The Celtics and Bulls have played a playoff-record four overtime games, a fifth game was decided in the final seconds of regulation ... and there's still one more game to be played in this thrilling first-round series. Here's a look at how seventh-seeded Chicago and defending champion Boston arrived at a winner-take-all Game 7.
There isn’t much else to say about this game but simply amazing. The Bulls ended up pulling this out in triple overtime 128-127. Ray Allen’s 51 points and 9 three-pointers were wasted by a more balanced Chicago Bulls attack (5 players in double figures). The real difference came in triple overtime when the Celtics already without Kevin Garnett had 3 starters fouled out of the game (Paul Pierce, Glen Davis, and Kendrick Perkins). The final decisive play came at 128-127 and Rajon Rondo penetrated and then faded away and was rejected by the impressive rookie Derrick Rose. Rose then gained control of the ball and was fouled by Brian Scalabrine in the front court. Rose proceeded to clank two free throws with 3.2 seconds remaining but the Celtics were without a timeout and Rondo heaved a half-courter that was way off: on to Game 7.
