Every Jazz fan has a version of the story. June 14, 1998, Game 6 of the NBA Finals, the Delta Center. Utah is up one with under a minute to go. Michael Jordan strips Karl Malone in the post, brings it up the floor, and gets to his spot on the right wing. Bryon Russell bites, ends up on the floor, and the shot goes in.
No whistle. Chicago wins. We've been talking about it ever since.
Nearly 22 years later, in May 2020, Sports Illustrated was still asking on Instagram: "Did MJ push off?" Nobody keeps asking about a play that's settled, though around here the answer has been yes since 1998.
So why name a blog after it?
Because being a Jazz fan means you root hard and you remember everything. This site is where we do both.
What we'll cover
- Game recaps that go past the box score
- Roster and trade analysis, including the salary-cap math
- Draft coverage, from prospect watch lists to development updates
- Jazz history: Stockton and Malone, Sloan, the Delta Center years, and everything since
"He pushed off." — every Jazz fan, every June since 1998
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