Dillingham's Minutes Jump +13 a Night With a Teammate Out
Rob Dillingham is playing a starter's workload for the Bulls, and the number only holds as long as the teammate ahead of him stays out.
Rob Dillingham is up 13 minutes a night for the Bulls over his last three games, with a teammate out. That is the size of the shift, as of April 12, 2026, in the 2025-26 season.
The scale of the jump shows in his box score, not just his role. Over those three games he averaged 28.2 minutes and 14.3 points. For the season, he is averaging 14.9 minutes and 6.3 points across 65 games. Both his minutes and his scoring nearly doubled in the short stretch.
That kind of swing usually traces to one cause: an open spot in the rotation. A teammate being out is the reason listed for the extra time on the floor, and it explains why Dillingham was needed at a higher volume than his season average. The Bulls did not change his role by design; they used him more because someone else was unavailable.
Whether this holds depends on that absence. If the teammate stays out past April 12, Dillingham keeps the extra minutes and the workload that comes with them. If the teammate returns, the 28.2-minute stretch was a short-term fix, not a new baseline, and his minutes would likely drift back toward his season number of 14.9. The next few games, and whether that teammate is back in uniform, will settle which version of Dillingham's role is real.