Jonas Valančiūnas: Everything you need to know

Jonas Valančiūnas

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Status

ACTIVE

STATS

Career Averages

PTS

REB

AST

BLK

STL

13.1

9.2

1.4

0.9

0.4

Year	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	DD2	TD3	3PM	3PA	3P%	2PM	2PA	2P%	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	PF	A/TO	+/-	TS%
2025-26	65	6	13.4	8.7	5.1	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.1	5	0	0.1	0.4	30.8%	3.4	5.6	60.2%	3.5	6.0	58.2%	1.6	2.1	77.2%	1.6	3.4	2.0	1.1	-44	63.0%
2024-25	81	21	18.8	10.4	7.7	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.5	21	0	0.1	0.5	21.6%	4.2	7.3	57.1%	4.3	7.7	55.0%	1.8	2.0	87.9%	2.3	5.4	2.2	1.4	-304	60.2%
2023-24	82	82	23.5	12.2	8.8	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.4	33	0	0.5	1.5	30.8%	4.5	7.3	60.9%	4.9	8.8	55.9%	2.0	2.5	78.5%	2.3	6.5	2.7	1.6	+158	61.9%
2022-23	79	79	24.9	14.1	10.2	1.8	0.7	0.3	2.0	43	0	0.5	1.4	34.9%	5.2	8.9	57.7%	5.6	10.3	54.7%	2.3	2.8	82.6%	2.8	7.3	3.1	0.9	-10	61.0%
2021-22	74	74	30.3	17.8	11.4	2.6	0.8	0.6	2.4	50	0	0.8	2.1	36.1%	6.1	10.5	58.1%	6.9	12.7	54.4%	3.2	3.9	82.0%	3.1	8.3	3.3	1.1	+67	61.7%
2020-21	62	61	28.3	17.1	12.5	1.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	49	0	0.3	0.9	36.8%	6.8	11.1	61.1%	7.1	12.0	59.2%	2.5	3.3	77.3%	4.1	8.4	2.9	1.1	+134	63.6%
2019-20	70	70	26.4	14.9	11.3	1.9	1.1	0.4	1.8	39	1	0.5	1.3	35.2%	5.7	9.3	61.7%	6.2	10.6	58.5%	2.1	2.9	74.0%	3.0	8.2	2.6	1.0	+5	63.1%
2018-19	49	27	22.3	15.6	8.6	1.4	1.1	0.4	1.8	16	0	0.3	1.0	29.2%	5.9	10.0	58.6%	6.1	11.0	55.9%	3.0	3.8	79.5%	2.2	6.4	3.0	0.8	+71	61.6%
2017-18	77	77	22.4	12.7	8.6	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.5	26	0	0.4	1.0	40.5%	4.7	8.0	58.7%	5.1	8.9	56.8%	2.2	2.7	80.6%	2.4	6.2	2.5	0.7	+227	62.8%
2016-17	80	80	26.5	12.0	9.5	0.7	0.8	0.5	1.3	1	0	0.0	0.0	50.0%	4.9	8.8	55.7%	4.9	8.8	55.7%	2.2	2.7	81.1%	2.8	6.7	2.7	0.5	+0	60.1%
2015-16	60	59	26.0	12.8	9.1	0.7	1.3	0.4	1.4	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	5.1	8.9	56.5%	5.1	8.9	56.5%	2.7	3.6	76.1%	3.1	6.1	2.6	0.5	+0	61.0%
2014-15	80	80	26.2	12.0	8.7	0.5	1.2	0.4	1.4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	4.7	8.1	57.3%	4.7	8.2	57.2%	2.7	3.5	78.6%	2.7	6.0	2.8	0.4	+0	62.3%
2013-14	81	81	28.2	11.3	8.8	0.7	0.9	0.3	1.7	2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	4.4	8.3	53.2%	4.4	8.3	53.1%	2.4	3.2	76.2%	2.8	6.0	3.1	0.4	+0	57.9%
Career	940	797	24.5	13.1	9.2	1.4	0.9	0.4	1.6	286	1	0.3	0.8	34.0%	5.0	8.6	58.1%	5.2	9.3	56.1%	2.3	3.0	79.3%	2.7	6.5	2.7	0.9	+304	61.5%

