Overview
- Utah announced Bailey would not return Friday after he exited with a left hip flexor strain.
- He came in with four straight double-digit outings and had scored 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting in the game before Christmas.
- Through 29 games (20 starts), Bailey is averaging 10.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists while shooting 44.1% from the field and 35.7% from three.
- The Jazz are 10-19 and on a four-game skid, increasing the short-term impact of Bailey’s absence on the rotation.
- Bailey recently described an early-season benching by coach Will Hardy during a matchup with Devin Booker as a formative lesson in defensive accountability.