The Jazz 100 Club

This last weekend we were fortunate enough (many thanks to Kristi's Uncle Pat) to attend the Jazz game as part of the "100 Club". Being a part of the 100 club not only means that you get great seats to the game (row C on the floor) but you also get to go to the top of the arena to enjoy a well presented, all you can eat, incredibly delicious meal with other 100 clubbers and Larry Miller. Our friends Kipp and Chelsea (Kipp is the biggest Jazz fan I know) got to enjoy this night with us and here we all are outside of the dining room with filled bellies from the delicious food and desserts.  

The game was amazing. The Jazz played great and it was a very unique experience to be so close to the action. The players are so big and fast, they made the court seem very small. We were so close that we could not only hear what the players were saying to each other during the game but we could also interact with the players. At one point, during the game, C.J. Miles of the Jazz was walking towards our side of the floor and I said "Good job C.J., keep it up". He then looked at me and responded by saying "I'm not hitting my shots man". I was stunned that he actually heard me and responded so I then said back to him, "Don't worry bud, just keep shooting the ball". C.J. then went on to score the next 4 points for the Jazz and I like to think that it was my encouraging pep talk that made the difference. Here are some great pics from the game.

Here's a good pic that shows our wonderful seats.



Here's C.J. Miles before our little talk.

The great Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer.

Kristi had the camera for most of the night and for some reason there were a lot of pictures of Kyle Korver on our camera. Should I be worried?...I mean he is a better shooter than me.

Like I said before, the game was great but probably the highlight of the night was being able to see the special guest that attended the game. If you've looked at Kristi's previous blog then you already know that President Thomas S. Monson is a big Jazz fan and that he was in attendance at the game. When the game concluded it was amazing to see how many people stuck around just to see him and how everyone tried to get close to him to shake his hand. He was very nice and funny as he shook everyone's hand and struck up conversations with anyone and everyone. At one point, Carlos Boozer had to walk through everyone to do a postgame interview and nobody really cared that Boozer was walking by them, they were too consumed with trying to see the Prophet. Here is how close we got to him.



Kristi got to shake his hand, which was great because "shaking a prophet's hand" was on her list of Things To Do and I got to mark "chat with an NBA player during a game" off my list. Chelsea didn't exactly get to shake his hand but she did manage to rub his hand while he rested it on some woman's shoulder. All in all it was a great night. Thanks again Uncle Pat and Aunt Jen for the tickets and thanks Kipp and Chelsea for coming to the game with us.