The Chicago Bulls finally got to head home for Game 3 in their second round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers and they needed every advantage they could get. With the game tied at 96 after a J.R. Smith three and three seconds on the clock, Derrick Rose got the ball, took a dribble, and nailed the dagger off the backboard to win the game 99-96.
You might imagine that a former MVP has a few buzzer-beaters under his belt, but that was actually his first one in the postseason.
How big was Rose's play throughout the game? It was pretty crucial in the fourth quarter.
Rose had 30 points, while Jimmy Butler chipped in 20, Mike Dunleavy scored 16, and Nikola Mirotic came off the bench to get 12 points. For Cleveland, LeBron James had 27 points and J.R. Smith was the next highest scorer at 14 points.
Rose's reaction right after it happened was absolutely awesome:
But him answering questions about it during the postgame press conference might have been the highlight of it all though:
