James Harden with the next top performance?

The Philadelphia 76ers await the Chicago Bulls on 08/03/2022 from 01:00. The Sixers have been very stable recently and have won five of their last six games.

Due to this and the visitors’ lack of form, they were able to swap places with their opponents in the table recently, which is why the home side are now the first chaser of the table leader from Miami in the East.

Philadelphia 76ers – Statistics & current form

Head Coach Doc Rivers’ team has improved considerably of late and this is of course due to prominent newcomer James Harden. The former Nets player and 2018 MVP has immediately emerged as the boost Philly was hoping for.

In addition, his interplay with Joel Embiid on the five already looks very decent. With this duo, Philadelphia must now be considered a serious contender for the title.

On top of that, the Sixers can at least bank a little bit on the home bonus in the upcoming game: The win percentage in games played in front of their own crowd is 58.1 percent.

Chicago Bulls – statistics & current form

The six-time champions have failed to qualify for the playoffs in each of the past four seasons, so their current fourth-place finish is obviously a success from the Windy City franchise’s point of view.

However, the performances dropped off recently and the direct duels with other top teams of the NBA like the Grizzlies from Memphis were lost. The litmus test for a contender’s own aspirations was thus negative for Head Coach Billy Donovan’s team for the time being.

Philadelphia 76ers – Chicago Bulls Tip

The guests travel with a series of four defeats. The home side also lost most recently against the first-placed team in the East, Miami. However, the defeat can be explained to a certain extent by the absence of James Harden.

“The Beard” was given a breather in the back-to-back as he is still struggling with a minor ailment and Philly doesn’t want to take any chances on the prominent new addition with the postseason soon to begin

For the game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Chicago Bulls, the forecast now includes more than 42.5 points, rebounds and assists by James Harden, who, as described, has been able to regenerate recently and is already very strong with the Sixers. The guard has exceeded the selected limit in three of his four appearances with his new employer.