The Jazz have changed the way fans pay for playoff tickets, writes Michael C. Lewis.

"Faced with the prospect of annoying some of their best customers, the Jazz have changed the way they charge season-ticket holders for tickets to the upcoming NBA playoffs. Now, fans won't have to pay for games that won't be played.
   
Jay Francis, the team's senior vice president for marketing, acknowledges "some concern" about continuing the old practice of charging season-ticket holders up front for all 15 potential home playoff games -- especially in a season when the Jazz are not expected to go far in the playoffs and cannot possibly play 15 home games, because they will not have home-court advantage.
   
So the team decided to bill its season-ticket holders, based on the number of playoff games the Jazz actually play at the Delta Center.
   
"It has been well-received," Francis says."