First victory for Jimmy Butler's new 76ers: "We are young and we are so talented, I want to be a leader for this group, the fans of Philadelphia are the best!"

Sixers-Jazz, good second for the new arrival at 76ers Jimmy Butler. Butler's debut in the Philadelphia 76ers jersey had been "ruined" by the Orlando Magic, victorious in comeback on Wednesday at the Amway Arena.

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The second attempt turns out to be the right one. The Sixers beat 113-107 Utah Jazz at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, which at the end of the match intones the name of its new star, and dreams big.

For Butler a 28 points race, 7 assists and an almost perfect 12 out of 15 from the field, in an evening that sees Joel Embiid still in trouble shooting (7 out of 20 for JoJo) and engaged in a high altitude duel with Rudy Gobert .

If the good morning sees from the morning, Butler's good morning to Phila fans is a layup "with the effect", marked escaping the arms of the French Jazz. Jimmy scores 7 points in the first 5 minutes of the race, then goes to sit with the second foul, son of aggression on the field of the former Twolves.

The public in Philadelphia appreciates, the atmosphere at the palace is charged, the people in the stands incites Butler and accompanies the Jazz players with old-fashioned howls, in the best tradition of city sport.

"I knew the environment would be electric. It's a good thing for me to have them (the fans, ed) on my side, we have the strongest fans, the most beautiful 'theme songs' of all "

- Jimmy Butler on welcoming fans during Sixers-Jazz -

Jimmy Butler: "We are young and talented, I want to be the leader of this group"

Sixers and Jazz take a quarter for one, in the first half. At 38-24 Phila answers Utah with a second fraction of 28-16.

Jimmy Butler closed the first half with a quate 13, with a powerful dunk on the assists of Landry Shamet, while Embiid argues with the basket and is seen whistling a technical foul after a breakthrough. Donovan Mitchell, Ricky Rubio and Derrick Favors bring Utah back into a tie at the end of the first half.

The match continues in substantial parity. Utah must be forgiven for the record defeat suffered in Dallas two days earlier, and play with more defensive focus, denying open shots from three points to the 76ers.

Jimmy Butler continues to attack the iron, Phila tries to escape in the middle third quarter (72-64), but the Jazz does not give up. Utah leads by two points (107-105) to 1:37 from the end of the game, but Ben Simmons scores and suffers the foul to sanction the final overtaking Sixers on 109-107.

"We defended extremely well in the final moments, I'm happy to have won my first home game in Philadelphia. I try to play basketball in the right way, defend and circulate the ball. Today I scored so many good shots ... everyone here wants to win, when someone of us makes a mistake, is able to accept criticism, we are a group of good players, young, talented and great workers. I want to become a leader for them ... Ben Simmons is an incredible passer, he sees the game first of all, playing with players so it's easy "

- Jimmy Butler after Sixers-Jazz -