Utah held opponents to fewer than 90 points 27 times this season, the most in the NBA.

[yamers]

https://espn.go.com/blog/nba/post/_/id/2272/jazz-by-the-numbers-utah-first-in-points-allowed

The Utah Jazz finished the 2014-15 season first in opponent points allowed with 94.9 per game. The Jazz also led the league in opponent points allowed after the All-Star break at 89.0 per game. Utah held opponents to fewer than 90 points 27 times this season, the most in the NBA.

Utah held seven opponents to fewer than 80 points, which is also the most in the NBA (per Elias Sports Bureau). The Jazz finished with a 19-10 (.655) record after the All-Star break, the sixth-best win percentage in the NBA in that span.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Biggest reason for that is they played at the slowest pace in the league.

 

[yamers]

Biggest reason for that is they played at the slowest pace in the league.

thats true.

but can't argue that they have improved greatly over the course of the season.

 

[nightmare3983]

Biggest reason for that is they played at the slowest pace in the league.

I definitely agree, although the post-All-Star-break defensive rating at least shows that excellent defense contributed as well.

 

[Zulu]

Where did we end up defensively in the NBA, with two weeks left in the season we were at 13th.

 

[framer]

Biggest reason for that is they played at the slowest pace in the league.

Not giving up easy shots by playing positional defense leads to a slow pace along with looking for extra passes on offense. Slow pace isn't a bad thing.

 

[nightmare3983]

Where did we end up defensively in the NBA, with two weeks left in the season we were at 13th.

That's where they ended up.

https://stats.nba.com/league/team/#...r=-1&Season=2014-15&SeasonType=Regular Season

 

[NAOS]

Biggest reason for that is they played at the slowest pace in the league.

Kind of a lazy argument. Did the jazz play with a slow pace? Yes. Was that slowness a variable in number of points we allowed? Yes. Was it the "biggest reason"? Well, that requires more argumentation.

 

[Crawlnstall]

Although the Jazz played at a slow pace they still played great defense. Pretty sure I read somewhere that the Jazz had the best points per possession post all star break

 

[spycam1]

Biggest reason for that is they played at the slowest pace in the league.

Biggest reason is Rudy Gobert.

 

[RandyForRubio]

Biggest reason is Rudy Gobert.

Literally.

 

[Park Bites]

Now the Jazz just need a dynamic scorer and we are set.