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Defense is key for this team
As some of you may have seen, in my power ratings, the Jazz are 8th in the NBA with an offensive rating of 111.7 (3rd best behind Dallas and Boston), but their defensive rating is AWFUL, with a rating of 56.0.
Just looking through the offensive statistics, it's crazy what this team's offense can be. Boozer and Williams with 20/10, both shooting over 50% from the field, Deron almost 50% from 3. Brewer shooting in the high 50's, Kirilenko with almost 2.5 blocks per game, with great point, rebound and assist numbers, the team averaging 50% from the floor through 7 games, 111 PPG (top in the NBA)... this squad has shown that they can score on anybody and can do so with tremendous efficiency.
The biggest GLARING weakness is defense. Our perimeter defense and help defense is decent by all accounts. But our interior defense is really lacking, and really needs to be improved drastically for this team to win.
And I'll say it now, if this team picks up all of it's deficiencies on the defensive end, they are a title contender. Hopefully they understand that, too.
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