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Updated at 5:56 p.m., Saturday, January 31, 2009

NBA: Gordon, Rose each score 26 as Bulls beat Suns

Associated Press

PHOENIX — Ben Gordon and Derrick Rose each scored 26 points, and the Chicago Bulls won their third straight game, beating the Phoenix Suns, 122-111, tonight.

The Bulls, who also defeated the Suns at Chicago earlier in the season, swept the season series from Phoenix for the first time since 1996-97. The loss gave the Suns their first losing month since April 2004.

Leandro Barbosa led the Suns with a season-high 32 points. Grant Hill scored 19, Shaquille O'Neal 18, Steve Nash had 15 points and 10 assists, and Amare Stoudemire and Jason Richardson each scored 12.

Luol Deng added 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulls, Kirk Hinrich had 15 points, and Andres Nocioni and Thabo Sefalosha 11 apiece.