Five things to know about the 76ers today

1. The Sixers are looking to snap a four-game losing streak when they host the Chicago Bulls on Thursday. During those four games they have been outscored by 55 points. The Bulls are in a three-way tie for seventh place in the Eastern Conference with Indiana and Miami. All are 38-40 with four games left. Chicago plays four non-playoff teams. In addition to the Sixers, there are two games with Brooklyn and another with Orlando.

2. Sixers reserve center Shawn Long, who had 18 points in just under 18 minutes on Tuesday's 141-118 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, has averaged 12.6 points and 5.3 rebounds in 17.6 minutes during his last eight games.

3. The Sixers (28-50) have set a franchise record with 796 three point field goals. The leading three point percentage shooter (minimum 70 attempts) is Nick Stauskas, who is shooting 36.8 percent (124 for 337). No. 2? That would be Joel Embiid at 36.7 percent (36 for 98).

4. One player the Sixers have to contain is Bulls all-star Jimmy Butler, who is on a late-season hot streak. Butler is averaging 23.9 points per game but in his last six games he is averaging 29.8 points, 7.8 assists and is shooting 8 for 12 (.667) from three point range. In the three games against the Sixers this season, he is averaging 30 points per game and shooting 28 for 57 (49.1 percent) from the field.

5. Sixers rookie Timothe Luwawu has averaged 20.3 points in his last three games but he is shooting just 26.9 percent from three-point range in these games (7 for 26). Luwawu-Cabarrot is making the most of his extended late-season playing time but one area in his game he will look to improve is three-point shooting. He is shooting 30 percent from beyond the arc