Gerald Herbert, AP
Utah Jazz guard Rodney Hood (5) shoots a 3-point shot at the buzzer to end the first half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
NEW ORLEANS — Before the tipoff in New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center, Utah Jazz guard Rodney Hood had to spot his team of supporters.
There were mom and dad, Ricky and Vicky, in the stands as well as some family and his best friend, Tevin Culpepper dressed in Hood’s No. 5 Jazz uniform.
“That’s everything for me,” said Hood, a native of Meridian, Mississippi.