Bulls pull away late and beat Mavericks
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CHICAGO — Ben Gordon scored 30 points, Luol Deng had 21 and the Chicago Bulls ended the Dallas Mavericks’ eight-game winning streak with a 96-85 victory Thursday night.
Dirk Nowitzki had 28 points and 11 rebounds for Dallas, which lost for only the second time in 23 games.
After nearly blowing an early 17-point lead, the Bulls pulled away late in the fourth quarter.
Nowitzki’s three-point basket closed Chicago’s lead to 79-76 with 4:31 left.
P.J. Brown followed with a basket for Chicago and Kirk Hinrich followed with a three-point basket, making it 84-76. Erick Dampier’s dunk for Dallas cut the lead to 86-81, but Brown answered for Chicago by going around Nowitzki for a basket and making a jump shot to put Chicago up, 90-81, with 1:16 left.
Brown scored six of his 12 points in the fourth quarter. Jerry Stackhouse scored 16 points, and Jason Terry had 12 points and six assists for Dallas.
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