By MIKE CRANSTON
AP Sports Writer

CHARLOTTE, N.C.(AP) -- For a night, the roles were reversed. The
low-scoring Bobcats were suddenly efficient on offense, while
the high-scoring Hawks turned in a stinker that led star Joe
Johnson to question his teammates.

Raja Bell shook off his painful left wrist to score 24 points,
Ronald "Flip" Murray pestered his former team with 15 points in
his Charlotte debut, and Gerald Wallace grabbed 18 rebounds in
the Bobcats' 103-83 victory over road-weary Atlanta on Friday
night.

While the Hawks were completing a trip that took them to Los
Angeles, Sacramento and Portland this week, the Bobcats were
holding three productive practices and getting healthy.

Bell, in his second game after deciding to put off surgery to
repair a torn ligament in his wrist, hit 9 of 12 shots,
including 5 of 6 from 3-point range. Murray's return from a left
shin injury allowed the Bobcats to move to 3-0 at home for the
first time in franchise history.

"We had so many guys contribute tonight," Charlotte coach Larry
Brown said.

It had all the makings of a trap game for the Hawks, and they
played the part. Johnson, Josh Smith and Jamal Crawford each
scored 13 points, but they combined to shoot 15 for 39 from the
field.

The Hawks (4-2) fell behind by 21 in the third quarter and
scored only 14 in the fourth.

"I don't know when we all of a sudden just really became a
selfish team," Johnson said. "Now everybody wants to go
one-on-one. It's me, me, me. It's crazy, man."

Coach Mike Woodson called the performance "unacceptable" and was
unwilling to blame it on the travel. Johnson added he's been
seeing signs of trouble despite recent victories.

"Everybody who touches it wants to score," Johnson said. "I
really think guys on this team don't know their roles, so it's
killing us. And it's going to continue to kill us."

It was a much more joyous scene down the hallway in the
Charlotte locker room. The Bobcats, who came in averaging an
NBA-low 79.8 points, had reached 80 only once in their first
four games - a double-overtime contest. But this game was marked
by crisp ball movement, heady passing and strong drives to the
hoop.

Bell hit his first five shots, including two 3-pointers. He
stayed hot in the second quarter, hitting a 3 to put Charlotte
ahead 59-44.

"It was one of those nights where Raja was like, 'No way. The
hell with it. I'll worry about the pain after,"' Wallace said.
"He did a great job today."

Charlotte built a 77-56 lead on Bell's 3-pointer midway through
the third quarter.

"Right now it aches a little bit, but when you get a good
adrenaline flow going it really only hurts when it's a
situational thing," Bell said.

Murray seemed to have an extra incentive against the Hawks. He
scored seven points in the final 90 seconds of the third quarter
and gave Charlotte an outside scoring threat it was desperately
missing.

Before the game, Woodson said he would have liked to re-sign
Murray, who averaged 12.2 points last season, even after
acquiring Crawford.

"He said he wanted me to come there but management never said
it. Management never reached out to me during the summer,"
Murray said. "I had fun there for the year I was there. It was
unfortunate that today's game was against them when I came
back."

He helped jump-start the offense, which also got improved play
from Tyson Chandler. He had 10 points and 10 rebounds, including
a thunderous alley-oop dunk on a feed from D.J. Augustin to open
the fourth quarter and the Hawks never recovered.

Wallace had 11 points on 3-of-14 shooting, but had another big
game on the glass four nights after grabbing a career-high 20
rebounds. Charlotte held a 55-35 rebounding edge.

"I can't make a shot so I might as well rebound," Wallace said.

Bobcats coach Larry Brown called the Hawks "probably the most
athletic team in the league" before the game, but there were
slow chasing the ball and Charlotte hit 11 of 18 3-pointers.

Atlanta was 2 of 16 from 3-point range.

"Ain't no way this team is 20-some points better than us,"
Johnson said. "It can't continue to go like this."

NOTES: Referee Michael Smith hit Woodson with a technical foul
in the third quarter. ... Hawks trainer Wally Blase, who tracks
fouls, alertly hustled to the scoring table in the second
quarter when they incorrectly had four fouls on the Bobcats, not
five. It put Josh Smith to the line. ... Brown praised Woodson's
job in turning around a team that won 13 games in his first
season. "They gave their coach a chance to grow with those
kids," Brown said.