

The one thing the Sixers did exceptionally well in the first quarter was putting pressure on DeRozan. Louis King and Mac McClung are on Two-Way G-League assignments with the Delaware Blue Coats and were unavailable.ĭoc Rivers started James Harden, Tyrese Maxey, Danuel House Jr., Tobias Harris and Joel Embiid. The Sixers were without the services of PJ Tucker, who has a sore left ankle.

Terry Taylor is on a Two-Way G-League assignment with the Windy City Bulls and was unavailable.īilly Donovan started Patrick Beverly, Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, Patrick Williams and Nikola Vucevic. Justin Lewis had surgery to reconstruct the ACL in his right knee and was unavailable.Ĭarlik Jones and Marko Simonovic have G-League assignments with the Windy City Bulls and were out. Alex Caruso was out with a sore left metatarsal. The Bulls were without Lonzo Ball, who is out this season after surgery on his left knee. Another monster night from Joel Embiid wasn’t enough to offset a total stinker from James Harden as the Sixers fell in double overtime, 109-105.īefore we get to what I saw, some notes. Chicago wanted to extend its winning streak to three games. Philadelphia wanted to extend its winning streak to nine games. The Sixers (48-22) hosted the Chicago Bulls (33-37) on Monday. in Sixers-Bulls game photo by Austin Krell/TPL
