Jeremiah Fears Is Scoring 31.8 a Night Over His Last Five Games
The Pelicans rookie is scoring more than double his season average right now.
Jeremiah Fears has averaged 31.8 points a game over his last five games. That figure runs through his game on April 12, 2026, in the 2025-26 season. His average for the full season is 14.3 points a game. The difference between the two numbers is 17.5 points a game. That is a big jump for any five-game stretch.
This matters because five games is a small slice of an 82-game season. Fears has played 25.8 minutes a game this season. He has not received extra minutes to produce this run of scoring. He is scoring at a much higher rate in roughly the same minutes he had before. That points to a change in production, not just more opportunity.
For the 31.8 average to hold, a few things need to happen. Fears needs to keep scoring at this pace over more games, not just five. He needs to do it in something close to his current 25.8 minutes a game. The Pelicans need to keep using him in a way that allows this scoring to continue. If any of those pieces change, the number will move.
For the surge to fade, the pattern is simpler. Fears would only need his next several games to look like his season average instead of his last five. A slide back toward 14.3 points a game would say the last five games were the exception. The rest of the 2025-26 season, game by game, will show which of the two numbers describes him now.