The Utah Jazz are one of the best teams in the league defensively, whether it is during the Stockton and Postman Malone era, or the Deron Williams, Boozer and AK47 Kirilenko, their defensive ability is in the upper echelons of the league.

This season's Jazz, the defensive level is more prominent, and the interior line, known as "French Wu Yanzu", Rudy Gobert, has a pair of long arms covering the sky and the sun, which is simply a natural interior barrier in the team.

Coupled with head coach Quin Schneider's emphasis on the entire team's defense for several seasons in a row, the current Jazz are now harvesting.

The data so far in the season is enough to explain all this, the Utah Jazz season so far, five wins and four losses, although the winning rate is average, but they have exhausted their opponents in every game, and it is impossible to take away the victory without shedding the skin.

They even played four games in a row and limited their opponents' scores to less than 90 points!

You must know that this season's NBA has long advocated speeding up, and the two teams are embarrassed to say that they are participants in this season if they don't score more than 100 points against each other.

It was in this environment that the Utah Jazz played old-school basketball and relied on defense to assert their existence!

"Oh, oh, oh! The visitors to Salt Lake City will not slack off, and they will let the home team know what the league's toughest shield is! ”

At the Amway Arena in Orlando, the commentator from ABC TV on the sidelines is clearly a fan of old-school basketball and has a lot of praise for iron-clad defense.

His other partner also praised the Jazz's defense, and he brought the conversation back to the Magic playing at home today: "But what we need to know is that Orlando at home today is not something to mess with. ”

"So far this season, they have ranked among the top in the league in points per game, and they are not weak at all just looking at the offense!" As the commentator spoke, he shifted his perspective to Wu Rui, who was warming up and shooting on the sidelines: "Not only that, but in recent days, almost all basketball circles in the United States have been talking about the second-round pick selected by the Orlando Magic in this year's draft. ”

"Michael Wu will be the biggest attraction outside of today's paradoxical showdown!" As he spoke, he flipped through the stats at hand: "But I'm sorry, Michael's performance so far this season has not been great, and his performance can even be described as miserable except for the bright frontcourt rebounds." ”

"Bang!"

At this moment, Wu Rui, who was on the sidelines, shot several consecutive shots and missed slightly, and was also seen by the commentator.

"Looking at Michael's poor performance in the pre-match warm-up, it's hard to imagine what direction this promising young man will go in with so much pressure from public opinion."

"Whether it's sinking or turning over, to be honest, I'm looking forward to it."

As the commentator spoke, the game between the Utah Jazz and the Orlando Magic was about to begin, and the starters of both sides took to the court one after another.

On the Magic side, there is no change, after all, the season has just begun, and Vogel feels that there is no need to change the lineup for the time being, even if they have swallowed two consecutive defeats.

On the other side, the Jazz also did not change their starters, and on the guard line are Dante Exum and Rodney Hood, the two post-90s players are still quite young, but their defensive ability is already very good.

At the small forward position, it is the thunderous Gordon Hayward, the all-star forward who loves to play League of Legends, has ushered in a small improvement this season, his projection stability has improved a lot, and it is clear that the summer of Gao Fu Shuai is not only about beauty and games, but also basketball.

The combination of the Jazz's interior line is also the weapon that their defensive system relies on to survive - Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert!

"Michael, how are you today?"

Watching the players on both sides question each other, the center forwards on both sides gathered in the center circle, and on the bench of the Magic, Bismarck Biyombo rubbed Wu Rui next to him with his shoulder: "When you were warming up, you seemed to be nervous?" ”

Since Coach Vogel comforted him, Wu Rui has tried many shooting drills in a row, but the results were unsatisfactory, and in the eyes of Biyombo, his little brother was too nervous.

"I'm fine, Bismarck." Others may think that Wu Rui is nervous, but as a party concerned, he knows in his heart that it is not nervous at all, that is his true level, smiling slightly, Wu Rui responded: "Believe me, those things on the Internet have no effect on me at all." ”

"That's good." Seeing that Wu Rui could still laugh, Biyongbo was also a lot more relieved, and then he pointed to Wu Rui at the Jazz center who was about to jump the ball on the court: "See that monster Rudy Gobert?" ”

"Having him under the basket was a nightmare for us!" Biyombo said, and pretended to be serious: "Michael, this guy is here, you must not dunk casually." ”

"That will only give him more chances of a block!"

"Oh, really?" While listening to Biyombo's exaggerated tone, Wu Rui watched Gobert jump up easily, put the basketball into the hands of his point guard, and his eyes fell on Gobert, who was 2.16 meters long: "Seriously, I really want to try the feeling of dunking on his head!" ”

"Come on, Michael, this can only be enjoyed on the lips."

Wu Rui's words sounded like a joke in Biyombo, and he didn't think Wu Rui really dared to dunk on Gobert's head.

Although Wu Rui's bouncing ability is very good, and he can even dunk with both hands one step before completing the free throw line, but that is Rudy Gobert! A block monster that has averaged more than 2.2 blocks per game for three consecutive seasons!

Biyombo felt that even LeBron James would not dare to act rashly when facing Gobert!

Of course, Gobert's strength is not only reflected in the defensive end, but also on the offensive end, the seven-foot-long man also has a very strong offensive ability.

Jazz vacant Exum dribbled forward, and after halftime, Gobert, who had won the jump ball, was directly in a good position under the basket, and then, Exum passed the ball to the momentum, and France's Wu Yanzu took the ball steadily, resisted Vucevich, and directly strengthened.

Vucevic was already strong in attack and weak in defense, coupled with the fact that he was completely crushed by the opponent in terms of height and arm span, this ball was beaten without temper, and Gobert easily won two points away from home!

Perhaps intimidated by Gobert's amazing arm span, the magic who returned to the offensive end actually made a passing error, and Sergi Ibaka passed the ball directly to the audience, making the commentators on the sidelines shake their heads helplessly.

Switching offense and defense, the Jazz once again organized offense around Gobert, who had a dominant interior line, but this time it was Gordon Hayward's turn to make the final decision.

Catch, Stand, Shoot, Hit!

Hayward's whole process was smooth, and the Jazz, who are good at defense, temporarily led 4:0 on the road!