Is an alleged jinx on the city of Salt Lake City and the state of Utah, that their Pro, college and Minor sports teams have a sports hex in being unable to win a major championship, or only reaching second place as it's climax. Many believe it has been strongly with the NBA Utah Jazz since the early 1990's, where the Jazz lack success in the NBA Playoffs, despite posing winning seasons. While others feel that the jinx started in 1997-98, with the Jazz finally making the NBA Finals, but losing back-to-back to the Chicago Bulls. With each series with some of Micheal Jordan's most known clutch plays, against the Jazz. With his buzzer beater in Game one and his Flu game in game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals. And then his final shot as a Bull in Game 6 to win the Bulls sixth title in 1998. Where many Utah fan's believe the so called, "Push-off theory" where it seemed Jordan pushed off Utah's Bryon Russell to get open for that emotional clutch shot, and having no foul called. Along with two Controversial calls by NBA Ref Dick Bavetta.
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