Luol Deng scored 25 points, Kirk Hinrich and Ben Gordon added 19 apiece, and the Chicago Bulls hung on to beat Detroit 102-87 and avoid being swept by the Pistons in the NBA playoffs on Sunday.
The Pistons will try to wrap up the Eastern Conference semi-finals in Game 5 today at The Palace of Auburn Hills, where they blew out Chicago in Games 1 and 2 after sweeping Orlando in the first round.
The Bulls outscored the Pistons 27-13 in the third quarter to turn a seven-point half-time lead into a 77-56 advantage going into the fourth.
Deng also grabbed 13 rebounds. Hinrich added 10 assists, although he committed five turnovers. Ben Wallace grabbed 17 rebounds against his former team, and the Bulls held a 51-33 edge on the glass.
Jazz 115, Warriors 101
At Oakland, California, Carlos Boozer and Utah shoved and scraped to slow down Golden State -- and then Derek Fisher put a sweet finish on a victory that put the Jazz on the brink of the Western Conference finals.
Boozer had 34 points and 12 rebounds as the Jazz handed the Warriors their first home loss of the playoffs to put Utah up 3-1 in their second-round playoff series.
Fisher scored 14 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter for the surprising Jazz, who can clinch their first trip to the conference finals since 1998 with a victory at home in Game 5 today.
Deron Williams had 20 points and 13 assists for the Jazz.
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