we ll talk more about that later. time for sports. a big game five between the bulls and hawks in the eastern conference semifinals. series tied at two games apiece in chicago league mvp derrick rose, beautiful move to the basket for the lay-up. chicago is up four at the half. in the third, rose misses the shot and the lane. but carlos boozer there with the offensive putback and the foul. bulls up four. later in the third, hawks dish to josh smith. a little shoving match here between boozer and smith. yeah, that s play-off basketball. a little stare down. double technicals there. fourth quarter, chicago begins to pull away. derrick rose going to hit a tough floater in the lane. he finishes with 33 points. bulls take game five 95-83. they head back to atlanta for game six. a vicious cheap shot will cost andrew bynum of the los angeles lakers more than $700,000 in a five-game
governor. sh richer was a reporter for nbc news. that s a look at the news. now time for sports. let s do sports. there was a great game that ended not so long ago. kevin durant and the oklahoma city thunder down two games to one, morning hours against memphis agencied grizzlies. end of the fourth quarter. mike conley hits a three with a few seconds left to tie the game at 96. sends it to overtime. grizzlies down again by three. looking for a miracle. they get one from vazquez who came off the ben torch tie the game at 109. final game, 119. oklahoma city s russell westbrook can t hit the jumper, so we go to triple overtime with a minute left. kevin durant drives the lane and puts the game away with a floater. 35 points, 13 rebounds.
russell westbrook goes the leapt of the court. the buzzer beater does not fall, we go to triple overtime with a minute left. kevin durant drives the lane and throws in the game-clinching floater. durant had 35 points and 13 rebounds. the thunder outlast the grizzlies 133-123 in triple overtime. that series is tied at two games apiece. a pivotal game four between the heat and celtics in boston. miami with the 2-1 series lead entering last night. game tied at 81. ray allen, the three from the corner. next possession, shot clock winding down. lebron james. wow. overall pierce. drains the three. had a team high 35. final seconds now. a botched last play. paul pierce was not happy. the jumper doesn t go. we go to overtime. that s where miami took over. lebron, tough fadeaway puts the heat up two.
now we re going to a third overtime. and with a minute left, kevin durant, one of the two or three best players of the league throws in a floater to clinch the game. thunder beat the grizs, series even. mika s not paying attention and laughing about something that has nothing to do with what we re talking about. also, the heats meet the celtics. do you have a book signing tonight? where are you going to be? i m going to be in new jersey. i think people need to buy loaded. books and greetings. i like that. okay, willie, this might be good, really good, like best seller material. what do you think, mike barnicle? there s absolutely no doubt about it. the bottom line in the book is we need to get back to the 2006 mentality. put everything on credit cards, you can have whatever you want, wherever you want. it made america great. right now, you are connecting with america. willie will be doing a live chat
phil jackson ends his coaching career with 11 nba titles the most of any coach in any four major sports. he won six with michael jordan and bulls in 90s and five with kobe and shaq. why don t you take it a little seriously there. let me ask you, brett armback, remember that? did he ever lose control of his team as this guy lost? that was one quarter, not a reflection of his entire career. what do you think of him ending his career by quoting richard nixon? get on the helicopter and get out of town. derek rose looking to go up. in the fourth quarter, rose hits a floater and the foul putting bulls up by three. the mvp this season, 34 points and 10 assists in the game in atlanta. josh smith led the hawks, dishes