The expletive moment pieces are hilarious. And John, good for you for giving an honest answer. We probably need homecourt advantage to make it to the finals. Although I think we could win 1 series on the road if we had to, but not 2. For instance, I don’t think we can beat LA or SA on the road and I wouldn’t want to press our luck against Houston on the road again.

But let’s say we get the #3 seed and LA is #1, NO is #2, and Houston/SA is #4 and #5. I could see a scenario where we beat NO on the road in the second round and LA loses to either Houston or SA in the 2nd round and then we would have homecourt in the finals while winning one road series.

Or If we get the 2 seed, I could see us winning the Conference finals on the road at NO or possible at LA. I honestly think we would play the Lakers as well as anyone this year and I think SA, Houston or NO have a good shot at beating them in the playoffs too, because they have perimeter stoppers. If there is one thing the Jazz have done well in the playoffs the last two years, it is learning from their experiences and if we get the LAkers again, I think we will play them much better.