Gidi: The victory was due to my teammates. The defense of Embiid at the end of the game was crucial.
6686 Sports News on November 5 Today, during the NBA regular season, the Bulls were trailing by 24 points. Gidi assisted Vucevic and hit a three-pointer with the last shot to reverse the situation and beat the 76ers 113-111. After the game, Gidi talked about some key elements of the team's reversal.
Gidi talks about the team's comeback:
We always have confidence in each other, and I thought tonight was a good test to see how we responded after losing in New York. Tonight, another excellent team (the 76ers) in good competitive shape comes to visit. This is a great test. We showed incredible resilience and played like that in the second half. At that time, the running position was 20 or even 25 points away. It would have been an easy choice to give up the game - call it a day and prepare for the next game.
I owe today's victory to my teammates. Our reserve lineup performed incredibly well and kept us in the game. We executed very well at the last moment of the game. Everyone did a great job, especially guarding Embiid late in the game, forcing him to take some difficult mid-range pull-up jumpers. We grabbed rebounds and fought back. It was a team effort and it was a total team win tonight, an unbelievable win.
Gidi scored a triple-double of 29 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists on 10 of 19 shots in this game, and 2 of 4 three-pointers.
Embid made 7 of 21 shots and scored 20 points, 6 rebounds, 3 interceptions and 4 blocks. He did not score on 0 of 5 shots in the final quarter.