The Cleveland Cavaliers brought their 8-22 road record into the United Center Tuesday night to face the Chicago Bulls. Implausibly, the Cavs stunned the Bulls and came away with a 101-98 victory.
Cleveland played without Kyrie Irving due to a hyperextended right knee; he suffered the injury on Sunday against the Miami Heat (per Royce Young of CBS Sports).
Instead, Dion Waiters victimized the Bulls for 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting. The injury-befuddled Shaun Livingston made his first start for Cleveland and poured in 15 points to aid with the victory.
Cleveland began the fourth quarter with a five-point lead thanks to a three-pointer at the buzzer from Wayne Ellington (who had 13 points off the bench) followed by a technical called on Joakim Noah. That was a four-point swing in a game ultimately decided by just three points.
Chicago trailed by as many as nine points in the fourth. They were within two in the final minute but couldn't complete the comeback. Carlos Boozer finished with 27 points and Luol Deng had 26 in a losing effort.
The Bulls needed to wash the horrible taste out of their mouths left by Sunday' ...
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