This is an interesting game from a tank perspective. Utah has become masters at tanking but they may have met their match today at Philly. 76ers must finish in bottom 6 to keep their top 6 protected 1st round pick. They sit in 6th worst record now. They greatly increase their odds if they finish with a worse record than Nets and Raptors, in fact more than double their chances of keeping that pick if they do. They are currently tied w/ both Nets and Raps at 21 wins. So, essentially in my mind and I'd guess most die-hard Sixers fans, they need to lose or can't win otherwise they miss a golden opportunity to "gain" ground on Nets and Raps. Also, in this game we get KJ Martin Jr returning to the scene of the crime as the 76ers unceremoniously salary dumped him last month and KJ ended up on the Jazz and is starting so I'd imagine he has a little extra motivation for payback for his old team. Can the 76ers out tank the Jazz? I'm betting they can and I hope KJ is a big part of it.
104-102 Jazz
Jazz ML +200
alt -1.5 +221
KJ Martin 15+ PRA +100
20+ PRA +360
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