Utah is one of those cities similar to Denver. I feel like playing at that elevation gives them a distinct advantage during the regular season. You get teams playing back to backs while playing that high and they are completely gassed. I feel like a bit of their advantage goes out the window when teams play there 3 times and at home a few times with big breaks in between. That being said, their defense has been legit for years, their role players fit well, and they have a big defensive center (who is only exposed some times, which is great for today's NBA) and they have a scorer who can go off. A threat to anyone not named Lakers in the WCF (rigged will be in full effect for Bron and Lakes).