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Bojan Bogdanovic scored 27 points, Rudy Gobert logged his 11th double-double of the young season and the Utah Jazz (9-5) snapped out of a mini-funk by dominating the Philadelphia 76ers (8-7) in a 120-85 (30-28, 33-19, 14-19, 23-19) victory Tuesday night in Salt Lake City.

Player of the Game EFF 29 Bojan Bogdanovic Points 27 Accuracy 9-12 Rebounds 6 Assists 2

Gobert took advantage of the Sixers being without Joel Embiid, who has missed five consecutive games -all losses- because of COVID-19 protocols.

The Jazz center scored 15 points, grabbed 17 rebounds and blocked four shots while helping Utah win for just the second time in six games. He spearheaded a Jazz defense that limited Philadelphia to 36.7 percent shooting.

Bogdanovic hit 9 of 12 shots overall and 5 of 7 from 3-point range to lead a Utah offense that made 51.7 percent of its field-goal attempts and earned its largest margin of victory this season.

Four other Utah players reached double digits: Jordan Clarkson (20 points with four 3-pointers), Mike Conley and Donovan Mitchell (13 apiece) and Hassan Whiteside (10).

Shake Milton scored 18 points and Tyrese Maxey added 16 points for the Sixers, who have lost five in a row after reeling off a six-game winning streak. This was the second stop on a five-game road trip for Philadelphia.

Utah, which lost the first two games on its four-game homestand, led by only two points after the first quarter. That changed quickly, though, as the Jazz opened the second quarter on a 14-point scoring streak thanks, in part, to six points from Clarkson.

Furkan Korkmaz finally put the Sixers on the scoreboard at the 7:56 mark of the quarter. Minutes later, however, Clarkson and Bogdanovic hit 3-pointers during an 8-0 run, putting the Jazz up 52-32.

The third quarter was much of the same, with the Jazz scoring the first five points and starting the second half on a 15-4 spurt. Utah's 16-point halftime lead blossomed to 31, 97-66, after three quarters.

Utah Jazz: Bojan Bogdanovic 27 (9/12 FG, 5/7 3-POINT SHOTS, 6 REB), Jordan Clarkson 20 (8/20 FG), Rudy Gobert 15 (6/10 FG, 3/7 FT, 17 REB, 4 BS), Mike Conley 13 (5/8 FG, 7 AST), Donovan Mitchell 13 (5/12 FG), Hassan Whiteside 10 (5/8 FG, 5 REB).

Philadelphia 76ers: Shake Milton 18 (7/19 FG, 4 AST), Tyrese Maxey 16 (7/14 FG, 4 REB), Tobias Harris 12 (4 REB, 5 AST), Isaiah Joe 8 (3/11 FG, 8 REB), Furkan Korkmaz 6 (2/12 FG, 0/6 3-POINT SHOTS, 5 REB, 3 AST).

Bojan Bogdanovic's performance

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