Ace Bailey’s knee injury not cause for major concern

Early in the third quarter of Friday night’s game between the Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings, DeMar DeRozan did what he does best. He drove straight at Jazz rookie Ace Bailey in transition and got to the free throw line.

But Bailey and DeRozan went knee-to-knee and Bailey stayed on the court briefly before his teammates helped him up. A couple of minutes later, he subbed out of the game and never returned.

The Jazz, facing a overwhelmingly disappointing Kings team, were able to get a game in the win column with a pretty easy 128-119 victory thanks to 31 points from Keyonte George, 28 from Lauri Markkanen and Brice Sensabaugh stepping up from the bench with 20.

But there was a bit of worry for Jazz nation as Bailey walked back and forth from the bench to the locker room and flexed and ru