Rose scores career-high 50 as Timberwolves top Jazz
MINNEAPOLIS >> Derrick Rose scored a career-high
50 points, turning back the clock to his prime years and lifting the Minnesota Timberwolves over the Utah Jazz
128-125 on Wednesday night. Rose was in tears after the game as he walked off the court serenaded by chants of “MVP! MVP!” from the home crowd. The 30-year-old point guard has been derailed by injuries since he was the 2011 NBA MVP.
He had 34 points in the second half and 15 in a tightly contested fourth quarter as the Wolves held off the Jazz. His basket down low with 30 seconds remaining put Minnesota up for good, and he made two free throws with
13.8 seconds left to preserve a three-point lead.
Rudy Gobert missed a game-tying attempt in the final minute for Utah, and the Timberwolves grabbed the rebound to ensure Rose’s big night wasn’t wasted.
One of Rose’s biggest shots was a corner 3-pointer that tied the game at 119. That gave him 44 points, which matched his previous high set during the 2011 playoffs with Chicago. His regular-season best had been 42 points.
NETS 120, PISTONS 119 >> Spencer Dinwiddie made a
3-pointer with 7.1 seconds left in overtime and finished with 25 points to help Brooklyn beat Detroit.
Joe Harris added 23 points, Caris LeVert and Jarrett Allen had 19 each, and Jared Dudley finished with
11. The Nets snapped a threegame losing streak to improve to 3-5.
In his second game of the season, Nets power forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson of Chester had eight points and seven rebounds while playing a reserve role.
PACERS 107, KNICKS 101 >> Domantas Sabonis matched his career high with 30 points, Victor Oladipo scored 11 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and Indiana beat New York.
Indiana trailed 97-94 with 3:08 left before Oladipo got hot. Sabonis hit two free throws, and then Oladipo picked off Tim Hardaway Jr.’s lazy dribble and threw down a breakaway dunk for a 98-97 lead. Indiana scored the next five points, capped by Oladipo’s
3-pointer with 1:23 left, to make it 103-97.
NUGGETS 108, BULLS 107 >> Paul Millsap’s putback with
0.1 seconds left in overtime lifted Denver past Chicago.
Denver inbounded with
3.5 seconds remaining. Nikola Jokic missed, but Millsap grabbed the rebound and converted a layup off the glass. Nuggets improved to
6-1.
Jokic had 22 points and
12 rebounds. Zach LaVine scored 28 points for Chicago, and Wendell Carter Jr. added a career-high 25.