Bez Mbeng's minutes jump +12 a night with a teammate out
In the last three games, Mbeng's role has grown, and his scoring has grown with it.
Bez Mbeng is playing 12 more minutes a night than his season average when a teammate is out, based on his last three games with the Jazz.
Over those three games, Mbeng logged 44.7 minutes a night. For the 2025-26 season, over 15 games, he has averaged 32.8 minutes. The jump shows up in his scoring too. Across those same three games, he put up 22.3 points a night, well above his season average of 8.1.
His last game was on April 12, 2026. That is the most recent data point in this stretch, and it matters because the sample is short. Three games is enough to show a role change is happening, not enough to say it is permanent.
For this to hold, the Jazz would need to keep going without the teammate who is out, and Mbeng would need to keep producing at this level once the extra minutes stop feeling like an emergency measure. If that teammate returns, expect Mbeng's minutes to come back down toward his season average of 32.8, and his scoring to come back down with them.