INDIANAPOLIS—Cleveland Melvin scored the go-ahead basket with 45 seconds left in the second overtime, finished with 30 points, and led the DePaul Blue Demons to a 99-94 double-overtime victory over the Butler Bulldogs on Thursday.Billy Garrett scored 22 points and Brandon Young scored 18 for the Blue Devils (9-8, 1-3 Big East), who snapped a three game skid.Kellen Dunham scored 30 points and tied a career-best with six 3-pointers – all in the second half. Kameron Woods had 17 points and 14 rebounds and Khyle Marshall scored 15 points for the Bulldogs (10-5, 0-3), who are on a season-worst three-game skid.The Blue Demons scored 11 straight to end the second half, capped off with a basket by Melvin with 20 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime. Butler’s Jackson Aldridge scored at the buzzer of the first overtime period to tie it at 87.Dunham, who was held to two points in the first half for the second straight game, scored a basket and two free throws, Woods scored and Marshall dunked to put the Bulldogs ahead, 73-62, with 3:46 left in regulation.Melvin and Tommy Hamilton each hit 3-pointers and Garrett scored a three with under a minute to play to make it 73-71 before Melvin scored to force overtime.Dunham broke away in the second half.He hit a 3-pointer early to give the Bulldogs a 42-36 lead. Young scored to make it 42-38 and Fromm made a hook shot. The Blue Demons missed a 3-pointer and Dunham scored a three to give Butler a 47-38 lead with 16:19 remaining.Then Young was fouled driving to the basket. He converted the and-one, grabbed a steal, made another trip to the line and scored two free throws to get the Blue Demons back within four, 47-43.Dunham was fouled on a 3-pointer, but missed the free throw. Later, he grabbed a steal and Andrew Chrabascz scored on a lay-up to put the Bulldogs ahead, 52-43.Dunham scored all of his 3-pointers in the second half including one with 13:03 remaining to give the Bulldogs a 55-43 lead.The Bulldogs took a 61-49 lead on a Chrabascz basket before the Blue Demons scored eight straight.Garrett scored a 3-pointer and a lay-up and Melvin was fouled on a lay-up and hit the free throw to make it 61-57 with 8:40 left.Then Erik Fromm and Woods scored and Dunham hit bucket and two free throws. Sandi Marcius scored next to the basket and made two free throws and Butler held a 69-61 lead.Aldridge’s shot that forced a second overtime came after he grabbed the rebound of a Dunham miss.Hamilton hit a 3-pointer to put the Blue Devils up 82-77 with 53 seconds left in the first overtime period, but the Blue Demons celebrated too early.Dunham and Woods scored before Dunham hit a 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining to put the Bulldogs within one, 86-85.Melvin split from the line before Aldridge forced a second overtime.

NOTES—The last time DePaul played in Hinkle Field House was 1981.

IOWA CITY—Iowa didn’t need coach Fran McCaffery’s help to beat Northwestern. The Hawkeyes already had more than enough to blow out the woeful Wildcats.Aaron White had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Melsahn Basabe added 16 points with 10 boards and No. 20 Iowa routed Northwestern 93-67 Thursday night.Devyn Marble scored 15 points for the Hawkeyes, who never trailed despite McCaffery’s absence. He was suspended one game by the Big Ten for an outburst directed at officials during last weekend’s loss at Wisconsin.Iowa (13-3, 2-1 Big Ten) opened the game on a 10-0 run and never looked back. The Hawkeyes led by double digits the entire second half, improving to 10-0 at home.

“We really approached this week with great maturity and great focus. I thought they executed the game plan very well,” said Iowa assistant Kirk Speraw, who handled head coaching duties for McCaffery. “I thought they did a great job defending them.”

JerShon Cobb had 18 points to lead NU. The Wildcats (7-9, 0-3) were outrebounded 41-28 and let the Hawkeyes shoot 8 of 14 from 3-point range.This was the first time Iowa played without McCaffery on the bench since he took over as coach in 2010.The Hawkeyes looked just fine playing for Speraw.Iowa went through a stretch of sluggishness that allowed Northwestern to get within four after its 10-0 spurt at the start. But back-to-back 3s from Mike Gesell and Jarrod Uthoff put the Hawkeyes back ahead 26-15.White, who scored his first 10 points at the free throw line, finished a fast break with a dunk that gave Iowa a 41-26 halftime lead.

