Grades: The Pacers rock and roll to dominate the Jazz

The Indiana Pacers put together their most complete team performance of the season and smashed the Utah Jazz.

Fans of the Indiana Pacers were worried about how the team would play without Victor Oladipo. Thankfully, the team put those worries to rest by completely dominating the Utah Jazz.

It wasn’t just that they dominated. It’s that they had highlight:

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This is the type of performance that makes you realize that the Pacers can beat anybody when they are at their best. They looked incredible:

Good passing leads to good performances

The Pacers dominated this game from end to end, and without Victor Oladipo, they had to do it with ball movement. Domantas Sabonis said after the game that the team stressed getting 25 assists in every game when they were working on sharing the ball in training camp.

In this game, the Pacers smashed that number. They had 35 assists, and everybody who played besides TJ Leaf and Davon Reed got at least one. Sabonis himself led the way with nine of them, and he was close to a triple-double.

Aaron Holiday looks very good for a rookie

Remember when my dumb butt thought that Aaron Holiday wouldn’t be all that special? Let’s pretend that never happened…

In all seriousness, these last two games have been incredible for Holiday. After a great performance on Saturday, nobody really knew if it was a flash in the pan or if Holiday was actually solid. Tonight, he proved it was the latter. He was incredible, with 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 1 assist on 7/10 shooting. This kid is great. It’s going to be awesome to watch him develop.

Welcome to the Pacers, Davon Reed!

This isn’t really an observation, but it is always exciting when dudes make their Pacer debut. Tonight, that happened for Davon Reed. Some are really high on his skills, so keep an eye on his season for both the Fort Wayne Mad Ants and the Pacers.

The Pacers will try to keep it rolling on Wednesday against the red-hot Kemba Walker and the Charlotte Hornets.