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Joakim Noah's breakaway dunk

The 2009 Bulls-Celtics first round playoff series is perhaps the best first round series ever played in the NBA. Four of the seven games played in the series went to overtime, as the young, #7 seed Bulls took the veteran #2 seed defending NBA champion Celtics to the brink.

No game was more thrilling than Game 6 of this series. With the Bulls trailing 3-2 in games and on the brink of elimination, the teams exchanged haymaker after haymaker, neither giving an inch. After all of regulation and three overtime periods, the teams were all tied up at 123 with 44 seconds left in the third OT and the Celtics controlling the ball.

Paul Pierce took the ball from the top of the arc and slashed inside, aiming to kick a pass out to an open Brian Scalabrine in the left corner. Anticipating this, Joakim Noah deflected the pass and scooped the ball up for the interception, starting a footrace down the court in front of a delirious Chicago crowd. Noah took the ball the other way, slamming home a dunk and getting fouled, with the United Center crowd absolutely exploding. The Bulls would wind up winning the game by a point and forcing a game 7, and Noah's dunk forever lodged itself into franchise history.