“I thought they were fighting early in the game. We forced them into some turnovers,” Northwestern coach Chris Collins said. “I thought they wore us down as the game wore on.”

Basabe — who committed to McCaffery while he was at Siena and followed him to Iowa — became the 42nd player in school history with at least 1,000 career points late in the first half. His tip-in of a miss by White made it 55-35 with 15:31 left.Adam Woodbury matched a season high with 10 points for Iowa, which shot 57 percent from the floor and cracked 90 points for the fifth time.

“Business as usual. [McCaffery] went over the game plan with us. Just a different voice, but they all have the same intensity, the same mindset, the same focus,” White said of the Iowa coaching staff.Northwestern had its share of promising moments in non-conference play, winning three straight before a one-point loss to crosstown rival DePaul. But the Wildcats have been overmatched in Collins’ first Big Ten campaign.Northwestern has lost all three league games by at least 23 points.Drew Crawford scored 12 points for the Wildcats, which had just four assists.

“We were outsized at every position,” Collins said. “They’re as good as it gets in our conference at pushing the ball and scoring in transition.”

The Hawkeyes will get McCaffery back for Sunday’s road game at No. 3 Ohio State. They’ll probably need him for that one, with the Buckeyes coming off their first loss of the season in overtime at No. 5 Michigan State.Iowa is 0-2 on the road, though both losses came against ranked opponents Iowa State and Wisconsin by just seven combined points.

CINCINNATI—Semaj Christon scored a career-high 28 points and hit back-to-back 3s in the closing minutes Thursday night, helping Xavier hold on for an 86-79 victory over Marquette and its eighth win in a row.Xavier (13-3, 3-0 Big East) let a 12-point lead slip away in the second half before Christon hit the pair of 3s, putting the Musketeers ahead to stay. They won a matchup of the league’s top defensive and rebounding teams.Marquette (9-7, 1-2) hadn’t allowed 80 points this season. Xavier dominated the boards 39-20 and went 32 of 41 on free throws.The Golden Eagles were last in the league in 3-pointers, but kept it close by making a season-high 11 shots from beyond the arc. Davante Gardner had 19 points.Justin Martin added 15 points and eight rebounds for Xavier, which never trailed in the second half. Xavier improved to 11-0 at the Cintas Center this season and 182-25 in its 14 seasons at the on-campus arena.The was the first game between the teams since Marquette beat Xavier 66-55 in the 2011 NCAA tournament, advancing to the Sweet 16 for first time under coach Buzz Williams.The Musketeers were coming off a rough night. A half-dozen players were forced out of their dorm rooms in the middle of the night because of a broken water pipe. Forward Isaiah Philmore slept a few hours on a couch in the locker room, his legs draped over the end.Xavier had trouble getting the ball inside at the outset. Jake Wilson had a pair of catch-and-shoot 3s that gave Marquette an 8-2 lead.Philmore got free for a couple of layups, and Dee Davis completed a three-point play that gave Xavier its first lead at 13-12. Center Matt Stainbrook picked up his second foul with 12:29 left and went to the bench for the rest of the half, costing the Musketeers their best inside defender and most consistent front-line scorer.Forward James Farr hit a 3-pointer and brought the crowd to its feet with a one-hand rebound and dunk that gave Xavier a 20-19 lead.There were six lead changes before Xavier went on an 11-point run. The Musketeers drove to the hoop, got fouled and made five free throws during the spurt. The Golden Eagles missed five shots and had two turnovers.The Musketeers led by as many as eight points in the half, which featured 17 points by Christon. Xavier was only the second team to score 40 points in the first half against Marquette this season.Stainbrook was back for the start of the second half and made a left-hand hook that started a six-point run and pushed the lead to 46-34.John Dawson and Thomas hit back-to-back 3s that cut the lead to 54-51. Gardner’s bank shot tied it at 60 with 7:58 left.The Golden Eagles never regained the lead. Christon’s 3-pointers and Davis’ two free throws gave the Musketeers a 77-69 lead with 2:57 left. Xavier finished it off at the free-throw line.

