NBA ROUNDUP : Jordan Out as Celtics Beat Bulls

The Chicago Bulls didn’t have Michael Jordan from the start, and they couldn’t stop Reggie Lewis.

With Jordan sidelined because of a sprained left foot, Lewis scored 22 of his 32 points in the second half and led the Boston Celtics to a 101-96 victory over the Bulls Wednesday night at Boston.

“That’s 33 points we’re missing,” Chicago Coach Phil Jackson said. “I told (the Bulls) they may have to get used to this. It may be more than one game.”

Jordan, injured in a loss at New York Saturday night, missed his fourth game in the last seven seasons. The Bulls have lost them all.

Lewis, who also had seven assists and four steals, made eight of nine shots in the third quarter, which Boston closed with an 18-4 surge for a 78-70 lead.

Boston led by at least seven points during the fourth quarter until Chicago got the last five points on Horace Grant’s layup and B.J. Armstrong’s three-pointer.

Grant had 20 points, Scottie Pippen added 18 and Bill Cartwright scored 17 for Chicago.

Robert Parish scored 17 points and Xavier McDaniel had 16 points and 12 rebounds for Boston.

Milwaukee 100, Miami 97--Anthony Avent made a tiebreaking three-point play with 1:03 left and Eric Murdock sank two free throws with 25 seconds remaining as the Bucks downed the Heat at Milwaukee for their fourth consecutive victory.

Frank Brickowski scored 23 points and Blue Edwards added 20 as the Bucks improved their record to 10-3, matching Portland for the best record in the NBA and taking first place from Chicago in the Central Division.

Rony Seikaly and Kevin Edwards each scored 26 for the Heat.

Portland 112, Indiana 103--Cliff Robinson scored a career-high 31 points and the Trail Blazers rallied from a 16-point deficit to beat the Pacers at Indianapolis.

Detlef Schrempf had 26 points and 11 rebounds for the Pacers, who led, 36-21, after one quarter.

San Antonio 98, Philadelphia 82--David Robinson had 27 points and 21 rebounds at Philadelphia as the Spurs handed the 76ers their fifth consecutive loss.

Antoine Carr had 25 points for the Spurs.

New Jersey 122, Atlanta 115--Chris Morris scored 19 points and hit a shot from midcourt just before halftime to highlight a 20-5 run that led the Nets at East Rutherford, N.J., for their fourth consecutive victory.

Derrick Coleman had 21 points and Drazen Petrovic scored 20 for New Jersey. Stacey Augmon had 22 points for Atlanta.

Charlotte 111, Golden State 110--Larry Johnson, who scored a career-high 36 points, put the Hornets ahead on a basket with 1:04 left, and Dell Curry sank two free throws with 11 seconds remaining to finish off the Warriors at Oakland.

Chris Mullin had 26 points for the Warriors.