Career Averages

PTS

REB

AST

BLK

STL

12.5

9.6

1.1

0.8

0.4

Year	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	DD2	3PM	3PA	3P%	2PM	2PA	2P%	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	PF	A/TO	+/-	TS%
2025-26	4	0	6.3	2.8	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	1.3	1.8	71.4%	1.3	1.8	71.4%	0.3	0.5	50.0%	0.8	1.5	2.8	0.2	-10	69.8%
2023-24	4	4	22.5	14.5	11.0	1.3	0.0	0.5	2.5	2	0.0	0.3	0.0%	5.5	10.3	53.7%	5.5	10.5	52.4%	3.5	4.3	82.4%	4.5	6.5	2.3	0.5	-32	58.6%
2021-22	6	6	29.2	14.5	14.3	3.0	0.2	0.7	2.0	4	0.2	1.0	16.7%	5.3	10.3	51.6%	5.5	11.3	48.5%	3.3	4.3	76.9%	5.5	8.8	2.8	1.5	-15	54.8%
2020-21	5	5	33.2	15.0	9.8	2.6	0.6	0.6	2.0	3	0.4	1.6	25.0%	6.2	10.0	62.0%	6.6	11.6	56.9%	1.4	1.6	87.5%	4.0	5.8	3.6	1.3	-29	61.0%
2017-18	10	9	24.4	14.6	10.5	1.2	1.5	0.4	1.9	6	0.2	0.5	40.0%	5.6	10.2	54.9%	5.8	10.7	54.2%	2.8	3.4	82.4%	3.0	7.5	2.2	0.6	+25	59.9%
2016-17	10	6	22.6	11.2	6.7	0.2	0.6	0.2	1.3	0	0.0	0.1	0.0%	4.4	8.0	55.0%	4.4	8.1	54.3%	2.4	3.3	72.7%	0.9	5.8	2.2	0.2	+0	58.6%
2015-16	12	10	26.8	13.8	10.8	0.9	1.2	0.8	1.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	5.7	10.0	56.7%	5.7	10.0	56.7%	2.4	3.3	74.4%	4.0	6.8	2.7	0.6	+0	60.1%
2014-15	4	4	26.5	11.3	9.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	4.8	9.5	50.0%	4.8	9.5	50.0%	1.8	2.0	87.5%	2.3	7.0	1.8	0.5	+0	54.2%
2013-14	7	7	28.6	10.9	9.7	0.3	1.0	0.0	2.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	4.4	7.0	63.3%	4.4	7.0	63.3%	2.0	3.1	63.6%	2.7	7.0	3.1	0.1	+0	64.8%
Career	62	51	25.0	12.5	9.6	1.1	0.8	0.4	1.8	15	0.1	0.3	23.8%	5.0	8.9	56.1%	5.0	9.2	54.9%	2.3	3.0	76.2%	3.0	6.5	2.6	0.6	-61	59.3%

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	3PA	3PM	3P%	2PA	2PM	2P%	FGA	FGM	FG%	FTA	FTM	FT%	OREB	DREB	A/TO	+/-	PF	PER	TS%
10/12	LAC	W 102-94	17	10	9	1	0	0	4	1	0	0.0%	6	5	83.3%	7	5	71.4%	1	0	0.0%	2	7	0.3	+3	5	11	67.2%
10/6	TOR	W 112-108	13	6	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0.0%	4	2	50.0%	4	2	50.0%	5	2	40.0%	2	2	0.3	-11	2	4	48.4%
10/4	MIN	L 126-116	13	6	1	2	1	1	4	0	0	0.0%	5	3	60.0%	5	3	60.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	0.5	-6	5	3	60.0%
Preseason Totals			14.8	7.3	4.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.0%	5.0	3.3	66.7%	5.3	3.3	62.5%	2.0	0.7	33.3%	1.3	3.3	0.4	-14	4.0	10.7	59.0%

