On May 8, 2015, at precisely a time in the Chicago night that we cannot determine, or else we would for glorious effect, Derrick Rose lifted his body off the United Center floor and heaved a shot — over the outstretched arm of Cavaliers big man Tristan Thompson — toward the basket.
It banked in at the buzzer from outside the three-point line. The Bulls beat the Cavs 99-96 for a 2-1 series lead in the second round of the postseason on what was our team’s first game-winner in the final 10 seconds of a playoff game since Michael Jordan shot a shot — does anybody remember the shot? — over Utah’s Bryon Russell in 1998.
