Never mind what everyone else was thinking, Derrick Rose insisted he didn't expect the Chicago Bulls to roll over the Indiana Pacers.
They certainly didn't in Game 1.
Rose scored 39 points and found Kyle Korver for a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 48 seconds left, helping top-seeded Chicago stage a late rally to beat the Pacers 104-99 in their playoff opener on Saturday.
"We knew it was going to be a hard game," Rose said. "From the beginning I guess we weren't prepared for it. Next time I think we'll be ready."
For the Pacers, the loss was tough to accept. They controlled most of the game, but couldn't put it away.
They'd make little runs, Chicago would come back, and the Pacers would pull ahead again. With Rose staring at them, Danny Granger never felt safe.
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Yet another huge game from Derrick Rose! If he can have performances like that, look for Chicago to advance to the NBA Finals and win their first NBA championship in the post-Jordan era! I’m not surprised the Bulls came back from a 98-88 deficit with 3:38 left in the fourth quarter. This is a team that won 11 games this season when trailing after the third quarter, which was tied with the Thunder and Jazz for second most in the league. They went 17-8 in the regular season in games decided by five points or less, so they obviously know how to win tight games.
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