PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Lonnie Walker IV and Quentin Grimes scored 25 points apiece and the Philadelphia 76ers earned a 126-122 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night. Walker added 11 rebounds and five assists in 34 minutes off the bench for the 76ers (22-41). Grimes made going 6 of 13 from the floor, including 4 for 9 from 3-point range, and 9 for 9 from the free-throw line while adding six assists. Kyle Filipowski led the way for the Jazz (15-49) with 25 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Keyonte George added 25 points, six rebounds and three steals for Utah. The 76ers went into halftime leading the Jazz 65-58. Grimes put up 16 points in the half. Grimes scored the 76ers’ last eight points as they closed out a four-point victory Takeaways 76ers: Philadelphia snapped a three-game losing streak and won for the first time since a 118-116 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Feb. 4. Jazz: Utah has lost five games in a row to teams that are a combined 94 games below .500 this season. Key moment Kyle Filipowski hit two 3s in a six-second span to cut Utah’s deficit to 124-122 with 3.0 seconds left

TORONTO (AP) — Immanuel Quickley scored a season-high 34 points and the Toronto Raptors overcame a dominant rebounding effort by Walker Kessler to beat the Utah Jazz 118-109 on Friday night. Quickley added five rebounds, five assists and three steals in the Raptors’ third straight win. Scottie Barnes had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six assists. Kessler led the Jazz with 18 points while setting career highs with 25 rebounds and eight blocks. Keyonte George also scored 18 points for the Jazz. Utah, last in the Western Conference, suffered its fourth straight loss. Raptors rookie guard Ja’Kobe Walter had 14 points, five rebounds and two assists before leaving the game in the third quarter after straining his right quad. Walter joined a long list of Toronto players who were unavailable for the game, including top scorer RJ Barrett (ankle, rest). The Raptors have won three straight games. Takeaways Jazz: Utah was hurt by poor free-throw shooting and 25 turnovers. Utah made only 23 of 39 free throws, with Kessler making only 2 of 7. Raptors: G Gradey Dick missed his second straight game. Dick, who averages 14.4 points per game, is expected to miss at least two weeks with a

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah hired Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Alex Jensen to be its men’s basketball coach on Thursday. Jensen, who was the top target for the Utes, replaces Craig Smith, who was fired in late February in his fourth season at Utah. Jensen has been an NBA assistant coach for 12 seasons. He spent 10 years with the Utah Jazz before joining Dallas in 2023. Utah will be his first head coaching job since leading the Canton Charge in the NBA D-League from 2011-13. Jensen was a former player at Utah under Rick Majerus, playing with the Utes in the 1994-95 season and then from 1997-2000 following a two-year break for missionary work. He totaled 1,279 points and 896 rebounds over four seasons at Utah. As a senior, he earned first-team All-MWC honors while averaging 13.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. This marks Jensen’s first coaching job in the collegiate ranks since serving as an assistant coach under Majerus at Saint Louis from 2007-11. Jensen will be tasked with rebuilding the Utes into a contender in the Big 12 Conference and getting the school back to the NCAA Tournament. Utah hasn’t reached the NCAA

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyshawn George scored 23 points, Alex Sarr added 21 and the Washington Wizards edged the Utah Jazz 125-122 on Wednesday night. Seven of the nine players used by Washington were in double figures, with Justin Champagnie coming off the bench for 17 points. Johnny Juzang scored 27 points and Kyle Filipowski had 23 points and 13 rebounds for the Jazz, who have lost 10 straight road games. Isaiah Collier finished with 19 points, six rebounds and six assists. Brice Sensabaugh scored 15 points but missed a 3-pointer to tie with a second to play. Takeaways Jazz: It was a second straight strong performance from Filipowski, after the rookie had a season-high 25 points against Detroit in the previous game. Wizards: Washington picked up just its 12th victory in the matchup of worst in the East vs. worst in the West before going on the road for the next two weeks. Key moment Utah was within three and forced a miss by Khris Middletown with 3:51 to play, but Sarr slammed down a follow dunk and George made a 3-pointer as Washington pushed the lead to 116-108. Key stat The Wizards had 28 fast-break points and scored 24

