Kobe Brown's minutes have jumped to 29.1 a night
The Pacers forward is playing nearly double his season average over his last five games.
Kobe Brown played 29.1 minutes a night over his last five games for the Pacers. That stretch runs through the game on April 12, 2026. His mark for the 2025-26 season is 15.8 minutes a night. The gap between the two numbers is 13.4 minutes.
Brown has appeared in 61 games this season. His scoring average for the season is 5.8 points. A 13.4-minute jump held over five straight games is not a single big night. It points to a real change in how the Pacers are using him.
For the increase to hold, the Pacers have to keep giving Brown this kind of workload beyond these five games. A stretch like this can come from an injury to another player, a coaching decision, or a run of matchups that suit him. These numbers don't say which one it is.
If the extra minutes stick, Brown's season averages will start climbing toward what he has shown over this five-game window. If the bump was tied to a temporary situation, his minutes should drift back toward his 15.8-minute season mark once that situation ends.