The fast start for the New York Rangers was erased by the Blackhawks in a couple minutes during the first part of the second period.Playing the Stanley Cup champions in their building, Henrik Lundqvist and Co. came up with an encouraging response.Carl Hagelin scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period to lead the Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Blackhawks on Wednesday night.

“We worked so hard, so this is a big one for us,” said Lundqvist, who had 35 saves. “Playing such a good team and the position we’re in, we’re desperate for points and wins, so just a great feeling the way we played and got rewarded in the end with that big goal.”

The Rangers (22-20-3), who began the day in 10th place in the Eastern Conference, improved to 6-2-1 in their last nine games. They were coming off a 4-3 shootout loss at home against Columbus.

Asked if the victory over Chicago could be a tipping point for New York, coach Alain Vigneault responded: “All I know is beating the Stanley Cup champions in this building is not an easy task.”

Jonathan Toews and Brandon Bollig scored in the second period for the Blackhawks (29-8-9), who had recorded at least one point in a season-high 10 games. Coupled with Sunday’s shootout loss against San Jose, the Blackhawks lost consecutive home games for the second time this season.It was the Hawks first regulation loss since they were blown out at Toronto, falling 7-3 on Dec. 14.

“We’ve got too many guys right now that aren’t contributing to that level we saw most of the season,” Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said.

Marc Staal started the winning sequence with a long slap shot that was stopped by Corey Crawford, who also got in front of Hagelin’s first rebound attempt. But Hagelin stayed with the play and flipped the puck into the open right side with 5:57 left.It was Hagelin’s fourth winning goal of the season, tops on the team. He also is tied for the team lead with 11 goals overall.

“Lately, we have a lot of confidence and try not to get too frustrated,” Hagelin said. “Some games the puck goes in and other days it doesn’t. But I think when you’re creating chances you stay positive.”

Brad Richards and Mats Zuccarello also scored for New York, which earned its first win in Chicago since a 3-2 victory on Jan. 16, 2009.The Rangers and Blackhawks took turns controlling the action in the first two periods.The first belonged to New York, which made the most of a disjointed start for the Hawks. Richards scored on a wrist shot at 5:06 and Zuccarello made it 2-0 when he skated behind the net for a wraparound that banked off the paddle of Crawford’s stick for a power-play score at 9:29.Lundqvist had the secondary assist on Zuccarello’s 11th goal. It was Lundqvist’s second assist of the season and 14th of his career.

“Especially there in the first we were sloppy,” Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith said. “We got better as the game went along, but unfortunately, they were able to get one late.”

The Hawks bounced back in the second, using a power play to get back in the game. With Derick Brassard in the box for interference, Toews beat a screened Lundqvist high on the stick side for a rebound goal at 6:17.It was Toews’ 16th of the season and first since he scored twice during a 7-2 victory over Colorado on Dec. 27.The Blackhawks struck again 1:48 after Toews’ goal. Bollig skated alone down the left side and tied it at 2 with a well-placed wrist shot into the lower left side of the net. It was Bollig’s fourth goal of the season.Crawford settled down after the uneven start and finished with 29 saves. He made a nice glove save on Rick Nash on a semi-breakaway with 2:05 left in the second, keeping the game tied at 2. He also used his right pad to deny Brassard early in the third.

NOTES—The 26-year-old Zuccarello is tied with Richards, Hagelin and Chris Kreider for the team lead in goals. Zuccarello’s previous career high was six goals when he was a rookie with New York in the 2010-11 season. … The Blackhawks recognized their 10 Olympians on the center-ice videoboard during a break in the first period. … New York C J.T. Miller and D Justin Falk were scratched. … Defensemen Michael Kostka and Sheldon Brookbank were scratched for the Blackhawks.

MADISON—Be careful against No. 4 Wisconsin. A couple of missed shots can quietly snowball into a huge hole for opponents.No. 23 Illinois is the latest team to get run over by the surprising big red juggernaut. Ben Brust scored 18 points, Sam Dekker added 17 and the Badgers used a 20-0 run in the first half in an easy 95-70 win Wednesday night.The Badgers improved to 16-0 (3-0 Big Ten), the best start in school history — not that coach Bo Ryan is paying attention.

