{"id":631173,"date":"2026-03-04T08:22:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/631173\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:22:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:22:25","slug":"utah-takes-on-philadelphia-on-6-game-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/631173\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah takes on Philadelphia on 6-game skid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Utah Jazz<\/a> (18-43, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> (33-28, sixth in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Philadelphia; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: 76ers -9.5; over\/under is 241.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Utah heads into the matchup against Philadelphia as losers of six straight games.<\/p>\n

The 76ers are 16-16 on their home court. Philadelphia has a 14-21 record against opponents above .500.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are 7-22 on the road. Utah ranks third in the Western Conference scoring 52.1 points per game in the paint led by Lauri Markkanen<\/a> averaging 11.7.<\/p>\n

The 76ers score 116.0 points per game, 9.8 fewer points than the 125.8 the Jazz allow. The Jazz average 12.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.3 fewer makes per game than the 76ers allow.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Tyrese Maxey<\/a> is averaging 29 points, 6.7 assists and two steals for the 76ers. VJ Edgecombe<\/a> is averaging 15.9 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Isaiah Collier<\/a> is scoring 11.0 points per game and averaging 2.5 rebounds for the Jazz. Brice Sensabaugh<\/a> is averaging 15.6 points and 3.4 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: 76ers: 4-6, averaging 111.7 points, 42.3 rebounds, 22.0 assists, 10.2 steals and 5.4 blocks per game while shooting 44.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 120.3 points per game.<\/p>\n

Jazz: 2-8, averaging 115.8 points, 44.6 rebounds, 26.7 assists, 11.3 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 120.0 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: 76ers: Johni Broome<\/a>: out (knee), Joel Embiid<\/a>: out (oblique), VJ Edgecombe: day to day (back), Kelly Oubre<\/a> Jr.: day to day (illness).<\/p>\n

Jazz: Lauri Markkanen: out (ankle), Vince Williams<\/a> Jr.: out for season (acl), Walker Kessler: out for season (shoulder), Jusuf Nurkic: out for season (nose), Jaren Jackson<\/a> Jr.: out for season (knee).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Utah Jazz (18-43, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (33-28, sixth in the Eastern Conference) Philadelphia;…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,215373,255655,145016,24817,36688,43654,109867,3526,37352,1448,2830,1311,3123,36689,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,3132,223572,41713],"class_list":["post-631173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-america","tag-brice-sensabaugh","tag-event_preview","tag-isaiah-collier","tag-jaren-jackson-jr","tag-joel-embiid","tag-johni-broome","tag-kelly-oubre-jr","tag-lauri-markkanen","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-tyrese-maxey","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-utah-jazz","tag-vince-williams-jr","tag-vj-edgecombe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116169942667119302","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}