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The Jazz earned their first win of the season Friday night, almost in spite of themselves.

Overcoming two glaring mistakes in the final moments, Utah held on for a 102-99 victory over Philadelphia at EnergySolutions Arena.

An unnecessary foul by C.J. Miles.

A walk by Devin Harris.

The Jazz gave the 76ers a chance to rally but, to their credit, they did enough to escape with a victory.

It was a badly needed win, too, after season-opening blowouts against the Lakers and Nuggets.

"It was great to win, especially in front of our fans," said Gordon Hayward. "They were great. … Obviously, we still have a lot of work to do. But this feels good to win."

The Jazz owned a 95-89 lead with 4:48 remaining, but they failed to convert five straight possessions.

Philadelphia eventually closed the gap to 99-97 before Utah did its best work in the final moments.

Hayward came off a screen by Derrick Favors and buried an open 18-footer to make it a two possession game with 30.2 seconds left.

"We had run that a lot during the night and had some success, so we stuck with it," Hayward said. "D-Fav set a monster screen and got me open."

Significantly, Hayward was ready and willing to take the shot.

"They had sagged off before," he said. "I knew if they did the same thing I'd be ready to pull the trigger."

After a timeout, however, Miles bumped Lou Williams 35 feet from the basket after only one second ran off the clock.

Williams buried both free throws, making it 101-99.

"I wanted to get to him," Miles explained. "I didn't want him to get a running start at me. My intention was to get him and force him away. But I was running so fast and he turned around. ..."

Miles admitted his "over-aggressive" foul "... made it a little tougher on us than it had to be."

Hayward shrugged and said, "I think we were just competing, playing hard, playing with more energy. When you do that you are going to make mistakes — trying to be aggressive.

"We're a young team. We're going to make mistakes. We're not going to be perfect. But it's about how you respond to those and we did a much better job tonight."

On the Jazz's possession, Harris picked up his dribble at the top of the circle, switched his pivot foot, slid away from the defense and was called for traveling.

Philadelphia could have tied the game, but Williams missed his final three shots.

Asked about his team's response to the mistakes, Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin: "I was really impressed by the fact our guys [said], 'Hey, forget about it. Let's go.'

"If you make a mistake, you have to let it go and not make that mistake again. You can't dwell on it ... and for the most part we did a good job of staying loose."

Said Favors: "We stuck together."