Derrick Rose game 4 highlights Boston Celtics vs Chicago Bulls 2009 NBA Playoffs

CHICAGO(AP) Another playoff thriller between Chicago and Boston, and this one went to the Bulls.

If the Celtics want to advance, they're going to have to earn it.

Ben Gordon scored 22 points, hitting the tying 3-pointer in the first overtime, and the Bulls beat the defending champions 121-118 in double overtime Sunday to tie their first-round series at two games apiece.

The teams split two tight games in Boston, before the Celtics blew out the Bulls in Game 3. This time, they stretched the drama into a second overtime.

"Everybody I'm talking to is saying this is the most exciting series that they're watching right now,'' Gordon said.

It's tough to argue.

Derrick Rose added 23 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. John Salmons scored 20 points after a slow start, hitting four free throws in the final 26 seconds of the game and blocking Paul Pierce's tying 3-pointer.

Boston's Ray Allen buried a 3-pointer with 9.8 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 96 before Rose missed a potential winning fadeaway in the closing seconds. Gordon came through with 4.5 seconds left in the first overtime, hitting a 3-pointer over Pierce to tie it at 110, and the Bulls never trailed in the second OT.

Salmons hit two free throws with 26 seconds left and, after a 3-pointer by Pierce, he hit two more at the line. After a timeout, Pierce got the ball on the left side but couldn't shake Salmons, who deflected his 3-pointer.

It was a dramatic end to another dramatic game. The series goes back to Boston, where the Bulls took Game 1 in overtime and the Celtics won Game 2 by three, on Tuesday.

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[ggtemp06]

type "short guy dunks" in the youtube search box to see a 5ft 5in guy dunking a 10ft hoop

[turot68]

Derrick rose is the best in the NBA now

[trueplaya20]

loool they look so young as apposed to now time flies holy

[trueplaya20]

rose is the best and fastest point guard for sure

lool iv notice rondo is bigger in 2012 the he was back then

but rose is the beast

[TheGR147]

@kingofrnb an undersized 2 guard in bg.....or dwade cud hav shot over him all day.....

[jonatan037]

WoW.... What a gameeee XD

[kingofrnb]

They would've gotten by the Heat this past season if Ben Gordon was still there.

[abbeycoffee]

@moron4o1 in the history of the NBA there actually has been a 6-overtime game!!

[drewandsz]

lebron traveled.

[gogo2302]

Almost every point was Derrick Rose or an assist by Derrick Rose

[moron4o1]

double overtime never seen that :D

[wannabeserpento99]

@411batgirlgo9  lebron -______-