NBA ROUNDUP : Bulls Click as They Win 25th in a Row at Home

It’s great to be on the Chicago Bulls these days. Everyone plays. Everyone contributes. And they always seem to win.

The Bulls rolled to their 25th consecutive home victory and 20th in 21 games overall with a 129-107 victory over the Atlanta Hawks Wednesday night at Chicago.

Michael Jordan had 22 points and 11 of the Bulls’ 42 assists as all 12 players scored for the second game in a row.

The Bulls are an NBA-best 50-15 after their ninth consecutive victory and are 30-3 at Chicago Stadium.

“We’re just trying to mosey along, we want to keep focused and keep winning,” said Jordan, who sat out the fourth quarter for the second game in a row.

Horace Grant added 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulls, who shot 63% from the field and got 53 points from their reserves.

Dominique Wilkins scored 28 points for Atlanta.

Philadelphia 107, Detroit 103--Charles Barkley scored 32 points and Hersey Hawkins had 20 points, including nine in the fourth quarter, to lead the 76ers over the Pistons at Philadelphia. It was the Pistons’ ninth loss in 13 games.

The two teams could meet in the opening round of the playoffs, and Hawkins said the 76ers wanted to show the Pistons they weren’t going to be intimidated.

“We wanted to win impressively,” said Hawkins, who also had five steals. “It might not have been real impressive, but I think we established that we’re not going to back down to them.”

Detroit never led in the game.

The Pistons played without forward Mark Aguirre, who was poked in the right eye in practice on Tuesday.

Phoenix 110, Dallas 96--Xavier McDaniel scored 24 points and Tom Chambers had 22 at Dallas as the Suns rolled to a club-record seventh consecutive road victory.

Jeff Hornacek contributed 20 points and Kevin Johnson had 15 points and 12 assists as the Suns won for the 10th time in their past 11 games.

Dallas went 3:46 without scoring down the stretch until Derek Harper’s basket with 2:34 to play narrowed Phoenix’s lead to 101-92. But Hornacek’s three-pointer on the Suns’ next possession ended the hopes of the Mavericks, now 2-6 in their last eight games.

Herb Williams led Dallas with 30 points (on 15-of-19 shooting) and Harper had 23.

New Jersey 118, Minnesota 111--Mookie Blaylock’s desperation three-pointer sent the game at East Rutherford, N.J., into overtime and Sam Bowie scored six of his career-high 38 points in extra period to give the Nets a victory.

The Nets, who have won three of their past four games, trailed through most of the second half but sent the game into overtime when Blaylock banked in a 28-foot three-point shot at the buzzer.

The Nets’ Chris Morris ignited a six-point spurt that iced the victory by taking a pass from Derrick Coleman and dunking with 1:30 remaining.

Boston 102, Washington 81--Reggie Lewis scored 22 of his 28 points in the first half, and Kevin Gamble added 20 as the Celtics beat the Bullets at Boston.

The Bullets trailed, 69-56, late in the third quarter, but pulled within 71-64 before fading again.

“It was a real sloppy game,” said the Celtics’ Dee Brown, who finished with 14 points in 35 minutes, which helped Brian Shaw rest his injured right ankle.

The Bullets played without Bernard King for a fourth consecutive game because of a back problem.

New York 102, Cleveland 97--Patrick Ewing scored 22 of his 32 points in the second half and the Knicks climbed over the .500 mark (34-33) for the first time in four months by defeating the Cavaliers at New York.

Reserve guard Gerald Paddio led the Cavaliers with a career-high 24 points.

Indiana 117, Miami 107--Reggie Miller scored 27 points, including eight in a row during a crucial fourth-quarter stretch, as the Pacers beat the Heat at Indianapolis.

Glen Rice led the Heat with 31 points.

Utah 106, Denver 98--Karl Malone scored five of his 31 points in a 9-0 run midway through the fourth quarter at Denver and the Jazz handed the Nuggets their fourth consecutive loss.

The Nuggets led, 88-85, with 8:21 left before the Jazz scored nine points in the next three minutes for a 94-88 advantage.