”I’d have gone home, maybe had a beverage, eaten something and gone to bed and it would never be brought up until you just brought it up,” Ryan told a reporter after the game.For the players, what they’ve accomplished … I’m certainly proud of them,” he added. ”But you know, you start thinking about that too much, it can go the other way in a hurry.”

Just like it did for Illinois (13-3, 2-1) in the first half.Wisconsin shot 53 percent from the field in the half to open up a 25-point halftime lead, and finished 56 percent from the field for the night. The Illini (13-3, 2-1) stumbled badly in their debut this year as a Top 25 team and lost a sixth straight to their border rival.Rayvonte Rice led Illinois with 19 points on 7-of-21 shooting.The Illini missed 13 straight shots, some on easy looks, while Wisconsin methodically wore them down inside and on the perimeter during the big first-half run.

”Two-point field-goal efficiency and production. They got it done, I’ll give it to them,” Illlinois coach John Groce said.

Illinois outrebounded Wisconsin 48-35, including 25-5 on the offensive end, but still lost badly.

”It’s kind of a positive thing knowing that we gave up 25 offensive boards but we still won the way we did,” freshman forward Nigel Hayes said. ”It just goes to show that if we clean that up … we can probably win by even more and play a better game.”

Joseph Bertrand added 18 points and nine rebounds for Illinois, and Tracy Abrams had eight points. Nnanna Egwu grabbed 10 rebounds, including nine on the offensive end.The balanced Badgers had five players with at least 11 points, with Frank Kaminsky adding 15 and Hayes 11 off the bench. Traevon Jackson had 15 points and went 7 of 7 from the foul line.The end of Wisconsin’s first-half run typified Illinois’ frustrating evening. Kaminsky, Wisconsin’s 7-foot outside shooter, hit a 3 to make it 29-10 with about 10 minutes left before proving his worth at the other end.The only defender back initially against two Illini, Kaminsky got in Abrams’ way to force a missed jumper. Illinois grabbed the rebound, but Egwu missed a short layup.Two more offensive rebounds, two more misses before the ball went out of bounds to Wisconsin.By contrast, the Badgers played with typical efficiency at the other end, a hallmark for coach Ryan’s teams.The ball wound around the perimeter before going into Dekker. The lithe 6-foot-7 forward backed down his defender with about five seconds left on the shot clock before turning and hitting an easy layup.

”We’re at our best when everyone’s attacking, everyone’s looking to make a play,” Jackson said about the run.

Bertrand’s short jumper finally ended the spurt, but Illinois was well out of it already down 33-12 with 7:56 left in the first half. The Badgers gave them a few easy looks on the defensive end but Illinois failed to convert.

”They just came out and threw the first punch,” Rice said. ”We’ve been fighting back all year and they just came out and were the better team tonight.”

Illinois played a little better to open the second half and still could get no closer than 17.Just another solid win for Wisconsin. The Badgers aren’t necessarily flashy, but they’ve got much more firepower offensively than in years past.Dekker can beat opponents off the dribble, as he did on a pretty diagonal drive through the lane that ended with a hesitation move and three-point play during the start of the 20-0 run.Kaminsky can hit the 3 or smoothly maneuver in the post. The pesky Brust can make opponents pay from the perimeter, finishing 4 of 8 from 3-point territory.

Desmar Jackson scored a career-high 31 points as Southern Illinois pushed past Loyola in the final seconds to win 71-67 on Wednesday night.Southern Illinois (5-11, 1-2 Missouri Valley Conference) trailed 67-65 after a Jeff White layup and two free throws from Christian Thomas put Loyola ahead. The Salukis tied up the score with 58 seconds to play, and Jalen Pendleton made a layup with 6 seconds left. Jackson sunk two free throws to close the game.The Ramblers turned the ball over twice in the final 38 seconds and missed one free throw. The game remained within one possession for the majority of the second half, with the largest lead at four points.Christian Thomas scored 21 points and Milton Doyle added 17 to lead Loyola (6-9, 1-2).Both teams shot above 50 percent from the floor, but the Ramblers turned the ball over 17 times.

