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CHICAGO -- John Salmons scored 27 points, Joakim Noah added a career-high 21 points and had 16 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Charlotte Bobcats 93-90 on Saturday night for their third straight win.

The Bulls had a 16-0 run in the third and fourth quarters that turned a nine-point deficit into a seven-point lead. Charlotte's Flip Murray missed two 3-pointers in the final seconds.

With Chicago up 92-87 with a minute left, the Bulls' Luol Deng missed two free throws, and the Bobcats' Tyson Chandler converted two to make it 92-90 with 21 seconds left. Salmons had a chance to make it a four-point game, but made just one of two free throws with 19.8 seconds left.

After a timeout, Murray missed a 3 but had a chance to redeem himself after Diaw grabbed the rebound. Instead, the second one hit the rim and a sprawled out Gerald Wallace knocked the ball out of bounds along the sideline with 3.3 seconds left.

CHARLOTTE (90) -- Wallace 5-13 1-2 12, Diaw 8-14 1-3 20, Chandler 5-8 3-3 13, Felton 5-17 3-4 14, Bell 3-12 2-2 9, Mohammed 0-0 0-0 0, Augustin 0-2 0-0 0, Murray 3-12 0-0 7, Radmanovic 4-7 0-0 12, Ajinca 0-0 0-0 0, Graham 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 34-86 10-14 90.

CHICAGO (93) -- Deng 6-17 2-4 14, Gibson 3-6 0-0 6, Noah 10-12 1-3 21, Rose 6-11 1-2 13, Salmons 9-16 7-9 27, Hinrich 3-10 1-2 9, Miller 1-2 1-2 3, Pargo 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-76 13-22 93.

Charlotte 28 25 17 20 -- 90

Chicago 26 20 27 20 -- 93

3-Point Goals--Charlotte 12-29 (Radmanovic 4-6, Diaw 3-5, Graham 1-1, Felton 1-3, Wallace 1-3, Murray 1-5, Bell 1-5, Augustin 0-1), Chicago 4-9 (Hinrich 2-4, Salmons 2-4, Pargo 0-1). Fouled Out--None. Rebounds--Charlotte 48 (Wallace 9), Chicago 55 (Noah 16). Assists--Charlotte 23 (Felton 10), Chicago 23 (Hinrich 7). Total Fouls--Charlotte 23, Chicago 15. Technicals--Chicago defensive three second 2. A--21,108 (20,917).