Game 07 Takeaways – Utah Jazz at Minnesota Timberwolves

Derek Rose comes back from the dead to score 50 on Halloween night.

The Utah Jazz visited Minnesota for the final game of its most recent, and first road trip of the season. The Timberwolves were without Jimmy Butler, who’s been making headlines lately for the way he’s been acting in practice.

Butler recently requested a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves organization, and was widely believed to be headed to Houston or Miami. However, the organization is doing everything it can to keep the star and see success this season.

Was Jimmy Butler sitting because he’s about to be traded? We’ll see.

Also sitting for Minnesota was Jeff Teague, which left former MVP Derek Rose to fill in as the team’s starting point guard. Rose went on to score a career-high 50 points, and was seen showing noticeable emotion following the game.

Rose, who previously played for Chicago and Cleveland, has been injured numerous times during his fall from NBA stardom. His most recent departure came from the Utah Jazz, who waived Rose after he was included in the trade which brought in Jae Crowder.

Unfortunately for the Jazz, 50 points from a zombie was too much to overcome. Jazz bid for a perfect road trip falls just short, as the Timberwolves steal the victory 128-125.

Watch full game highlights below:

Game 07 Takeaways – Utah Jazz at Minnesota Timberwolves

Quick Notes

#1 | HE’S ALIVE

Derek Rose put up 50. DEREK ROSE PUT UP 50!

There’s only one explanation:

It was Halloween after all…

#2 | Utah Jazz and Derek Rose

After Derek Rose put up 50, the headlines seemed to read of misdoings by the Utah Jazz.

Social media was the worst of it all, including gems like this heap of trash:

For those who may not be aware: this was the 1st time DRose faced the Jazz since it got him in the Cavs’ makeover & then waived him. Imagine what it felt like for an ex-MVP to be dumped by a franchise that many players, like it or not & recent success aside, see as a last refuge.

— Ric Bucher (@RicBucher) November 1, 2018

So let’s ask ourselves… Did Rose even WANT to play for the Jazz?

Derrick Rose described it as “kind of weird but bittersweet” to be waived by the Utah Jazz earlier in the season. He says he’s now where he want to be in Minnesota and is a game-time decision to face Utah with a sprained right ankle. pic.twitter.com/l0gztBtNVB

— Eric Woodyard (@E_Woodyard) April 1, 2018

You tell me…

#3 | Fighting a Common Enemy

Jimmy Butler has spent the entire season screaming at his teammates during practice.

Recent reports say Butler has been berating his teammates and coaching staff. Apparently, one of his go-tos is: “YOU CAN’T WIN WITHOUT ME!!!”

If you’re on a team that is trying to please a player who has openly demanded a trade, and he’s telling you that you can not win without him, what are you going to do the first game he sits out?

Beat the Jazz by 3. THAT’S WHAT.

#4 | “Hangover” – The Dreaded Word

The final game of a road trip has got to be pretty difficult.

The final game of the first road trip of the season? I can’t even imagine.

As I turned on the TV to watch this game, my brother-in-law mentioned that he was nervous, even if MIN didn’t have Butler or Teague playing.

“Why?” I asked, bewildered.

“It’s the last game of the road trip. They’ve gotta have some kind of a hangover.”

Well congrats on being right, brother-in-law. I hate you for it.

#5 | “Are those ice packs or heat packs?”

At the end of the game, it was hard not to notice the absence of Donovan Mitchell.

Donovan was still on the bench, but sitting at the end (or on the floor) with a wrap around his thigh.

When asked on the television broadcast, Thurl Bailey mentioned that he thought we were seeing heat packs on Donovan’s thigh, because if they were ice packs, that meant the coaching staff was keeping him out the rest of the game.

Unfortunately, they were ice packs.

Eventually we learned the injury was to Donovan’s hamstring.

Is this something to be nervous about? How would the Jazz do without Donovan Mitchell for a stretch of games?

Game 07 Takeaways – Utah Jazz at Minnesota Timberwolves

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