{"id":682676,"date":"2026-03-26T07:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/682676\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:57:13","slug":"chicago-bulls-lose-157-137-to-philadelphia-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/682676\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bulls lose 157-137 to Philadelphia 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Joel Embiid scored 35 points in his return to the lineup from injury, Paul George had 28 points in his first game since serving a 25-game suspension, and the Philadelphia 76ers rolled to a 157-137 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Josh Giddey scored 23 points to lead the Bulls.<\/p>\n

Embiid missed 13 games with a strained right oblique but showed no signs of rust. The 2023 MVP made 6 of 9 shots in the first period, including all three of his 3-point tries. He had 23 points in the first half to help Philadelphia take a 71-52 halftime lead.<\/p>\n

George was not as sharp early but settled in after halftime.<\/p>\n

Playing for the first time since Jan. 29\u00a0due to a violation of the NBA\u2019s drug policy, he missed 8 of 10 field goals in the opening half and had five points, but scored 23 points in the second half.<\/p>\n

George was cheered throughout the night, especially after converting on three consecutive possessions early in the fourth quarter. Philadelphia was 13-12 without George, who signed a four-year, $212 million deal with the 76ers before the 2024 season but has been sidelined frequently by injury and suspension. George finished 11 of 22 from the field and 6 of 13 from long range.<\/p>\n

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Are the Chicago Bulls giving up on Patrick Williams?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Philadelphia still was without All-Star Tyrese Maxey, who missed his 10th straight game due to a right finger tendon strain. Kelly Oubre Jr. (left elbow strain) also was sidelined for the eighth consecutive contest. Oubre has been cleared to return to on-court activities and participated in Wednesday morning\u2019s shootaround, a team spokesperson said before the game.<\/p>\n

VJ Edgecome added 22 points for the 76ers.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Bulls:<\/strong> At Oklahoma City on Friday night.<\/p>\n

76ers:<\/strong> At Charlotte on Saturday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Joel Embiid scored 35 points in his return to the lineup from injury, Paul George had…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":682677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,3127,36688,17461,6326,1448,3525,2830,1311,3123,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-682676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-chicago-bulls","10":"tag-joel-embiid","11":"tag-josh-giddey","12":"tag-nba-basketball","13":"tag-pa","14":"tag-paul-george","15":"tag-pennsylvania","16":"tag-philadelphia","17":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116294414749262943","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}