The Utah Jazz have begun the season 2-0 but not on the back of their offense, rather their defense. The Jazz locked up the Oklahoma City Thunder and Sacramento Kings to the tune of a 92.6 defensive rating per Cleaning the Glass.
Thus far Utah’s shot making hasn’t accompanied them for the beginning of the season. Last year the Jazz had a league best 0.597 TS%, #1 in the NBA. This year the Jazz are lagging at just 0.549, just #18 in the NBA.
Our natural tendency is to assume better days ahead.