Bulls snap Sixers’ hot streak

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points as the Chicago Bulls snapped Philadelphia's eight-game winning streak w i t h a thrilling 109-105 victory in double overtime on

Monday, March 20.

The red-hot Sixers had been looking to clinch their playoff ticket with victory in front of an expectant home crowd at the Wells Fargo Center.

But despite a 37-point performance from Joel Embiid — the MVP frontrunner's 10th straight 30-point game — Philadelphia was left waiting to reach the postseason after a gritty road win from Chicago.

Embiid missed an attempted tip-in after Tyrese Maxey's attempted three-pointer at the end of regulation which would have snatched victory for the Sixers.

Embiid put Philadelphia 99-97 ahead in the final minute of the first period of overtime but DeRozan levelled with a driving layup.

The Chicago star missed an attempted three-pointer with less than two seconds on the clock, to take the game to a second period of overtime.

The Sixers looked to have taken a grip on the contest after opening up a 105-101 lead in the second overtime period, but with Embiid absent after fouling out, the Bulls reeled off eight unanswered points to close out the win.