Chicago Bulls @ Philadelphia 76ers
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA | Game ID: 22300459
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
PHI 43 30 25 12 110CHI 18 24 30 25 97
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Joel Embiid returns with seventh career triple-double in 76ers' rout of Chicago Bulls
PHILADELPHIA -- — Joel Embiid declined at first to wear a “ Big Energy ” chain before he reluctantly agreed to slip on the gaudy necklace and flexed his muscles for a quick photo at his locker.
“The Process” was back — and so were the 76ers.
Embiid had 31 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in his return from a sprained right ankle, Tyrese Maxey scored 21 points and Philadelphia beat the Chicago Bulls 110-97 on Tuesday night.
“He was moving great. I think his conditioning was less than that,” coach Nick Nurse said. “But that's OK. I think that game was good for him to kind of recondition himself.”
Embiid missed all four games on the 76ers’ holiday road trip, and they went 2-2. One of those games was in Chicago just three nights earlier, a 105-92 loss in which the Sixers never led in the second half.
Embiid is the reigning NBA MVP for a reason. With the big man back, the Sixers turned this into an early blowout against a Bulls team that had played well recently without injured guard Zach LaVine . LaVine can return to the lineup as early as Friday. Even the two-time All-Star wouldn’t have helped much in this one as the Bulls fell to 10-6 this season without him.
The 76ers raced to a 43-18 lead after one quarter, with the Bulls missing all 10 3-pointers.
DeMar DeRozan led the Bulls with 16 points. Andre Drummond had 11 points, 17 rebounds and muffed a dunk to the delight of the home crowd when he was stuffed by the front of the rim . Forward Patrick Williams left with an injured right ankle.
It was that kind of night in Philly, where the 76ers continued a recent trend of comfortable wins. They handed LeBron James the largest margin of defeat in his pro career in a 44-point win in November. There was a 45-point win over Washington and a 32-point victory over Detroit.
So many NBA games are ones of back-and-forth runs. The Sixers have been stout at home at building double-digit leads and never letting up -- especially against bad teams or an undermanned one like the Bulls ( Nikola Vucevic sat out) -- and rolling to easy wins.
The routs also give Embiid, who reached his seventh career triple-double in the third quarter, a chance to rest. Embiid, who said he couldn't really test the ankle the previous couple of days, sat out the fourth quarter. Embiid extended his franchise records with 15 straight 30-point games and 14 straight games of 30 points and 10 rebounds.
“I want to play as many games as possible,” Embiid said. “It's unfortunate I missed the past four games but I can't control it. If I'm healthy, my goal was to try and play 82 games. Every single game. Sometimes, it's not just possible. Sometimes, stuff happens.”
The Sixers made 12 of their first 16 shots and started 7 of 9 on 3-point range. The early outburst gave them a 25-point lead, their largest at the end of the first quarter since they led Milwaukee by 28 points on April 11, 2018.
Embiid had 22 points at the half and Kelly Oubre Jr . scored 16. The 73-42 lead marked the 12th time in franchise history the Sixers led by 31-plus points at halftime.
Oubre rattled off a list of reasons and statistics why the 76ers had an easier time with the Bulls than they did last week before he settled on the biggest one: “ ... and JoJo being back, of course.”
Of course.
Embiid jumped, spun, cut, and never looked bothered by the ankle. He even secured his triple-double on a no-look pass. Even with the games missed, Embiid still leads the league in scoring with 35 points per game.
The Bulls learned the hard way, the 76ers are a force with Embiid.
“I think it's two different teams,” Bulls coach Billy Donovan said. “You've not going to play him 1-on-1. You've going to play him with five people at all times.”
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDeDrWhWi 4 6 -5 1 6 17 0 3 0 3 3 100 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 1
CHI Caruso, DeRozan, Drummond, White, Williams
in Caruso, DeRozan, Drummond, White, Williams
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDeDoDrWh :57 2 -7 1 2 50 0 0 0 1 2 50 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
CHI Caruso, DeRozan, Dosunmu, Drummond, White
in Dosunmu
out Williams
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DeDoDrWhWi 2 0 -8 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHI DeRozan, Dosunmu, Drummond, White, Williams
in Williams
out Caruso
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDoTaWhWi 2 2 -3 1 5 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
CHI Carter, Dosunmu, Taylor, White, Williams
in Carter, Taylor
out DeRozan, Drummond
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaCaDeDoDr 2 4 -1 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
CHI Carter, Caruso, DeRozan, Dosunmu, Drummond
in Caruso, DeRozan, Drummond
out Taylor, White, Williams
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDeDoDrWh 1 4 +2 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
CHI Caruso, DeRozan, Dosunmu, Drummond, White
in White
out Carter
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDeDrTeWh 2 4 +1 1 1 100 0 0 0 2 2 100 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
CHI Caruso, DeRozan, Drummond, Terry, White
in Terry
out Dosunmu
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDeTaTeWh 1 4 +1 2 3 67 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
CHI Carter, DeRozan, Taylor, Terry, White
in Carter, Taylor
out Caruso, Drummond
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDoTaTeWh 1 3 +2 1 3 33 0 1 0 1 1 100 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0
CHI Carter, Dosunmu, Taylor, Terry, White
in Dosunmu
out DeRozan
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoTaTeWhWi :48 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 100 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
CHI Dosunmu, Taylor, Terry, White, Williams
in Williams
out Carter
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DeDoDrTeWi :53 2 -2 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
