Bulls beat Bucks, snap 8-game losing skid

MILWAUKEE --Chris Duhon scored 13 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter, and the Chicago Bulls snapped their eight-game losing streak with a 105-91 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night.

The Bulls put seven players in double figures against the Bucks, who never found their rhythm despite 25 points from Michael Redd.

The last time the Bulls won in Milwaukee was 14 games ago in 1998, when Michael Jordan had 30 points in the midst of a 13-game winning streak during the final year of the Bulls dynasty.

Kirk Hinrich added 18 points for Chicago. Andres Nocioni had 17, Luol Deng, Othella Harrington and Darius Songaila all added 13, and Ben Gordon scored 10.

Gordon missed a 3-pointer, but Songaila got a rebound and after Chicago reset its offense, Gordon found Duhon for a 3 of his own to take an 88-82 lead midway through the fourth.

Nocioni added another 3-pointer and Songaila added an easy basket as part of a 11-2 run to give the Bulls a 93-82 lead at the midway point of the fourth while the Bucks made just one field goal in a 5-minute stretch.

The Bulls opened the second half with a 10-1 run, but neither side was happy with the officiating during a physical game. Seven players had three or more fouls at the midway point of the third quarter.

The Bulls squandered an 11-point second-half lead on Monday night in a 93-92 loss to the Bucks, but after losing a nine-point advantage in the third, it held tough in the closing minutes.

Bucks coach Terry Stotts said before the game that the league's best teams don't have to change their style when facing opponents multiple times in the same week, but Milwaukee struggled with the new looks the Bulls showed them.

For every nice play Milwaukee made, like when Toni Kukoc found Dan Gadzuric on a backdoor cut for an alley-oop slam to give Milwaukee a 78-77 lead, the Bucks would lose it, like when Mo Williams, who finished with 15 points, threw a behind-the-head pass that ended up in the sideline seats.

Notes:@ The Bucks 14 straight wins in Milwaukee against Chicago was the third best in the league. Only Sacramento's 18 straight at home over Denver and Phoenix's 17 straight at home over Milwaukee are longer. ... Chicago is 1-5 against Central Division teams. ... Chicago C Tyson Chandler missed the game with a sprained right ankle sustained in the 93-92 loss to the Bucks on Monday. ... Bulls F Randy Holcomb, signed to a 10-day contract on Thursday, played 2 minutes and picked up one foul.