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	3PA	3PM	3P%	2PA	2PM	2P%	FGA	FGM	FG%	FTA	FTM	FT%	OREB	DREB	A/TO	+/-	PF	PER	TS%
4/10	OKC	W 127-107	32	23	17	4	2	0	3	2	1	50.0%	12	8	66.7%	14	9	64.3%	4	4	100.0%	6	11	1.3	+16	1	41	73.0%
4/8	MEM	W 136-119	12	14	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0.0%	6	6	100.0%	6	6	100.0%	3	2	66.7%	1	3	0.0	+0	5	13	95.6%
4/6	POR	W 137-132	9	14	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	50.0%	5	5	100.0%	7	6	85.7%	2	1	50.0%	2	1	0.0	+0	1	16	88.8%
4/4	SAS	W 136-134	5	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	6	3	50.0%	6	3	50.0%	2	1	50.0%	2	1	0.0	-3	2	3	50.9%
4/1	UTA	W 130-117	13	13	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0%	6	3	50.0%	6	3	50.0%	8	7	87.5%	3	3	0.0	+8	2	18	68.3%
3/29	GSW	W 116-93	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	0.0	+2	0	3	0.0%
3/18	MEM	L 125-118	5	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0%	3	2	66.7%	3	2	66.7%	0	0	0.0%	0	3	0.0	-1	1	6	66.7%
3/17	PHI	W 124-96	19	8	9	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.0%	9	3	33.3%	10	3	30.0%	6	2	33.3%	3	6	1.0	+15	1	7	31.6%
3/14	LAL	L 127-125	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0%	1	1	100.0%	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	0.0	-8	0	1	100.0%
3/12	SAS	W 136-131	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	3	1	33.3%	3	1	33.3%	2	2	100.0%	0	2	0.0	-8	1	5	51.5%
3/11	HOU	W 129-93	11	12	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	6	6	100.0%	6	6	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	2	3	0.0	+7	4	16	100.0%
3/9	OKC	L 129-126	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	2	1	50.0%	2	1	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	2	0.0	-8	1	2	50.0%
3/6	NYK	L 142-103	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0%	1	1	100.0%	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0	-4	2	2	100.0%
3/5	LAL	W 120-113	10	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	4	4	100.0%	1	3	0.5	+1	1	8	113.6%
3/2	UTA	W 128-125	17	13	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0%	6	4	66.7%	6	4	66.7%	5	5	100.0%	3	3	0.0	+10	3	21	79.3%
3/1	MIN	L 117-108	9	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	2	2	100.0%	1	4	0.0	-15	1	6	53.2%
2/27	OKC	L 127-121	8	6	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0%	5	3	60.0%	5	3	60.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	2	0.0	-21	1	5	60.0%
2/25	BOS	W 103-84	12	11	6	2	1	0	0	1	1	100.0%	6	4	66.7%	7	5	71.4%	0	0	0.0%	2	4	0.0	+7	1	18	78.6%
2/22	GSW	L 128-117	12	6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0%	7	3	42.9%	7	3	42.9%	0	0	0.0%	1	2	0.0	-5	1	8	42.9%
2/20	POR	W 157-103	11	6	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0%	8	3	37.5%	8	3	37.5%	0	0	0.0%	2	5	1.0	-1	3	5	37.5%
2/19	LAC	L 115-114	11	6	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0%	3	2	66.7%	3	2	66.7%	2	2	100.0%	1	3	0.0	+5	2	9	77.3%
2/11	MEM	W 122-116	14	9	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0%	5	3	60.0%	5	3	60.0%	4	3	75.0%	3	3	0.0	+0	2	16	66.6%
2/9	CLE	L 119-117	15	12	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0%	3	2	66.7%	4	2	50.0%	10	8	80.0%	2	2	0.0	+0	1	14	71.4%
2/7	CHI	W 136-120	12	10	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.0%	8	5	62.5%	8	5	62.5%	3	0	0.0%	2	2	1.0	-15	3	7	53.6%
2/4	NYK	L 134-127	12	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0.0%	1	1	100.0%	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	3	1.0	-12	5	0	100.0%
2/3	DET	L 124-121	21	11	11	1	3	1	1	0	0	0.0%	4	4	100.0%	4	4	100.0%	5	3	60.0%	4	7	1.0	+16	4	22	88.7%
2/1	OKC	L 121-111	13	13	3	2	1	0	2	2	1	50.0%	9	5	55.6%	11	6	54.5%	0	0	0.0%	2	1	1.0	-8	3	8	59.1%
1/30	LAC	W 122-109	21	11	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0.0%	11	5	45.5%	11	5	45.5%	1	1	100.0%	0	6	1.0	+5	2	12	48.1%
1/29	BKN	W 107-103	24	12	9	3	0	1	0	1	0	0.0%	10	4	40.0%	11	4	36.4%	4	4	100.0%	2	7	0.0	+11	3	18	47.0%
1/27	DET	L 109-107	30	16	16	1	1	0	4	1	1	100.0%	9	5	55.6%	10	6	60.0%	4	3	75.0%	7	9	0.3	+0	2	26	68.0%
1/22	WAS	W 107-97	21	16	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	12	6	50.0%	13	6	46.2%	4	4	100.0%	4	5	0.0	-3	5	16	54.2%
12/31	TOR	W 106-103	23	17	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0.0%	6	5	83.3%	6	5	83.3%	8	7	87.5%	1	8	4.0	+2	2	36	89.3%
12/29	MIA	L 147-123	15	6	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0.0%	3	3	100.0%	3	3	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	3	0.5	-9	3	8	100.0%
