Bulls at 76ers Game Day: Chicago Takes a Four-Game Skid Into Philadelphia, Where Tyrese Maxey Is Averaging Nearly 30
Tip-off is 6:30 p.m. CT at Xfinity Mobile Arena on CHSN. The Bulls are 1-5 and giving up a league-worst 129.3 points a game; the 76ers are 6-1 and have won three straight.
The Bulls' road does not get easier on Monday. Chicago (1-5) visits the Philadelphia 76ers (6-1) at Xfinity Mobile Arena, with tip-off at 7:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. CT) on CHSN, looking to end a four-game losing streak against a team that has won three straight.
The form lines explain the gap. Philadelphia beat Charlotte 109-104 on Saturday behind Tyrese Maxey's 38 points, and Maxey is averaging 29.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists a game this season, according to FanDuel's game page. Chicago's last game was Friday's 125-111 loss in Boston, where rookie Caleb Wilson led the Bulls with 23 points, five rebounds and four assists, with Norman Powell adding 16 and Matas Buzelis 14, according to Pick Dawgz's game preview.
The numbers underneath are the problem the Bulls have carried all week: Chicago scores 113.5 points a game but gives up 129.3 — the league's worst mark — for a minus-95 scoring differential, and it is shooting a league-worst 28.1 percent from three, according to the preview figures read this run. On availability, the previews read this run say center Nic Claxton remains out for Chicago while Jalen Smith should be back, Philadelphia has ruled out Dominick Barlow, and Joel Embiid is questionable for the 76ers.
