Noah's triple-double too much for 76ers

Noah had 23 points, 21 rebounds and a career-high 11 blocks for his third career triple-double and the Chicago Bulls ended a two-game losing streak with a 93-82 victory over Philadelphia.

"His will from the start of the game until the end was just incredible," Thibodeau said. "He was everywhere — blocked shots, switching, guarding everyone. Big-time multiple efforts."

Noah also tied the Bulls record for blocks in a regulation game, previously set by Artis Gilmore in 1977.

"He was amazing," Bulls forward Carlos Boozer said. "(But) we needed everybody to step up and we did. It was impressive."

Boozer added 21 points and 12 rebounds while Kirk Hinrich and Luol Deng had 15 and 12 points, respectively, as the Bulls completed a three-game regular season series sweep.

But Noah was quick to shrug off superlatives.

"It feels good, it feels really good to play well and win," he said. "It was a good win for us and hopefully we can build on it."

But Sixers coach Doug Collins wasn't as reticent.

"Noah is so lively and he's so active and he's just on the move all the time," he said. "If you don't get your body on him, he's just going to be nightmares around the rim. He's got a great motor."

Jrue Holiday paced the Sixers with 22 points, Spencer Hawes added 20 points and 15 rebounds while Evan Turner had 12 points.

The loss was Philadelphia's season-high seventh in a row.

"If we made more shots, we would have won," Hawes said. "On defense we played well enough, they just made more plays than we did."

The Sixers rallied from a 16-point third-quarter deficit to get within four points at 75-71 on Hawes' dunk.

But Nate Robinson hit a jumper and added a 3-pointer following a Noah block — his ninth of the game — to push Chicago's lead to 80-71.

Noah added a 3-point play with 4:32 to play to restore a double-digit lead at 83-71. Philadelphia never got closer than seven points the rest of the way.

Boozer opened with eight points and Deng added six as Chicago had a 19-16 first-quarter lead less than nine minutes into the game.