{"id":129180,"date":"2026-03-04T08:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/129180\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:38:07","slug":"utah-takes-on-philadelphia-on-6-game-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/129180\/","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":2,"featured_media":78224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[60084,56878,60087,60086,5955,54924,23936,60083,14498,69,1002,71,70,12920,50330,60085,10795],"class_list":{"0":"post-129180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-brice-sensabaugh","9":"tag-event_preview","10":"tag-isaiah-collier","11":"tag-jaren-jackson-jr","12":"tag-joel-embiid","13":"tag-johni-broome","14":"tag-kelly-oubre-jr","15":"tag-lauri-markkanen","16":"tag-national-basketball-association","17":"tag-philadelphia","18":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","19":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","20":"tag-philadelphia-news","21":"tag-tyrese-maxey","22":"tag-utah-jazz","23":"tag-vince-williams-jr","24":"tag-vj-edgecombe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}