Jazz extend red-hot stretch with dominant two-way play against 76ers in Philadelphia

Nick Metallinos

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The Utah Jazz are firing on all cylinders at the moment, extending their winning streak to six after beating the 76ers in Philadelphia on Thursday night. 

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The Jazz have not lost since Nov. 26, when a one-point loss to the Pelicans in New Orleans may have given their season the jumpstart that it needed. They've won out since then, including a revenge win against New Orleans the very next evening, and have now won ten of their last twelve games. 

“We’re just not playing well,” Donovan Mitchell said after the initial loss to the Pelicans. “I’m not playing well, we’re just not — it doesn’t look good. I mean, y’all see, it doesn’t look good and it doesn’t feel good.”

Since then, Mitchell has been on a tear, scoring 36, 35, 34, and 30 points in the leadup to the game against Philadelphia. He ended the night against the Sixers with 22 points and 6 assists. 

Of the team's seven losses this season, two have come at the hands of the Heat, the rest against Orlando, Indiana, Memphis and New Orleans. 

During this current six-game winning streak, the Jazz have the best offensive rating in the league at 128.6. In this same stretch, Utah are enjoying the spoils of the second-best net rating in the league (17.8), behind only the Memphis Grizzlies.  

Against Philadelphia, an opponent that had won three straight coming into the game, with a rampant Joel Embiid to contend with, the Jazz played probably their best game of the season.

The offensive execution was good, and they got good contributions right across the board. Hassan Whiteside, in just his second game back from injury, had 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Rudy Gobert had 17 points and 21 rebounds. 

The Jazz has one more game on the road against Washington, followed by home games against the Clippers and the Spurs. 

Nick Metallinos

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Nick has been working exclusively within the NBA world for over a decade. He hosted 46 episodes of Ball or Nothin' - a show screened on ESPN highlighting the social media aspects of the NBA. Nick has covered 3 NBA Finals, 5 NBA All-Star weekends, 8 NBA drafts, 5 Jordan Brand Classics plus dozens of playoff games and hundreds of regular season games. 
Nick spends his spare time trying to decide which sneakers best match his outfit.