{"id":148937,"date":"2026-03-26T10:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/148937\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:26:12","slug":"embiid-george-return-to-the-lineup-and-lead-philadelphia-76ers-past-chicago-bulls-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/148937\/","title":{"rendered":"Embiid, George return to the lineup and lead Philadelphia 76ers past Chicago Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 Joel Embiid<\/a> scored 35 points in his return to the lineup from injury, Paul George<\/a> had 28 points in his first game since serving a 25-game suspension, and the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> rolled to a 157-137 victory over the Chicago Bulls<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Josh Giddey<\/a> scored 23 points to lead the Bulls.<\/p>\n

Embiid missed 13 games with a strained right oblique but showed no signs of rust. The 2023 MVP made 6 of 9 shots in the first period, including all three of his 3-point tries. He had 23 points in the first half to help Philadelphia take a 71-52 halftime lead.<\/p>\n

George was not as sharp early but settled in after halftime. <\/p>\n

Playing for the first time since Jan. 29 due to a violation of the NBA’s<\/a> drug policy, he missed 8 of 10 field goals in the opening half and had five points, but scored 23 points in the second half.<\/p>\n

George was cheered throughout the night, especially after converting on three consecutive possessions early in the fourth quarter. Philadelphia was 13-12 without George, who signed a four-year, $212 million deal with the 76ers before the 2024 season but has been sidelined frequently by injury and suspension. George finished 11 of 22 from the field and 6 of 13 from long range.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia still was without All-Star Tyrese Maxey, who missed his 10th straight game due to a right finger tendon strain. Kelly Oubre Jr.<\/a> (left elbow strain) also was sidelined for the eighth consecutive contest. Oubre has been cleared to return to on-court activities and participated in Wednesday morning’s shootaround, a team spokesperson said before the game.<\/p>\n

VJ Edgecome added 22 points for the 76ers.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Bulls: At Oklahoma City on Friday night.<\/p>\n

76ers: At Charlotte on Saturday night. <\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 Joel Embiid scored 35 points in his return to the lineup from injury, Paul George…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15350,63627,5955,67892,23936,14498,15352,69,1002,71,70],"class_list":["post-148937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-event_recap","tag-joel-embiid","tag-josh-giddey","tag-kelly-oubre-jr","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-paul-george","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}