Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert make the Utah Jazz such a good defensive team when they are on the floor together. Both are good rim-protectors, and both are unique for big men in their ability to cover ground on the perimeter.
Having them on the floor in tandem allows the Jazz to almost always have a shot-blocking threat at the basket, a luxury few teams around the NBA can afford. Quin Snyder was also able to stagger his rotations to where either Gobert or Favors were on the floor at almost al...
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