Bulls Win

CHICAGO (AP) -- Kirk Hinrich scored 22 points and tied a career high with 14 assists Saturday night as the Chicago Bulls beat the Boston Celtics 102-91 for their ninth win in 12 games.
Othella Harrington, in a rare start, matched a season high with 19 points on 9-for-12 shooting and grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds for the Bulls, who surged ahead with a 13-0 third-quarter run. Chicago rookie Luol Deng also had 19 points. Paul Pierce scored 20 for Boston and Tony Allen added 14. Hinrich sparked Chicago's 25-17 third-quarter advantage with 12 points and three assists. He hit a jumper and a pair of 3-pointers and then on a break made a nifty alley-oop pass to Eddy Curry for a slam, capping the 13-0 run that put the Bulls ahead 73-58 with 6 minutes left in the third. Boston rallied to within seven with 4 minutes left before Harrington hit another soft jumper and Hinrich drove for a basket, was fouled and converted the three-point play. Hinrich followed in his own miss just before the first-half buzzer to cap a 19-5 run over the final 4 minutes as the Bulls took a 58-52 lead.