Chi-town goes on 5-game streak after Pacer loss

CHICAGO --Eddy Curry scored a season-high 27 points and the Chicago Bulls won their fifth straight game, beating the Indiana Pacers 100-96 on Saturday night.\nCurry was nearly perfect in the first half, scoring 22 points on 7-of-7 shooting from the field and 8-of-10 from the free throw line. He scored 14 of the team's first 19 points, capped off by a spin move and baseline dunk to make it 19-7 with 5:59 left. Curry finished the game with a team-high 27 points.\nThe Bulls had a comfortable lead for most of the fourth quarter, but Indiana made it interesting at the end. Pacers guard Fred Jones made a running jumper with 30 seconds left that cut the lead to 94-90. He was fouled on the play but missed the free throw.\nAfter a Bulls turnover, Stephen Jackson missed a 3-pointer and Ben Gordon hit 3-of-4 free throws to increase the lead to 97-90. Jackson then hit a 3-pointer with 8 seconds left to cut the lead to four, but Gordon then hit 2 more free throws.\nJackson hit another 3 to make it 99-96 with 4 seconds left. Luol Deng split a pair of free throws to ice it.\nJackson finished with a season-high 34 to lead the Pacers.\nGordon finished with 20 points in 29 minutes off the bench, 10 coming in the fourth quarter. It was his 20th double-digit fourth quarter of the season.\nChicago led 55-45 at the half, but the Pacers quickly cut into the lead. Indiana started the third quarter on a 7-2 run and Jones' 3-pointer made it 57-54.\nCurry then missed a pair of free throws but converted a 3-point play on the next possession. Austin Croshere matched that with a 3-pointer, but Curry jammed home a rebound and Deng hit a 19-foot jumper to make it 64-57.\nCroshere's dunk made it 66-61, but Gordon followed with a 3 to make it an 8-point game with 2:48 left in the third quarter.