Luol Deng stuffed the stat sheet
with 14 points, six assists and five rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to an
83-81 win over the Washington Wizards from HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
Derrick Rose sat out the game with soreness in his surgically repaired left
knee and is considered day-to-day.
Taj Gibson dropped 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting off the bench and Jimmy Butler
netted 11 points. Gibson, Carlos Boozer and Mike Dunleavy all corralled eight
rebounds.
Bradley Beal paced the Wizards with 16 points, while the rest of Washington's
starters netted just 19 points combined on 6-for-29 from the field. Martell
Webster sank three triples for 15 points while Kevin Seraphin and Glen Rice
each scored 10 points.
