Sam Merrill | NBA | KrashBoard

Cleveland Cavaliers · #5 · Shooting GuardOut

Sam Merrill

Age30Ht6'4"Wt205 lbExp6 yrsFromUtah St.

2025-26 regular season, per game

12.8PTS

2.6REB

2.4AST

3.03PM

26.5MIN

52 games, 38 started. Playoffs: 17 GP, 7.8 PTS, 1.2 REB, 1.1 AST

Showing 2025-26. 2026-27 takes over once he has 10 games.

Next game

Sat, Nov 14, 12:30 AM

Dallas MavericksHome game · second night of a back-to-back

CLE

B2B3 in 4

DAL

No schedule spot

DAL defense25th in defensive rating112.2 points allowed a game

DAL pace14th fastest100.7 possessions a game

His games vs DAL27.0 PTS in 1 GP1.0 REB, 0.0 AST, 9.0 3PM

Role and minutes

Last 10 games against the whole regular season.

Starts, last 108 of 1038 of 52 all regular season

Minutes, last 1029.1+2.6 vs season (26.5)

Usage, last 1017.6%+0.5 vs season (17.0)

Shots, last 1010.5 FGA+1.2 vs season (9.3)

Minutes, last 15 games

■ started ■ off the bench

Season profile

2025-26 regular season, per game. Rates ranked against 167 guards with 20+ games.

GP52

MIN26.5

PTS12.8

REB2.6

AST2.4

3PM3.0

STL0.6

BLK0.1

TOV0.8

FG%46.1%

3P%42.1%

FT%85.5%

TS%64.4%

+/-+4.7

PTS62nd

12.8

REB38th

2.6

AST40th

2.4

3PM93rd

3.0

PRA56th

17.7

STL32nd

0.6

BLK26th

0.1

USG%30th

17.0

TS%97th

64.4

PTS/3655th

17.3

REB/3614th

3.5

AST/3630th

3.3

Prop hit rates

How often he went over, regular season. A line of 12.5 needs 13 points.

Line

Last 520%1 of 5, avg 9.8

Last 1060%6 of 10, avg 13.1

Last 2055%11 of 20, avg 11.9

Season54%28 of 52, avg 12.8

Home52%12 of 23, avg 12.3

Away55%16 of 29, avg 13.1

Started61%23 of 38, avg 14.0

vs DAL100%1 of 1, avg 27.0

Best price, next game

Over 12.5--

Under 12.5--

Checking the books

Game by game

Splits

Regular season, per game. Last column follows the prop picked above.

Split	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	3PM	PRA	FG%	3P%	PTS o12.5
All games	52	26.5	12.8	2.6	2.4	3.0	17.7	46.1%	42.1%	54%28/52
Venue
Home	23	26.4	12.3	2.5	2.8	3.0	17.6	47.2%	44.8%	52%12/23
Away	29	26.6	13.1	2.6	2.1	3.1	17.8	45.3%	40.3%	55%16/29
Rest
Back-to-back	9	26.0	13.1	2.8	3.8	2.9	19.7	45.7%	37.7%	44%4/9
1 day off	34	26.6	13.5	2.5	2.1	3.4	18.1	47.8%	46.0%	62%21/34
2+ days off	9	26.5	9.6	2.4	2.1	1.8	14.1	39.2%	29.6%	33%3/9
Role
Started	38	27.1	14.0	2.9	2.4	3.2	19.3	47.9%	43.5%	61%23/38
Off the bench	14	24.8	9.3	1.6	2.4	2.5	13.3	40.0%	38.0%	36%5/14
Opponent defense
vs top 10 D	17	26.4	12.6	2.0	1.9	3.2	16.5	44.4%	42.9%	47%8/17
vs middle 10	15	25.4	10.0	2.0	2.7	2.2	14.7	41.0%	34.7%	33%5/15
vs bottom 10 D	20	27.4	14.9	3.5	2.6	3.5	21.0	50.5%	46.1%	75%15/20
Result
In wins	37	25.5	12.0	2.4	2.4	2.9	16.9	46.8%	44.0%	49%18/37
In losses	15	28.9	14.5	2.9	2.3	3.4	19.8	44.7%	38.6%	67%10/15

Shot zones

2025-26 season. Each zone shaded by his FG% against the league's from there.

