Carmelo Anthony & Derrick Rose Duel in Easter Sunday OT Thriller | April 8, 2012 |  

Those Bulls vs Knicks games use to be lit af.

Back when these two teams were on National Television...

Crazy, Jimmy Butler was a bench player on this team. Shumpert showed so much promise under Woodson this game.

Melo carrying the Knicks, Mike Breen calling the game, Tyson Chandler killing it on the glass, the Knicks blowing a 20 point lead as fast as they built it. Good God I miss basketball!

That Novak 3 was more than halfway down the rim.. crazy

Fun Fact: Jimmy Butler was a rookie on the Bulls in 11-12 season and played only 42 games , averaged 8.5 minutes and scored 2.6 pts. He improved each year after that and in his 4th season he was averaging 20 ppg and was a 1st time all-star in 14-15 season. Carmelo Anthony who was a FA in 2014 summer despite the certain interest from the Bulls has chosen to stay with the Knicks which costed him a possible ring where the 14-15 Bulls with Butler leading them finished 3rd in the East and they lacked firepower to knock down the Cavs in Eastern Semis where Butler and Rose each averaged 21 ppg in that series but with a peak Melo in that roster some may wonder what if ... (Mike Dunleavy was playing at Melo's position at that time and he averaged 11 ppg in that series against the Cavs, replace him with Melo and imagine the what if)

goodbye melo. this will always be one of my favorite games i watched.

The Best carmelo

Happy retirement Melo… STAYME7O

Miss D. Rose in his prime. At least he’s doing well in Detroit

NBA was pretty cool back then. Took it for granted. Remember watching this game. Best Knicks team of the 2010s.

I remember jumping up and down in my living room at my old house when Melo hit those shots!!!

This was the year where my bulls had the best chance to knock off the Miami Heat, but Thibs overworks the starters as he does all too often

I remember watching this game and man I miss this version of Melo & DRose.🔥

This was the first nba game I watched lol. I remember turning it on in my room cause there wasn’t anything else to do. Seeing melo hit those clutch shots in basically the same place (and also his appearance and neds declassified 😂) instantly made him my fav player (and unfortunately the Knicks my favorite team 😂)

You can really see the difference in style of basketball from 2012- to now. Pre curry era

miss these days

Gonna miss dude in the league fr ngl

Got to give it to Carmelo, one of the most versatile scorers in NBA history. Little did any of us know a dynasty was brewing in The Bay Area.

Remember when Thibs Almost killed Deng for playing 48 minutes per game.

As a knicks fan prime melo was one of my favorite players of all time, he was dope 🔥🔥

Heard he was retiring and had to come back and watch this classic. Love melo.

Bro the 4th is like a movie yooo I just thought of something rewatching this imagine using this game as a part of space jam 2 if only drose was still in his prime

Anyone watching this after melo announced his retirement? 🐐

Ah the days of prime Melo were the good days to be a Knicks fan

I miss this kind of nba.

Jr smith almost shot them out of this game 💀💀

For anyone that didnt watch the whole game... Apart from Melo's amazing scoring performance, Chandler and Shumpert did a great job to help the Knicks get the W. Chandler pulled like 15 boards and Shumpert had an all around game and defensively limited Rose who had 8 TOs.

Def one of the most exciting games I've watched! Coming from a melo fan

2012 was such a great year

Great game. Carmelo Anthony when he was on the Knicks was an automatic three point shooter.

I miss this Bulls squad 😭

this was the prime of the nba.

The nba isn’t a spectacle like this anymore

Back in mid 2011 after Carmelo Anthony was traded to the Knicks, I was beyond thrilled to be New York Knicks fan once again! The Knicks had good starting 5 work around Melo, and Melo was in his early prime, also in 2013 the famous Madison Square Garden was 2nd phase of the arena renovation! I’m still Knicks fan and Melo fan as well!

Great game!!! I had only seen those clutch shots by Melo but the whole game is just a thriller...

Melo is just a bucket

Prime Me7o 🔥🔥🔥

Rest In Peace Gianna Bryant and Kobe Bryant.

Look at the Knicks in the playoffs man so inspirational🙏

This is my favorite Melo Game of all time those dagger 3 were crazy

2012 was like literally the best year of my life, ohhh myy I want my 2012 summer and grade 2 back

Shumpert was a great athlete, shame he tore his ACL

Prime Melo is unstoppable. Literally Bulls are double-triple teaming him for the entire game

10 years later I still play this lol 😂

I miss these days as a Knicks fan...

