It’s a defense that the Jazz have faced before this season, but it’s been an effective one for many of the Jazz’s opponents. Rather than chasing the Jazz around screens, the Bulls just went under everything.
That strategy essentially entirely explains a lot of the statistical quirks from today’s game:
- It’s why the Jazz took over half of their shots from 3-point distance, 45 of their 88 overall field goals came from deep.
- It’s why Donovan Mitchell took 13 threes and Joe Ingles took 10.
- It’s why even Kyle Korver got open threes, eight of them in fact.