Current player information

Sam Merrill

Height: 6-4
Weight: 195 lb
College: Utah State
Country: USA
Draft: 2020 · Rd 2, Pick 60
Seasons: 2020–2026

Current injury status

Reported Nov 10

OutElbow — ArmEst. return Nov 16

Merrill (elbow) is listed as out for Wednesday's game against the Knicks.

Merrill has battled a lingering elbow issue since the preseason. He will now miss a third consecutive contest, with his next opportunity to suit up coming Friday in Miami. While Merrill is sidelined, Craig Porter, Meleek Thomas and Tyrese Proctor should see more minutes.

Season averages

70GP

39GS

24.8MPG

11.5PPG

2.2RPG

2.1APG

0.6SPG

0.1BPG

0.7TOV

45.7%FG%

41.3%3P%

85.1%FT%

+3.6+/-

Rest and travel splits

70 final games

Situation table7 situations

Situation	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	TS%	+/-
SeasonEvery final box score	70	24.8	11.5	2.2	2.1	64.1%	+3.6
Back-to-backs0 full local rest days	9	26.0+1.2	13.1+1.6	2.8+0.6	3.8+1.7	60.9%−3.1	−0.3−3.9
Long travel1,500+ miles since the prior scheduled game	2Small sample (< 5 games)	23.5−1.3	9.5−2.0	3.0+0.8	2.5+0.4	35.9%−28.1	−3.0−6.6
Body-clock shift2+ hours from home time	7	24.9+0.1	9.4−2.1	2.0−0.2	2.4+0.4	53.9%−10.1	+8.1+4.6
Dense windowEnds a 3-in-4, 4-in-6, or 5-in-7	19	27.3+2.5	11.1−0.4	2.4+0.2	2.5+0.5	58.3%−5.8	+3.8+0.2
Extended rest3+ full rest days	4Small sample (< 5 games)	25.1+0.3	8.5−3.0	3.8+1.5	2.5+0.4	55.5%−8.6	+5.3+1.7
High-fatigue spotsFatigue Index 7+ of 10	1Small sample (< 5 games)	33.7+8.9	14.0+2.5	5.0+2.8	2.0−0.1	50.4%−13.6	−2.0−5.6
Road gamesAway from home; neutral floors excluded	37	25.1+0.3	12.0+0.5	2.20.0	1.8−0.2	62.5%−1.5	+1.6−1.9

True shooting drops 10.1 points with the body clock shifted two hours or more — 7 games.

How it's counted

Each situation shows this player's numbers in those games, with the difference from their full-season line in parentheses. The definition sits under each situation name. Situations overlap: one game can count in several.

True shooting is one shooting number that folds in threes and free throws; its differences are in points of TS%. Every final box score counts — there is no minutes cutoff. Fewer than 5 games reads as a small sample. These splits describe what happened. They do not prove the schedule caused it.

