CHICAGO — Derrick Rose scored 33 points and Luol Deng added seven of his 23 in overtime to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 115-111 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.
Brandon Roy’s jumper with 3:46 left in overtime gave the Blazers a 107-106 lead, but Kirk Hinrich answered for the Bulls with a layup, Deng made a fadeaway jumper, and Joakim Noah found Taj Gibson for a layup to put the Bulls up 112-107 with 2:09 remaining.
Portland came back and Roy tried for the lead but missed a 3-pointer with five seconds left. Deng finished on the other end to seal the game for the Bulls with a dunk.
LaMarcus Aldridge finished with a season-high 32 points and Roy added 23 for Portland.
The Bulls trailed 95-90 after Marcus Camby’s dunk with 5:56 left in the fourth quarter, but they came back after Deng hit a jumper and made two free throws. Rose then gave the Bulls a 96-95 lead with a layup. Roy’s jumper over Deng in the lane tied it with 16 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Rose had a chance to win the game in regulation but missed a layup with Aldridge contesting as the buzzer sounded.
