Ask any long-time Utah Jazz fan what some of the greatest memories of their fandom are, and they’ll all undoubtedly mention something about the back-to-back NBA Finals squads in 1997 and 1998. While, unfortunately, the Jazz fell short of the ultimate prize on both occasions, falling to Michael Jordan and the prolific Chicago Bulls, those seasons and playoffs were still certainly full of momentous occasions.
One of which that isn’t heralded nearly as often as it perhaps should be was Utah’s performance in the 1998 Western Conference Finals in which the Utah Jazz swept the Los Angeles Lakers to advance to the NBA Finals.