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Derrick Rose took a bow.

Gordon Hayward took over.

Rose, the Chicago Bulls' point guard and former MVP, drilled a wide-open 3-pointer to give his team a 93-90 lead with 18.5 seconds left in regulation on Monday night and then, pleased with what could have been a heartbreaking game-winner, he gestured to the crowd.

But in the end, Hayward and the Jazz stole the show in a 105-96 overtime victory to earn their first three-game winning streak of the season.

"He took the ball and decided by himself that we weren't going to lose," point guard Raul Neto said. "He carried us tonight."

The Jazz (22-25) have leaned on Hayward heavily this season and on Monday night he delivered in a major way. The sixth-year swingman followed up Rose's 3-pointer with a free throw and — after a fortunate offensive rebound for the Jazz — a tough basket in traffic to tie the game at 93. On the ensuing inbound, Hayward deflected the pass off Bulls forward Jimmy Butler.

Hayward missed a shot in the corner at the buzzer that would have given the Jazz the victory, but he more than made up for it in the extra period, scoring eight points as he made tough shots after contact, calmly hitting free throws and catching a perfect bounce pass from forward Joe Ingles for a two-handed slam.

Hayward finished with 27 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists — all game highs. And after the win, Jazz coach Quin Snyder heaped praise on his team's rising star.

"I feel like I was there before everyone else, [but] he's made a believer out of the people that are around him," Snyder said. "I told him in November that I think he can keep getting better. I think he believed it and he's worked at it. He's worked at it off the court with [assistant coach] Johnnie Bryant, watching film. He's worked at it during the games by being willing to fail. He's been willing to take hard shots. He's been willing to put himself out there. … Overtime, when you're as good as he is, you're going to succeed."

Hayward's night got off to a slow start, as he missed all five of his shots in the first quarter. But the Jazz got hot from deep in the second quarter, as Hayward, Neto, Rodney Hood and Trey Burke all connected from beyond the arc to fuel a 14-0 run. The Bulls, however, quickly snapped out of their funk after forward Doug McDermott hit a 3-pointer of his own to kick-start an 18-2 run.

The Jazz and Bulls seesawed back and forth for 16 ties and 15 lead changes. Rudy Gobert (16 points and 12 rebounds) finished off a lob from Neto with a one-handed slam. Chicago's Pau Gasol (19 points and eight rebounds) drained 18-footers with ease. Neto matched Rose point for point, with each starting point guard finishing with 14.

Butler, the Bulls' All-Star wing, scored 26 points to go along with seven rebounds and six assists — including that dish to an open Rose that nearly sank the Jazz.

With the game tied at 90 in the closing seconds of regulation, Butler drove hard to the paint and the Jazz collapsed on him, leaving Rose wide-open for a 3-pointer and a bow. Hayward blamed himself for that one.

"That was just me not being ready," Hayward said. "I thought for sure they were probably going to hold it and try to get something up the middle for [Butler]. He took advantage of that and went right past me."

But after suffering a series of narrow loses in recent weeks, Hayward made sure the Jazz wouldn't have to endure another one Monday.

Snyder believes those tough losses have made the Jazz better. Likewise, he believes tough stretches without Gobert and Derrick Favors (13 points, eight rebounds) force Hayward to improve.

"I think he's just dug in," Snyder said. "He has had to put a team on his back. Not just the scoring, the emotional part of it. I've asked even more of him defensively with those guys out."

Before tipoff Monday, the last thing Snyder said in the locker room was that he needed a guard to grab double-digit rebounds to help offset the big and physical Bulls in the paint.

Hayward went out and pulled down a dozen of them.

Now the Jazz have their first three-game winning streak and, they believe, a leader brimming with confidence in his game.

"I think I'm an elite player in this league," Hayward said. "I think I have to find ways to help my team win more and we're learning to do that. For me, it's just all about winning. Winning basketball games."

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