Back to the Chicago Bulls Newsfeed

A look back at the legendary 2009 Bulls-Celtics playoff series

The 2009 playoff series between the Bulls and Celtics will go down as one of the most compelling of the last decade.

The seven-game series featured the Rookie of the Year in Derrick Rose, future Hall of Famers in Ray Allen and Paul Pierce (Kevin Garnett missed the series with a knee injury), budding stars in Rajon Rondo and Joakim Noah, and, of course, Brian Scalibrine.

The series included seven overtime periods in four different games, five games were decided by three points or less, and the teams alternated wins from Games 3 to 7.

With the Bulls and Celtics beginning their 2017 playoff series Sunday night, we look back at the storylines that made this series so legendary.