CHI DeRozan, Dosunmu, Drummond, Terry, Williams
in DeRozan, Drummond
out Taylor, White
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDeDoDrWi 2 3 +1 1 4 25 1 3 33 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0
CHI Caruso, DeRozan, Dosunmu, Drummond, Williams
in Caruso
out Terry
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDeDoDrWh 10 19 -3 7 19 37 2 7 29 3 8 38 6 7 13 3 0 1 4 3
CHI Caruso, DeRozan, Dosunmu, Drummond, White
in White
out Williams
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DeDoPhTaTe 2 7 +2 3 5 60 1 3 33 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 2
CHI DeRozan, Dosunmu, Phillips, Taylor, Terry
in Phillips, Taylor, Terry
out Caruso, Drummond, White
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaPhTaTeWh 1 3 +2 1 3 33 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3
CHI Carter, Phillips, Taylor, Terry, White
in Carter, White
out DeRozan, Dosunmu
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDePhTaWh :55 3 +1 1 3 33 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
CHI Carter, DeRozan, Phillips, Taylor, White
in DeRozan
out Terry
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDeDrPhWh :52 0 -4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
CHI Carter, DeRozan, Drummond, Phillips, White
in Drummond
out Taylor
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDeDoDrPh :56 2 0 1 3 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1
CHI Carter, DeRozan, Dosunmu, Drummond, Phillips
in Dosunmu
out White
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDoDrPhTe 2 4 -3 2 4 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 3
CHI Carter, Dosunmu, Drummond, Phillips, Terry
in Terry
out DeRozan
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDoPhTaTe :55 2 -1 1 2 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
CHI Carter, Dosunmu, Phillips, Taylor, Terry
in Taylor
out Drummond
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDoPhSaTa 1 5 +3 2 2 100 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
CHI Carter, Dosunmu, Phillips, Sanogo, Taylor
in Sanogo
out Terry
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDoSaTaTe 2 2 +2 1 2 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0
CHI Carter, Dosunmu, Sanogo, Taylor, Terry
in Terry
out Phillips
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaPhSaTaTe 6 12 +12 4 10 40 0 4 0 4 5 80 3 6 9 1 2 3 3 0
CHI Carter, Phillips, Sanogo, Taylor, Terry
in Phillips
out Dosunmu
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaEmHaMaJr 6 28 +20 10 13 77 6 7 86 2 2 100 1 8 9 8 1 2 0 4
PHI Batum, Embiid, Harris, Maxey, Oubre Jr.
in Batum, Embiid, Harris, Maxey, Oubre Jr.
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaBeEmHaJr 2 8 +6 3 4 75 1 2 50 1 1 100 0 4 4 3 0 1 0 0
PHI Batum, Beverley, Embiid, Harris, Oubre Jr.
in Beverley
out Maxey
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeEmHaJrJr 2 5 +1 2 3 67 0 1 0 1 1 100 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
PHI Beverley, Embiid, Harris, House Jr., Oubre Jr.
in House Jr.
out Batum
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeEmJrSrSp 2 2 -2 1 4 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
PHI Beverley, Embiid, House Jr., Morris Sr., Springer
in Morris Sr., Springer
out Harris, Oubre Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrMaSrReSp 2 3 -1 1 2 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
PHI House Jr., Maxey, Morris Sr., Reed, Springer
in Maxey, Reed
out Beverley, Embiid
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaMaSrReSp 3 4 -3 1 5 20 1 2 50 1 2 50 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2
PHI Batum, Maxey, Morris Sr., Reed, Springer
in Batum
out House Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaEmHaMaJr 3 8 +3 4 6 67 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1
PHI Batum, Embiid, Harris, Maxey, Oubre Jr.
in Embiid, Harris, Oubre Jr.
out Morris Sr., Reed, Springer
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeEmHaMaJr 4 15 +9 5 8 62 2 4 50 3 3 100 0 4 4 3 1 0 0 2
PHI Beverley, Embiid, Harris, Maxey, Oubre Jr.
in Beverley
out Batum
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaEmHaMaJr 8 16 -6 5 13 38 2 6 33 3 4 75 1 5 6 4 0 0 4 4
PHI Batum, Embiid, Harris, Maxey, Oubre Jr.
in Batum
out Beverley
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeEmHaJrJr :50 0 -3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 25 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 0
PHI Beverley, Embiid, Harris, House Jr., Oubre Jr.
in Beverley, House Jr.
out Batum, Maxey
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeEmHaJrSp 3 9 +4 3 4 75 0 0 0 3 4 75 0 3 3 2 1 0 2 2
PHI Beverley, Embiid, Harris, House Jr., Springer
in Springer
out Oubre Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrMaSrReSp 3 10 +4 2 5 40 0 1 0 5 5 100 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1
PHI House Jr., Maxey, Morris Sr., Reed, Springer
in Maxey, Morris Sr., Reed
out Beverley, Embiid, Harris
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrMaSrReSp 2 2 -5 1 3 33 0 1 0 1 2 50 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0
PHI House Jr., Martin, Morris Sr., Reed, Springer
in Martin
out Maxey
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaJrMaReSp 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
PHI Bamba, House Jr., Martin, Reed, Springer
in Bamba
out Morris Sr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaIvMaReSp 2 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2
PHI Bamba, Council IV, Martin, Reed, Springer
in Council IV
out House Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaIvJrMaSp 4 0 -10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 2
PHI Bamba, Council IV, Lofton Jr., Martin, Springer
in Lofton Jr.
out Reed
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CHIAC A. Caruso
AD A. Dosunmu
AD A. Drummond
AS A. Sanogo
CW C. White
DD D. DeRozan
DT D. Terry
JC J. Carter
JP J. Phillips
PW P. Williams
TT T. Taylor
PHIDH D. House Jr.
JE J. Embiid
JS J. Springer
KL K. Lofton Jr.
KM K. Martin
KO K. Oubre Jr.
MB M. Bamba
MM M. Morris Sr.
NB N. Batum
PB P. Beverley
PR P. Reed
RC R. Council IV
TH T. Harris
TM T. Maxey
CHI/PHI the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur