Jazz Watch: Ace Bailey’s 20-point performance against the Pacers, the best performance of his career so far

Bailey showed good performance in the preseason, especially 25+6 against the Rockets and 20+7 against the Spurs.

But in the more intense regular season, Bailey failed to continue his preseason form and fell into a slump. Before this game, Bailey averaged only 6 points per game and his shooting percentage was a pitiful 35%. Therefore, he did not get enough playing time (less than 20 minutes) to "level up."

Today, the Jazz scored a high of 152 points in the game against the Pacers. Bailey also played the best game of his career so far: 7 of 13 shots, 4 of 8 three-pointers, 20 points and 4 rebounds. Let’s observe his performance today.

George and the crossbow LOGO's ultra-high pick-and-roll, "refuse to cover" to break through the basket and attract Sika to recover and help defend on a large scale. Nesmith on the weak side did not notice that he had to take care of one defense and two defenses. Bailey directly performed a "Back Cut" catch and dunk, punishing Sika's release.

After the first wave of attacks failed to get a chance, Bailey caught the ball on the weak side and launched the second wave of attacks: after catching the ball, he pretended to cross-step to start a breakthrough from the left, but in fact connected with the explosive ball and stepped back with the ball to make a three-pointer.

The strong and weak sides run at the same time: the strong side Nuji, George, and Miha cooperate with the "ZOOM Action", and at the same time Bailey on the weak side sets a "Pin Down" for Makar. Miha missed a three-pointer, and Bailey jumped high to grab the offensive rebound. It is worth mentioning that Bailey is currently showing good offensive energy, grabbing 3.5 offensive rebounds every 36 minutes before this game. I also grabbed 3 in this game.

Clayton and Makar picked and rolled at a high position. Bailey caught the gap between Sika and Earl's communication and defense change to gain shooting space. After receiving the ball, he quickly shot a three-pointer for punishment.

Switched to attack and blasted the ball, stopped suddenly, then moved backwards, took a step back, and hit a three-pointer with the ball.

TJ, who switched to the top of the arc, naturally had a fast break position advantage. During the retreat, TJ was attracted by Fili, who was advancing with the ball, and did not take care of Bailey who was rushing down in time. Bailey dunked directly after receiving the ball from his teammate.

With the help of "Pin Down", he quickly used the second screen after Maka flipped to connect to the breakthrough on the right, detected the emergency stop + changed direction and pulled back, then continued to step back and hit the three-pointer with the ball in his hand.

Bailey holds the ball and instigates "Horns Chest". After Sika switches defense, it is blocked by Crossbow's off-ball screen. Bailey quickly hits the ball to Maka, who cuts to the far end with his bare hands.