Lauri Markkanen, Utah Jazz VP channel ‘Home Alone’s’ ‘Wet Bandits’

Homeowners beware, the Wet Bandits are back on the streets.

Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen and Eric Phillips, Utah State's vice president of health services, arrived at the Utah State game Tuesday night dressed as the fictional crime duo from the holiday series “Home Alone.”

The 7-foot-1 Markkanen adequately took on the role of the taller Marv Merchins, played by actor Daniel Stern, while Phillips dressed as Joe Pesci's Harry Lime. They each sported the signature look of characters who appeared in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.

Markkanen, who averaged 27.8 points for his career on Tuesday, and Phillips strolled together at Delta Center before the Jazz met with the team. Memphis Grizzlies.

The Wet Bandits got their nickname because Merchins' calling card was to leave water in every house he robbed. However, that nickname bit them at the end of the first film. When the police arrested The duo in the first film mentioned water flowing in houses, which linked the duo to numerous robberies.

The sequel follows Macaulay Culkin's character Kevin McCallister from Chicago to New York, where the two-man team has been renamed the Sticky Bandits in Merchins' honor. used double-sided tape to steal money from the bucket.