Pete Nance Is Playing 28.8 Minutes a Night for the Bucks
Over his last 10 games, Nance's minutes have run 13.2 above his season average, and the Bucks now have to decide if that lasts.
Pete Nance is averaging 28.8 minutes a night over his last 10 games for the Bucks. That is 13.2 minutes above his season average of 15.7. The stretch runs through his game on April 8, 2026, in his 2025-26 season, in which he has appeared in 47 games total.
A jump of that size changes what a player means to his team. Thirteen more minutes a night brings more shots, more defensive possessions, and more fourth-quarter minutes. Nance has scored 5.4 points a game this season, a rate built mostly during the stretch when he was playing far less. Whether that scoring rate holds now that his minutes have nearly doubled is the real test.
For the higher number to hold, the Bucks would need to keep using Nance in this expanded role for the rest of the season. A change in the health of a teammate, a coaching adjustment, or a simple return to the earlier rotation could send his minutes back toward 15.7. Ten games is enough to see a trend. It is not enough to call it settled.
Nance's next few games will show which number was the real one: the 15.7 he averaged across the season, or the 28.8 he has posted lately.