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NBA: Chicago 85, Cleveland 85

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Published: Nov. 5, 2009 at 11:41 PM

CLEVELAND, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Chicago's Luol Deng and Joakim Noah stopped LeBron James' last-second drive to the basket Thursday and the Bulls escaped with an 86-85 win over Cleveland.

The two Bulls converged on James as he tried for a potential winning shot and the ball went out of bounds with 0.2 seconds remaining. Chicago got possession and threw an inbounds pass, ending the contest.

Deng finished with 15 points and Derrick Rose and John Salmons had 14 each for Chicago.

James led the Cavaliers with 25 points.

Topics: Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, John Salmons, LeBron James
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