5 Greatest Single-Game Comebacks in NBA History

#2 Sacramento Kings 102-98 Chicago Bulls: 35 points, 2009

Ime Udoka came off the bench to be the unexpected hero of the game

The 2009-10 Bulls came off Derrick Rose's great rookie season and an honorable first-round exit against eventual finalists, Boston Celtics, but started this one with a number of double-digit losses.

Sacramento missed the playoffs in the previous four seasons, drawing no similarities to the great team from the beginning of the century. Their start to the season was mediocre, with a 12-14 record prior to this matchup.

Chicago took the early lead and increased it all the way to 35 at the beginning of the third quarter. However, thanks to a 52-17 run by the Kings, the score was all tied with less than two minutes to go.

The next possession, Sacramento's Jon Brockman forced a turnover on Rose, followed by a shooting foul on rookie Tyreke Evans, who made the free throws and gave the Kings the lead.

Sacramento's surprise hero was 32-year-old Ime Udoka, who scored 15 points in the fourth quarter, more than the entire Bulls team. Udoka retired less than three years later and became an assistant coach on the San Antonio Spurs.