LAS VEGAS – The Sixers lost on a buzzer-beater against the Lakers on Saturday and entered Sunday’s game looking to avenge their last-second defeat.
Instead, they fell to 0-2 in Las Vegas summer league action.
The Bulls beat the Sixers 83-70 on Saturday evening at the Thomas & Mack Center. The game got off to a slow scoring start, and the Bulls pulled away in the third quarter.
Ben Simmons put together an impressive scoring sequence toward the end of the game, but it wasn’t enough for the Sixers to come back. He dropped eight straight points off a driving dunk, driving reverse layup, turnaround jumper and jumpshot.
Inside the box score
Simmons led all players with 18 points (7 for 13 from the floor, 4 for 5 from the line), three rebounds, two assist and three turnovers. He did not record his first assist until less than four minutes to play in the third when Nik Stauskas connected for a jumper.
The Sixers received 14 points from Stauskas and 13 points, six rebounds from Christian Wood.
The Bulls were led by Christiano Felicia's 17-point, 10-rebound double-double. Spencer Dinwiddie dropped 14 points and Denzel Valentine scored 13 points with six rebounds.
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Turning point
The Sixers trailed by just two, 46-44, with 3:52 remaining in the third. The Bulls closed the quarter outscoring the Sixers 12-5 to take a nine-point lead. The Sixers did not make a field goal in the final 2:24 of the third and went scoreless in the last 1:49 after two Simmons free throws.
Sights and scenes
Brett Brown, Robert Covington and Joel Embiid sat baseline … The newly-signed Rajon Rondo joined the Bulls on their bench … Hawks point guard Dennis Schroder watched courtside … Jerami Grant caught up with his brother, Bulls guard Jerian, before the game.
Up next
The Sixers will play the Warriors on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. local time. They will be matched up in the tournament seedings after that.
