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Bulls return home tonight against Philidalphia

The CHICAGO Bulls already experienced their share of
hardships this season.

However, as the Bulls attempt to play their way into contention for
an Eastern Conference playoff spot starting tonight against
the Philadelphia 76ers, bigger tests may be looming.

With the 76ers (26-45) out of postseason contention, Philadelphia
is simply playing out the string. The 76ers enter tonight's road
game having lost 12 straight meetings with the Bulls, including six
straight the United Center.

Unlike the 76ers, though, the Bulls (34-38) are just one game out
of the eighth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. But with
Dwyane Wade (elbow) out for the remainder of the regular season,
Chicago will have to fight through more obstacles to avoid missing
the playoffs for the second straight season.

"It's all about going out there and completing and having each
other's backs, fighting through adversity as well as you can,"
Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said Wednesday, according to the Chicago
Tribune.

Chicago starting center Robin Lopez will return tonight after
missing the Bulls' 117-95 victory over the Detroit Pistons on
Wednesday due to a one-game suspension. He was punished by the
league for throwing a punch in a fight with Toronto's Serge Ibaka
earlier this week.

The 76ers were already short-handed before the team announced
Wednesday that center Joel Embiid would undergo surgery to repair
the torn meniscus in his left knee. Embiid has not played since
January after appearing in just 31 games for the 76ers, who enter
Friday night's game having lost two straight games and seven of
their last 10 games.

While Philadelphia had grown accustomed to playing without Embiid,
Wednesday's news made what was believed to be coming official --
that Embiid would miss the remainder of the season.

And for a 76ers team that has endured much during an on-going
rebuilding process, Philadelphia -- like the Bulls -- will have to
find a way to soldier on as they play out the string of the
remainder of the season as Embiid faces his third offseason dealing
with an injury.

"Obviously, he's going to have the whole summer to recover from
it," guard Nik Stauskas said Wednesday, according to CSN Philly.
"It's probably good timing to get on it now and five him four,
five, maybe six months to fully get better from it."

As the 76ers continue to build toward the future as a team that
will again likely have a lottery pick to bolster their roster, the
Bulls are hoping to play for the near future. But in what's already
been a season full of inconsistent play, Chicago is hoping to
reverse that trend in time to find a spot in the playoffs.

But there's not a lot of room for missteps -- starting Friday
against Philadelphia.

And if the Bulls need any motivation, it's to give Wade enough time
to heal to extend his season and rejoin his teammates in the
postseason.

"(Wade says) 'Get us to the playoffs, because I'll be able to come
back, and I can play,'" Bulls swingman Jimmy Butler said, according
to the Chicago Sun-Times. "So that's my goal right now. Go out
there and be the killer to take us to these wins."

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