The BreakdownGrind
Sixers crash the glass and outlast the hot-shooting Bulls
Chicago shot 52.3% from the field, and the 76ers still won in Chicago with 20 offensive rebounds and the late free throws of Jaylen Brown.
The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Chicago Bulls 127-121 in a game they ground out rather than shot their way through. Tyrese Maxey hit a 24-foot three that put the Sixers ahead for good, 71-68, with 10:25 left in the 3rd quarter. Chicago kept coming and got within 118-116 on an Isaac Okoro three-point play with 3:00 to go, but never closer. Jaylen Brown led Philadelphia with 29 points. Josh Giddey ran Chicago's offense with 15 assists, and he and Matas Buzelis each scored 19.
| PHI | Stat | CHI |
|---|---|---|
| 46.5 | FG% | 52.3 |
| 41.2 | 3PT% | 27.0 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 20 | Off. rebounds | 9 |
| 99 | FG attempts | 88 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
Philadelphia lived on the offensive glass
The 76ers grabbed 20 offensive rebounds. The Bulls grabbed 9.
Joel Embiid pulled down 8 of his 10 rebounds on the offensive end, and Jabari Walker added 5 off the bench.
Philadelphia took 99 shots from the field to Chicago's 88. The Sixers turned it over 9 times, the Bulls 13.
Chicago owned the shots inside the arc
The Bulls made 70.6% of their twos. The 76ers made 49.2%.
Overall, Chicago shot 52.3% to Philadelphia's 46.5%. Jalen Smith made 6 field goals in a row across the 1st and 2nd quarters, a stretch that included Chicago's largest lead, 23-16.
The threes went to Philadelphia
The 76ers made 14 of 34 from deep. The Bulls made 10 of 37.
Maxey and VJ Edgecombe hit three apiece. Late, the threes kept arriving: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's with 4:47 left restored a 116-110 lead, and Maxey's step-back at 2:13 made it 123-116.
The finish
Chicago pulled within 123-120 on a running dunk by Buzelis with 1:09 left. Brown made two free throws, then LeBron James stole the ball from Giddey at 0:38.2. Brown went back to the line and made two more for the final margin, and Buzelis missed a 26-foot pull-up three at 0:10.5.
PHI ahead above the line · CHI ahead below