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CHICAGO -- Luol Deng scored 22 points, Richard Hamilton added 19 and the Chicago Bulls held off a fourth-quarter rally to beat the Dallas Mavericks 93-83 on Saturday night. The victory by the Bulls (48-16) gave them a 2 1-2 game lead over Miami for the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Chicago has two regular-season games left, against Indiana and Cleveland. Bulls star guard Derrick Rose returned to the lineup after sitting out three games with a right foot/ankle injury and he had 11 points with eight assists in 32 minutes. Defending NBA champion Dallas, which clinched a playoff berth on Thursday night when Houston lost, was playing the second game of a back-to-back, so veteran guards Jason Kidd and Jason Terry sat out to rest. Dirk Nowitzki scored 17 points and Rodrigue Beaubois, starting in place of Kidd, added 16 -- 10 in the final quarter. Dengs 3-pointer at the third-quarter buzzer capped an 11-0 run and gave the Bulls a 66-56 lead. But Dallas rallied as Vince Carter had nine points and Brandan Wrights follow-up basket cut the lead to 75-72 with just under 6 minutes remaining. Joakim Noah and Rose scored for the Bulls before Kyle Korver hit his third 3-pointer of the game to restore the lead to nine points. Deng then hit a 3-pointer from the corner with just under 2 minutes left and Chicago had a 90-79 lead. Nowitzkis eight second-quarter points helped the Mavs close a 13-point deficit down to six by halftime. Hamilton had 10 points and Carlos Boozer eight as Chicago opened a 21-8 lead after one quarter -- the Mavericks lowest scoring quarter of the season. Notes: Rose said he just wants to get his rhythm back in the few regular-season games left. "The team is playing all right. They are playing good basketball, Im just trying to fit in, trying to still be a part of this team and do whatever it takes to win," he said. Rose has missed 26 games this season with an assortment of injuries and Chicago is 17-9 in those games. ... Beaubois injured his left hand as he was guarding Ronnie Brewer and left the game with 7:32 left in the first half. He returned about 4 minutes later with two of his fingers taped. ... Fans cheered loudly when the public address announcer congratulated White Sox pitcher Phil Humber on his perfect game in Seattle on Saturday. The final pitch was shown on the video screen above the court. Wholesale Jerseys Cheap. -- With two words, Jay Cutler dismissed the notion that the Green Bay Packers would be able to disrupt the Chicago Bears new-look wide receiver corps with physical play: Good luck. Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping.ca! Hi Kerry, I see there are a couple of new rules regarding using your hands to move the puck/closing your hand on the puck. I saw a penalty called in the faceoff circle because it appears that the player used his hand to move the puck. http://pavansukhdev.org/wholesalejerseys.html. Llorente had not played through the first three rounds after telling his boyhood club he wouldnt renew his contract beyond next summer, adding to Bilbaos tumultuous off-season that saw it lose midfielder Javi Martinez to Bayern Munich.WIMBLEDON, England -- One Wimbledon title wasnt enough for Serena Williams. About five hours after Williams won her fifth singles title by beating Agnieszka Radwanska, she and sister Venus were back on Centre Court to beat Czech duo Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-5, 6-4 Saturday in the doubles final. It was their fifth Wimbledon doubles title together, and came shortly after Venus watched her little sister win the singles final. "I was definitely inspired by Serenas singles performance," Venus said. "Obviously its wonderful to play on the court with her. I couldnt have done it without her, so its great." Both sisters have battled health issues over the last two years, with Venus having been diagnosed with an energy-sapping illness and Serena overcoming blood clots in her lungs and two operations after cutting her feet on glass in 2010. This was their first dooubles tournament together in two years, and they looked like they hadnt missed a beat.dddddddddddd "Shes such a fighter, you never say die," Venus said about her sister. "I dont think either of us believe that we can be defeated by anything. Nothing has defeated us yet, so were going to keep that track record." Serena was the last woman to win both the singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon, in 2009. Playing under the closed roof, Venus Williams served out the match less than 15 minutes before the 11 p.m. deadline for the end of play on Centre Court. Had the match gone to a third set, they probably would have had to come back and finish it off on Sunday. "I told Venus on the court, it doesnt matter," Serena said. "We werent really racing the clock, we were just playing our opponents who were playing really tough and really good." ' ' '