Dwyane Wade had 30 points and two key steals in the final minute, Jimmy Butler added 23 points and the Bulls overcame a 42-point performance by DeMarcus Cousins for a 102-99 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night.Wade, who had 13 points in the fourth quarter, snapped a 99-all tie by making a free throw with 14 seconds left. He had missed a breakaway dunk after making a steal, but Cousins was called for a foul for putting his hand on Wade’s hip as he tried to dunk the ball.On the next Kings possession, Wade came up with another steal and fed Michael Carter-Williams for a breakaway basket to seal the win.Cousins was 16 for 28 from the field, including 2 for 7 on 3-pointers, and added 14 rebounds.The Bulls took a 55-52 halftime lead, but Sacramento started quickly in the third quarter and took a 61-59 lead on a Cousins’ three-point play. The Kings led by as many as seven points before the Bulls closed with a 12-3 run to take a 75-73 lead into the fourth.The score was tight throughout much of the final quarter before the Bulls rallied for a 95-91 lead with three minutes to go on a three-point play by Wade. Cousins, though, answered with back-to-back 3-pointers to put Sacramento back on top, 97-95, with just over two minutes left. Wade hit a jumper on the next possession to tie the score with 1:53 to play.Following a scoreless possession by each team, Cousins gave the Kings a 99-97 edge with 52 seconds remaining. The Bulls tied it again on Robin Lopez’s follow of Butler’s miss with 36 seconds to play, setting the stage for Wade.
NOTES—They have dropped seven straight in Chicago. Sacramento’s last win was a 102-98 victory on Dec. 21, 2009 – a game in which the Kings trailed 79-44 for the largest comeback in franchise history.Doug McDermott appeared to break out of slump with a 31-point effort (in 33 minutes) against Memphis on Jan. 15, but had a combined nine points on 4-for-13 shooting in the next two games before Saturday. He had three points on 1-for-5 shooting on Saturday….Bulls are at Orlando on Tuesday night.