Chicago at Philadelphia

Tyrese Maxey scored 38 in Philadelphia's 109-104 win at Charlotte on Saturday, the Sixers' third straight win by exactly five points after 114-109 at Indiana and 98-93 over the Knicks. Their other three wins came by 6, 8 and 11, and the lone loss was 106-93 to Detroit. Philadelphia is 6-1 and first in the East, and I find the scoring behind that record modest: 108.7 points a game over seven games, with 127 against Milwaukee the only total above 114. Chicago is 1-5 and has allowed 129.3 points a game. It lost by 43 at Toronto and by 35 at Boston. The other three losses came by 4 to Washington, 6 to New York, and 14 in the Boston rematch. Caleb Wilson scored 30 against Washington and Norman Powell scored 30 against New York, both in single-digit home losses. Chicago's lone win came at Milwaukee, 132-125. Chicago is the play on the spread tonight, behind an offense that has scored 120 or more in three of its six games.