Gerald Wallace scored 32 points, Stephen Jackson and Flip Murray added 25 each and the Charlotte Bobcats held off a late rally to beat the Chicago Bulls 113-108 on Tuesday night for their third straight victory.

Derrick Rose and John Salmons missed game-tying 3-point attempts in the closing seconds for the Bulls, who gave up seventh place in the Eastern Conference to the Bobcats despite wiping out a 13-point second-quarter deficit.

Rose scored 10 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and Salmons added 19 for the Bulls in the fast-paced game that saw both teams shoot 51 percent.

The Bobcats improved to 12-4 at home after consecutive road wins over Miami and Cleveland. But they had trouble putting away the Bulls, who dropped their second straight following a four-game winning streak.

Rose, who hit 11 of 19 shots, keyed Chicago's late surge with quick drives to the hoop. His shot in the paint with 2:08 left tied it at 105.

Murray's two free throws put Charlotte ahead before a series of missed shots and turnovers. It included Rose being blocked by Wallace with 27.8 seconds left. Officials ruled the ball went off Rose, but reversed the call after checking the replay.

Kirk Hinrich then badly missed a mid-range jumper, and Charlotte's Raymond Felton hit two free throws with 23.2 seconds left.

After John Salmons' three-point play cut the lead to 109-108, Jackson hit two free throws with 17.5 second left.

The Bulls then got two good looks. After Rose missed a 3 from the left wing, the ball was batted out to Salmons, who missed a straightaway 3.

Wallace's two free throws with 0.1 seconds remaining left Chicago 0-7 in the second game of back-to-back contests.

Wallace added nine rebounds and hit 10 of 11 free throws, while Jackson and Murray had big performances for the second straight game for the Bobcats, who hope to capitalize on the start of a friendly schedule that has them playing seven of eight at home.

Chicago's recent winning streak had taken some pressure off embattled coach Vinny Del Negro in his return to North Carolina. He starred at N.C. State and his wife is from Charlotte.

Del Negro spent most of the night unhappy.

Referee Pat Fraher hit him with a technical foul early in the third quarter when he came on the court and flailed his arms complaining about what he felt were fouls on Charlotte on consecutive blocks.

Jackson missed the free throw, ending his streak of 35 straight makes, and the Bulls cut the lead to 84-80 before Raymond Felton banked in a halfcourt heave at the third-quarter buzzer.

The Bulls had to work hard to come back after a poor second quarter aided by a bizarre play.