CHICAGO — Ben Gordon scored 24 points and the Chicago Bulls beat the Sacramento Kings 99-94 on Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing streak.

The Bulls converted 33 of 36 free throws, and the three foul shots they missed nearly cost them.

After making its first 29, Chicago converted just four of its final seven, allowing Sacramento to stay in the game.

Trailing 97-94 after Chicago's Drew Gooden hit 1-of-2 with 9.1 seconds left, Sacramento had a chance to tie it. But Kevin Martin missed a finger roll with 4 seconds left, and Thabo Sefolosha hit two more free throws to seal it for Chicago.

It was another rough night for the lowly Kings, who have dropped 10 of 11 even though Kevin Martin scored 29. And it was far from an impressive win for the Bulls, who were coming off a 10-point loss to Minnesota.

About the only area where Chicago excelled was at the foul line _ for most of the night, anyway. The Bulls would have broken the club record for free throws without a miss in a game (25 against Houston on Feb. 9, 1977) had they not struggled at the end.

The Kings were closing in on the Bulls even before the misses started to pile up.

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Chicago built several double-digit leads in the second half, only to see Sacramento cut into it each time. Larry Hughes' jumper made it 84-70 less than four minutes into the fourth quarter, but the Kings responded with a 10-0 run that Francisco Garcia capped with a dunk.

Garcia made another nice play to cut Chicago's lead to 90-89 with about two minutes left. He poked the ball away from Derrick Rose as he attempted a crossover, then broke for a layup.

Gordon then hit two free throws, making Chicago 28-for-28, and Larry Hughes hit one to make it 93-89 with 1:01 left before clanging the second attempt.

Rose's floater made it 95-91 with 33 seconds remaining, but Martin responded by making two of three foul shots with 21.9 seconds to go.

The Kings immediately fouled Gooden, who missed the first and made the second. After a timeout, Martin drove past Sefolosha and got fouled by Tyrus Thomas, the ball rolling around before falling to the side. So instead of a possible three-point play, he made the first of two free-throw attempts with 13.9 seconds left to make it a two-point game.

Brad Miller grabbed the rebound after Martin missed the second attempt. But rather than go back up, he passed to Martin, who missed a 15-foot baseline jumper and the Bulls hung on.

Gooden finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds after missing eight games with a sprained right ankle. Rose added 16 points and eight assists, and Thomas scored 14.

Martin had another strong outing for the Kings after scoring 36 against New Jersey on Monday and 45 against Indiana two days earlier, and Miller finished with 18 points.