■ No NBA penalties: The NBA will not penalize Chris Paul of New Orleans or Rajon Rondo of Boston for their run-in after a game in Boston.
Paul pursued Rondo toward the Celtics' locker room and was blocked by Boston assistants after a Celtics win Sunday. The point guards had been assessed matching technical fouls in the second quarter after they became tangled up under the basket.
Tim Frank, an NBA spokesman, also said yesterday that the league won't take action against Paul from a game at New York on Monday. After the Knicks Al Harrington came up with a loose ball after a Hornets turnover, Paul dived on top of him and made contact with his head.
■ Kings: Forward Andres Nocioni was arrested early yesterday on suspicion of drunk driving after a police officer noticed his car weaving in downtown Sacramento. The officer also noticed an odor of alcohol and conducted a field test before booking Nocioni on suspicion of driving under the influence.
Last night's game
Bulls 86, Cavaliers 85: Luol Deng scored 15 points and helped stop LeBron James on a drive in the final seconds as visiting Chicago ended Cleveland's three-game winning streak last night.
Derrick Rose had 14 points and 11 assists and John Salmons added 14 points for the Bulls, who handed the Cavs their second loss at home. Cleveland, which lost to Boston in its opener, only lost two regular-season games and went 45-3 at Quicken Loans Arena last season.
James, who led the Cavaliers with 25 points, lost the ball out of bounds with 3.2 seconds to go after powering his way to the basket. He drew contact on the play from both Deng and Joakim Noah but the officials ruled that James wasn't fouled.
James spent a few extra moments on the floor after the game politely pleading his case.
Down 86-85, the Cavaliers, who sputtered on offense all night, buckled down and made the defensive stop they needed by forcing a 24-second 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 timeout 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 to help and bumped James. The ball went out of bounds with two-tenths of a second left, but before the refs gave the ball to Chicago, they watched another replay.
As they huddled at the scorer's table, James came over to give his view on the play.
"I got hammered," he said. "He (Noah) jumped toward me."
CHICAGO — Deng 6-16 2-2 15, T.Gibson 5-12 1-2 11, Noah 2-5 3-4 7, Rose 6-15 2-2 14, Salmons 6-13 1-1 14, Hinrich 4-8 0-1 9, Miller 4-9 2-2 10, Thomas 3-6 0-0 6, Pargo 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 36-88 11-14 86.
CLEVELAND — L.James 9-17 6-9 25, Varejao 5-7 2-4 12, O'Neal 7-13 0-0 14, M.Williams 4-13 2-3 11, Parker 4-9 0-0 11, West 1-5 0-0 2, Ilgauskas 0-9 2-4 2, D.Gibson 3-4 0-0 8, Hickson 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 33-81 12-20 85.
Chicago 25 21 17 23 — 86
Cleveland 27 16 22 20 — 85
3-Point Goals—Chicago 3-10 (Deng 1-1, Hinrich 1-1, Salmons 1-4, Rose 0-2, Pargo 0-2), Cleveland 7-18 (Parker 3-3, D.Gibson 2-3, L.James 1-4, M.Williams 1-7, West 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Chicago 51 (Noah 11), Cleveland 60 (Varejao 13). Assists—Chicago 23 (Rose 11), Cleveland 21 (M.Williams, L.James 6). A—20,562 (20,562).
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