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Top 10 Plays of 2012: Chicago Bulls

The fifth top 10 list of the 2012 season, featuring the Chicago Bulls.

10) Joakim Noah Helping on Both Ends

Joakim Noah rejects Dwyane Wade’s lay-up attempt and then hustles down the court to dunk right over Joel Anthony.

9) Taj Gibson Gets Up on the Fast Break

John Lucas III finds Taj Gibson on the break for the pretty alley-oop.  Love the commentator’s seemingly irrelevant, yet entertaining call of “Does anybody know how to post videos to Facebook?”

8) Joakim Noah Stuffs Tyler Hansbrough

Psycho T may have been enraged after this play.  Joakim Noah, with a little help from the rim, sends back Hansbrough’s dunk attempt with authority.
7) Derrickk Rose’s Floater

Derrick Rose somehow gets the circus floater to fall as he gives the Bulls a nice 4 point cushion over the 76ers with under 20 seconds to play.

6) Taj Gibson Posterizes Jon Leuer

Taj Gibson shows off his hops again as he gets the dunk right on Jon Leuer’s head.  The powerful slam leaves Leuer ducking for cover.

5) Carlos Boozer’s Pretty Pass

Carlos Boozer does his best Derrick Rose impression and makes the no-look pass to Joakim Noah who finishes off the play with a strong dunk.

4) Joakim Noah’s Nasty Dunk

Derrick Rose finds Noah with a wide open lane and he makes the powerful move to the rim to finish over Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis.

3) Luol Deng’s Game-Winning Tip-In

Luol Deng in-bounds the ball and immediately goes under the basket to clean up a missed shot.  He shows the awareness and the touch to tip in the missed floater quickly to give the Bulls a last second win against the Toronto Raptors.

2) Derrick Rose’s Authoritative Slam

Derrick Rose bursts past Jeremy Lin and finishes off with a huge dunk.  What a ridiculously impressive play, especially for a guy who is only 6’3″.

1) Derrick Rose’s Houdini

Derrick Rose gets acrobatic on this play as he makes the magical finish on the lay-up against the New York Knicks.

Have a play you think should have made the list?  Post it in the comments!