After last season’s All-Star break and the subsequent departure of Enes Kanter, something incredible started to happen to our boys in blue. The Utah Jazz defense transformed into a defensive boa constrictor that slowly choked out their opponents en route to victory after victory.
A lot of this can be attributed to the addition of Rudy Gobert into the starting lineup, but that’s not the entire picture. The Jazz were a mix of length and limbs that were locking down teams left and right.
The result was a 19-10 post All-Star break record and the league’s best defensive rating.