Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 32 points and the Chicago Bulls beat the Phoenix Suns 103-97 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight victory.
Pau Gasol added 17 points and eight rebounds, Kirk Hinrich scored 14 points and former Phoenix guard Aaron Brooks had 12 points as Chicago ended the Suns' three-game winning streak.
Butler's 3-pointer with 1:08 to play gave the Bulls a 99-92 lead, and he followed it up with a dunk with 9.2 seconds left while taking on a bigger offensive load with Derrick Rose sidelined by an ankle injury.
Brandon Knight paced Phoenix with 23 points and P.J. Tucker added 20 points and seven rebounds. High-scoring guard Eric Bledsoe had his second-worst shooting night of the season, finishing 7 of 22 while scoring 21 points.
The Suns led 88-87 with 4:47 left on a pair of free throws by Bledsoe but couldn't hold off Butler, who scored 14 in the final quarter.
The Bulls made 13 of 18 shots in the first quarter and equaled a season high for points in a quarter with 31, 10 of those from Butler.
Chicago went ahead 42-25 on a turnaround by Gasol with seven minutes left in the second quarter. But the Suns outscored the Bulls 22-11 until halftime, cutting the deficit to 51-47 on a 3-pointer from Bledsoe with 46 seconds left.
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Hinrich got the start for Chicago in place of Rose, who was held out with a sprained left ankle.
Brooks left the game midway through the third quarter grabbing his left leg down the court on defense. He went back to the locker room immediately afterward but returned before the quarter was over, only to leave the game again with 4:15 to play due to a hamstring injury.
Forward Markieff Morris was back in starting lineup for Phoenix after missing the past two games with a left knee sprain. He scored six points in 28 minutes.
