The big losers from last night’s game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Utah Jazz were lovers of offense. The contest was the NBA’s equivalent of late-December NFL game in Buffalo, New York that ends with a score of 9-3. But while both team’s defensive effort was commendable, the Sixers were superior on that end, holding the Jazz to just 0.903 points per possession. Utah certainly helped the Sixers out a bit, hitting just 5 threes. But the Sixers physically drained the Jazz, with the players of the latter looking like they might benefit from a stop at Penn on the way out of town for an IV.
Five Figures: Sixers’ defense earns win over Jazz
