The two-time NBA champion Houston Rockets added the McDonald's Championship to its title collection.
With Robert Horry and Clyde Drexler leading a third-quarter charge, the Rockets pulled away and beat Italy's Buckler Bologna 126-112 in Saturday night's final.The Rockets maintained the NBA's supremacy in the tournament, now in its seventh edition and considered an unofficial world championship for clubs.
No NBA team has ever lost a game in the six-team event, which for the first time featured all championship clubs.
Drexler scored 25 points and had 10 assists and was voted the tournament's MVP. Sam Cassell had 23 points and Chucky Brown 22.
Former NBA standout Orlando Woolridge led Buckler with 34 points and nine rebounds.
For the second night in a row, the Rockets broke the game open in the third quarter with a high-paced running offense.
Horry scored all 10 of his points in the quarter and Drexler had eight in the period.
Leading 64-57 at the half, the Rockets hit three consecutive 3-pointers early in the third quarter - two by Horry and one by Kenny Smith - and moved to 75-59.
Houston ended the quarter with a 15-2 run, which included a drive by Drexler, a steal and dunk by Horry, a fastbreak lay-in by Cassell, a 3-pointer by Elie, a fastbreak basket by Elie and another by Cassell. That gave the Rockets a 96-75 lead.
In the game for fifth place, former Jazz player Tom Chambers scored 21 points to lead Maccabi Tel Aviv to a 107-89 win over England's Sheffield Sharks.
Bulls 101, SuperSonics 97
At Chicago, Michael Jordan scored 27 points and Scottie Pippen added 21, leading the Chicago Bulls to an exhibition victory over the Seattle SuperSonics.
Dennis Rodman grabbed 15 rebounds for the Bulls, who are 5-1 in the preseason.
Cavaliers 104, Bucks 86
At Milwaukee, rookie free agent John Amaechi, who had 10 points, scored the Cavaliers' first six points of the third quarter to help Cleveland take command and defeat the Milwaukee Bucks in a preseason game.
Amaechi hit two layins and two free throws that made it 62-43 to start the quarter, and the Cavaliers cruised the rest of the way.
Timberwolves 104, Mavericks 102
At Inglewood, Calif., The Minnesota Timberwolves triumphed over the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA exhibition game.
The loss tied the Mavericks with the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies for the NBA's worst preseason record at 0-5.
Magic 106, Clippers 97
At Orlando, Fla., Shaquille O'Neal made a crowd-pleasing 3-pointer to cap a 29-point performance as the Orlando Magic beat the Los Angeles Clippers for their fourth victory in five exhibition games.
Raptors 98, Grizzlies 76
At Winnipeg, Manitoba, Alvin Robertson scored 20 points Saturday to lead the Toronto Raptors to a victory over their fellow NBA Canadian expansion team, the Vancouver Grizzlies.
Bullets 109, Pacers 99
At Evansville, Ind., the Washington Bullets beat the Indiana Pacers for their first preseason win but lost star forward Chris Webber in the process.
Webber scored eight first-quarter points to get the Bullets out to a 24-13 lead, then left the game with 2:04 remaining in the period with a dislocated left shoulder.
Spurs 99, Celtics 81
At San Antonio, David Robinson and Avery Johnson scored 16 points apiece to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a preseason victory over the Boston Celtics.
The Spurs, who led from start to finish, placed six players in double figures. Joining Robinson and Johnson were Chuck Person with 14 points, Sean Elliott and Brad Lohaus with 12 each and Will Perdue with 10 as San Antonio improved to 4-2 in exhibition games.