Rose scored 12 points in the third quarter, helping the Bulls build an eight-point lead.
The top draft pick in the June draft, Rose has scored in double figures in each of his first 10 games — the first Chicago rookie to accomplish that since Michael Jordan in the 1984.
T.J. Ford led the Pacers with 16 points. Ford had a pair of baskets, one after a steal, as Indiana closed within two in the fourth before the Bulls took off.
TRAIL BLAZERS 88, TIMBERWOLVES 83
At Minneapolis, Brandon Roy scored 24 points, including a driving layup and a fast-break dunk that put away the game, lifting Portland over Minnesota.
Roy also had five assists for the Trail Blazers, who got their first road victory over a Western Conference opponent this season.
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