"Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen and Erik Phillips, Utah's vice president of performance healthcare, arrived at Utah's game Tuesday night dressed as the fictional criminal duo from the "Home Alone" holiday movie series. The 7-foot-1 Markkanen appropriately took the role of the taller Marv Murchins, who was played by actor Daniel Stern, while Phillips dressed as Joe Pesci's Harry Lyme. Each of them wore the trademark look of the characters, who appeared in "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2: Lost In New York.""
"Markkanen, averaging a career-high 27.8 points heading into Tuesday, and Phillips strolled into Delta Center together as the Jazz faced the Memphis Grizzlies. The "Wet Bandits" got their nickname because it was Murchins' calling card to leave the water running at every house they robbed. However, the nickname came to bite them at the end of the first film. When police arrested the duo in the first film, they referenced the water running at houses, tying the duo to multiple robberies."
Lauri Markkanen and Erik Phillips dressed as the Wet Bandits from the Home Alone films during a Utah Jazz game at the Delta Center. Markkanen portrayed Marv Murchins and Phillips portrayed Harry Lyme, each wearing the characters' trademark looks from Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost In New York. Markkanen was averaging a career-high 27.8 points heading into the game. The Wet Bandits nickname referred to Marv's habit of leaving water running at robbed houses, a clue that ultimately led police to arrest the duo. In the sequel the pair rebranded as the Sticky Bandits after using double-sided tape to steal money.
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