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Posted on: Friday, November 6, 2009

Bulls stop Cavs, 86-85


Associated Press

CLEVELAND — Luol Deng scored 15 points and helped stop LeBron James on a drive in the final seconds as the Chicago Bulls ended Cleveland's three-game winning streak with an 86-85 victory last night.

Derrick Rose had 14 points and 11 assists for the Bulls, who handed the Cavs their second loss at home. Cleveland, which lost to Boston in its opener, only lost two regular-season games and went 45-3 at Quicken Loans Arena last season.

CHICAGO 25 21 17 23—86

CLEVELAND 27 16 22 20—85

CHICAGO—Deng 6-16 2-2 15, T.Gibson 5-12 1-2 11, Noah 2-5 3-4 7, Rose 6-15 2-2 14, Salmons 6-13 1-1 14, Hinrich 4-8 0-1 9, Miller 4-9 2-2 10, Thomas 3-6 0-0 6, Pargo 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 36-88 11-14 86.

CLEVELAND—L.James 9-17 6-9 25, Varejao 5-7 2-4 12, O'Neal 7-13 0-0 14, M.Williams 4-13 2-3 11, Parker 4-9 0-0 11, West 1-5 0-0 2, Ilgauskas 0-9 2-4 2, D.Gibson 3-4 0-0 8, Hickson 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 33-81 12-20 85.

3-Point Goals—Chicago 3-10 (Deng 1-1, Hinrich 1-1, Salmons 1-4, Rose 0-2, Pargo 0-2), Cleveland 7-18 (Parker 3-3, D.Gibson 2-3, L.James 1-4, M.Williams 1-7, West 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Chicago 51 (Noah 11), Cleveland 60 (Varejao 13). Assists—Chicago 23 (Rose 11), Cleveland 21 (M.Williams, L.James 6). Total Fouls—Chicago 15, Cleveland 17. Technicals—Chicago defensive three second, Cleveland defensive three second. A—20,562 (20,562).

JAZZ 113, SPURS 99

Carlos Boozer had 27 points and 14 rebounds to help host Utah beat San Antonio and end a two-game losing skid.

SAN ANTONIO 22 28 30 19— 99

UTAH 32 28 33 20—113

SAN ANTONIO—Jefferson 5-9 2-4 14, Duncan 5-10 5-8 15, Bonner 1-6 0-0 3, Parker 6-14 9-9 21, Finley 2-5 1-2 6, Ginobili 3-8 4-6 11, McDyess 2-5 2-2 6, Hill 1-8 0-0 2, Blair 7-10 0-0 14, Mason 3-6 0-0 7, Bogans 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-81 23-31 99.

UTAH—Kirilenko 3-7 6-6 12, Boozer 12-20 3-3 27, Okur 4-10 2-2 10, Williams 11-19 5-6 27, Brewer 3-8 4-6 10, Millsap 3-4 3-4 9, Matthews 5-8 1-3 12, Price 1-4 0-0 2, Fesenko 0-1 0-0 0, Maynor 2-2 0-0 4, Koufos 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 44-83 24-30 113.

3-Point Goals—San Antonio 6-16 (Jefferson 2-3, Mason 1-2, Finley 1-2, Ginobili 1-3, Bonner 1-5, Parker 0-1), Utah 1-7 (Matthews 1-2, Okur 0-1, Kirilenko 0-1, Price 0-1, Williams 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—San Antonio 46 (Duncan 13), Utah 53 (Boozer 14). Assists—San Antonio 14 (Jefferson, Parker 3), Utah 23 (Williams 9). Total Fouls—San Antonio 24, Utah 25. A—19,797 (19,911).

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