Ernie Hewlett stared solemnly ahead as he held two signs of appreciation within a few feet of the Utah Jazz's bench. The buzzer had sounded on the home team's playoff loss Monday night to Sacramento, signaling time had run out on his team, and perhaps an era.

The longtime Jazz fan feared he had watched Karl Malone and John Stockton play their final home game together.

One of Hewlett's signs read: "Ageless. Priceless."