Maxey scored three straight baskets, including back-to-back 3-pointers, to punctuate the spurt that gave Philadelphia a 22-9 lead midway through the first quarter. Philadelphia shot 65% from the field over the first 12 minutes after making 14 of its first 19 shots and scored a season-high 41 points in the first quarter.Ĭlarkson cut the deficit to two on a jumper before the 76ers answered with a 13-2 run to break open the game. Lauri Markkanen was sidelined with a left hip contusion and the Jazz struggled early to fill the void left without their leading scorer. "I think our team showed a lot of fight again, as we always do, executed some things really, really well as the game went on," Jazz coach Will Hardy said. Clarkson missed a 3-pointer on Utah's final possession. Harden and Clarkson subsequently traded go-ahead buckets before Embiid's jumper put Philadelphia ahead for good. We fight, we scrap."Īfter trailing by double digits for much of the game, Utah took its first lead at 115-114 on Kessler's tip-in basket with 33 seconds left. "We have been in close games the whole year. "We ain't scared of the moment, I can tell you that," Clarkson said. Mike Conley added 14 points and eight assists, while Walker Kessler finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds.Ĭlarkson scored 17 in the fourth, helping fuel a late rally. Talen Horton-Tucker chipped in a season-high 20 points off the bench. Jordan Clarkson had 38 points and nine rebounds for Utah. There was an opportunity to take advantage of it and I did." He accounted for 16 straight points for the 76ers over 3 1/2 minutes to keep the Jazz from going ahead until late in the fourth quarter. The fourth quarter belonged to Harden, who had 18 points and made six baskets during that stretch. Tyrese Maxey scored 21 points and Shake Milton added 17. James Harden had 31 points and 11 assists to lead Philadelphia. "I made a tough shot but it shouldn't have come to that after we were up by so much," said Embiid, who finished 30 points and seven rebounds. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Joel Embiid made a jumper with 5.7 seconds left to lift the Philadelphia 76ers to a 118-117 victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night.
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