Game log

103 games

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FG	3P	FT	+/-
May 25	vsNYK	L93-130	18	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	2-4	1-2	0-0	-13
May 23	vsNYK	L108-121	24	6	3	1	1	0	0	4	2-5	2-4	0-0	-1
May 21	@NYK	L93-109	23	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1-8	0-7	2-4	-8
May 19	@NYK	L104-115	28	12	1	2	1	0	0	5	4-9	3-8	1-1	-17
May 17	@DET	W125-94	25	23	1	2	1	0	2	3	7-10	5-8	4-4	+22
May 15	vsDET	L94-115	20	10	1	1	0	0	0	4	3-6	2-5	2-2	-10
May 13	@DET	W117-113	21	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	2-5	2-5	0-0	-7
May 11	vsDET	W112-103	16	6	1	2	1	0	0	4	2-8	2-7	0-0	+6
May 9	vsDET	W116-109	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2-4	1-3	2-2	+4
May 7	@DET	L97-107	DNP — injury
May 5	@DET	L101-111	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-10
May 3	vsTOR	W114-102	23	13	3	2	0	0	0	4	4-8	3-7	2-2	+16
May 1	@TOR	L110-112	18	2	1	1	1	0	1	3	1-5	0-3	0-0	-6
Apr 29	vsTOR	W125-120	23	9	1	2	1	0	2	0	2-3	2-2	3-4	+19
Apr 26	@TOR	L89-93	19	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	5-9	3-7	1-1	+4
Apr 23	@TOR	L104-126	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-5
Apr 20	vsTOR	W115-105	20	5	1	1	1	0	1	2	2-6	1-5	0-1	+1
Apr 18	vsTOR	W126-113	21	7	4	2	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-3	4-4	+10
Apr 12	vsWAS	W130-117	DNP — injury
Apr 10	@ATL	L102-124	DNP — injury
Apr 8	vsATL	W122-116	27	6	0	3	1	0	0	5	2-3	2-3	0-0	0
Apr 6	@MEMGS	W142-126	28	21	2	2	3	0	0	0	7-16	4-11	3-4	-5
Apr 5	vsIND	W117-108	DNP — injury
Apr 2	@GSW	W118-111	28	3	2	5	1	0	2	1	1-6	1-6	0-0	+12
Mar 31	@LAL	L113-127	DNP — injury
Mar 30	@UTAGS	W122-113	28	9	4	3	1	0	0	2	4-14	0-8	1-1	+13
Mar 27	vsMIAGS	W149-128	27	10	3	4	0	0	0	2	3-9	2-7	2-2	+25
Mar 25	vsMIAGS	L103-120	29	18	2	4	0	0	3	1	6-13	4-10	2-2	-22
Mar 24	vsORLGS	W136-131	33	19	4	1	2	0	0	2	6-11	2-6	5-6	+4
Mar 21	@NOPGS	W111-106	32	15	10	2	0	0	1	2	5-9	3-7	2-2	+5
Mar 19	@CHIGS	W115-110	31	13	1	3	1	2	0	3	5-12	3-8	0-0	+1
Mar 17	@MILGS	W123-116	28	17	6	2	0	0	0	2	6-12	3-8	2-2	+22
Mar 15	vsDAL	L120-130	DNP — injury
Mar 13	@DAL	W138-105	DNP — injury
Mar 11	@ORLGS	L122-128	30	13	4	2	1	0	0	4	5-8	2-5	1-2	-1
Mar 9	vsPHIGS	W115-101	21	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	1-6	0-5	0-0	+5
Mar 8	vsBOSGS	L98-109	29	5	5	4	1	0	0	5	2-9	1-7	0-0	-1
Mar 3	vsDETGS	W113-109	27	9	0	2	1	0	0	1	3-10	3-7	0-0	-6
Mar 1	@BKNGS	W106-102	27	15	1	2	0	0	1	3	5-8	4-6	1-1	+20
Feb 27	@DETGS	L119-122	36	20	1	3	2	0	2	3	6-14	4-10	4-4	-13
Feb 25	@MILGS	L116-118	34	14	5	2	0	0	3	3	6-13	2-8	0-2	-2
Feb 24	vsNYK	W109-94	21	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0-4	0-4	0-0	+13
Feb 22	@OKC	L113-121	29	20	3	0	0	0	0	2	7-12	6-10	0-0	+6
Feb 20	@CHAGS	W118-113	24	10	2	2	0	0	0	3	4-6	2-4	0-0	-14
Feb 19	vsBKN	W112-84	22	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	+13
