Utah’s Donovan Mitchell, right, celebrates with Rudy Gobert during a 118-96 win Thursday night against the Philadelphia 76ers. Chris Szagola/Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Donovan Mitchell scored 22 points, Rudy Gobert had 17 points and 21 rebounds and the Utah Jazz extended their winning streak to six games with a 118-96 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night.
Hassan Whiteside added 14 points and 10 rebounds for Utah.
Joel Embiid had 19 points and nine rebounds for the 76ers. Seth Curry scored 18 points and Tobias Harris 17 for Philadelphia, which had won four of five.
GRIZZLIES 108, LAKERS 95: Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 25 points, Desmond Bane added 23 and Memphis pulled away in the fourth quarter for a victory over visiting Los Angeles Lakers.
LeBron James had a triple-double with 20 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, and Anthony Davis led the Lakers with 22 points.
SPURS 123, NUGGETS 111: Derrick White had 23 points, Lonnie Walker IV added 21 and San Antonio never trailed in beating visiting Denver.
Dejounte Murray added 20 points, nine assists and eight rebounds for San Antonio, which is in the middle of a five-game homestand.
Nikola Jokic had 22 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for his fifth triple-double of the season for Denver. Aaron Gordon added 25 points and Will Barton had 19.
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PRACTICES CANCELED: The Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors canceled their Thursday practices, citing an abundance of caution with COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
Both teams made the announcements on Twitter and made clear that it was a precautionary move.
Indiana has won twice this week – beating Washington on Monday and routing the New York Knicks on Wednesday. Pacers guard Justin Holiday has not played since entering the health and safety protocols on Nov. 30.
Team officials were not expected to provide any additional details Thursday. Indiana is scheduled to host Dallas on Friday.
The Raptors lost to Oklahoma City at home on Wednesday night and are scheduled to host the Knicks on Friday.
Toronto has not had any positive COVID-19 tests since the season began and team officials have said all players are fully vaccinated.
Chicago forward Derrick Jones Jr. also entered the protocol Thursday, the fifth Bulls player in nine days to join the list.
Jones is averaging 7.0 points in his first season in Chicago. The other Bulls in the protocol are All-Star DeMar DeRozan and guards Coby White, Matt Thomas and Javonte Green.
Memphis guard Ja Morant and Denver guard Austin Rivers also remain out of action because of COVID-19.
Earlier this week, ESPN reported it had obtained an NBA memo that reminded teams that any unvaccinated players would not be allowed to travel to Toronto starting Jan. 15 because of new Canadian laws mandating all visitors entering the country be vaccinated. The report also said teams must provide the league office with a list of unvaccinated players by Friday.
NBA officials have said that 97% of the league’s players are vaccinated.
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