Skip to search.

Breaking News Visit Yahoo! News for the latest.

×Close this window

Ball Don't Lie - NBA

Ball Don't Lie

Sun Dec 25 09:30pm EST

Video: Derrick Rose hits the game-winner, as Chicago downs the Lakers

By Kelly Dwyer

A thrilling opening day of the NBA season continued into Christmas night, with Derrick Rose hitting what has turned into his signature floater in the game's waning seconds, knocking off the Los Angeles Lakers in a hard-fought 88-87 win.

[Game tickets: Watch your favorite NBA team in action]

Rose capped off a 22-point afternoon in Los Angeles with his ninth made shot in 13 tries, stunning a Laker team that had utilized good ball movement and stout defense to take an 11-point lead with just 3:45 to play. From there, Rose and do-it-all forward Luol Deng took over, culminating in Rose's game-winner:

[Y! Sports Shop: Buy gear of your favorite NBA team]

Though both teams are still working through the growing pains as a result of the shortened training camp and preseason schedule, Los Angeles' improved defense and Chicago's mettle was quite impressive. All we could wish for is a rematch in Chicago, later this year. Sadly, the 66-game season put the kibosh on a return engagement. Within the regular season, at least.

Other popular stories on Yahoo! Sports:
• At long last, Lions set to return to playoffs
• Not all high-profile college coaches made the grade in their first season
• Kevin Durant causes traffic jam with Christmas give-away tweet

digg delicious

Related Articles

Launch Article Browser

Ball Don't Lie

Add to My Yahoo! RSS

Related Photo Gallery

More NBA Photos »

Y! Sports Blog