Bulls 92, Grizzlies 88

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CHICAGO -- ">Luol Deng scored 18 points while ">Nazr Mohammed added 13 points and 12 rebounds to help the ">Chicago Bulls beat the ">Memphis Grizzlies 92-88 in a preseason game on Tuesday night.

Trailing 52-49 at half, the Bulls scored the first 14 points in the third quarter to pull away. ">Richard Hamilton made a jumper to give the Bulls a 63-52 lead and ">Nate Robinson made a 3 in the corner to extend the Chicago lead to 81-65 late in the third quarter. Hamilton scored eight points in the third quarter and finished with 13.

The Bulls played without ">Derrick Rose, who is still recovering from knee surgery, stemming from his torn ACL during the 2012 playoffs.

">Jerome Jordan led the Grizzlies (1-1) with 13 points and ">Ronald Murray added 11 points.

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