WICHITA—After his team won its 14th straight game, Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall challenged his players to make vast improvements on defense.Two games later, he will need to find something else to harp on. The sixth-ranked Shockers cruised past Illinois State 66-47 Wednesday night, holding the Redbirds to 32.7 percent shooting (18 of 55).Wichita State (16-0, 3-0 Missouri Valley Conference) managed to improve on the 33.9 percent shooting it limited Northern Iowa to on Sunday.

”We are just more engaged as a group on that end,” Marshall said. ”We didn’t have many individual breakdowns.”

Cleanthony Early and Ron Baker each scored 11 points for the Shockers, who extended both the longest winning streak and best start to a season in program history.Bobby Hunter came off the bench to score a team-high 11 points for Illinois State (8-7, 1-2), but the Redbirds’ starters were a combined 10 of 42 from the floor.

”It’s something we talked about every day,” Baker said. ”We have to improve defensively. We have to improve defensively. We have to improve defensively. It was more than once daily, really.”

Already up by 13 at halftime, Wichita State started the second half with seven straight points. Chadrack Lufile scored the first four down low, and Tekele Cotton hit a 3-pointer for a 44-24 lead.

”That’s a stretch when I don’t think we competed as hard as we could,” Illinois State coach Dan Muller said. ”We dropped our heads a little bit. They hit big shots. A lot of their 3-pointers came right at the end of the shot clock, and it was a little demoralizing. But you can’t let it be.”

An 8-3 Shockers run featuring Nick Wiggins hitting a 3-pointer and converting an alley-oop slam pushed their advantage to 54-30 with 10:53 remaining.The spurt also contained the worst moments of the night for Wichita State.Starting point guard Fred VanVleet had his left leg bent awkwardly in a fight for a rebound. VanVleet immediately fell to the floor before walking to the locker room to be checked by doctors.

”It was a scary kind of thing,” VanVleet said. ”I don’t even remember what happened. I had the ball, and I think he went for it, too, and my knee pushed inward.”

VanVleet has been Wichita State’s best player lately. In the previous four games, he averaged 18.3 points while compiling 21 assists and just one turnover. So the crowd was subdued until Baker motioned for noise after throwing the alley-oop pass to Wiggins.VanVleet soon returned to the bench and played much of the final 10 minutes, finishing the game with six points, 10 assists, seven rebounds and no turnovers.Wichita State cruised upon his return. Darius Carter’s layup off VanVleet’s alley-oop gave the Shockers a 63-40 lead with 3:54 remaining, and Marshall started calling for walk-ons to enter the game.

Stung by the Luol Deng trade, the Bulls found a way to ease their pain.Taj Gibson had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and the Bulls beat the Phoenix Suns 92-87 on Tuesday night in its first game after parting with Deng.Joakim Noah added 14 points and 16 rebounds, helping the Bulls to their sixth win in eight games. D.J. Augustin and Jimmy Butler each scored 13. Tony Snell added 12 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers during an 8-0 run early in the fourth quarter that extended the lead to 13.The Bulls sent Deng to Cleveland in a deal that was announced early Tuesday morning after the two-time All-Star recently turned down a proposed contract extension, a move that hurts in the short term but gives them flexibility to add to their roster down the road. It also could also help knock them into the lottery, although that’s far from a sure thing given the weak state of the Eastern Conference.Either way, they weren’t conceding anything on Tuesday.

”We lost a really great teammate, a really great player last night/this morning,” Butler said. ”I’m glad we got the win.”

Goran Dragic scored 21 for Phoenix, but the Suns simply couldn’t get into gear after winning 11 of their previous 14. Their 87 points were one off their season low, and they matched one with 12 assists.Tops in the NBA in fast-break points, Phoenix managed just 10 against defensive-minded Bulls. The Suns played without guard Eric Bledsoe, who missed his third consecutive game with a sprained right knee, but the Bulls were hardly operating at full strength.Besides dealing Deng, they were without Carlos Boozer. He missed his second straight game because of a sore right knee, leaving the Bulls with just nine players available.The Bulls were leading by five early in the fourth when Snell hit back-to-back 3s. Noah then scored on a layup to make it 78-65, and Chicago hung on after it got tight again late in the game.Phoenix’s Miles Plumlee hit a free throw to make it 85-81. But Kirk Hinrich answered with a 3 to bump the lead to seven with two minutes remaining.

