AUBURN HILLS—When the Bulls won at Sacramento on Nov. 14, they were hoping they’d get their next road victory before Thanksgiving.Instead, it took until New Year’s Eve.Derrick Rose scored 22 points, and Joakim Noah added 15 points and 21 rebounds to help the Bulls end a six-week road drought with a 98-87 victory over Detroit.Rose finished with a point more than Ben Gordon, who joined Detroit this summer.The Bulls had lost eight straight on the road, but never trailed while handing Detroit its ninth straight loss. The Pistons (11-21) are 10 games under .500 for the first time since the 2000-01 season.Tyrus Thomas added 19 points for the Bulls (13-17), and John Salmons had 17.Rodney Stuckey led the Pistons with 22 points despite leaving the game twice in the first half after spraining his left ankle.The Bulls led 44-39 after a sloppy first half that saw the teams combine for 22 turnovers.Detroit got to 46-44 in the third quarter, but the Bulls led 69-56
at the end of the period. The Bulls led by 20 as the Palace emptied during the fourth quarter.

NOTES—Charlie Villanueva, who had stopped wearing the mask protecting his broken nose, put it back on for the second half, but only wore it for a few possessions….Detroit has not led in the second half of any of its last six games. Their only lead in the last two games — at home against the struggling Knicks and Bulls — was 2-0 against New York….Thomas had 10 points in the first three quarters without making a field goal. He was 0 for 2 from the floor and 10 for 12 from the line.