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Cade Cunningham had 29 points, nine assists and four steals, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Utah Jazz 134-106 on Monday night for their 10th win in 11 games. Ausar Thompson added 17 points and was 7 for 7 from the field, while Jaren Duren was also perfect at 5 for 5 en route to 16 points and 12 rebounds. Kyle Filipowski finished with a career-high 25 points and added eight rebounds for the Jazz. Collin Sexton had 16 points and three steals. Cunningham had 17 points by halftime, when Detroit led 67-47. The Pistons pulled away with a 14-2 run in the fourth quarter to extend a 17-point lead to 29 points. Thompson scored 15 in the second half and finished with six rebounds, five assists, and three steals. Takeaways Pistons: Detroit has 10 wins in 11 games for the first time since 2007-08. Jazz: Utah is 3-7 in its last 10. Key moment A 21-6 run to the end the first quarter gave Detroit a 36-22 lead, and the Pistons scored at least 31 in every quarter. Key stat The Pistons shot 55.4% and Utah hit just 42.7%. Up next The Pistons will

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Walker Kessler had a go-ahead dunk with 9.7 seconds left to help the Utah Jazz beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 117-116 on Friday night, snapping a six-game losing streak in the series. John Collins scored a season-high 29 points and 12 rebounds for Utah, Brice Sensabaugh added 17 points ande Isaiah Collier had a career-high 14 assists. Naz Reid had 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Jalen McDaniels added 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who played without leading scorer Anthony Edwards while he served a one-game suspension for technical foul accumulation. Utah opened the third quarter with a 27-4 run and seized an 83-71 lead. Collins started the second-half rally with back-to-back baskets and then made two straight field goals again to put the Jazz in front. They scored baskets on six straight possessions to cap the run. Minnesota used a 10-2 run to regain the lead late in the fourth quarter, going up 116-115 on Donte DiVincenzo’s 3-pointer with 1:31 remaining. Takeaways From left, Minnesota Timberwolves guards Joe Ingles, Mike Conley, and center Rudy Gobert sit together on the bench during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Keegan Murray scored a season-high 26 points and Zach Levine added 22 to lift the hot-shooting Sacramento Kings to a 118-101 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. Murray made five 3-pointers, Levine had four and Keon Ellis returned to the court to make three 3s as the Kings made 15 of 36 from beyond the arc. Sacramento was equally potent inside the paint with 50 points and shot 52.9% overall to start their four-game road swing. Murray scored on a mix of dunks, drives and his trademark long jumpers while topping 20 points for the first time since he had 21 on Nov. 24 in a loss to Brooklyn. Walker Kessler had a season-high 25 points and 14 rebounds for Utah, which has lost four of five. Kessler — who shot 10 for 10 from the field and had five assists — joined Nikola Jokic as the only players in NBA history with at least 25 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and no turnovers while shooting 100% from the field. KJ Martin had his best game since arriving in Utah at the trade deadline with 16 points. The Jazz, as has been their

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Anfernee Simons had 28 points and out six assists to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 114-112 victory over the Utah Jazz on Monday night. Jerami Grant scored 20 points, Avdija added 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Scoot Henderson finished with 17 points and six assists as Portland snapped a three-game road losing streak on the first game of a seven-game trip. Brice Sensabaugh led Utah with 23 points. Keyonte George added 21 points and Kyle Filipowski had 20 points and 11 rebounds as Utah lost for the sixth time in eight games. Henderson had a pair of baskets and assisted on two others on four straight possessions to help Portland to a 99-92 lead with 7:19 left. The Jazz closed within 113-112 with 3.6 seconds left after George hit back-to-back 3-pointers. Grant converted 1 of 2 free throws to extend the lead to two points before George missed a contested 3-pointer at the buzzer. Utah led 48-43 in the second quarter before Portland went closed out the half on an 18-3 run for a 61-51 lead at the break. Simons fueled the run with five baskets and an assist. Isaiah Collier hit

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Keyonte George scored 30 points and Lauri Markkanen added 23 points and 10 rebounds to rally the Utah Jazz to a 124-115 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night. Walker Kessler had 11 points and 17 rebounds, and Isaiah Collier added 12 points and 10 assists to help Utah snap a two-game skid. Alperen Sengun led Houston with 27 points and 12 rebounds. Jalen Green added 25 points and 10 assists, and Amen Thompson had 23 points. Aaron Holiday and Thompson made back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Rockets up 96-89. But the Jazz surged ahead for good behind a 21-5 run. Three straight baskets, capped by Cody Williams’ layup, gave Utah a 110-101 lead with 5:59 left. Sengun and Dillion Brooks each scored a pair of baskets to key an early 13-2 spurt that gave Houston a 45-40 lead midway through the second quarter. Utah chipped away at the deficit, but did not retake a lead again until the third quarter when Markkanen bookended a string of four straight baskets that powered a 13-5 run. Kessler’s alley-oop dunk three possessions later punctuated that run and put the Jazz up 77-76. Takeaways Rockets: Houston committed