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BALTIMORE -- When the Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens face each other this late in the season, the matchup usually involves two teams vying for a high seed in postseason play.The situation will be quite different on Sunday.This time, its about survival.The Ravens (5-5) need a victory to remain in first place in the lackluster AFC North. With games at New England, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati still on the schedule, Baltimore can ill afford to drop below .500 with five weeks to go.Everyone knows what lies ahead of us. You definitely want to win all your home games, linebacker Terrell Suggs said. That is when you have your best edge, your best chance to win. You take care of your home games and you split on the road, and it pretty much takes care of itself. These are not only big games, they are monumental.The stakes are even higher for Cincinnati (3-6-1). With a loss Sunday, the Bengals can pretty much bid farewell to their run of five straight playoff appearances.Really for us, to salvage our season and make it worth something for us, we need to take this opportunity to go on the road and win a big game, left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. If we can do that, well have a chance.Cincinnati had the same mindset last Sunday at home against Buffalo. But a season-ending injury to running back Giovani Bernard (torn ACL) and a severe hamstring injury to receiver A.J. Green contributed heavily to a 16-12 defeat.Without Green, the Bengals passing game came to a halt in the second half: no points, four straight three-and-outs, and just five first downs.Green will not be available in a pivotal game for the Bengals.We feel like we have to win as many as we can, quarterback Andy Dalton said. Obviously, it starts this week.Some things to know about this AFC North rivalry, which is tied at 20 wins apiece:STREAKING: The Bengals have five straight victories over the Ravens, winning the last four by a combined 22 points.That is like that kid you have to fight every day until you win. They have been kind of picking on us, Suggs said. Five straight is five straight. Numbers do not lie. They have kind of had our number. We are going to see what we can do to change that.Not if the Bengals can help it.Anytime you can beat a team like that five games in a row, thats big., Dalton said. For us, we have to keep that going.FOURTH-QUARTER FOLLIES: The Bengals have been at their worst in the fourth quarter. Daltons fourth-quarter passer rating is 82.6, ranking 23rd in the NFL. Hes thrown three interceptions in the fourth quarter and only three touchdowns, none in the last five games.If we win some fourth quarters, we could be talking about a completely different scenario, running back Jeremy Hill said. But thats what-ifs, and what-ifs have gotten us 3-6. So we cant live in that anymore.LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE: Five-time Pro Bowl guard Marshal Yanda played left guard for the Ravens last week, a switch spurred by a nagging sore left shoulder. He performed well against the Cowboys, so its not imperative he return to his usual spot at right guard on Sunday.The ability to do what he did, the willingness to do it, and then to be able to pull it off is pretty remarkable, coach John Harbaugh said. But you know what? He has another game. People have seen him at left guard now, so the new challenge is the next challenge.MAKING A KICK: The Bengals considered replacing kicker Mike Nugent after he missed two extra points off the right upright last Sunday. He also missed an extra point and a field goal during a 27-27 tie with Washington on Oct. 30. Another poor showing could prompt a move.This is where were going to be today, Lewis said Monday, after announcing that he was sticking with Nugent.Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, in contrast, is 23 for 23 on field goal tries and perfect on 14 conversions -- the only kicker this season with no misses.SEEING PURPLE: Some of Greens best games have come against the Ravens, including 10 catches for a career-high 227 yards last September in Baltimore. In eight career games against Baltimore, Green has 41 receptions for 726 yards with six touchdowns.The next man moves up and gets going, Lewis said. Everybody has to adjust. Everybody has to pick up the slack.---AP Writer Joe Kay in Cincinnati contributed.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL . Frank Clark Jersey . 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PHILADELPHIA -- Gordon Haywards return to the lineup just might make Utah a factor in the Western Conference.Derrick Favors had 16 points and 14 rebounds and Rodney Hood scored 18 points to lead the Utah Jazz to a 109-84 victory over the winless Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.Hayward scored 20 points in the second game of his return since he broke his right ring finger in training camp. He led the team in scoring last season, averaging nearly 20 points per game.Thats one of the better teams, I think, in the West, 76ers coach Brett Brown said.The Jazz won their second straight game on the road and cruised against a Sixers team again mired at the bottom of the NBA standings. The Sixers have lost 43 straight games in October and November. The Sixers last won a game in either of those two months on Nov. 22, 2013, against Milwaukee.The Sixers are 0-6 for the third straight season and have lost 10 straight dating to last season.Jahlil Okafor led the Sixers with 15 points.We were flat the entire night, Okafor said.The Jazz let the Sixers hang around until Shelvin Mack hit a 3-pointer during a 10-0 run that pretty much ended the game. Hayward, who 28 scored points in his season debut Sunday against New York, had four points during the run. He made 9 of 17 shots and had five assists and seven boards.Hes going to continue to have good games, Jazz coach Quin Snyder. Hes put a lot of time in, a lot of energy, a lot of work. You see it out there with his demeanor. Other guys look to him and they see that, too.Utahs Rudy Gobert and Philadelphias Joel Embiid had an anticipated battle of the big men curtailed by foul trouble. Gobert fouled out and scored eight points. Embiid was whistled for five fouls and scored 14 points.Gobert blocked a shot by Embiid early in the first quarter and Embiid missed a dunk late in the first half.We wanted to put hands on balls and be aggressivee defensively, Gobert said.dddddddddddd.Embiid, the franchise center nicknamed The Process, had a rare quiet game for a team desperately looking for a win. The Sixers lost their first 18 games of the season and 17 straight to open 2014-15. The winless count goes on again this season.Youre always wanting to know why and how to achieve wins, close-game wins, close-out wins, Brown said. The time that weve spent, I think is going to pay dividends.TIP-INSJazz: The Jazz beat the Sixers for the eighth straight time. ... The Jazz made 11 of 19 3-point attempts. ... Utah had 11 blocks.76ers: The 76ers fans, who have been patient during the rebuilding process, loudly booed Nik Stauskas when he missed a pull-up 3 trailing by 16 late in the third. They loudly booed as they fled for the exits with the Sixers down 20 late in the fourth.HILL OUTGeorge Hill sat out with a sprained right thumb. Mack started for Hill, who was named NBA Western Conference player of the week on averages of 20.8 points, 5.8 assists and 3.3 rebounds.Whoever plays for George isnt going to be George, Snyder said. The good thing about George is that I think hes prepared to score, to defend, to lead, whatever it is, at any moment that the team needs for him to do.JOEL EM-3IIDEmbiid actually led the NBA in 3-point percentage (67 percent) because he had made 6 of 9 attempts entering the game. He did not attempt a 3 against the Jazz.He has an unusual skill as a 5 man that we can use from time to time, Brown said.Embiid was again on a 24-minute restriction following two seasons off because of a broken right foot.I want to play more but its on them, Embiid said.UP NEXTJazz: Play Wednesday at Charlotte. Hill is questionable to play against the Hornets.76ers: Visit Indiana on Wednesday. ' ' '