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Looking back: How John Stockton sent the Utah Jazz to first NBA Finals ... and this sports writer to a barstool in Chicago

Editor’s note: This is the third article in an occasional series reminiscing about games not to be forgotten.

SALT LAKE CITY — My first trip to Chicago was a bit of a whirlwind. It was May 29, 1997 — a day Utah Jazz fans remember well. That was the night John Stockton sent the Utah Jazz to its first NBA Finals with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. It gave the Jazz a 103-100 victory over the Houston Rockets in Game 6 and set up a winner-takes-all series with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.