Bulls Claim 111-88 Victory Over 76ers

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Published on November 10 2015 6:29 am
Last Updated on November 10 2015 6:29 am

Jimmy Butler stuck a Sharpie inside a media scrum, using the marker as an imaginary recorder to pick up sound bites nearby from teammate Doug McDermott.

Butler could have used the Sharpie to mark a W on the schedule before the opening tip.

Playing the winless 76ers is about as automatic a win as a team gets these days -- this decade, really -- in the NBA.

Nikola Mirotic had 20 points and 10 rebounds and Pau Gasol scored 16 points to lead the Chicago Bulls past Philadelphia, 111-88 on Monday night.

The Bulls played without Joakim Noah and still cruised to a 15-point lead in the first quarter that they eventually stretched to 26. McDermott scored 18 points, Derrick Rose had 12 and the Bulls looked like title contenders against the woebegone Sixers.

The Bulls might have had tougher competition in an intrasquad scrimmage.

Philadelphia (0-7) has lost 17 straight games dating to March 27, 2015. That matches the fourth-longest mark in franchise history, and three of those lengthy losing streaks have come since the start of the 2013-14 season.


Monday, November 9 Scoreboard

Indiana 97, Orlando 84

Chicago 111, Philadelphia 88

Minnesota 117, Atlanta 107
    
Denver 108, Portland 104

San Antonio 106, Sacramento 88

Golden State 109, Detroit95

Los Angeles 94, Memphis 92


Tuesday, November 10 Schedule (All Times Central)

Utah at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Washington, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

New York at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Dallas at New Orleans, 7 p.m.