It looked like it was over. It looked like the Magic had our number. The Bulls were down by four points to archrival Magic with 1:20 left. They pulled within one point, but found themselves down by three points with just twenty seconds left.
After a mad rush up court by the Bulls, Andrew Martin found Sawyer Kilgore under the basket, but the intense Magic defense clamped down. But Sawyer kept his cool, and somehow, in the middle of the crowd under the basket, Sawyer found a wide open Will the Thrill Howes behind the three point arc. Will took the perfect pass, shot in rhythm.
Nothing but net.
With 10.8 seconds left the game was tied. The Magic came back to try for a buzzer beater, but Will Howes intercepted a pass, and streaked up court looking for the winning shot. He hung in the air as two Magic players desperately tried to block his shot. The shot did not drop, but Will was fouled.
The final point of Will's twenty-five point explosion was the most important. He sealed the comeback by sinking one free throw.
All eight members of the Bulls contributed on defense and by responding to the coach's call to be more aggressive rebounding the basketball. Devon Levine played a game all out of propotion to his size by pulling down key rebounds and retrieving loose balls with sheer hustle. Walter Rivas and Iain Wright continued to excel on defense.
Andrew Martin contributed 7 points to the win.
After the win, the Bulls find themselves tied for first place with a 5-1 record.
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