▁before ▁a ▁h omet own ▁crowd ▁at ▁the ▁D elta ▁Center , ▁tra iled ▁ 7 0 ▁to ▁ 3 6 ▁at ▁hal ft ime . ▁ ▁Led ▁by ▁the ▁scoring ▁efforts ▁of ▁Karl ▁Mal one ▁with ▁ 3 1 ▁points ▁and ▁Jeff ▁Horn ace k ▁contrib uting ▁ 2 9 ▁points , ▁the ▁Ut ah ▁Jazz ▁secured ▁the ▁win ▁to ▁overcome ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁def ic its ▁in ▁NBA ▁history . ▁▁ 3 5 ▁points ▁— ▁Sac r amento ▁Kings ▁vs . ▁Chicago ▁Bull s ▁( Dec ember ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ) ▁ ▁The ▁Sac r amento ▁Kings ▁defeated ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Bull s ▁ 1 0 2 - 9 8 ▁on ▁December ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁at ▁Chicago ' s ▁United ▁Center . ▁ ▁Tra iling ▁three ▁qu arters , ▁with ▁the ▁largest ▁def ic it ▁at ▁ 3 5 ▁points , ▁the ▁Kings ▁r al lied ▁behind ▁the ▁scoring ▁of ▁Ty re ke ▁Evans ' ▁ 2 3 ▁points . ▁ ▁Sac r amento ▁ ▁over c ame ▁the ▁Bull s ▁in ▁the ▁fourth ▁quarter ▁despite ▁a ▁ 2 6 - point ▁performance ▁of ▁Chicago ' s ▁Lu ol ▁D eng . ▁This ▁com eb ack ▁constit utes ▁the ▁second ▁largest ▁com eb ack ▁in ▁NBA ▁history . ▁ ▁They ▁were ▁down ▁by ▁as ▁high ▁as ▁ 3 5 ▁points ▁with ▁less ▁than ▁ 9 ▁minutes ▁remaining ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁quarter . ▁But ▁despite ▁trailing ▁for ▁almost ▁three ▁qu