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Matas Buzelis vs top-10 defenses

CHI · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season

Matas Buzelis has averaged 14.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game in 25 games against top-10 defenses, vs 17.5 points and 5.7 rebounds in 42 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-10 defenses
14.9
points per game · 25 games
Vs everyone else
17.5
points per game · 42 games
Difference
−2.6
per game, top 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Matas Buzelis per game averages against top-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 102514.95.82.22.00.71.428.642.6%80.5%55.8%51.2%−2.6
Everyone else4217.55.72.32.50.71.529.647.5%75.9%60.0%56.9%
2026-27Top 10414.84.31.51.80.50.825.039.5%78.6%58.6%48.7%+4.1
Everyone else310.74.32.30.70.30.725.140.7%88.9%51.7%44.4%
2025-26Top 102115.06.12.32.10.81.629.343.0%81.4%55.3%51.6%−3.0
Everyone else3918.05.82.32.60.71.530.047.9%75.0%60.4%57.6%

Every game against top-10 defenses

  1. Oct 30, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (prior season's final)14 pts, 5 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  2. Oct 28, 2026vs NYK · No. 6 defense (prior season's final)17 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 33 min
  3. Oct 26, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (prior season's final)11 pts, 1 reb, 2 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 22 min
  4. Oct 21, 2026at TOR · No. 7 defense (prior season's final)17 pts, 6 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 25 min
  5. Apr 3, 2026at NYK · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 6 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 23 min
  6. Mar 30, 2026at SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 3 blk · 28 min
  7. Mar 27, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 9 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 35 min
  8. Mar 23, 2026vs HOU · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)23 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast · 5 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 35 min
  9. Mar 18, 2026vs TOR · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)19 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 31 min
  10. Mar 3, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  11. Feb 21, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 6 blk · 30 min
  12. Feb 19, 2026vs TOR · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
  13. Feb 11, 2026at BOS · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 8 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 2 blk · 29 min
  14. Feb 5, 2026at TOR · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)18 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 33 min
  15. Feb 1, 2026at MIA · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 3 blk · 21 min
  16. Jan 31, 2026at MIA · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 8 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 33 min
  17. Jan 29, 2026vs MIA · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 9 reb, 4 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 34 min
  18. Jan 22, 2026at MIN · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 28 min
  19. Jan 13, 2026at HOU · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)19 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
  20. Jan 7, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast · 4 3PM · 1 stl, 4 blk · 33 min
  21. Jan 2, 2026vs ORL · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 9 reb, 7 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 2 blk · 30 min
  22. Dec 29, 2025vs MIN · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 24 min
  23. Dec 26, 2025vs PHI · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)10 pts, 8 reb, 0 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 3 blk · 20 min
  24. Dec 7, 2025vs GSW · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 3 stl, 1 blk · 25 min
  25. Dec 1, 2025at ORL · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 3 blk · 36 min

What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (7 games here, 60 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 17 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.