CHICAGO: Derrick Rose scored 36 points as the Chicago Bulls cooled off the hot form of the Boston Celtics with a 90-79 win in the NBA Saturday. Rose set career highs for free throws made and attempted with a 15-for-19 performance from the line, driving by Rajon Rondo over and over again before usually drawing contact from one or more of Boston's big men. Rondo and Jermaine O'Neal each finished the game with five fouls and Shaquille O'Neal had four. Carlos Boozer added 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulls. Paul Pierce had 21 points to lead Boston, which had won four straight. Magic 117, Mavericks 107: In Dallas, Orlando extended the NBA's longest active winning streak to nine games with victory over injury-depleted Dallas. Dwight Howard had 23 points and 13 rebounds, and Jason Richardson scored 20 points for Orlando, which rallied from a 16-point, first-half deficit. DeShawn Stevenson scored a season-high 24 points for the Mavericks, who were without top scorer Dirk Nowitzki for his career-longest seventh straight game with a knee sprain. Thunder 109, Grizzlies 100: In Oklahoma City, Kevin Durant scored 40 points as Oklahoma City avenged a loss at Memphis earlier this week. Durant eclipsed 40 points for the second time in two weeks, hitting a pair of free throws and then a jumper from the left elbow after Memphis had pulled within two in the final 2 minutes. Russell Westbrook added 22 points and 11 assists for the Thunder. Zach Randolph had 27 points and 16 rebounds – including nine on the offensive end – for the Grizzlies. Jazz 103, Rockets 99, OT: In Houston, Paul Millsap scored 12 of his 27 points in overtime as Utah rallied from yet another double-digit deficit in a victory over slumping Houston. Al Jefferson had 24 points and 13 rebounds for the Jazz, who have come back to win 12 times this season after trailing by at least 10 points. Luis Scola had 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets, who have lost five in a row. Utah trailed by as many as 16 points but held Houston to 13 field goals after halftime to close the gap. Hawks 108, Pacers 93: In Atlanta, Josh Smith scored 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter to secure Atlanta's win over Indiana. Joe Johnson added 24 points for the Hawks, who have won four straight. Danny Granger scored 16 for the Pacers, who seemed to lose focus after coach Jim O'Brien's technical foul in the third quarter. Indiana never led and has lost three straight. Pistons 112, 76ers 109, OT: In Auburn Hills, Michigan, Austin Daye made a tying 3-pointer with 3.5 seconds left in regulation and Detroit went on to beat Philadelphia in overtime. Detroit trailed by three when Philadelphia's Lou Williams missed two free throws with 6.2 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. After a timeout, Daye caught an inbound pass in the corner and made the tying shot from long range. The 76ers nearly rallied from a seven-point deficit in the final 20 seconds of overtime, pulling within one on 3-pointers by Evan Turner and Jodie Meeks. After Rodney Stuckey made two free throws for Detroit with 6.6 seconds left, Meeks tried an off-balance shot with two defenders on him that bounced off the rim. Bucks 115, Nets 92: In Newark, Chris Douglas-Roberts celebrated his birthday by scoring 24 points against his former teammates to lead Milwaukee over New Jersey. Ersan Ilyasova added a season-high 22 points and 13 rebounds as the Bucks beat the Nets for the sixth straight time. Milwaukee, the NBA's worst shooting team at 41.3 percent from the field, shot a season-best 58.3 percent in scoring a season high in points despite having center Andrew Bogut sidelined with a viral infection. Kris Humphries scored a season-high 22 points for New Jersey. Bobcats 104, Wizards 89: In Charlotte, the hosts kept Washington winless on the road this season. Stephen Jackson scored 21 points and D.J. Augustin added 20 for the Bobcats, who pulled away early in the fourth quarter to improve to 4-2 under interim coach Paul Silas. Kirk Hinrich scored 18 points for the Wizards, who remained the NBA's lone winless team on the road at 0