Game Stats: Chicago Bulls: 99 Derrick Rose: 29 Points 6 Reb 4 Ast 1 Stl 1 Blk Carlos Boozer: 13 Points 16 Reb 2 Ast Luol Deng: 13 Points 9 Reb 2 Ast 1 Stl 1 Blk Taj Gibson: 11 Points 3 Reb 4 Blk Joakim Noah: 10 Points 5 Reb 1 Blk Richard Hamilton: 7 Points 4 Reb 2 Ast 1 Blk CJ Watson: 7 Points 2 Reb 1 Ast Kyle Korver: 6 Points 7 Reb 3 Ast Ronnie Brewer: 2 Points 3 Reb Omer Asik: 1 Point 4 Reb 2 Blk New York Knicks: 100 Carmelo Anthony: 43 Points (16-31 FG, 4-5 3's, 7-9 FT) 7 Reb 3 Ast 1 Stl 1 Blk Iman Shumpert: 15 Points 9 Reb 6 Ast 4 Stl JR Smith: 14 Points (6-22 FG, 2-11 3's) 5 Reb 2 Ast 1 Stl 1 Blk Landry Fields: 10 Points 4 Reb 2 Ast 1 Stl Tyson Chandler: 8 Points 16 Reb 1 Stl 3 Blk Jared Jeffries: 6 Points 3 Reb 1 Blk Baron Davis: 2 Points 4 Ast 2 Stl Toney Douglas: 2 Points 1 Reb Steve Novak: 0 Points 2 Reb 1 Stl

Literally tho back when these teams were still absolutely amazing , just decent stuff

This is the Powerhouse Melo #7 Respect!

drose in prime was good to watch again after all he is my fav nba player.

Back when the eastern conference was actually had title contenders

Man, we want game 7 from 2016 finala

Mike breen “ba...” almost buddy almost

This has to be the absolute worst game I've seen D Rose ever play. Easy misses, constantly turning the ball over in crunch time, missed free throws down the stretch. Who was that guy wearing number 1 for Chicago that day

Chandler and Shumpert did a great job to help the Knicks get the W. Chandler pulled like 15 boards and Shumpert had an all around game and defensively limited Rose who had 8 TOs.

damn what a match! melo saved their asses twice. also rip jerry stiller

Its funny how they say melo couldnt play in a system or whatever, but it seems like he was in a nice system here with the Knicks

1st shot by Melo: 1:49:26 2nd shot by Melo: 2:03:10

Everybody talks about the bang call, but no one talks about ba- call on that noval three😂

Awesome to see this. I was lucky enough to nab a few seats at center court a few rows back at this game. It was really one for the ages.

Miss this Knick team

Still remember watching this game live!

The Knicks Franchise needs to stop playing. They have an amazing fan base and they get as loud as any area. They love basketball, reward em

Damn Iman Shumpart, Baron Davis, Melo, Chandler..we had a squad!!

Knicks Shumpert was something else at his best..

This was the prime era of basketball.

The fact that Melo decided to take that contested pull-up 3 with 11 seconds shows the steel nuts he had

Me hiciste recordar buenos tiempos con Kobe y Pau Campeones de la NBA 2010🐍🏆💛💜💛💜💛💜💛

Mike was like: BANG-OHHH

MELOOOOOO🔥🔥🔥

I still cannot believe the Knicks won this game 😭 #KnicksTape

Gotta love that spray paint on boozer’s head

how much fun that was. i miss the knicks mannn. i miss melo too

I miss this Knicker bocker squad. 2011-2016

Miss this knicks team bruh back when we were back to back 11-12 champs

Let’s go Knicks ❤

Now Tom Thibs is the Knicks head coach

I’m a simple man, D rose plays, I watch

I'm team Carmelo 🥰 regardless of whatever team he plays for and now he plays for my Lakers 🥰💛💜and❤️🖤💚#I hope you get your ring Carmelo

Back when they played defense

Who's here again watching this Easter?

This Knicks team Def had potential

They always say Melo a locker room cancer but I see all his teammates praising him . You can tell they enjoy Melo company and leadership. He’s a legit good dude so I dont know why people bash him

Mike breen about to say bang then it goes in and out💀💀

Knicks' defense was lit 🔥

As a Bulls fan them missed free throws by Deng and Rose still hurts 🤦🏾‍♂️😩

These 2 were the ones mostly remembered.

Man just miss D Rose's prime literally, very curious to see him back like that

Just watching to the bulls first time out was satisfying enough

Damn I remember this lol the Knicks was actually good

Brings back college memories. melo is cold

The bulls lost this game so hard, this why nba amazing , anything can happen never give up!

The good old days

How doesn't this video have like 20M views? It's one of the coldest games in nba history

Knicks classic game.

Great game! За такие моменты мы любим баскетбол,огненая концовка держит напряжении до конца

I can't get enough of Mike Breen having to stop mid-"BANG" on Novak's 3 because it defied gravity and rattled out lol. What a game this was, glad I got to catch a classic that I never got to watch. My notes: -Prime Carmelo Anthony was a beast. Imagine if he could've teamed up with another all-star, Knicks would've been more relevant than just being a first round exit. (Jeremy Lin could've been that guy...) -NY is lucky AF that Anthony bailed them out after J.R Smith missed 5,000 open shots LMFAO -Even when D-Rose wasn't shooting well he was still an incredible player and just impacted the game with this athleticism & playmaking abilities. Still so bummed about his injury to this day...

Boozer with its ballet smoth footwork while beeing strong as a rock. Think he has been underrated. Look at his smooth jumper as well dudes!

Good ol JR just being JR almost costing us the game.Damn I wish Knicks mngt would've gave Melo some real help.Wasted son whole prime smh

I just pray that #DerrickRose finishes his #Career Strong. 👍💪👑🥇