Dillon Brooks is playing 8 more minutes a night for Phoenix
With a teammate out, Brooks has logged 39 minutes a game and 28.7 points over his last three outings for the Suns.
Dillon Brooks is playing 39 minutes a night over his last three games for the Suns, up 8 minutes from his usual load with a teammate out. That is a real jump for a player who has averaged 30.8 minutes across 60 games this season.
The scoring moved with the minutes. Brooks is putting up 28.7 points a game over that three-game stretch, well above his season average of 20.6 through 2025-26. More time on the floor means more shots, and Brooks has used the extra minutes to score.
For this to hold, the teammate who is out needs to stay out. The role expanded because of an absence, not because of a change in the rotation plan. As of the most recent game, April 27, 2026, Brooks is still filling that gap.
If the teammate returns, expect the minutes to come back down toward 30.8 and the scoring to settle closer to 20.6. The last three games show what Brooks does with a bigger role. They do not show that the role is permanent.