Derrick Rose shoots jumpers during practice Friday in Boston. Tribune video by K.C. Johnson.
BOSTON -- Marco Belinelli sank a fallaway jumper with 3.1 seconds left, capping a wild 100-99 overtime victory for the Bulls over the Celtics Friday night at TD Garden.
Courtney Lee's jumper at the buzzer wasn't close.
Luol Deng exited late in the third quarter with a right hamstring injury, and Jimmy Butler took advantage.
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The second-year forward scored six straight points in overtime, finishing with 13 overall.
The Bulls won their second straight road game in overtime after prevailing Wednesday night in Toronto.
The Bulls struck first in overtime when Joakim Noah split two free throws with 3:23 remaining. Paul Pierce followed with a drive, and Carlos Boozer also split his free throws with 2:52 left to tie the game at 90-90.
Butler then scored on a dunk off a nice feed from Kirk Hinrich and, following a Jason Terry 3-pointer, put home an alley-oop from Noah. His two free throws with 1:16 left came after Rajon Rondo fouled out pursuing his missed shot.
Kevin Garnett sank a jumper to pull the Celtics within one, but Marco Belinelli drew a foul and sank both free throws with 50.1 seconds left.
Paul Pierce fouled out Hinrich and sank both free throws with 43.7 seconds left.
After a Celtics score, Belinelli then had a wild possession in which he took a crazy shot.
In regulation, Rondo's jumper gave the Celtics a two-point lead with 36.6 seconds left. Carlos Boozer got fouled by Paul Pierce with 22.5 seconds left but only split his two free throws.
The Bulls fouled Garnett intentionally with 20.1 seconds left and he sank both free throws. Rondo then fouled Hinrich on purpose with 12.1 seconds left to eliminate the 3-point shot and Hinrich missed one of two free throws.
But the Bulls double-teamed Pierce and tied him up to force a jump ball, which Noah won. In the open court, Belinelli almost turned it over but the loose ball kicked to Hinrich, whose jumper with 2 seconds left tied the game.
Garnett's jumper at the regulation buzzer wasn't close.
Boozer posted his 10th double-double in the last 11 games and his Eastern Conference-leading 22nd overall with 19 points and season-high 20 rebounds. Joakim Noah also had a double-double, and Richard Hamilton scored 20 points.
The Bulls improved to 11-1 on the road against Eastern Conference teams.
Deng had three points and four assists in 27 minutes but exited for good with just under two minutes remaining in the third quarter when he aggravated his strained right hamstring. Deng, who sat out the morning shootaround with the injury, came up lame when he tried to catch a lead pass from Noah on a fast break.
Deng originally suffered the injury during the first quarter of Wednesday's overtime victory in Toronto but still played close to 48 minutes. The Bulls took Thursday off.
Rondo's season-high 30 points led the Celtics.
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