”It doesn’t matter if they have five people or 12 people,” the Suns’ Channing Frye said. ”They’re going to come out here and play as hard as they can. They have really good players. Guys that want to prove themselves.”

It was a difficult day for both teams, with the Suns’ departure from Phoenix delayed to Tuesday because of the subzero temperatures here in Chicago and the Bulls trading away one of their best players.The Bulls acquired three draft picks from Cleveland along with Andrew Bynum, who was promptly waived in a move that took them off the hook for the remaining $6 million on his two-year, $24 million deal.But trading Deng was yet another big blow for a team that expected to challenge the Miami Heat for supremacy in the Eastern Conference.Derrick Rose’s season-ending knee injury in November dashed those hopes, and Deng is gone now, too.

”We can accept our circumstances as they are, or we can do all we can to change them and turn them into something positive,” coach Tom Thibodeau said. ”That’s one of the things I’ve admired about our team – they’ve accepted every challenge.”

They’re facing another one after trading Deng. Snell referred to him as a ”big brother,” and Butler has repeatedly mentioned how much he learned from him.

”He told me he’s going to miss me, and Lu’s never told me anything nice since I’ve been here,” Butler said, grinning.

NOTES—Along with Bynum, Cleveland also sent the Bulls a first-round pick, two second-rounders, and gave the Home team the right to swap first-round choices in 2015 if the Cavs are not in the lottery. … Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations John Paxson apologized to Deng for the way the organization publicly handled his illness during last year’s playoffs. The Bulls said at the time he was out with flu-like symptoms. An angry Deng posted on Twitter from a hospital that he had a more serious condition that required a spinal tap to rule out meningitis. ”We did not handle that as well as we could have and should have,” Paxson said. ”We spoke to Lu. I guess we didn’t understand the gravity in that moment, and that’s on us. Over the summer we talked to both Lu and Herb (Rudoy, his agent). We apologized. That’s something that we dropped the ball on.” … Leandro Barbosa arrived at O’Hare and was expected to sign a 10-day contract with the Suns. Barbosa spent his first seven years with Phoenix but has not played in the NBA since he suffered a season-ending knee injury playing for Boston on Feb. 11, 2013.

It’s done. The Bulls have traded All-Star forward Luol Deng to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs will send Andrew Bynum and multiple draft picks to the Bulls in the deal. From the Cavaliers’ official release:

The Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired All-Star forward Luol Deng from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for center Andrew Bynum, three future draft picks and the right to swap 2015 first round picks with the Cavs (1-14 protected), Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant announced tonight from Cleveland Clinic Courts.

“We are very excited for Luol to join the Cavaliers organization, ” said Grant. “We have worked to acquire and maintain flexibility in order to capitalize on opportunities such as this. Luol reflects all that we are striving for in building our team. He’s a tremendous defensive player that can impact the game on both ends of the court with a team first mentality and is a high character leader.”

In exchange for Deng, the Cavs send the Bulls Bynum, Cleveland’s right to the Sacramento King’s first round draft pick conveyed in a June 30, 2011 deal, the right for Chicago to swap its own 2015 first round draft pick with the Cavs own 2015 first round draft pick (only in the case that the Cleveland 2015 first round draft pick is between 15 and 30) and the Portland Trail Blazer’s 2015 and 2016 second round draft picks acquired from the Trail Blazers via a 2013 draft night trade.

The Bulls are expected to waive Bynum before his $12 million guaranteed kicks in Tuesday. Deng, 28, was frustrated with the team over their failure to lock him into a contract extension this year and is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent this summer.

After Derrick Rose’s second major knee surgery in three years, rumors had run rampant that the Bulls intended to blow up the core and build a new championship team around the star when he returns. This would seem to be the first move in that direction. The New York Daily News reported over the weekend that the team intends to use the amnesty provision to waive Carlos Boozer.

