SALT LAKE CITY — In Portland and New Orleans, Oklahoma City and Memphis, they’re cheering for the Milwaukee Bucks. In Salt Lake City, fans have a case of low-grade Bucks fever.
At least that’s how it should be happening.
Locked into a tight conference championship series, this year’s winningest team carries the dreams of the Jazz. Milwaukee hasn’t been this popular since “Happy Days.”
A Wisconsin writer once told me during the NBA playoffs that he liked Salt Lake; it reminded him of his own city, i.e. low-key and friendly, but a place coastal elitists disparaged and NBA players avoided.