CHICAGO – Kirk Hinrich scored 22 points, Marco Belinelli added 15 points, and the Bulls pulled away down the stretch to beat the struggling Los Angeles Lakers, 95-83, on Monday night.

Belinelli came up big in the closing minutes, scoring eight points during an 18-4 run that broke a 75-75 tie and sent the Lakers to their ninth loss in 11 games.

He started it by hitting two free throws after getting fouled by Dwight Howard with 6:54 left in the game and wrapped two 3-pointers around a layup by Los Angeles' Earl Clark, making it 89-79 with 2:27 remaining.