Chicago » As much of a show-stopper as Deron Williams delivered with his third-quarter dunk over Derrick Rose, the number the Jazz left burning on the scoreboard Tuesday night at United Center was just as spectacular.

The Jazz opened their four-game trip with a 132-108 shootout victory over the Chicago Bulls, breaking open the game at the end of the third quarter, building a double-digit lead and riding a barrage of three-pointers.

It was the Jazz's second-highest scoring game this season -- after their 133-110 victory over Houston on Feb. 27 -- and eclipsed their previous highest scoring road game of the season (116 points Thursday at Phoenix) by 17 points.

In fact, the last time the Jazz scored as many points on the road came Dec. 30, 1997, in a 132-99 victory at Denver. The Jazz had been averaging 98.7 points in 29 games away from home this season before Tuesday.

Williams led seven Jazz players in double figures with 28 points and 17 assists while C.J. Miles had a season-high 26 points, including 16 in the fourth quarter as he connected on four three-pointers. Miles finished three points shy of equaling his career high.

"We didn't do a great job in the second half but we did a better job," Williams said, "and I think we got more stops and we were able to get out and run. C.J. caught fire there and just gave us the extra lift we needed."

The Jazz hit 12 of 20 three-pointers against a Bulls team that came into Tuesday giving up 99.0 points a game. It was the fifth consecutive loss for Chicago, which was led by Rose with 25 points and 13 assists in his battle against Williams.

Williams deserved extra credit, though, matching up against Rose on the defensive end all game. The Bulls opted to have Kirk Hinrich primarily guard Williams, with Rose and Flip Murray taking turns.

"I enjoy competition, and he's a tough player to guard," Williams said of Rose. "He's so explosive and does a great job of getting to the basket, but today he was shooting well from that 18-foot range."

As impressive as it was to score 132 points on the road, Williams offered some perspective: "We look at the 108 that we gave up. Our defense isn't where it needs to be and we're not going to continue to win on the road if we play like that."

With 5:20 left in the third quarter, the Bulls had tied the game 77-77, taking advantage of three consecutive Jazz turnovers. But the Jazz answered with a 13-1 run and outscored Chicago 15-4 to close the quarter and take a 92-81 lead into the fourth.

The Bulls went 1-for-5 with four turnovers and two missed free throws as the Jazz buckled down. Williams' dunk was the exclamation point but came after Paul Millsap tore away the ball from Luol Deng at the other end to trigger a fast break.

Filling the middle, Williams took a Wesley Matthews pass and threw down a one-handed dunk on Rose that made it 83-77 and brought his teammates on the bench out of their seats. Kyrylo Fesenko hummed the "SportsCenter" theme after the game.

"I just hoped Wes Matthews would pass it because on the break he ain't passed it too many times this year," Williams joked.

The Jazz forced Rose and Deng into three tough missed shots. Hakim Warrick tried to drive on Millsap and lost the ball. Murray did likewise trying to drive on Ronnie Price, though Price held onto the ball a split-second too long as he nearly dunked at the buzzer.

"It speeds the game up in a good way for us," Miles said. "Not to the point we're out of control, but just to a point where it's kind of at our pace."

The Bulls closed within six points in the fourth quarter, but the Jazz blew them away in response. Taj Gibson fouled Mehmet Okur on a three-point attempt for his sixth personal and Miles followed with 12 points (including three three-pointers) in a 2:38 burst.

"We need him to shoot like that, we need him to play well for us to be successful," Williams said. "He's struggled a little bit confidence-wise. If he gets it back, we can be scary because we expected big things out of him before he got hurt this year."

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