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With the sound system booming "Here Come Your Sixers," the team's theme song from a more successful era, when Julius Erving and now-coach Doug Collins played at the now-demolished Spectrum, the still-shorthanded Sixers added the head of the Central Division-leading Chicago Bulls to their mantelpiece, easily defeating the best team in the Eastern Conference, 98-82, at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night.

The Sixers outscored the Bulls, 26-11, in the third quarter, blowing open what had been a close game to lead by 20 at the start of the fourth quarter.

And unlike their previous game, when they blew a big lead against Orlando and let the Magic creep back before putting them away, the Sixers kept the Bulls at a safe distance for the entire fourth quarter.

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