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Thanks to the generosity of a good friend, I scored a ticket to a sold-out United Center earlier this month for Derrick Rose night.
The scene was electric. More than 22,000 fans lavished the Chicago Bulls legend with rousing bursts of applause and multiple chants of “MVP.” The crowd erupted the moment Rose walked onto the court, and the energy remained high throughout the night — from Rose’s pregame shootaround with his kids, through the touching halftime tribute to the final moments of the Bulls thrilling comeback win over the New York Knicks.