Kings bounce back to stun Bulls at Chicago
- Source: Global Times
- [21:23 December 22 2009]
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Sacramento's Tyreke Evans drives past Chicago's Brad Miller during the first half Tuesday. Photo: CFP
Chicago squandered a 35-point lead and lost to Sacramento 102-98 Tuesday, the Bulls being outscored 9-3 by Sacramento rookie Tyreke Evans over the game's final 2:13 to complete the humiliating collapse.
Bulls fans booed the team off the court after the worst blown lead in an NBA loss since Den-ver led Utah by 36 points and lost in 1996.
Britain's Luol Deng scored a game-high 26 points and Derrick Rose added 24 for Chicago while France's Joakim Noah had 10 points and 10 rebounds in a losing cause.
Chicago surged ahead by as much as 79-44 with 3:10 elapsed in the third quarter before the Kings began the comeback, which gave them a two-game road win streak for the first time since early in 2008.
Over the last 20 minutes and 50 seconds, the Kings hit 21-of-39 shots from the field and kept the Bulls to just 5-of- 26 shooting.
"This one stings," Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro said. "You have to execute. We got a little complacent. It hurts. But what are you going to do, sit there with your head down? No. This is the NBA. You have to keep going."
