5 longest and closest games of this decade

A regulation game in the NBA is for 48 minutes, however unlike football which happens to be the most popular sport in the world, a basketball game can’t be wrapped up with the scores tied up. So just like extra time periods are played in knockout football games, an overtime session of 5 minutes is enforced to obtain a result.More the number of overtime periods played, more competitive the game gets with both teams dealing with fatigue due to their added minutes for the day. On an average, there are about 10 triple overtime periods played during the season. A triple overtime is the maximum a game has been extended so far in the 2000’s.Recollecting or ranking all the triple overtime games since 2000’s would simply take too long so here are the top 5 triple overtime matches of this current decade:

#5 Chicago Bulls vs New Orleans Pelicans [Dec 2nd 2013]

Final Score: 128-131

The number of overtime games the Bulls has played without Rose shows the fight each player on the team has. Once again without Rose, the Bulls were facing a Pelicans squad that did not have their star in Anthony Davis healthy. However once again players from both squads stepped up to the plate has they put up a marathon for those assembled at the United Center in Chicago. Believe it or not even without Rose, the Bulls were unbeaten at home in over one and a half months.

Ryan Anderson shot 7 of 11 from long range en route to recording a career high 36 points. Jrue Holiday also came up big with 19 points and 12 assists including the game icing and one play. For the Bulls once again it was Noah going to work on the glass for his 10 rebounds and 19 points. Efforts of Luol Deng, Mike Dunleavy Jr. and Taj Gibson were in vain as they combined for 66 together.

Once the scrappy and scratchy plays during the end of periods can only be watched. Have a look.