Derrick Rose and Taj Gibson had 18 points each, Doug McDermott added 16 and Pau Gasol had 14 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 109-102 comeback victory over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night.
Rose was 9 for 15 from the field and hit a couple of 15-foot jumpers during Chicago's decisive 10-0 run in the fourth quarter to rally from a five-point deficit.
Gasol recorded his 39th double-double of the season in his first game back after missing four games with a swollen right knee.
DeMarcus Cousins had 19 points and 18 rebounds, Darren Collison had 19 points and Rudy Gay had 18 for Sacramento.
Gibson had 14 first-half points and McDermott came off the bench for 12 by hitting 4 of 5 3-pointers in 13 minutes to lead the Bulls to a 59-51 halftime edge.
The Bulls stretched their advantage to 69-57 early in the third quarter, but Sacramento responded with an 11-2 run to make it 71-68. After the Bulls built their advantage back up to 77-70, the Kings closed the quarter with an 11-4 run to make it 82-81 heading into the fourth.
Sacramento carried the momentum into the final quarter and took an 89-86 lead on Marco Belinelli's 3-pointer with 8:40 left — its first advantage since late in the first quarter.
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Trailing 95-90, the Bulls scored 10 straight points to take a 100-95 lead. Rose hit a pull-up 15-footer over Cousins to put Chicago back on top, 96-95, with just under 5 minutes to go.
After the Kings ended the streak with a basket by Rajon Rondo, Jimmy Butler had a tip-in and Mike Dunleavy hit a 3-pointer to make it 105-97 with 1:28 remaining.
