Derrick Rose clutch win vs Cleveland Cavs November 6 2009

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Derrick Rose clutch win vs Cleveland Cavs November 6 2009 CLEVELAND -- For a split second, LeBron James appeared to be on his way to bailing out the Cleveland Cavaliers once more. Luol Deng and J...

Derrick Rose clutch win vs Cleveland Cavs November 6 2009

CLEVELAND -- For a split second, LeBron James appeared to be on his way to bailing out the Cleveland Cavaliers once more.

Luol Deng and Joakim Noah put a stop to that.

Chicago's forwards double teamed James and denied the superstar on a drive in the final seconds as the Chicago Bulls ended Cleveland's three-game winning streak with an 86-85 victory Thursday night, the Cavaliers' second home loss already this season.

James thought there was sufficient bumping to get a foul called on either Deng or Noah.

Derrick Rose had 14 points and 11 assists and John Salmons added 14 points for the Bulls, who dropped the Cavs to 1-2 at home. Cleveland didn't lose its second game at home last season until April 16 and went 45-3 at Quicken Loans Arena.

Down 86-85, the Cavaliers, who sputtered on offense all night, buckled down and made the defensive stop they needed by forcing a shot-clock violation. Cleveland called a full timeout and set up a play, but before they could inbound the ball, Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro called a 20-second T.O. to reset his defense.

James took the pass and got a step on Deng in the lane. As he neared the basket, Noah came over and bumped James, who lost the ball as he elevated. It went out of bounds with two-tenths of a second left, and the referees awarded it to Chicago. Just to make sure, they watched a video replay to confirm their call.

As they huddled at the scorer's table, James came over to give his view on the play.

After the horn, James made one last visit to officials Ron Garretson, Michael Smith and Eli Roe. There was nothing he could do at that point but shrug his shoulders and head to the locker room.

"It's a call you think you may get," James said. "I felt a push from Deng and some contact over the top from Noah. Enough to put me on the free throw line? Yes. But that's a judgment call for the officials."

Deng was confident someone would come to his aid.

"I knew my help would be there," he said. "I just couldn't give him a straight line drive. He's so good that you have to slow him down if he's going to drive. I knew Jo was coming with help."

James led the Cavaliers with 25 points. Shaquille O'Neal had 14 and 10 rebounds and Anderson Varejao added 12 with 13 boards. But Cleveland's offense never got into a flow and the Cavs didn't help themselves by going 12 of 20 on free throws.

"We had a chance to win at the end," O'Neal said. "If we limit some of our silly mistakes, we'll be fine."

Brad Miller scored 10 points and Chicago's reserves outscored Cleveland's 25-12 in a choppy game between the Central Division rivals.

"Neither team could make a shot," James.

He went down twice in the first half with apparent injuries while running off the floor.

First, he rolled his left ankle after pulling up under Cleveland's basket. Then, he banged himself hard on a chair while diving into the seats going after a loose ball. As James was being checked by trainer Max Benton, the entire Cleveland team and coaching staff walked over to make sure he was OK.

"I took some good shots tonight, and it wasn't even from the Bulls," James said. "I've had better days and I've had worse."

With the Cavaliers making their only trip this season to New York on Friday, James knows the atmosphere inside Madison Square Garden will be more electrified. He's eligible for free agency after the season, and Knicks fans are praying he'll come to the Big Apple and resurrect their NBA franchise.

James is prepared for another round of questions about his intentions next summer and joked that he hasn't ruled out signing with any team.

"I thought about playing everywhere, for every team in the NBA," he said diplomatically.

Even the Clippers?

"Everywhere," he said, smiling. "At one point in my life I thought about playing for every team. All of them."

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great game played by the bulls.

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great vid cant wait till HQ...my full highlights this game be up in few hours after its done uploading and stuff....5/5

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Good job buddy. Deng looks like an all-star this year bro.

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my vid is up now.

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His midrange is sick. The Bulls seem like they haven't missed Ben Gordon's presence so far as much as people thought.Once Rose get's healthy(ankle sprains get take a long time to heal) they should be even better than last year! Especially with how hard Gibson plays. Plus Thomas and Noah can rebound with the best.Hinrich is a god comob guard that plays hella defense, They just need Wade to make the cypher complete! :)

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