Matas Buzelis Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — CHI 2026-27

Inside his season

Through Nov. 14

Buzelis is 246th in the site's Player Rankings, at −2.3 points per 100 possessions against an average player, after 245th last season.

He's averaging 13.7 points a game, down from 16.3 last season, on about the same true shooting, 59.9%.

Last night at Minnesota

The Bulls beat the Timberwolves 117-106.Box score

He had 18 points on 5 for 9 shooting, 2 assists and 9 rebounds in 30 minutes.

Tomorrow at Cleveland

Last time, March 19: 13 points on 5 for 13 shooting, no assists and 5 rebounds in a 115-110 loss.
In 8 games against the Cavaliers, he has averaged 11.9 points, 1.3 assists and 3.8 rebounds.
Of the Cavaliers, James Harden has guarded him the most in their careers: 45 possessions over 4 games. Buzelis has 14 points on 5 for 11 shooting against him.
The Cavaliers have let him go 14 for 21 on layups since 2024-25.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	30.4%	36.2%	68.6%	64.5%
Rest of the paint	10.4%	10.4%	16.7%	40.0%
Midrange	5.2%	2.0%	50.0%	42.1%
Corner threes	23.5%	13.8%	37.0%	36.8%
Threes above the break	30.4%	37.6%	31.4%	34.3%

What changed from last season

The drop is coming from fewer shots and his twos. Fewer of his shots are coming at the rim, 30.4%, down from 36.2%. Fewer of his shots are going in: he's making 54.7% of his twos, down from 58.3%. More of his baskets come off a pass: 76.0% are assisted, up from 69.9%, and he's getting to the line more, 43.5 free throws per 100 shots, up from 24.7, and making 86.0% of them.

He's taking 9.6 shots a game, down from 12.5. He's averaging 0.8 blocks a game, down from 1.5.

With him on the floor

The Bulls have been outscored by 15.8 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 110.2 to 126.0, with garbage time left out. They're minus 11.8 overall.

Lineup numbers leave garbage time out and count points per 100 the NBA’s way; ages are exact, game by game, from 2015-16 on.

Inside his season

His last game

Nov. 14, a 117-106 win at Minnesota

Matas Buzelis

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His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Before this game he averaged 13.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 11 regular-season games.

Shot making: 12 points from the field on 9 shots1.6 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a pull-up 3-pointer2nd quarter, 9:20 leftchance to win 42% to 47%
Rating: Performance Score +3.5+0.09 wins added77.3% true shooting18.7% usage

His last game

His season

2026-27 so far, 12 games

Best game: 19 points against Philadelphia on Nov. 8, +5.9.Box score

Impact

His Player Rankings card

−2.3

points per 100 possessions against an average player, from this season’s lineup data

246th of 271 players with 317 possessions or more, likely 117th to 263rd.
Offense −0.5 (158th), defense −1.8 (266th).
−0.1 wins added so far over a replacement player, likely −0.6 to 0.5, 444th in the league.
The Bulls are 8.8 points per 100 worse with him on the floor than off it (711 and 577 possessions).
12 games in, his box score, minutes and team’s results this season are about 91% of the rating; nothing carries over from last season. Counting last season, he would be at −2.5, 245th.

His season

His game

Regular seasons

Buzelis leads the Bulls in step-back 3-pointers since 2025-26: 35 tries, 13 made.

He leads the Bulls in corner 3s since 2025-26: 150 tries, 56 made.

He leads the Bulls in dunks since 2025-26: 80 tries, 72 made.

Career

3 seasons

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2024-25CHI	CHI	80	18.9	8.6	3.5	1.0	0.4	0.9	0.9	.454	1.2	.361	.815	.571	−0.4	All-Rookie 2nd
2025-26CHI	CHI	77	29.2	16.3	5.8	2.1	0.7	1.5	2.1	.463	2.2	.349	.786	.586	−4.0
2026-27so farCHI, so far	CHI	12	26.8	13.7	4.8	2.0	0.4	0.8	2.7	.435	1.8	.339	.860	.599	−8.8
NBA rank			108th	86th	94th	135th	217th	63rd				119th	36th		263rd
Career3 seasons	3 seasons	169	24.1	12.4	4.6	1.5	0.5	1.2	1.6	.458	1.7	.352	.803	.582	−2.6

Blue: his best season in each column (20 games or more, four in the playoffs; 3P% with two tries a game, FT% with one).

