Anthony Gill's Minutes Jump to 32.1 a Game
The Wizards forward is playing far more than his season average, and the next few games will show whether the increase sticks.
Anthony Gill is averaging 32.1 minutes a game over his last five games for the Wizards. That is 14.8 minutes more than his average for the whole 2025-26 season, which stands at 17.3 minutes across 55 games.
A jump of that size is hard to ignore. Over a five-game stretch, going from a bench role to nearly a starter's workload changes what a player can contribute on the floor and how much fatigue he carries into the next game. Gill's season scoring average is 5.8 points a game, a number set mostly by the lower minute totals he played before this stretch.
Whether this holds depends on what the Wizards do next. If the team keeps giving Gill this kind of playing time through the rest of the 2025-26 season, his season-long average will keep climbing toward the 32.1 mark he has shown over these last five games. If the increase was tied to this particular five-game window and his minutes drop back afterward, his season average will settle back closer to 17.3, and the last five games will read as a temporary spike rather than a new normal.
The number to watch is simple: minutes per game, from here through the rest of the season. As of April 12, 2026, the gap between Gill's recent minutes and his season average is the largest signal on the board. The next few outings will show which number was the outlier.