Quenton Jackson Is Playing 9 More Minutes a Night for Indiana
With a teammate out of the lineup, Jackson's bigger role is producing more points, and whether it holds depends on who's healthy.
Quenton Jackson is averaging nine more minutes a night for the Pacers over his last three games than he has all season. These numbers are from the 2025-26 season, as of April 12, 2026, the date of his most recent game.
Over those three games, Jackson played 27.6 minutes a night. For the season, through 49 games, he has averaged 18.3 minutes. The bump has come with a Pacers teammate out of the lineup, and it has shown up on the scoreboard too: Jackson scored 16.3 points a game over that same three-game stretch, compared with a season average of 9.1 points.
The jump matters because it shows Jackson can produce when given a bigger role, not just more court time without results. Scoring at 16.3 points a game is a clear step up from his 9.1 season mark, and it came in the same window as the extra minutes, not separately from it.
Whether this holds comes down to one thing: the teammate who is out. If that player stays out, Jackson's minutes and production have a reason to continue at this higher level. If that player returns, Jackson's minutes figure to come back down toward his season average of 18.3, and his scoring would likely follow. For now, the only evidence of this role is the last three games, set against a 49-game season sample that still says 18.3 minutes and 9.1 points is who Jackson has been in 2025-26.