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Salmons leads Bulls in rout of Warriors

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Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - John Salmons scored 23 points and pulled down nine rebounds in Chicago's 110-88 romp of the Golden State Warriors.

Joakim Noah contributed 14 points and 17 rebounds for the Bulls, who won their fourth straight home game. Brad Miller tallied 19 points, while Ben Gordon scored 15 and Derrick Rose 14 in the triumph.

Stephen Jackson had 19 points for the Warriors, who lost for the fourth time in five contests. Corey Maggette scored 14 and had nine boards in defeat.

Golden State scored the opening nine points, capped by a Marco Belinelli three-ball and increased the margin to 20-6 following another three from Belinelli, but the difference stood at 26-20 after 12 minutes.

"There was never a doubt in my mind we weren't going to lose that game," said Rose. "We've been down 20 before and we still came back and won. That's the good thing with this team that we just keep fighting back."

The Bulls netted the first eight points of the second quarter, culminated by a Noah dunk and Chicago went to the break with a 51-45 edge.

"The game plan remained the same and we liked what we did the first quarter and early," said Nelson. "We wanted to continue it, but whether we ran out of energy, I don't know."

A three-point play from Salmons and a foul shot by Gordon moved the margin to 61-52 and it was 75-62 moving to the fourth.

Chicago continued to pull away in the final stanza with a three-pointer from Kirk Hinrich extending the cushion to 100-82 with under four minutes left.

Game Notes

Hinrich had 13 points...Jamal Crawford and C.J. Watson each scored 11 and Belinelli ended with 10 for Golden State...Anthony Randolph had 10 rebounds for the Warriors, who have lost 13 of their last 16 at Chicago...Bulls forward Luol Deng sat out his second straight game with a stress fracture in his leg.

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