The career of Derrick Rose isn't playing out the way the University of Memphis product envisioned, but the reserve guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves is still capable of magic. He showed why in Saturday night's 135-130 overtime victory over the Washington Wizards.

Up by two with under 30 seconds left in overtime, Rose made the decisive play of the game to fend off the Wizards, who had forced overtime on a game-tying 3-point shot by Bradley Beal at the end of regulation.

Rose doesn't dominate games with the regularity he used to display as a member of the Chicago Bulls, but he still finds pockets of brilliance such as this one:

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Derrick Rose finished with 29 points for Minnesota against Washington. He hit over 50 percent of his field goal attempts (13 of 23) and committed only two turnovers in 30 highly productive minutes. Rose enabled Karl-Anthony Towns' 40 points and and 16 rebounds to matter. If Towns lacked Rose's help, the Timberwolves probably would not have grabbed the win, which moved them to 31-35 on the season, 22-10 at home.

The Timberwolves trailed the Wizards at halftime, 71-60. They weren't spectacular on defense in the second half — allowing 50 points in a half is not worth throwing a parade — but compared to the no-show on defense in the first half, the T-Wolves were competent. On this night, that was enough to create overtime, in which Minnesota outscored Washington, 14-9.

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Rose is averaging 18 points and 4.4 assists per game this season. He is averaging just under 28 minutes per game, which makes those numbers look more impressive. Rose's field goal shooting (.480) is the second-highest of his career (.489 in 2010). His 3-point shooting is the best of his career, at .375. The defense isn't what it once was, and neither is the overall floor game, but Rose has managed to shoot better and make himself a useful player at the offensive end of the floor.

His career isn't what it once was — or what it could have been — but it hasn't evaporated, either. Saturday night's game reminded everyone of that simple but potent reality.