Luol Deng scored 25 points as the Chicago Bulls recorded their third straight win with a 96-83 victory over the Boston Celtics.
The Bulls won for only the second time in their last 12 games on the road as they began a stretch of 10 of 12 games away from home.
The Celtics, whose only lead was 2-0, trailed 86-80 after Paul Pierce hit a three-pointer with 3:50 left.
But the Bulls scored eight of the next nine points, six by Joakim Noah, to build the lead to 94-81.
Pierce scored 20 points and Rajon Rondo added 15 for the Celtics, playing their fourth game in five nights.
The loss dropped them to 11-6 at home after they went 35-6 there in each of the past two seasons.
Rookie Sundiata Gaines hit a last-gasp three-pointer to end a topsy-turvy match and give the Utah Jazz a 97-96 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
LeBron James had led the Cavaliers on a 22-4 run earlier in the fourth quarter and put the Cavs up by six points with 32.5 seconds left but they could not clinch it from the free throw line.
James was the star man for Cleveland, scoring 36 points, 20 of which came in the final quarter.
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