TORONTO (AP) – John Lucas scored all 13 of his points in the fourth quarter, Luol Deng had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 94-82 on Wednesday night.
By Pawel Dwulit, AP
The Chicago Bulls' C.J. Watson drives to the net past the Toronto Raptors' Amir Johnosn, left, during first-half in Toronto.
Kyle Korver also came up big in the final quarter, scoring all 10 of his points in the fourth as the Bulls came back after trailing by 12 early in the second half.
C.J. Watson scored 15 points and Ronnie Brewer had 12 for the Bulls, who won their third straight. League-leading Chicago (39-10) has won six of eight since an eight-game winning streak from Feb. 20 to March. 7.
The Bulls outscored the Raptors 32-13 in the fourth to win their sixth straight road game, improving to an NBA-best 20-6 away from home. Chicago's last road loss was Feb. 12 at Boston.
The Bulls also won for the fourth time in five games without leading scorer Derrick Rose, who is still sidelined with a sore right groin. Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said Rose has not yet resumed running.
"He's doing more and more," Thibodeau said. "He's doing some shooting. He's moving right along."
DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points and James Johnson had 16 for the Raptors, who lost their third straight and have dropped seven of 10 overall.
Andrea Bargnani made two of his 10 field goal attempts and finished with eight points. Jose Calderon also struggled with his shooting, going 3 of 10. He had nine points and eight assists.
Toronto made just four of 18 shots in the fourth.
Lucas scored Chicago's first seven points of the final quarter, including a 3-pointer with 8:10 left, cutting Toronto's lead to 72-69 and forcing the Raptors to call timeout.
After Gary Forbes missed a shot, Lucas fed Korver for a game-tying 3. At the other end, Omer Asik blocked Linas Kleiza's driving jumper, setting up Taj Gibson for a go-ahead dunk. Lucas and Korver each hit jumpers on the next two possessions and Chicago didn't trail again.
Toronto's only basket in the first 8 minutes of the fourth was a hook shot by Ed Davis, who converted the three-point play at 10:28. The Raptors, who missed 10 of their first 11 shots in the quarter, didn't score again until a pair of free throws by Bargnani with 3:28 to play, by which time their 72-64 lead had become an 84-74 deficit.
Raptors guard Jerryd Bayless, who was knocked out of Tuesday's loss at New York after injuring his left hip in a collision with Carmelo Anthony, had to leave this one after playing just 1:29 in the opening quarter.
Deng scored Chicago's first seven points of the game and had 10 in the first as the Bulls led 27-23 after one.
Former Bulls center Aaron Gray had five rebounds and six points in the second as Toronto outscored Chicago 28-16 to lead 51-43 at the half.
DeRozan and Brewer each scored six points in the third as the Raptors took a 69-62 lead into the final quarter.
Magic 103, Suns 93
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Anderson hit seven 3-pointers and scored 29 points, Dwight Howard added 28 points and 16 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic held off the Phoenix Suns 103-93 on Wednesday night.
Orlando led by as many as 22 points before the Suns surged with under five minutes to play. But the Magic, who were 11 for 23 from beyond the arc, were able to string together enough baskets down the stretch to hold on to the victory.
The Magic snapped a two-game losing streak and won for the sixth time in seven matchups with the Suns in Orlando.
Jared Dudley had 17 points and Robin Lopez added 14 points and eight rebounds for the Suns.
Spurs' Parker leaves with hamstring injurySAN ANTONIO (AP) — All-Star point guard Tony Parker left the Spurs' game against the Timberwolves on Wednesday night with 8:03 remaining in the first half because of tightness in his left hamstring and won't return.Parker, who had two points and six assists when he left, spoke briefly with Spurs coach Gregg Popovich before heading to the locker room. The veteran guard is averaging 20 points and eight assists this season.
He's missed two games this season for the Spurs, who lost backup T.J. Ford to retirement earlier this month. With Parker out, Tony Neal is the primary backup point guard. The team sent rookie point guard Cory Joseph to the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League on Tuesday.
Phoenix lost its second straight game since a season-best, four-game win streak.
Deron Williams, Avery Johnson ejected vs Wizards
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Guard Deron Williams and coach Avery Johnson of New Jersey were ejected in the third quarter of the Nets' game against the Washington Wizards for arguing a non-call on the All-Star's drive to the basket.Williams appeared to be hit on the play and lost control of the ball. Washington got a fast break and Williams was called for a foul against Trevor Booker with 5:18 to play.
There was a timeout before the foul shots were taken, and Williams complained to official Leon Wood, who walked away.
Williams went to the bench, where official Josh Tiven hit him with consecutive technical fouls. Jordan Crawford made both free throws. Johnson yelled at Tiven and also got two technical, joining Williams in the locker room.
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