Bulls hand Pistons ninth straight loss
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP)—Derrick Rose(notes) scored 22 points, and Joakim Noah(notes) added15 points and 21 rebounds to help the Chicago Bulls hand the Detroit Pistonstheir ninth straight loss, 98-87 on Thursday.
Chicago hadn’t won a road game in six weeks, but never trailed against theslumping Pistons (11-21), who are been 10 games under .500 for the first timesince the 2000-01 season. The Bulls (13-17) snapped an eight-game losing streakaway from home.
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Chicago Bulls coach Vinny Del … AP – Dec 31, 6:00 pm EST ![]()
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Tyrus Thomas(notes) added 19 points for Chicago, and John Salmons(notes) had 17.
Rodney Stuckey(notes) led the Pistons with 22 points, and Ben Gordon(notes) had 21 againsthis former team. Stuckey twisted his left ankle twice in the first half.
The Bulls led 44-39 after a sloppy first half that saw the teams combine for22 turnovers.
Detroit got to 46-44 in the third quarter, but Chicago led 69-56 at the endof the period. The Bulls led by 20 as the Palace emptied during the fourthquarter.
NOTES: Charlie Villanueva(notes), who had stopped wearing the mask protecting hisbroken nose, put it back on for the second half, but only wore it for a fewpossessions. … Detroit has not led in the second half of any of its last sixgames. … Thomas had 10 points in the first three quarters without making afield goal. He was 0 for 2 from the floor and 10 for 12 from the line.
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