DeMar DeRozan makes NBA history by sinking game-winning buzzer-beater on consecutive days

The Chicago Bulls, in the middle of a storybook season, trail their opponent on the road. They need a bucket to win the game, so who do they go to? Their MVP candidate: DeMar DeRozan. As so many of his shots have this season, it falls through the net as the buzzer sounds. Bulls win.

Here's where things get crazy. That paragraph doesn't just describe Saturday night's game, which DeRozan won against the Wizards at the buzzer. It also describes last night's game against the Indiana Pacers, which he also won for them at the buzzer. On Saturday, DeRozan became the first player in NBA history to make game-winning buzzer-beaters on consecutive days. It started Friday. The Bulls trailed the Pacers 106-105, but DeRozan drained a runner from behind the arc to close out 2021 with a bang: