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Bulls can attribute their win to Rose's impeccable timing
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MILWAUKEE — Derrick Rose drilled a long jumper at the buzzer, powering the Chicago Bulls to a 106-104 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.
Chicago Bulls' Joakim Noah dunks against the Milwaukee Bucks during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, in Milwaukee. The Bulls beat the Bucks with a shot at the last second.
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Holding the ball for the last shot in a tie game, Rose pulled up just inside the 3-point line and hit it just as time expired. Rose was mobbed by his teammates near halfcourt, and cheered wildly by a predominantly pro-Bulls crowd.
Rose scored 30 and Joakim Noah added 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulls, who have won eight straight.
Ersan Ilyasova had a careerhigh 32 points and Drew Gooden added a season-high 27 for the Bucks, who were coming off a home win over Philadelphia on Monday.
The Bulls held Milwaukee's Brandon Jennings to 11 points on 4 for 18 shooting. Jennings had scored 27-plus points in his previous three games coming into Wednesday.
The Bulls have won all four meetings with the Bucks this season.
With the game tied at 95, Noah scored on a tip-in. Jennings missed on the other end and Rose got out on the fast break, beating a pair of defenders for an acrobatic layup and a 99-95 lead with 2:33 left.
Gooden hit a jumper to cut the lead back to two, but Luol Deng hit a three-pointer.
Rose then lost the ball out of bounds, and officials initially
Milwaukee's Beno Udrih got to the line, but hit only one of two free throws to cut the lead to four. After a Rose miss, another foul sent Udrih back to the line and he hit both to cut the lead to two.
ruled it went off a Bucks player. After a replay review, the call was reversed and the ball went to the Bucks with 55.2 seconds left.
Udhri then drove for a layup, tying the game with 42.9 seconds left.
Rose drove on Jennings, then tried to hit a turnaround jumper — and drew a foul on Jennings and hit both shots for a 104-102 lead with 32.5 left.
Ilyasova scored on a putback, tying the game again with 24 seconds left and setting the stage for Rose's last-second shot.
Once again, the Bradley
Center was taken over by Bulls fans — although Chicago's home-away-from-home-court advantage wasn't quite as pronounced as it was in the Bulls' Feb. 4 victory at Milwaukee, a Saturday night game that drew a sellout crowd comprised mostly of Bulls fans.
Still, the Bucks received a jarring greeting when they took the floor before the game — mostly boos — and the crowd was decidedly pro-Bulls most of the game.
The Bulls led 55-50 at half time.
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