takes me all of 3 seconds to realize that it’s Morris Almond, who recently just called up to the Jazz from the D-league. So I tell Jac, Madison and Camille and they’re like you should ask him to take a picture. I was like no, I don’t want to bug him. But, they were like you’ll regret it if you don’t. So, I was like “Hi, I don’t want to bug you or anything, but is it ok if I get a picture?” He was like, “We’re nobody special, but yeah I’ll take a picture.” To which I responded “Yeah right, I saw you knock down that 3 the other night!” He was so humble and sweet and really down to earth. He was so nice and took a pic with me. He just kept saying he wasn’t anyone special and I said thanks, and that he was great.

So, he definitely was really nice. I hope that the Jazz keep him around for awhile, because I think he is going to develop into a fantastic player. (If Jerry would let him off the bench more often.) So, thanks a lot Morris or Mo? Idk what to call him. You totally made my night.

He was soooo tall. And please disregard the fact that it was late and I had just come out of a movie theatre and look like a bum.

[UPDATE]:  ESPN still hasn’t marked the Jazz as clinching a playoff spot yet.  NBA.com has though.

The Jazz are back in the playoffs.  WIth the Warriors losing to NO today, the Jazz are now 5 games ahead of them with just 5 games left and own the tie-breakers.

The Jazz are looking like they’re going to be the fourth seed.  They still are 1/2 game back of the Suns and Rockets for home-court advantage.  And they’re still 1 1/2 games behind the Lakers and Spurs.  But barring a collapse by either of those teams, the Jazz aren’t likely to move up.

But being the fourth seed does have the potential of a second round matchup against either NO or (GS/Denver).  I like our chances if we make it that far.

Up next, clinching our second consecutive NW Division title.  But more importantly, we need home-court in the first round.

Who you’re cheering for today; DAL over PHX, POR over SA, Kings over Lakers, SEA over Denver, and the Clippers over Houston.