Bulls Beat Pacers in Overtime, NBA Scores

It was a broken play, and the result made the Chicago Bulls' night. Jimmy Butler tipped in a basket with 1.2 seconds left in overtime, and the Bulls beat the Indiana Pacers 102-100 Wednesday night despite playing without Derrick Rose.

On the last play, Butler was supposed to take the final shot but was guarded off the inbound pass. Instead, the ball went to Pau Gasol.

Butler cut along the baseline, then tipped in Gasol's one-handed lob pass.

"That's on Pau," Butler said.

Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg gave credit to both.

"That was just a heck of a pass and an unbelievable finish in there by two guys that know how to play," Hoiberg said.

Butler then defended Paul George on a lob to preserve the win. George didn't sound thrilled Butler wasn't whistled for a foul, but that wasn't his only complaint.

"It shouldn't have gotten to that point," George said. "We were up seven and pretty much in control before we got to OT. We let this one get away."

Indiana coach Frank Vogel tried to be diplomatic about the final play.

"I'll address it with the league," he said.

Butler scored 28 points, including 15 in the fourth quarter and overtime combined, and Aaron Brooks had 29 points to help Chicago win its third in four games. Chicago got 52 points from its bench and held Indiana to 38.1 percent shooting from the field. Gasol had 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Wednesday, December 30 Scoreboard

Los Angeles 122, Charlotte 117

Orlando 100, Brooklyn 93

Los Angeles 112, Boston 104

Toronto 94, Washington 91

Chicago 102, Indiana 100 (OT)

Minnesota 94, Utah 80

Dallas 114, Golden State 91

San Antonio 112, Phoenix 79

Portland 110, Denver 103

Philadelphia 110, Sacramento 105

Thursday, December 31 Schedule (All Times Central)

Milwaukee at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 8 p.m.

Friday, January 1 Schedule (All Times Central)

Orlando at Washington, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

New York at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 2 Schedule (All Times Central)

Brooklyn at Boston, 2 p.m.

Phoenix at Sacramento, 4 p.m.

Oklahoma at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Memphis at Utah, 8 p.m.

Denver at Golden State, 9;30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, January 3 Schedule (All Times Central)

Atlanta at New York, 2:30 p.m.

Chicago at Toronto, 2:30 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 5 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.