Derrick Rose Buzzer Beater Game Winning 3 Pointer Off The Glass vs Cavs
CHICAGO (AP) Derrick Rose wanted to make one thing clear about his winning 3pointer. He did not call glass. Rose banked in a 3pointer at the buzzer and scored 30 points Friday night to give the Chicago Bulls a 9996 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers and a 21 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. I m just thankful and grateful that my teammates gave me the ball, he said. They believed in me down the stretch. They kept getting me the ball, kept encouraging me to play the way that I usually play. And no, I did not call Cleveland had just tied it on a 3pointer by J. R. Smith with 10. 8 seconds left when Rose came through with the winner off a sideline inbounds play. The play called for him to get the ball in the corner, but he could not find an opening there. Instead, he took the inbounds from Mike Dunleavy Jr. on the wing and dribbled to his right, past the top of the key. Then, as time expired, he banked in a 26footer over Tristan Thompson. That drew a mob from his teammates and a deafenin
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