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Derrick Rose brought the ball up the court, his team down by three.

With no timeouts remaining, Chicago wouldn't have a chance to stop and set up a play, but the Bulls' battered point guard didn't need any time to plan his next move. Rose dribbled around a high screen and pulled up just to the right of the top of the arc, where he sank a tying 3-pointer with 6.4 seconds left.

"Freelancing," Rose said. "Pick-and-roll, see what we could get in transition, they backed up and I shot the ball."

Chicago went on to beat Detroit for the 15th straight time, 100-94 in overtime Sunday night. Rose finished with 24 points despite a bad right ankle, and by the end of the night he was wearing a small bandage at the top of the bridge of his nose following a fourth-quarter foul by Detroit's Charlie Villanueva.

Rodney Stuckey scored 32 points for the Pistons, but he missed two crucial free throws late in the fourth quarter. Rose's 3-pointer tied the game at 86 and sent it to the extra session.

"We did everything we needed to win the game other than actually winning the game," Pistons coach Lawrence Frank said. "We made a ton of winning plays, but in this league it is all or nothing, and at the end, the outcome is a loss."

Joakim Noah had 20 points and 17 rebounds for the Bulls, who are 3 1/2 games ahead of Miami in the race for the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Chicago is an NBA-best 46-14. Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City is two games behind.

Chicago trailed by three in the final minute of the fourth quarter when Carlos Boozer made a shot from the baseline to pull to 84-83 with 56.4 seconds remaining. Tayshaun Prince missed on a drive at the other end, but Boozer couldn't convert inside.

Stuckey made one of two free throws with 16.1 seconds remaining, and Chicago called a timeout, but Luol Deng was called for a five-second violation before inbounding. Stuckey again could make only one of two free throws with 14.2 seconds left, and Rose was able to work his way free for a 3 from near the top of the arc to tie it.

Stuckey's shot from near the free throw line missed, and the game went to overtime.

"We know we have to play better, but at this point of the year, every win is important," Noah said. "When Derrick hit that 3, it just gave our team new life, and we just handled our business in overtime."

Chicago led by one when Kyle Korver made an open 3 from the right wing to make it 95-91. Greg Monroe missed a layup at the other end, and the Bulls held on.

Rose has been bothered by an injured right ankle, and he shot 1 of 13 in Thursday's overtime win over Miami. He was aggressive early against the Pistons, driving smoothly to the basket for a layup to open the scoring and then sinking a perimeter jumper moments later.

Rose and Noah scored 12 points apiece for Chicago in the first half, but the Pistons received an unexpected lift from Villanueva.

After playing only 40 minutes previously during an injury-plagued season, Villanueva came off the bench to score 11 points in the first half, giving Detroit a much-needed boost against Chicago's tough defense.

The Bulls still led 49-41 at halftime and took a 60-46 advantage on a 3-pointer by former Detroit star Richard Hamilton. Then it was the Pistons' turn to clamp down. Detroit held Chicago to only four points the rest of the quarter and took a 66-64 lead into the fourth after a basket by Monroe inside.

Villanueva opened the fourth with a layup and Damien Wilkins added a dunk to give the Pistons a six-point lead, but Chicago got some momentum back when Villanueva was whistled for a flagrant foul after he appeared to catch Rose in the face when the star point guard tried to finish a fast break.

"I was definitely going for the ball, and I certainly had no intention of hitting him in the nose," Villanueva said. "He said some things, and I said something back, but I got the technical. It was just Heat of the moment stuff."

After that exchange, the Bulls took a 77-76 lead on a free throw by C.J. Watson.

"I was mad. I'm sick and tired of people trying to take cheap shots at me," Rose said. "He didn't even aim for the ball."

NOTES: There were a number of Bulls fans in the crowd of 17,450, and they started a chant of "MVP" in the third quarter when Rose was shooting free throws. ... Detroit's last win over Chicago was Dec. 23, 2008. This was the second overtime game during the streak. ... Noah had 13 offensive rebounds.

Category: NBA

Ok so i've always been a Redsox fan, and I'm worried about youk.... The guy hasnt had 500 at-bats since 2008, he did come close to that in 2009 with a little under 500, and he hasnt been hitting good since... This Spring his bat has been ugly... Im watching him decline year by year... What would you do if you were the Sox GM? Id trade him while he still has a name, for a good Starting Pitcher which Boston needs... Then move Aviles to 3rd and Iglesias at short.... I would have done this a while ago, then we wouldnt have had to get Bailey, someone else could have closed... What do you think? Trade him or ride him into the ground?

Category: MLB

ROLL TIDE IN THE MADNESS BABY!!!! THIS WILL BE 1 INCREDIBLE YEAR FOR MARCH MADNESS!!!!

Category: NCAAB

The Redskins have a GM now, why are the Redskins still letting themselves get "bent over" while trading draft picks. Robert Griffin III will probably be a great fit in Washington, I don’t think that the Redskins have ever had a Heisman Trophy winner for a signal caller, but three first round picks and one second round pick (this year)? Wow. A franchise player (veteran) is worth less, just two first round picks, and those guys are proven. I really hope that this works out for the Redskins, but they still have other concerns that need to be addressed. But, this could work.
This can be looked at two ways, from the perspective of an NFL team that already has a Pro Bowl-caliber/Franchise QB already and the perspective of an NFL team that doesn’t. The teams that already have this type of QB are saying that what the Redskins gave up was way too much for a player that has yet to take his first NFL snap. The teams that don’t have this type of QB are saying that it was a great move, that RGIII is exactly what the Redskins needed. Now the next steps are to sign him for at least seven years, solidify the offensive line and get him some better targets. This move, followed by moves anchored in common sense and restraint, could work.

Category: NFL

 

There was a debate on the radio about comments that Gisele Bundchen, the wife of New England Patriots QB Tom Brady, was heard talking to a friend after being heckled by a fan; whether or not she was wrong to have said what she said. The dialogue goes as follows:

"Eli [Manning] rules! Eli owns your husband!" a fan is heard yelling to Gisele.

"My husband can't [expletive] throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time," she is heard saying.

Some agree with Mrs. Brady saying that she wasn’t wrong to defend her husband; others say that she was wrong to throw his teammates under the bus. What do you think?
First, let me say that under the first amendment, she can legally say anything that she wants to say as long as it doesn’t infringe on the rights of others. I agree that she should’ve stuck up for her husband, but I think that she could have worded it better to escape any backlash in the press. She could’ve said something along the lines of “The whole team played their best, and no one wins or loses by themselves”. I understand that emotions were running high and that she was probably upset, but being a supermodel and the wife of a QB playing in the Super Bowl, someone was bound to pay attention to what she was saying. Does that sound about right, what do you think?
On the other hand, why hasn't anyone talked about the comments that the fan made. Obviously, he’s not famous, so it wouldn’t go too far with him. But I ask you, why disrespect Brady’s wife in order to add insult to injury? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a Patriot’s fan, I love the Washington Redskins (diehard), and I’m glad that a team from the NFC East was there to represent and win in the Super Bowl. But as a man, I think that the heckler displayed little class in trying to slight Mrs. Brady in an effort to shame her husband. Am I off target, what do you think?
In the end, Tom Brady and the Patriots come up short in this year’s Super Bowl, but they get to try again next season. At the end of the night, Tom Brady, not a winner in this season’s Super Bowl; goes home with Gisele Bundchen, the heckler probably just goes home. I don’t know, what do you think?

Category: NFL