12/27	ORL	L 127-126	9	4	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0.0%	3	2	66.7%	3	2	66.7%	0	0	0.0%	1	3	0.3	-17	4	2	66.7%
12/25	MIN	W 142-138	10	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0%	5	1	20.0%	5	1	20.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	4	1.0	-9	2	2	20.0%
12/23	DAL	L 131-130	14	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0%	4	3	75.0%	4	3	75.0%	2	2	100.0%	0	1	1.0	+0	1	10	82.0%
12/22	UTA	W 135-112	16	12	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	10	5	50.0%	11	5	45.5%	2	2	100.0%	5	6	0.0	+0	1	19	50.5%
12/20	HOU	L 115-101	15	10	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0.0%	10	5	50.0%	10	5	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	0	1.0	-10	0	7	50.0%
12/18	ORL	W 126-115	13	10	5	0	2	1	2	1	0	0.0%	5	4	80.0%	6	4	66.7%	3	2	66.7%	3	2	0.0	-6	4	12	68.3%
12/15	HOU	W 128-125	13	8	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.0%	5	4	80.0%	5	4	80.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	3	0.5	+6	6	4	80.0%
12/11	SAC	W 136-105	18	15	6	2	0	0	2	1	1	100.0%	6	6	100.0%	7	7	100.0%	2	0	0.0%	1	5	1.0	+5	3	18	95.2%
12/7	CHA	W 115-106	13	8	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0.0%	9	4	44.4%	9	4	44.4%	0	0	0.0%	1	3	3.0	+3	2	11	44.4%
12/5	ATL	W 134-133	12	8	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.0%	4	4	100.0%	4	4	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	3	2.0	+16	1	13	100.0%
12/3	IND	W 135-120	11	9	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0%	5	3	60.0%	5	3	60.0%	4	3	75.0%	0	3	0.0	-11	3	10	66.6%
12/1	DAL	L 131-121	11	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	7	4	57.1%	7	4	57.1%	0	0	0.0%	2	5	0.0	-9	0	15	57.1%
11/29	PHX	W 130-112	15	9	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0.0%	6	4	66.7%	6	4	66.7%	1	1	100.0%	1	2	3.0	-1	3	12	69.9%
11/28	SAS	L 139-136	11	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0%	3	2	66.7%	3	2	66.7%	0	0	0.0%	2	6	1.0	+3	1	14	66.7%
11/24	MEM	W 125-115	14	6	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0%	6	3	50.0%	6	3	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	3	3	1.0	+9	1	9	50.0%
11/22	SAC	L 128-123	11	8	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0.0%	6	4	66.7%	8	4	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	2	1.0	-5	1	8	50.0%
11/21	HOU	W 112-109	16	8	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.0%	7	4	57.1%	8	4	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	0.0	+1	1	4	50.0%
11/19	NOP	W 125-118	16	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	5	4	80.0%	5	4	80.0%	6	6	100.0%	1	6	0.0	+2	3	22	91.6%
11/17	CHI	L 130-127	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	2	2	100.0%	0	2	0.0	-15	1	1	53.2%
11/15	MIN	W 123-112	11	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.0%	3	2	66.7%	3	2	66.7%	4	2	50.0%	3	3	0.0	+4	2	13	63.0%
11/12	LAC	W 130-116	10	8	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0.0%	3	3	100.0%	4	3	75.0%	4	2	50.0%	1	2	1.0	-10	1	13	69.4%
11/11	SAC	W 122-108	15	10	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	0.0%	8	3	37.5%	8	3	37.5%	6	4	66.7%	3	4	0.5	+3	3	10	47.0%
11/8	IND	W 117-100	13	6	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	0.0%	6	3	50.0%	6	3	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	4	3.0	+13	2	9	50.0%
11/7	GSW	W 129-104	15	16	6	1	0	0	0	3	2	66.7%	5	4	80.0%	8	6	75.0%	2	2	100.0%	3	3	0.0	+6	0	23	90.1%
11/5	MIA	W 122-112	10	6	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0%	4	1	25.0%	5	1	20.0%	4	4	100.0%	3	3	0.0	-8	1	8	44.4%
11/3	SAC	W 130-124	11	8	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	0.0%	4	4	100.0%	5	4	80.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	3	0.0	-12	4	11	80.0%
10/31	POR	L 109-107	10	10	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0.0%	8	4	50.0%	8	4	50.0%	2	2	100.0%	2	1	0.5	-11	4	6	56.3%
10/29	NOP	W 122-88	14	10	6	3	0	0	2	0	0	0.0%	7	5	71.4%	7	5	71.4%	0	0	0.0%	1	5	1.5	+14	1	14	71.4%
10/27	MIN	W 127-114	10	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0%	3	1	33.3%	3	1	33.3%	4	2	50.0%	1	3	0.0	+0	3	2	42.0%
10/25	PHX	W 133-111	12	12	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0%	10	4	40.0%	10	4	40.0%	5	4	80.0%	2	5	1.0	-5	2	11	49.2%
10/23	GSW	L 137-131	12	8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.0%	5	4	80.0%	5	4	80.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	3	0.0	+4	1	13	80.0%
Regular Season Totals			13.3	8.6	5.0	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.1	0.4	0.1	33.3%	5.5	3.3	60.3%	5.8	3.4	58.6%	2.1	1.6	77.2%	1.6	3.4	1.0	-56	2.0	13.7	63.5%

