If they're out · CHI

Who gains without Collins and Okoro

With Collins and Okoro both out (17 games like this since last season (he played 13 of them)), Giddey played 36 minutes (usually 31) and took 1 more shot than usual; our estimate: 34 minutes (Worth watching).

17 games with both out since last season: Mar 18, Mar 19, Mar 23, Apr 9, Apr 10, Apr 12 and earlier. Their minutes when they play: Collins 12, Okoro 26.

Collins has missed 6 of the team's last 10, so most of his minutes are already in everyone's recent numbers.

Likely strong evidenceLean some evidenceWorth watching a tip, not a promise
Josh Giddey
G · 60 games since last season
Worth watching
Minutes31 → 34 +3
Shots15 → 15 0
Fantasy pts40 → 45 +5
  • 36 minutes and 48 fantasy points a game in the 13 games he played with both out
  • +6 minutes in 12 games without Okoro alone since last season
  • +3 minutes in 39 games without Collins alone since last season
Leonard Miller
F · 33 games since last season
Lean
Minutes22 → 27 +5
Shots9 → 10 +1
Fantasy pts21 → 26 +5
  • 29 minutes and 28 fantasy points a game in the 11 games he played with both out
  • +11 minutes in 7 games without Okoro alone since last season
  • +4 minutes in 20 games without Collins alone since last season
Matas Buzelis
F · 83 games since last season
Worth watching
Minutes29 → 32 +3
Shots14 → 16 +2
Fantasy pts30 → 34 +4
  • 32 minutes and 35 fantasy points a game in the 15 games he played with both out
  • came in for 27% of the times one of them left a game
  • +6 minutes in 12 games without Okoro alone since last season
  • +5 minutes in 39 games without Collins alone since last season
Everyone else · usual → tonight
How this works, and how often it's rightShow

We start from each teammate's recent minutes, shots and fantasy points since last season, then hand out the minutes the missing players have been playing: mostly to whoever came in when each of them left a game, and to whoever played more when each one sat on his own, with a small nudge toward the same position. Minutes a player already lost while someone was out are not counted twice. Shots move with how often each teammate finished plays when none of the missing players were on the floor. When the exact group has sat together 4 or more times, those games count too.

We checked it on 1,183 games in 2025-26 where a team had two or more rotation players out, using only games played before each one. Our minutes were off by 5.2 a player on average in games from February on, against 6.06 using season averages and 9.41 adding up each missing player's own "who gains" numbers. Fantasy points: off by 8.12, against 8.59 and 12.48. Our biggest predicted minutes gainer was one of the night's two biggest gainers 52% of the time (adding up single-player numbers: 37%).

Likely means 6 or more minutes over his usual: 79% of those players really did play at least 2 more. Lean (3.5 to 6 more): 65%. Worth watching (2 to 3.5 more): 52%. Blowouts, foul trouble and coaches' whims make any one night noisy.