Chicago ? LeBron James had the ball. Ronald Murray had the open look.

So James passed to his teammate, and Murray responded by making a three-pointer from the right side with 3.9 seconds remaining to lift the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 92-91 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.

The Cavaliers then held their breath as Andres Nocioni missed a three-pointer at the buzzer. With that, Cleveland snapped a five-game losing streak after blowing a 25-point lead.

Murray, acquired from Seattle at the trade deadline, scored 11 of his 13 points in the fourth quarter.

The winning shot came after Kirk Hinrich went 1-of-2 from the free-throw line to give the Bulls a 91-89 lead with 11 seconds left. With James driving toward the basket, Nocioni helped and left Murray – a 20-percent three-point shooter – open.

“My man came off me to slide over on LeBron,” Murray said. “He left me wide open. The look I had felt good, and the shot felt good.”

And James had no qualms about passing out to Murray for that shot.

“It was the right thing to do,” he said.

With forward Drew Gooden out because of flu-like symptoms, second-year pro Anderson Varejao got the first start of his career and responded with 13 points and six rebounds.

Cleveland Cavaliers' Donyell Marshall, second from right, passes the ball away from Chicago Bulls' Ben Gordon (7), of England, Michael Sweetney, second from left, and Luol Deng, right, of Sudan, during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Thursday, March 2, 2006, in Chicago.

Hinrich had 25 points and nine rebounds for Chicago, two nights after he had 30 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists in a 111-100 victory over Minnesota.

Spurs 98, Mavericks 89

San Antonio – Michael Finley scored 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter against his former team, and San Antonio beat Dallas in a matchup of the top teams in the Western Conference.

With the victory, the Spurs leapfrogged over the Mavs to the top spot in the West. The teams have identical 45-12 records.