WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Ben Gordon scored 30 points, Luol Deng added 21 as the Chicago Bulls ended the Dallas Mavericks' eight-game winning streak in a 96-85 victory on Thursday.

Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 28 points and 11 rebounds.

Nowitzki's 3-pointer closed Chicago's lead to 79-76 with 4:31 left. P. J. Brown followed with a basket for Chicago and Kirk Hinrich followed with a 3-pointer, making the lead to 84-76.

Erick Dampier's dunk for Dallas cut the lead to 86-81, but Brown answered for Chicago by going around Nowitzki for a basket and hitting a jumper to put Chicago up 90-81 with 1:16 left.

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