Mitchell lifts Jazz; Simmons hurts shoulder
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Donovan Mitchell scored 24 points as the Utah Jazz slipped past Philadelphia 106104 Wednesday on an evening when 76ers guard Ben Simmons suffered a shoulder injury.
Mitchell also had eight assists while Bojan Bogdanovic finished with 20 points and six rebounds and Joe Ingles came off the bench to score a season high 16 points for the Jazz, who ended a two game losing skid.
''I was just trying to find ways to get my teammates involved and make it easier on myself,'' Mitchell said. ''We had more urgency. We lost two games because of offensive rebounds so we practised hard and it showed tonight.''
Mike Conley scored 15 points while Rudy Gobert delivered 14 points and 16 rebounds in the win.
Simmons had just two points in 10 minutes before leaving with 5:20 left in the second quarter with right shoulder injury. Simmons reportedly has a sprained AC joint and will be examined by team doctors on Thursday.
The game marked the return of Sixer Joel Embiid who served a twogame ban for an aggressive wrestling match with Minnesota's KarlAnthony Towns on October 30.
Embiid finished with 27 points and 16 rebounds but was just five of 16 from the field as Philadelphia lost its second straight game. Josh Richardson scored 24 points, Tobias Harris added 16 and Raul Neto had 11 for the 76ers.
Elsewhere, the Houston Rockets rolled over the injury-riddled Golden State Warriors 129-112, sending last season's NBA finalists to their sixth defeat in their past eight games.
Dallas 107, Orlando 106 Atlanta 93, Chicago 113 Toronto 124, Sacramento 120 LA Clippers 124, Milwaukee 129 Memphis 137, Minnesota 121 Detroit 122, New York 102 Indiana 121, Washington 106