Quentin Grimes scored 25 factors and the Philadelphia 76ers acquired an enormous effort from their reserves in a 126-122 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Sunday.
Whereas Grimes scored extra factors than the opposite 4 starters mixed, the Sixers’ bench poured in 78 factors, led by Lonnie Walker IV (25), Jared Butler (15) and Adem Bona (14). Bona added 14 rebounds and Walker had 11.
Kyle Filipowski tied his profession excessive with 25 factors, however Utah nonetheless misplaced its twelfth consecutive street recreation. Keyonte George additionally had 25 factors for the Jazz, whereas Isaiah Collier chipped in 13 factors and 10 assists.
Philadelphia performed with out Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey, amongst others. Utah took the courtroom minus key gamers comparable to Lauri Markkanen, John Collins and Jordan Clarkson.
Utah trailed by 18 to start the fourth quarter and by 22 with 8 1/2 minutes left earlier than making a livid push.
George and Brice Sensabaugh every made two 3-pointers to get the deficit all the way down to 110-100 earlier than Sensabaugh made one other to get the Jazz inside 110-104 with beneath 5 minutes remaining.
The deficit was nonetheless six when Filipowski made his first of two 3-pointers within the recreation’s remaining 10 seconds. Nonetheless, Philadelphia made sufficient free throws (and survived a key replay evaluation) to outlive down the stretch.
Filipowski scored 12 factors as Utah led 32-27 after one interval. The guests led by as many as 16 factors earlier than the Sixers scored the ultimate 11 factors of the quarter.
Philadelphia’s surge continued into the second quarter, because the hosts opened the interval on an 8-2 run and went on to dominate the interval en path to a 65-58 lead on the break.
The Jazz obtained inside 76-72 early within the third quarter earlier than the Sixers put collectively an 18-6 run that began with a 3-pointer by Grimes. Butler drained back-to-back 3-pointers later within the surge earlier than Walker’s layup made it 94-78.
–Subject Stage Media