Zone	FG	FG%	Lg	Share
At the rim	40-49	81.6%	65.8%	10%
Paint	13-33	39.4%	44.4%	7%
Midrange	11-26	42.3%	44.6%	5%
Corner 3	34-63	54.0%	38.6%	13%
Above the break 3	120-307	39.1%	35.0%	64%

Where his points come from

Paint 16%(2.0 a game)Threes 71%(9.1 a game)Free throws 9%(1.1 a game)Other twos 4%(0.5 a game)

Fast break 1.3 and second chance 1.7 points a game.

Game log

52 games. Marked against points over 12.5.

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	3PM	PRA	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/-
WedApr 8Bench	ATL	W 122-116	27.2	6	0	3	2	9	1	0	0	2-3	2-3	0-0	5	0
MonApr 6B2B	@MEM	W 142-126	28.0	21	2	2	4	25	3	0	0	7-16	4-11	3-4	0	-5
ThuApr 2Bench	@GS	W 118-111	28.2	3	2	5	1	10	1	0	2	1-6	1-6	0-0	1	+12
MonMar 30	@UTA	W 122-113	28.2	9	4	3	0	16	1	0	0	4-14	0-8	1-1	2	+13
FriMar 27	MIA	W 149-128	26.7	10	3	4	2	17	0	0	0	3-9	2-7	2-2	2	+25
WedMar 25B2B	MIA	L 103-120	28.7	18	2	4	4	24	0	0	3	6-13	4-10	2-2	1	-22
TueMar 24	ORL	W 136-131	32.9	19	4	1	2	24	2	0	0	6-11	2-6	5-6	2	+4
SatMar 21	@NO	W 111-106	32.1	15	10	2	3	27	0	0	1	5-9	3-7	2-2	2	+5
ThuMar 19	@CHI	W 115-110	31.2	13	1	3	3	17	1	2	0	5-12	3-8	0-0	3	+1
TueMar 17	@MIL	W 123-116	28.0	17	6	2	3	25	0	0	0	6-12	3-8	2-2	2	+22
WedMar 11	@ORL	L 122-128	30.2	13	4	2	2	19	1	0	0	5-8	2-5	1-2	4	-1
MonMar 9B2B	PHI	W 115-101	20.6	2	3	5	0	10	0	0	0	1-6	0-5	0-0	1	+5
SunMar 8	BOS	L 98-109	29.1	5	5	4	1	14	1	0	0	2-9	1-7	0-0	5	-1
TueMar 3	DET	W 113-109	27.0	9	0	2	3	11	1	0	0	3-10	3-7	0-0	1	-6
SunMar 1	@BKN	W 106-102	27.4	15	1	2	4	18	0	0	1	5-8	4-6	1-1	3	+20
FriFeb 27	@DET	L 119-122	36.3	20	1	3	4	24	2	0	2	6-14	4-10	4-4	3	-13
WedFeb 25B2B	@MIL	L 116-118	33.7	14	5	2	2	21	0	0	3	6-13	2-8	0-2	3	-2
TueFeb 24Bench	NY	W 109-94	21.0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0-4	0-4	0-0	1	+13
SunFeb 22Bench	@OKC	L 113-121	28.5	20	3	0	6	23	0	0	0	7-12	6-10	0-0	2	+6
FriFeb 20B2B	@CHA	W 118-113	24.3	10	2	2	2	14	0	0	0	4-6	2-4	0-0	3	-14
ThuFeb 19Bench	BKN	W 112-84	22.2	3	3	3	1	9	0	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	+13
WedFeb 11	WAS	W 138-113	25.0	32	5	1	9	38	1	1	1	11-12	9-10	1-1	1	+22
