Ben Gordon and Luol Deng helped break the game open in the third period Friday, carrying the Chicago Bulls to a 109-88 thrashing of Sacramento.

The Bulls had not won in Sacramento since November 1997, when Michael Jordan scored 33 points.

Chicago won its second in a row after halting a five-game losing streak. Both Gordon and Deng scored 20 points and Joakim Noah had 17.

The Bulls had an 11-point lead at halftime and expanded it to 20 by the end of the third quarter.

Sacramento lost its eighth straight game. The Kings are one of four teams in the Western Conference with 11 or fewer victories for the season.

Kevin Martin's 27 points led the Kings, whose woeful numbers this year include no victories against the Eastern Conference and only three wins on the road.