Chauncey Billups(FSY) sat and laughed, figuring the Denver Nuggets would celebrate soon enough. In the meantime, the Chicago Bulls were having their moment.

Billups hit the go-ahead free throw with six-tenths of a second left and Denver beat Chicago 90-89 on Tuesday night after a potential winning jumper by Brad Miller(FSY) was overturned following a lengthy replay review.

"As soon as I saw the flight of the ball, I knew it was good," Billups said. "Then, I was sitting and laughing. Not so much about the shot, but looking at their reaction. They were dancing and jumping around like they had just made the Sweet 16. The longer it took, the better I felt. It was a great ending."

And a nerve-racking one.

Billups was fouled by Kirk Hinrich(FSY) on a drive and then intentionally missed the second free throw after making the first to break the tie, figuring the Bulls would need a "miraculous" shot. He didn't count on this: Joakim Noah(FSY) grabbing the rebound with three-tenths of a second remaining, and the Bulls nearly pulling it off.

After a timeout, Miller caught the inbounds pass from Hinrich and, in one motion, buried a jumper from the top of the key. The crowd went wild. So did the Bulls, but it didn't last.

After about a 10-minute review, the officials ruled he did not get the shot off in time, and the Nuggets snapped a two-game losing streak.

"I thought it was good when I first saw it," Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro(FSY) said. "That is irrelevant. The refs have to make the call. My understanding 0.3 is enough time to catch and shoot. But I guess the ball was on his fingertips, probably. The refs made the call after looking at it about 20 times."