MonFeb 9	@DEN	W 119-117	25.1	9	2	1	3	12	1	0	1	3-6	3-6	0-0	4	+13
SatFeb 7	@SAC	W 132-126	23.9	2	1	2	0	5	0	0	1	0-6	0-5	2-2	2	-8
WedFeb 4	@LAC	W 124-91	21.1	11	1	0	3	12	0	0	1	4-6	3-5	0-0	1	+21
SunFeb 1	@POR	W 130-111	29.4	22	2	4	6	28	0	0	1	7-9	6-8	2-2	2	+25
FriJan 30	@PHO	L 113-126	18.8	10	2	2	2	14	0	0	1	4-12	2-7	0-0	3	-19
WedJan 28	LAL	W 129-99	23.9	4	1	4	1	9	0	1	1	1-4	1-3	1-2	0	+31
WedJan 14Bench	@PHI	W 133-107	9.7	3	3	0	1	6	0	0	0	1-5	1-3	0-0	1	+5
MonJan 12	UTA	L 112-123	27.7	14	2	3	3	19	0	0	1	5-11	3-8	1-1	5	-10
SatJan 10	MIN	W 146-134	25.5	20	2	1	5	23	3	0	2	5-7	5-6	5-5	2	+20
ThuJan 8Bench	@MIN	L 122-131	30.8	22	2	3	5	27	1	0	0	7-13	5-11	3-3	3	+6
TueJan 6	@IND	W 120-116	31.4	19	4	2	6	25	0	0	1	6-12	6-10	1-2	2	+5
SunJan 4	DET	L 110-114	27.3	15	3	2	5	20	1	0	2	5-8	5-7	0-0	6	0
WedDec 31Bench	PHO	W 129-113	22.8	16	1	1	4	18	0	0	2	6-14	4-9	0-0	4	+14
MonDec 29Bench	@SA	W 113-101	25.8	5	0	1	1	6	1	0	1	1-6	1-6	2-2	2	-4
SatDec 27	@HOU	L 100-117	25.4	13	3	3	3	19	1	0	1	5-8	3-6	0-1	4	-24
ThuDec 25	@NY	L 124-126	29.3	11	5	1	2	17	2	0	1	4-11	2-8	1-2	2	+3
TueDec 23B2B	NO	W 141-118	25.7	22	6	7	6	35	1	0	1	7-12	6-10	2-2	2	+18
MonDec 22Bench	CHA	W 139-132	25.9	4	1	5	0	10	1	0	0	2-7	0-4	0-0	0	+6
MonNov 17	MIL	W 118-106	27.9	20	5	0	6	25	0	1	1	7-10	6-9	0-0	1	+4
SatNov 15	MEM	W 108-100	27.2	13	4	1	2	18	1	0	2	5-9	2-6	1-2	4	-4
ThuNov 13B2B	TOR	L 113-126	27.2	12	2	3	3	17	0	0	0	4-11	3-9	1-1	1	-2
WedNov 12	@MIA	W 130-116	20.6	5	0	3	1	8	1	1	0	1-10	1-8	2-2	3	-8
MonNov 10Bench	@MIA	L 138-140	32.6	12	2	2	4	16	0	0	0	4-16	4-16	0-0	3	-7
SatNov 8B2BBench	CHI	W 128-122	27.5	8	2	8	2	18	0	0	1	3-8	2-6	0-0	3	+6
FriNov 7CupBench	@WAS	W 148-115	18.4	14	2	2	4	18	1	0	0	5-6	4-5	0-0	2	+10
WedNov 5Bench	PHI	W 132-121	26.8	14	0	0	4	14	0	0	1	4-6	4-5	2-2	4	+1
MonOct 27B2B	@DET	W 116-95	18.0	11	1	1	3	13	2	0	0	4-7	3-6	0-0	1	+13
SunOct 26	MIL	W 118-113	30.3	17	3	1	4	21	0	0	0	5-11	4-9	3-3	3	+17
FriOct 24	@BKN	W 131-124	26.3	22	1	5	6	28	1	1	4	6-11	6-10	4-4	4	+14
WedOct 22	@NY	L 111-119	28.4	19	3	1	5	23	0	0	1	6-11	5-10	2-2	6	-1
52 GPAverages			26.5	12.8	2.6	2.4	3.0	17.7	0.6	0.1	0.8	46.1%	42.1%	85.5%	2.4	+4.7