Clippers' Miller Adds 8 Minutes a Night After Role Shift
With a teammate out, Jordan Miller is playing bigger minutes and scoring more for the Clippers.
Eight. That is how many more minutes a night Jordan Miller played for the Clippers over his last three games of the 2025-26 season, heading into April 12, 2026, with a teammate out of the lineup. For a role player, an extra eight minutes a night is a real shift in playing time, not a rounding error.
Miller averaged 30.4 minutes a game over that three-game stretch. His season average, across 60 games, was 22.1 minutes, so that baseline is not a small sample. His scoring moved with it: 15 points a game in those three games, compared with a season average of 10 points. Both numbers rose at the same time, in the same direction, right when a teammate was missing from the lineup.
For the increase to hold, the open rotation spot needs to stay open. That depends on the teammate whose absence created it. A bigger role this late in the 2025-26 season carries more weight than one earlier in the year. If that player returns and takes the minutes back, Miller's workload should settle back toward his season numbers of 22.1 minutes and 10 points a game.
If the absence continues, Miller's last three games, 30.4 minutes and 15 points a night, stop looking like a stretch and start looking like his role for the rest of the 2025-26 season. Either way, the next few games will show which version of Jordan Miller is the lasting one.