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The Margin · Bulls Nightly · Minutes · Monday, September 14

Leonard Miller's minutes are up 13.1 a night

Over his last 10 games, the Bulls forward is playing far more than his season average.

28.8minutes a night, last 10 games · last season, Apr 1211

Leonard Miller is playing 28.8 minutes a night over his last 10 games, through his game on April 12, 2026. That is 13.1 minutes more than his average for the 2025-26 season, which sits at 15.6 minutes across 46 games.

A rise of that size changes what a player means to his team. Miller went from a lightly used role to minutes that fill most of a game. On the season he is scoring 7.8 points a game, a total shaped by the lower minutes he played before this stretch.

For 28.8 minutes to become his real level, the Bulls need to keep playing him at that pace past April 12, 2026. If his minutes over the next 10 games stay near that number, his season average of 15.6 will keep climbing toward it. If they drop back down, this run of games will look like a short spike rather than a new role.

Either way, the 13.1-minute gap is the number to watch. It is the clearest sign yet of how much more the Bulls are using Miller right now than they did for most of the 2025-26 season.

Hoops Nightly Desk · every number in this piece is in the box scores and on the pages linked below.
last1028.8
last game2026-04-12
difference13.1
season games46
season label2025-26
window games10
season points7.8
season minutes15.6
Season2025-26
FoundSun, Apr 12

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