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Spencer Hawes scored 21 points, grabbed nine rebounds and hit the go-ahead jumper late in the fourth quarter to help the Philadelphia 76ers rally to beat the Chicago Bulls 79-74 on Friday night and take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series.
Hawes scored 10 clutch points in the fourth to give the eighth-seeded Sixers the surprising series lead.
Game 4 is Sunday in Philadelphia.
Already playing the rest of the series without reigning MVP Derrick Rose, the Bulls got another scare in the third quarter when Joakim Noah left with a sprained left ankle. Noah, who scored 12 points, returned in the fourth quarter and mostly hobbled around the court…
The Bulls missed 10 straight field goals over 5-plus minutes in the fourth to lose all of their 14-point lead.
Holiday scored 17 points and Turner had 16 while reserve Lou Williams added 14.
Carlos Boozer had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulls and Richard Hamilton scored 17 points…
The Bulls need to figure out a new way to play without Rose and to protect Noah if they don’t want this series to slip away.
— Reported by Dan Gelston of the Associated Press
