Jazz 2017/18 Playoff Bus! All Aboard!

[MDAV28]

I bought tickets for this game forever ago when we seemed lotto bound because there's a giveaway that night of cheap headphones. Tickets on sixth row in upper bowl were like 24 bucks. The price has gone up considerably since then.

I also bought tickets when SeatGeek was doing that $30 off all-star promo thing. I think I paid $1.

 

[elan_prodigy]

Might as well see it through! Spend a few minutes before a game thinking through how you'll handle a loss. (There are more games to come; we aren't eliminated until we're eliminated; we still control our own destiny; it'll feel all the more amazing when we make the playoffs, etc.) Positive mental exercises. It's cheesy but it helps a bit. Also, have something in the hopper you can turn to in case a game goes south. A new album from a band you like. A show you've been waiting to see. Etc. Fan psychology.

Mentally preparing to lose... thats new. Ive never tried but not sure I can get onboard. Sports are all about the lows and the highs after all, kinda sounds like the sporting equivalent of xanax.

 

[LifeOnaPlate]

Mentally preparing to lose... thats new. Ive never tried but not sure I can get onboard. Sports are all about the lows and the highs after all, kinda sounds like the sporting equivalent of xanax.

It's not all I do. I hope for the win, and more recently I even naturally expect a win. But expecting the win leads to a feeling of entitlement that makes a loss feel even worse for me. I don't want my fandom to overly negatively impact playing with my kids or spending time with my wife. So while I'm up for a game I also take a minute to go through the scenarios. "Ok, if we do lose tonight, we'll be at 33 losses, we'll still be X games ahead of ____ and X wins away from ____. There's still time." Then, if things are looking dour, I go back to that thought of "well, this won't eliminate us," or "this makes the upcoming Wolves game even more interesting." I still get pretty bummed out after a loss, like last night, but I don't snap at my kids or act cold at home just because of sports.

 

[elan_prodigy]

It's not all I do. I hope for the win, and more recently I even naturally expect a win. But expecting the win leads to a feeling of entitlement that makes a loss feel even worse for me. I don't want my fandom to overly negatively impact playing with my kids or spending time with my wife. So while I'm up for a game I also take a minute to go through the scenarios. "Ok, if we do lose tonight, we'll be at 33 losses, we'll still be X games ahead of ____ and X wins away from ____. There's still time." Then, if things are looking dour, I go back to that thought of "well, this won't eliminate us," or "this makes the upcoming Wolves game even more interesting."

#Perspective

Fair call. Tbh the second I have a thought or read a comment along the lines of expecting to win I have alarm bells go off in my head and then I just hold on. Feels like 98% the time it results in a L.

The only counter measure I found was to bet against the result I wanted. ie live bet when Jazz were up by 10, Celtics would have paid 10/1.

 

[Spinoza]

Anyways, what do y'all think about Exum?

 

[Spinoza]

I'm not really in the mood to follow any games after last night's loss. I think I'll take a couple of days off and check out the situation over the weekend.

How can you ignore the Thunder/Spurs game tonight? It's yuuge.

 

[yamers]

thunder should win. No LMA tonight for the spurs.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The first game of the year, versus the Nuggets, sort of exemplifies the season as a whole. We started off ok, then it was really bad, then we came back in a big way and won. (Only difference is it was Burks off the bench who saved that game.) I was there. I was also there when we beat the Bulls in triple overtime in days of yore. I've seen hard losses, I've seen amazing wins. I'll be wearing the lucky socks, so all will be well.

I’ve only seen wins this year... I live near Sacramento though. I will go to every game for good luck if you guys want to set up a gofundme

 

[infection]

I’ve only seen wins this year... I live near Sacramento though. I will go to every game for good luck if you guys want to set up a gofundme

I’ll parlay the money people volunteered to contribute to game threads into a HH game fund. Just make sure it goes to the right HH.

 

[Miggs]

I'm not really in the mood to follow any games after last night's loss. I think I'll take a couple of days off and check out the situation over the weekend.

Totally agree. We’re sort of at the paralysis by analysis point and I don’t see any sense at looking at all 2,071 scenarios that could unfold over the next two weeks.

 

[Miggs]

I’m not gonna look at the standings but l’ll look to see who is winning or losing.

 

[RJF]

My hope is that the Jazz are going through one of their sputtering phases that they've done this year and over the next few games will figure it out and go on another dominant run that coincides conveniently with the playoffs.

This.