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Derrick Rose and the Bulls celebrate.  (USATSI)
Derrick Rose and the Bulls celebrate. (USATSI)

Derrick Rose made a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer on Friday, giving the Chicago Bulls a 2-1 series lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Rose, who finished with a game-high 30 points in the 99-96 win, banked it in off the dribble and over the top of Cavs big man Tristan Thompson. Watch:

This is up there with Chris Paul's Game 7 game-winner as the shot of the postseason, and it's especially incredible because the man who made it hadn't played in the playoffs since 2012 because of an unfortunate series of injuries. What a special story for Rose, who said that he felt like the shot was good when it left his hands.

"I don't mean to sound cocky, but them the shots that you want to take as a player that's in my position," Rose said.

Rose scored 14 of his points in the fourth quarter, leading the Bulls to their biggest win in years.

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