Simmons gets better of Ingles

AUSSIES Joe Ingles and Ben Simmons flirted with triple doubles as they faced off yesterday, but it was the later who took the spoils as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the the Utah Jazz 103-94. With Joel Embiid and Simmons slightly subdued it was up to Philadelphia’s other NBA gun, Tobias Harris, to fire them past the Jazz with 26 points and nine rebounds. Power forward Al Horford also added 17 points and eight rebounds for the 76ers. Embiid contributed 16 points and 11 rebounds while Simmons had 14 points, nine assists, eight rebounds and four steals for the Sixers, who improved to a league-best 10-0 at home. It was their fourth straight win. The Jazz whittled down a 26-point deficit to close within 101-94 in the final minute before Embiid sank two free throws with 41.3 seconds left. Rudy Gobert paced the Jazz with a season-high 27 points to go with 12 rebounds while Ingles had 13 points, eight assists and eight rebounds. In Milwaukee, reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo needed only 14 minutes to record another double-double, finishing with 29 points and 15 rebounds as Milwaukee won their 12th-straight game in a 132-88 rout of the New York Knicks. The Bucks (18-3) led by as many as 47 and cruised behind Antetokounmpo, who pulled down his 10th rebound in the second quarter for his NBA-leading 20th double-double. Over in Phoenix, Kelly Oubre Jr scored 23 points, including two clutch 3-pointers in the final minute that lifted the Suns over Charlotte 109-104. Missing Aussie big Aron Baynes, Suns Devin Booker added 23 points and Dario Saric had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Phoenix, who snapped a three-game skid.