CHICAGO (AP) a Nate Robinson scored a 35 details and the Chicago Bulls ended still another lengthy winning ability, rallying to defeat New York 118-111 in overtime Thursday night and end the Knicks' 13-game run. Robinson came out huge down the stretch, rating nine factors in the additional period. Jimmy Butler included 22 things, Luol Deng obtained 16, and the Bulls broke a long streak for the next time in about a two-week period, ending the Miami Heat's 27-game run a the second-longest in NBA history a on March 27. They set the Knicks' longest streak in not quite two decades to rest with an enormous surge in the second half, offsetting Carmelo Anthony's 36 points. Robinson started overtime with a three-point play to give Chicago a 108-105 guide, and after Anthony obtained, the Bulls started to pull away. Deng nailed a, and Robinson hit a totally free throw after J.R. Johnson got called for a foul with 2:09 outstanding for arguing a against Deng on a missed travel. The Bulls guard then drove for a layup to produce it 114-107, and Chicago hung on from there. Chicago trailed by around 17 and was down 79-64 in the next quarter prior to going on a huge work to obtain back into it. The Bulls were also up by nine a 99-90 a' following a 3 by Robinson and layup by Butler with 5:42 remaining, but they didn't get another basket in regulation. The Knicks finally tied it at 105 with 14.5 seconds left each time a driving Anthony got fouled by Butler and hit both free throws. Deng then missed an off-balance fadeaway bank chance with 1.5 seconds left in regulation. New York's Raymond Felton grabbed the rebound, and after a 20-second timeout, Anthony's long jumper struck the rim and it went into overtime. That ended the Knicks' longest gain talent since a 15-game run from March 1 to April 2, 1994, and left them two games ahead of Indiana for the next seed in the Eastern Conference with four games remaining. Nyc plays the Pacers on Sunday. Anthony, trying to get to be the first Knicks player since Bernard King in 1984-85 to gain a scoring name, was off target in that one. He struck only 13 of 34 shots after averaging 40.6 factors in the last five games. J.R. Johnson scored 28 details and Raymond Felton included 19, but the Bulls hung on down the stretch in OT to perform the four-game sweep. The gain left fifth-place Chicago a half-game in front of Atlanta in the East, and they could thank Robinson for that. He beat his previous year high with a stage. Deng finished with 16 items after sitting out the previous two games with a hip injury. Notes: Knicks coach Mike Woodson had little to say about a record that the Knicks were near to putting free representative F James Singleton. "I can not really discuss that," Woodson said. "As we talk today, there is really nothing going on with this. The name is dangling, but that is kind of in-house matters at this time. I am unable to actually examine that yet". ... Instructor Tom Thibodeau again said there's no "drop-dead date" for Derrick Rose to go back, adding "whenever he is ready, he's ready". Rose's recovery from a torn anterior cruciate ligament has been the largest story surrounding the Bulls. He was injured in last year's playoff opener against Philadelphia.
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