PHILADELPHIA–The Philadelphia 76ers needed one player of their star duo to step up and provide a big game on a night where things weren’t exactly going their way against a pesky Chicago Bulls team.
On Monday night, it was Joel Embiid to the rescue as it has on so many nights of the 2021-22 season. The big fella went for 43 points on 15-for-27 shooting and he pulled down 14 rebounds to lead the Sixers to a 121-106 win over the Bulls to sweep the season series. It is also Philadelphia’s 11th straight win over Chicago overall.
Embiid did a lot of good things out there as he also shot 14-for-16 from the free-throw line. He had a lot of success against Chicago big men Tristan Thompson and Tony Bradley as he made life tough for both of them.