CLEVELAND – LeBron James scored 12 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers past the Chicago Bulls 102-91 Monday night.

James surpassed 30 points for the 16th time this season and ninth in December as the Cavaliers stretched their winning streak to six games. It was their second victory over Chicago in five days.

Drew Gooden scored 20 points and Larry Hughes added 19 as Cleveland improved to an Eastern Conference-best 12-3 at home.

Michael Sweetney, Chris Duhon and Tyson Chandler scored 15 apiece to lead the Bulls, who lost their fourth in a row.

James, coming off a 4-for-16 performance with only 14 points in a win over Indiana on Friday night, shot 12-of-15 from the field against the Bulls and added eight rebounds and six assists.

James is averaging 32.7 points in 12 games during December, helping the Cavaliers (17-9) move a season-high eight games above .500.

The Bulls came in tied for the NBA lead in 3-point shooting with Milwaukee and Detroit at 40 percent, but went 1-for-10 in the first half and trailed at the break 55-45.

Andres Nocioni and Kirk Hinrich each hit 3s to spark Chicago’s 14-6 run to open the second half.

Eric Snow then made a 20-footer for Cleveland, and a few seconds later James drove to the hoop to put Cleveland back in command. His fallaway jumper from the corner with 25 seconds left in the third quarter put Cleveland ahead 77-66.

Snow scored 10 first-half points, one more than his previous season high for a game. The point guard finished with 12 points.

Notes: Chicago finished 6-for-21 from beyond the 3-point arc. … Along with an eight-game winning streak in November, the Cavaliers now have two streaks of six or more wins in a season for the first time since 1992-93. … Cleveland is 11-0 when limiting opponents to 50 or fewer points in the second half. … The Bulls lead the all-time series 93-69, but have won only four of the last 17 meetings in Cleveland. … Led by Chandler, Chicago’s reserves held a 29-9 scoring edge on the Cleveland bench. The Bulls’ bench has outscored opposing reserves in 26 of 27 games. … Comedian Rob Schneider sat in the front row at center court, wearing a Cavs T-shirt.

AP-ES-12-26-05 2129EST