Here are the protections on the Kings’ pick:

2014 first round draft pick from Sacramento, the Kings 1st round pick to Cleveland protected for selections 1-12 in 2014, 1-10 in 2015, 1-10 in 2016 or 1-10 in 2017; if Sacramento has not conveyed a 1st round pick to Cleveland by 2017, then Sacramento will instead convey its 2017 2nd round pick to Cleveland protected for selections 56-60 if this pick falls within its protected range and is therefore not conveyed, then Sacramentos obligation to Cleveland will be extinguished [Cleveland-Sacramento, 6/30/2011]

Deng is averaging 19.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game this season for the Bulls, who traded with the Phoenix Suns to acquire Deng with the seventh pick in the 2004 draft. He has spent his entire career in with the Bulls, until now.

Logan Couture and Joe Pavelski scored in a shootout, and the Sharks beat the Blackhawks 3-2 on Sunday night for their first victory in the United Center in three years.Alex Stalock made 33 saves through overtime as San Jose bounced back from a 4-3 loss at Colorado on Saturday. Jason Demers scored in the first period, and Brett Burns had a tying goal in the third.The Sharks allowed the first four goals in the loss to the Avalanche, and McLellan pulled Antti Niemi early in the second period in favor of Stalock. McLellan then talked about holding the goalies accountable in 2014, along with the rest of the team.Couture beat Corey Crawford with a shot into the right side of the net after Stalock stopped Jonathan Toews leading off the shootout. Patrick Sharp then shot wide before Pavelski scored to give the Sharks their first win at the United Center since Dec. 30, 2010.Crawford made 40 saves in his first home start since he left a 6-2 victory against Florida on Dec. 8 because of a lower-body injury. He came back on Thursday and stopped 31 shots in a 3-2 overtime loss at the New York Islanders.

“It’s a tough loss to take when you’re down by a goal, get up by one, and they tie it up again,” Crawford said. “The shootout wasn’t close, obviously. Tough loss.”

Defensemen Niklas Hjalmarsson and Michal Rozsival scored in the third period for the Blackhawks (29-7-9), who have earned at least one point in their last 10 games. It was their fifth home shootout loss.

“We’ve lost a few in a row here and I think it could be a little bit uncomfortable, or a lack of confidence, but we’ve got to work our way through it,” coach Joel Quenneville said of the shootout trouble. “We’ve left a lot of points on the board.We could have put ourself in a better spot than we’re at. That’s been a sour spot recently.”

San Jose (27-10-6) trailed 2-1 before Joe Thornton made a great pass across the crease to Burns, who slammed the puck in at 11:10 of the third. Thornton has 12 assists during an eight-game point streak, running his NHL-best total to 43 on the season.San Jose had dropped six straight in the UC by a combined score of 24-11, including a 5-1 loss on Nov. 17. The Sharks and Blackhawks are two of the top teams in the Western Conference.

“Any win in here is special,” Thornton said. “It’s a hard place to play. They play fast. They play hard, and any win in this building is huge.”

The Blackhawks had few quality scoring chances in the first two periods, with most of their shots coming from the outside. Stalock grabbed most of them cleanly, and San Jose swept away any potential problems around the net.Stalock had a little trouble with a shot by Duncan Keith with 8 1/2 minutes left in the second, but he fell on the puck before Andrew Shaw could get a stick on it.The NHL’s highest-scoring team appeared to be headed for its first shutout of the season before two unlikely players combined to put the Blackhawks in front.First, Hjalmarsson skated toward the middle of the ice, got a pass from Toews and beat Stalock at 1:27 of the third. Then Rozsival’s long slap shot through traffic made it 2-1 only 2:34 after Hjalmarsson’s fourth goal.It was Rozsival’s first since March 1, 2012, for Phoenix. Hjalmarsson hadn’t scored since Nov. 30 at Phoenix.The Sharks grabbed the lead midway through the first period. They had an extended possession in the Blackhawks’ zone before Demers skated into an open area on the right side of the net and one-timed a pass from Couture past Crawford.     It  was Demers’ third goal of the season, all in his past eight games. Couture extended his point streak to five games after scoring in each of his previous four.

NOTES—Sharks forward Eriah Hayes made his first NHL appearance. He was recalled from Worcester of the AHL on Saturday. … The announced crowd of 21,599 was the 250th consecutive home sellout for the Blackhawks, counting the postseason. … The Blackhawks scratched defensemen Michael Kostka and Sheldon Brookbank.