‘A hell of a night’: Derrick Rose savors his career-high 50

By TIM REYNOLDS

During the 2017-18 regular season, Derrick Rose didn’t score 50 points in all of January.

Or February.

Or March.

Or April.

He was hurting, always in and out of the lineup, never in rhythm. Those problems, all his years of problems, seemed so long ago Wednesday night, when Rose was better than ever — finishing with a career-high 50 points that lifted the Minnesota Timberwolves over the Utah Jazz 125-122.