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Follow along with Wednesday's NBA action, featuring the best highlights, moments, stats and observations from a 11-game night.
The Bulls stormed back from a 24-point deficit to beat the 76ers on a late go-ahead 3-pointer in a battle between the early leaders in the East.
The Suns defeated the Clippers 115-102 in the first game of a home-and-home series on Thursday. They trailed by three points at halftime, but outscored the Suns 67-51 after forcing 10 turnovers over the last two quarters to improve to 4-1 at home.
All set to run it back again for a second matchup in three nights, the Phoenix Suns are close to becoming whole again, while the Los Angeles Clippers have availability issues.
Warriors forward Jimmy Butler, who was dealing with a sore lower back coming into Tuesday's game against the Suns, played just 14 first-half minutes and was ruled out in the third quarter.