Rose’s surge gets Bulls by Thunder

CHICAGO — Derrick Rose came up big down the stretch to score 29 points, and Jimmy Butler added 26 to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-98 victory over Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night.

Rose scored 10 points over the final 3½ minutes to lift the Bulls after they blew a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter.

Oklahoma City tied it with just over five minutes left in the game. But Rose’s performance down the stretch helped offset Durant’s 33 points and lifted the Bulls after they got blown out at Charlotte two nights earlier.

Russell Westbrook had 20 points and 10 assists for Oklahoma City, while Serge Ibaka scored 17. But the Thunder dropped their third straight.

HORNETS 108, MAVS 94

Al Jefferson scored a season-high 31 points on 15-of-18 shooting, and Marvin Williams added 17 points as Charlotte pulled away in the third quarter to win at Dallas.

The victory was the first in Dallas following 11 defeats for the franchise that began as the Charlotte Bobcats in 2004-05.

Earlier Thursday, the Mavericks and coach Rick Carlisle agreed to a five-year, $35 million contract extension that runs through the 2021-22 season.

HEAT 96, T-WOLVES 84

Dwyane Wade showed no ill effects from a migraine headache two days earlier, scoring 25 points to lead Miami to a victory over host Minnesota.

JAZZ 96, NUGGETS 84

Gordon Hayward scored 20 points, including seven in the fourth quarter, and Utah pulled away late for a win at Denver.