Playing Jazz

The Jazz just started their 4 game east coast trip. Last night they played the Miami Heat. As all sport fans know the Heat are the team to beat. With Bosh and Lebron and D. Wade any team that beats them has the privilege to boast. At half time the Jazz were looking poor. At one time they were down by 22! In the third quarter. They stepped it up. They cut the lead and in the 4th they took a lead of 2 points going down the stretch. Then the game turned upside down and the Heat were back up by 8. The fouling began. Then Millsap began. In his NBA career he has recorded 2 three pointers. In the final thirty seconds of the 4th quarter Millsap hit 3 three-pointers and hit the game tying shot with no time left to send it into over time. His 11 points in under thirty seconds is hard to come by. At the end of the game Elson, a pick up in the offseason, hit two game winning free throws to top the Heat. After the game Millsap comments, "I knew I could play. Everyone knew I could play,'' he said. "It was just a matter of getting the chance to do it all the time.'' 


This evening my brother Travis, huge jazz fan, stopped in from Salt Lake. He greeted me and left quickly. Later on I walk in my room to find a note, on my pillow, with Travis's unmistakable handwriting. "Be a warrior like Millsap," It read. I think this will be my mission's motto.