PHILADELPHIA — Forward Nikola Mirotic had 20 points and a season-high 10 rebounds as the Chicago Bulls beat Philadelphia 111-88 on Monday night, extending the 76ers’ losing streak to 17 games.
Forward Doug McDermott scored 18 points and center Pau Gasol added 16 points, nine rebounds and six blocked shots for the Bulls, who were without center/forward Joakim Noah because of a sore left knee.
Guard Derrick Rose contributed 12 points and forward Tony Snell had 10, as did guard Aaron Brooks.
Rookie center Jahlil Okafor finished with 21 points and a season-high 15 rebounds for the Sixers, who were without center/forward Nerlens Noel because of injuries to both wrists.
Forwards Jerami Grant and Richaun Holmes had 11 points for Philadelphia, which shot just 35 percent from the floor. Reserve guard Phil Pressey also had 11 for the Sixers.
Philadelphia, 0-7 this season, also lost its final 10 games of the 2014-15 season. Their last victory came on March 25 against Denver.
Mirotic, a second-year player from Montenegro who is starting for the first time this season, notched 12 of his points in the third quarter on three 3-pointers and three free throws made after he was fouled while attempting a 3-point shot.
The Bulls extended a 52-43 halftime lead to 76-62 in that period, and were up by as many as 26 points in the fourth quarter.
Mirotic shot 6-for-11 from the floor, including 3-for-7 from beyond the arc.
Rose and Snell scored six points apiece, the latter on a pair of 3-pointers, as Chicago outscored Philadelphia 22-4 late in the first quarter to go up 31-16.
The Sixers, down 31-22 at quarter’s end, clawed back to take a 40-37 lead midway through the second period.
Philadelphia’s young, athletic front line — Grant, Holmes and Christain Wood — were a factor at both ends in that stretch, defending energetically and converting opportunities in the paint at the other. Wood scored six points and Holmes had five in the first 6:48 of the period.
Then Gasol went to work, pouring in six of his 12 first-half points in a 15-6 Chicago rush at the end of the half. That gave the Bulls a 52-43 halftime cushion.
Rose scored 10 in the half for Chicago. Grant paced Philadelphia with 11.
Philadelphia, within five early in the third quarter, missed 11 straight shots, fueling a 9-0 Bulls spree that started with McDermott’s four-point play.
Mirotic ended that run with his second 3-pointer of the period, giving Chicago a 66-52 lead.
NOTES: Philadelphia C/F Nerlens Noel pronounced himself day to day with his wrist injuries. … Sixers rookie F Richaun Holmes, a native of Lockport, Ill., made his first career start in Noel’s place, against what is ostensibly his hometown team. “To get a chance to go out and compete against the team I rooted for as a kid is a big-time opportunity,” he said before the game. … Sixers coach Brett Brown said he hopes to have F Robert Covington, who has missed the last four games with a sprained right knee, for Saturday’s game in San Antonio. … Chicago continues to be without G Kirk Hinrich (toe) and F Mike Dunleavy (back).