Postseason
Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	3PA	3PM	3P%	2PA	2PM	2P%	FGA	FGM	FG%	FTA	FTM	FT%	OREB	DREB	A/TO	+/-	PF	PER	TS%
4/30	MIN	L 110-98	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0%	3	1	33.3%	3	1	33.3%	0	0	0.0%	1	1	0.0	-2	1	1	33.3%
4/27	MIN	W 125-113	10	9	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0.0%	4	4	100.0%	4	4	100.0%	2	1	50.0%	1	1	0.3	-6	5	7	92.2%
4/20	MIN	L 119-114	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	1	0.0	-4	2	1	0.0%
4/18	MIN	W 116-105	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	3	0.0	+2	3	1	0.0%
Postseason Totals			6.2	2.8	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0%	1.8	1.3	71.4%	1.8	1.3	71.4%	0.5	0.3	50.0%	0.8	1.5	0.2	-10	2.8	5.3	69.8%

Jonas Valančiūnas: Breaking News

Valanciunas posted two points (1-3 FG) and two rebounds over four minutes during Thursday's 110-98 loss to Minnesota in Game 6 of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Valanciunas was essentially a non-factor in this playoff series with 6.3 minutes per night across four contests. He played a minimal role in the regular season as well, averaging 13.4 minutes per night across 65 contests with 8.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists.

Valanciunas will come off the bench for Sunday's regular-season finale against the Spurs. Nikola Jokic (wrist) will return from a one-game absence, but he'll likely have his minutes limited, so Valanciunas could still see quality playing time in the reserve role. Per 36 minutes this season, Valanciunas owns averages of 23.3 points, 13.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.5 blocks per contest.

Valanciunas ended with 23 points (9-14 FG, 1-2 3Pt, 4-4 FT), 17 rebounds, four assists and two blocks in 32 minutes during Friday's 127-107 win over the Thunder. Valanciunas turned back the clock, moving into the starting lineup, as Denver opted to rest a number of its starters. Against a Thunder team that adopted the same strategy, Valanciunas was able to take full advantage, delivering his best performance of the season. While it was great to see some juice in the legs, don't expect Valanciunas to play more than about 12 minutes once the playoffs arrive.