When Utah returned to its winning ways on Tuesday with a massive victory over Philadelphia, one of the primary reasons was the battle of the rebounds.
The Jazz thoroughly handled the short-handed 76ers on the glass, out-rebounding them 56-42. But the bigger story was Utah limiting Philadelphia to just six offensive rebounds, nearly four less than the 76ers average on the season.
"Our defense, everything started with our defense," Bojan Bogdanovic said following the 120-85 victory. "Finally we controlled the boards, and it was easy for us to play off our defense and in transition. Everything started with our defense.