Jamal Crawford scored a season-high 29 points and the Atlanta Hawks opened the second half with a 20-4 run and beat the Chicago Bulls 118-83 on Wednesday night.
The Bulls, who have lost four straight and nine of 10, remained close only in the first period. Atlanta pushed its lead to double digits for good on a jam by Josh Smith with 5:17 remaining in the first half.
Smith had 18 points, including an alley-oop jam to cap the decisive 20-4 run and push the lead to 30 points at 76-46 with 3:35 remaining in the third period.
Derrick Rose led Chicago with 19 points. James Johnson had 17 _ all in the final period _ and John Salmons added 16.
(This version CORRECTS APNewsNow. Hawks 118, Bulls 83. SUBS 2nd graf to correct Bulls' losing streak to four.)
