Jazz Karma and the crazy hard to pronounce last name theory

So last night before USB 1.0(Nate, as opposed to 2.0-Doug, the better version.) was going to bed, he turned on the Jazz game right in time see Kobe bury a 3-pointer to tie the game with enough time for each team to have a possession. Was I surprised? Of course not. The Jazz hadn't won in Staples center in 17 trips! 17! They showed a clip of the last time we won...needless to say it involved Greg Ostertag. I knew how this was going to play out. A missed shot by the Jazz, Kobe winning it at the buzzer. Did I turn it off even though I knew it was going to end that way? Of course not. The Jazz have a way of always getting your hopes up. Anyway, what happened? Exactly what I predicted....wait....Gordon Hayward hit a free throw?....and Kobe fumbled the winning shot?....Does anyone else hear twilight zone music??? This morning as I read about it(this is what I love about sports: We'll watch a game. And the clips on Sports Center. And read every article we can find. Why? Who knows, we just do.) I realized something, the Karma has reversed and I attribute it all to Gordon Hayward. Not because he scored a career high 22 points. Not because he outplayed and out hustled Kobe, earning Kobe's affection(which might be a bad thing...definitely is a bad thing). It's because of what happened last year when he barely missed the winning shot in the NCAA championship. The basketball gods slipped up letting him miss that and letting Duke win. No one wants to see Duke win. They're like the Yankees. So now they are repaying him and it started last night. Our luck is finally looking good. Thank you Gordon! Goodbye bad karma, hello 2012 NBA Finals featuring finals MVP Gordon Hayward. GO JAZZ!

P.s. Best Friend of the Blog, Chris Loftus, asked USB's opinion on the hiring of Larry Krystkowiak. All I know is that he once played for the Jazz(thumbs up) and now coaches the Utes(double thumbs up). So that gives him 3 thumbs up, so he's good in our book. But seriously, I have a new theory based of Coach K of Duke. When a coach with a crazy hard to pronounce name gets hired, your team is guaranteed 900 wins and 4 national championships. So here's to decades of Ute dominance in basketball(and football) in the Pac-12. GO UTES!