National Basketball Association
Philadelphia 100, Chicago 89
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, January 17, 2020
Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Officials: #54 Ray Acosta, #11 Derrick Collins, #30 John Goble
Attendance: 20919

Furkan Korkmaz scored a career-high 24 points, including a career-best six 3-pointers, to lift the host Philadelphia 76ers past the Chicago Bulls 100-89 on Friday.

Ben Simmons added 20 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists as the Sixers improved to 20-2 at home.

Al Horford scored 20 points and Tobias Harris had 13 for the Sixers, who played without All-Star center Joel Embiid for the 12th time this season. The Sixers are 6-6 without Embiid, who remains out with a torn ligament in a finger on his left hand.

Zach LaVine missed all seven of his 3-point attempts but led the Bulls with 23 points while Coby White added 14. Luke Kornet contributed 13 and Lauri Markkanen had 12.

The Bulls fell to 1-17 this season against teams with a record above .500.

Markkanen drained a 3-pointer from the top of the key and LaVine added a pair of free throws to put the Bulls ahead 47-43 with 1:18 left in the second quarter.

Korkmaz responded with a trey with 11.4 seconds left and the Sixers trailed by one, 47-46, at halftime.

Markkanen (12) and LaVine (11) combined for 23 of the Bulls' 47 points by halftime. Simmons paced the Sixers with 12, but the team continued to struggle from beyond the arc, going 3 of 14.

Philadelphia moved ahead 63-58 midway through the third following an 8-0 run. When Korkmaz hit his sixth 3-pointer, the Sixers' advantage was 77-63 with 2:07 left in the third.

White drove to the basket and scored with 0.5 seconds remaining and the Bulls closed within 81-71 at the end of the quarter.

LaVine missed all five of his treys through the third.

When White made another difficult, twisting layup with 8:40 left in the fourth, the Bulls' deficit was 87-79. Harris threw down a dunk coming out of a timeout and the Sixers quickly extended their lead to 89-79.

After four straight misses on a single possession by the Bulls, Simmons responded with a layup and the Philadelphia advantage was 91-79 with 7:26 left.

Matisse Thybulle soon dropped in a trey from the wing to give the Sixers a 98-85 lead with 3:36 left.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Chicago   Philadelphia
Zach LaVine 23 Scoring Furkan Korkmaz 24
Tomas Satoransky 6 Assists Ben Simmons 7
Zach LaVine 7 Rebounds Ben Simmons 11
Zach LaVine 5 Free Throws Made Tobias Harris 3
Chandler Hutchison 2 Steals Tobias Harris 2
Luke Kornet 2 Blocks Matisse Thybulle 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Chicago 89 43.2 8-35 11-15 21 37 3 8 17
Philadelphia 100 48.8 9-29 11-11 30 44 7 9 13
Upcoming Games
  • Philadelphia will play their next game on the road against New York. The 76ers have a W/L % of .731 after a win and .471 after a loss.
  • Chicago will play their next game at home against Cleveland. The Bulls have a W/L % of .125 after a win and .481 after a loss.