Feb 11	vsWASGS	W138-113	25	32	5	1	1	1	1	1	11-12	9-10	1-1	+22
Feb 9	@DENGS	W119-117	25	9	2	1	1	0	1	4	3-6	3-6	0-0	+13
Feb 7	@SACGS	W132-126	24	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	0-6	0-5	2-2	-8
Feb 4	@LACGS	W124-91	21	11	1	0	0	0	1	1	4-6	3-5	0-0	+21
Feb 1	@PORGS	W130-111	29	22	2	4	0	0	1	2	7-9	6-8	2-2	+25
Jan 30	@PHXGS	L113-126	19	10	2	2	0	0	1	3	4-12	2-7	0-0	-19
Jan 28	vsLALGS	W129-99	24	4	1	4	0	1	1	0	1-4	1-3	1-2	+31
Jan 26	vsORL	W114-98	DNP — personal
Jan 24	@ORL	W119-105	DNP — injury
Jan 23	vsSAC	W123-118	DNP — injury
Jan 21	@CHA	W94-87	DNP — injury
Jan 19	vsOKC	L104-136	DNP — injury
Jan 16	@PHI	W117-115	DNP — injury
Jan 14	@PHI	W133-107	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-5	1-3	0-0	+5
Jan 12	vsUTAGS	L112-123	28	14	2	3	0	0	1	5	5-11	3-8	1-1	-10
Jan 10	vsMINGS	W146-134	26	20	2	1	3	0	2	2	5-7	5-6	5-5	+20
Jan 8	@MIN	L122-131	31	22	2	3	1	0	0	3	7-13	5-11	3-3	+6
Jan 6	@INDGS	W120-116	31	19	4	2	0	0	1	2	6-12	6-10	1-2	+5
Jan 4	vsDETGS	L110-114	27	15	3	2	1	0	2	6	5-8	5-7	0-0	0
Jan 2	vsDEN	W113-108	DNP — injury
Dec 31	vsPHX	W129-113	23	16	1	1	0	0	2	4	6-14	4-9	0-0	+14
Dec 29	@SAS	W113-101	26	5	0	1	1	0	1	2	1-6	1-6	2-2	-4
Dec 27	@HOUGS	L100-117	25	13	3	3	1	0	1	4	5-8	3-6	0-1	-24
Dec 25	@NYKGS	L124-126	29	11	5	1	2	0	1	2	4-11	2-8	1-2	+3
Dec 23	vsNOPGS	W141-118	26	22	6	7	1	0	1	2	7-12	6-10	2-2	+18
Dec 22	vsCHA	W139-132	26	4	1	5	1	0	0	0	2-7	0-4	0-0	+6
Dec 19	vsCHI	L125-136	DNP — injury
Dec 17	@CHI	L111-127	DNP — injury
Dec 14	vsCHA	L111-119	DNP — injury
Dec 12	@WAS	W130-126	DNP — injury
Dec 6	vsGSW	L94-99	DNP — injury
Dec 5	vsSAS	W130-117	DNP — injury
Dec 3	vsPOR	L110-122	DNP — injury
Dec 1	@IND	W135-119	DNP — injury
Nov 30	vsBOS	L115-117	DNP — injury
Nov 28	@ATL	L123-130	DNP — injury
Nov 24	@TOR	L99-110	DNP — injury
Nov 23	vsLAC	W120-105	DNP — injury
Nov 21	vsIND	W120-109	DNP — injury
Nov 19	vsHOU	L104-114	DNP — injury
Nov 17	vsMILGS	W118-106	28	20	5	0	0	1	1	1	7-10	6-9	0-0	+4
Nov 15	vsMEMGS	W108-100	27	13	4	1	1	0	2	4	5-9	2-6	1-2	-4
Nov 13	vsTORGS	L113-126	27	12	2	3	0	0	0	1	4-11	3-9	1-1	-2
Nov 12	@MIAGS	W130-116	21	5	0	3	1	1	0	3	1-10	1-8	2-2	-8
Nov 10	@MIA	L138-140	33	12	2	2	0	0	0	3	4-16	4-16	0-0	-7
Nov 8	vsCHI	W128-122	28	8	2	8	0	0	1	3	3-8	2-6	0-0	+6
Nov 7	@WAS	W148-115	18	14	2	2	1	0	0	2	5-6	4-5	0-0	+10
Nov 5	vsPHI	W132-121	27	14	0	0	0	0	1	4	4-6	4-5	2-2	+1
Nov 2	vsATL	W117-109	DNP — injury
Oct 31	vsTOR	L101-112	DNP — injury
Oct 29	@BOS	L105-125	DNP — injury
Oct 27	@DETGS	W116-95	18	11	1	1	2	0	0	1	4-7	3-6	0-0	+13
Oct 26	vsMILGS	W118-113	30	17	3	1	0	0	0	3	5-11	4-9	3-3	+17
Oct 24	@BKNGS	W131-124	26	22	1	5	1	1	4	4	6-11	6-10	4-4	+14
Oct 22	@NYKGS	L111-119	28	19	3	1	0	0	1	6	6-11	5-10	2-2	-1
Oct 14	vsDETGS	W118-100	20	10	1	1	1	0	1	4	4-7	2-5	0-0	+3
Oct 12	@BOS	L107-138	DNP — nwt - not with team
Oct 7	vsCHI	L117-118	DNP — coach's decision