Career bests

Performance Score, 170 games

Best game+13.628 points on 10 for 11 shooting at Atlanta, Dec. 21, 2025The story Best four games+20.619.3 points a game, Dec. 19 to 26, 2025Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Buzelis	NBA avg
Paint	31.7%	41.2%
Mid-range	3.7%	6.3%
Threes	38.4%	35.2%
Free throws	26.2%	17.2%
Fast break	22.0%	12.7%
Off turnovers	18.3%	16.2%
Unassisted makes	24.0%	34.8%

Advanced

2026-27, 12 games

Usage rate	21.2%	81st
Assist rate	10.9%	168th

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Nov 14	@ MIN	W117–106	29:48	18	9	2	0	0	5–9	2–4	6–6	2	4	+3
Nov 13	vs ATL	W125–117	28:35	11	6	2	1	3	3–8	3–7	2–2	2	2	+20
Nov 11	vs SAS	L119–124	30:53	13	3	2	0	0	5–12	3–7	0–0	6	1	−21
Nov 8	vs PHI	L121–127	30:56	19	5	2	0	1	6–10	3–7	4–4	0	0	−10
Nov 4	@ NYK	L105–135

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	24–44	38.3%	38.9%	54.5%	59.1%
8–16 ft	5–9	7.8%	13.4%	55.6%	43.9%
16–24 ft	0–0	0.0%

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	2.0	83rd
Contested shots	4.3	97th
Twos contested	2.9	64th
Threes contested	1.3	140th
Charges drawn	0.00	75th
Loose balls recovered	0.4	93rd
Box outs	0.6	101st
Screen assists	0.4	124th
Points from screen assists	1.0	115th

Per game	Buzelis	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	2.10	1.76
Average speed (mph)	4.70	4.43
Touches	39.7	38.0
Passes	31.2	29.0
Potential assists

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	5	16.2	4.8	2.2	46.4%	41.2%	88.2%	63.8%	−1.4
Away	7	11.9	4.9	1.9	40.7%	25.0%	84.8%	56.4%	−14.0
Result

Assists per turnover	0.75	256th

Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	16.4	257th

Offensive rating	108.2	187th

Defensive rating	123.9	264th

Net rating	−15.7	253rd

Offensive rebound rate	2.7%	189th

Defensive rebound rate	14.3%	88th

Effective FG%	52.6%

Fouls drawn a game	3.0	67th

Zone	Buzelis	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	30.4%	27.7%	68.6%	65.6%
Paint (non-rim)	10.4%	19.0%	16.7%	44.4%
Mid-range	5.2%	10.2%	50.0%	40.0%
Corner three	23.5%	11.7%	37.0%	36.1%
Above-break three	30.4%	31.4%	31.4%	34.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Nov 14	@ MIN	W117–106	29:48	18	9	2	5–9	2–4	6–6	2	+3
Nov 13	vs ATL	W125–117	28:35	11	6	2	3–8	3–7	2–2	2	+20
Nov 11	vs SAS	L119–124	30:53	13	3	2	5–12	3–7	0–0	6	−21
Nov 8	vs PHI	L121–127	30:56	19	5	2	6–10	3–7	4–4	0	−10
Nov 4	@ NYK	L105–135	26:04	12	5	3	5–11	1–6	1–1	1	−19
Nov 2	@ PHI	L107–126	23:15	4	3	2	2–5	0–1	0–0	5	−7
Oct 30	@ BOS	L111–125	19:52	14	5	1	5–11	2–5	2–2	2	−14
Oct 28	vs NYK	L127–133	32:45	17	5	3	5–13	3–6	4–6	4	+1
Oct 26	@ BOS	L99–134	22:25	11	1	2	3–6	2–4	3–4	2	−27
Oct 24	vs WAS	L120–124	34:53	21	5	2	7–13	2–7	5–5	3	+3

24+ ft	21–62	53.9%	43.1%	33.9%	35.1%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	12–13	11.3%	5.8%	92.3%	88.4%
Layups	11–27	23.5%	25.7%	40.7%	56.0%
Floaters	2–4	3.5%	8.8%	50.0%	45.3%
Hooks	0–1	0.9%	2.1%	0.0%	47.5%
Pull-up jumpers	2–10	8.7%	13.7%	20.0%	37.6%
Step-backs	4–8	7.0%	5.2%	50.0%	37.9%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	0–0	0.0%	5.2%	—	40.3%
Other jump shots	19–52	45.2%	33.5%	36.5%	36.2%

Secondary assists	0.5	0.4

Offensive rebound chances	2.1	2.6

Defensive rebound chances	7.0	5.9

Stat	Buzelis	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game	3.5	2.1
Opponent FG% at the rim	61.5%	64.4%

Month

Oct

14.5

4.5

1.8

40.0%

30.0%

81.1%

57.0%

−11.8

Nov

12.8

5.2

2.2

47.3%

37.5%

100.0%

63.4%

−5.7

Matas Buzelis

Inside his season

Last night at Minnesota

Tomorrow at Cleveland

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Impact

His season

His game

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

Advanced

Game log

Shot chart

By distance

Hustle

Movement and touches

Pick your games

Splits

Shot profile

Last 10 games

By shot type

Rim defense

Clutch

Trends

Career bests

His season

Impact

His last game

His game

Inside his season

Last night at Minnesota

Tomorrow at Cleveland

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor