"Here's about all you need to know regarding the Bulls' 98-82 blowout loss to the 76ers on Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Center:

The quick, athletic 76ers forced 17 turnovers and, more devastatingly, scored 29 points off of them. They piled up 21 fast-break points to the Bulls' four. They had more rebounds, more second-chance points and way more energy, particularly in a 26-11 third quarter.

No wonder coach Tom Thibodeau said he would have stuck with the reserves who played the entire fourth quarter, even if they had whittled a 20-point deficit lower than the 12 to which they dropped it."