Bulls pull away from Pacers in Home Pre Season Finale

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Aaron Brooks scored 22 points to lead the Bulls to a 103-94 win over the Indiana Pacers in a preseason game Tuesday night. Paul George had 26 and 13 rebounds for the Pacers.Monta Ellis and Ian Mahinmi added 14 points. . Fifteen of George’s points were in the first quarter. . Indiana shot 3 for 24 in the second quarter.Six players scored in double-digits. . First-round pick Bobby Portis didn’t play.Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said he was ”very encouraged” by Derrick Rose during a solo workout earlier Tuesday. Rose took some contact, but Hoiberg didn’t say when Rose (broken left orbital bone) would go through a full-contact practice.George gave the Pacers a 16-8 lead with 6:10 left in the first on his thunderous one-handed dunk after he rebounded his missed 3-pointer.Indiana faces Charlotte on Thursday in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Bulls play Dallas on Friday in Lincoln, Nebraska.