Sam Merrill: Everything you need to know

Sam Merrill

#5 SG

Cleveland Cavaliers

Status

GTD - Hamstring - Strain Expected Return: 2026-05-09

STATS

Career Averages

PTS

REB

AST

BLK

STL

8.0

2.0

1.6

0.1

0.5

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	52	38	26.5	12.8	2.6	2.4	0.1	0.6	0.8	1	3.0	7.2	42.1%	1.3	2.1	59.6%	4.3	9.3	46.1%	1.1	1.3	85.5%	0.5	2.0	2.4	3.0	+242	64.4%
2024-25	71	4	19.7	7.2	2.2	1.5	0.2	0.7	0.5	0	1.9	5.2	37.2%	0.5	0.8	62.5%	2.4	6.0	40.6%	0.4	0.4	96.6%	0.5	1.7	1.7	3.1	+321	58.3%
2023-24	61	1	17.5	8.0	2.0	1.8	0.1	0.3	0.3	0	2.3	5.8	40.4%	0.2	0.6	38.5%	2.6	6.4	40.2%	0.4	0.5	92.9%	0.4	1.6	1.2	5.7	+28	59.8%
2022-23	5	0	11.8	5.0	1.8	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.0	0	1.0	3.6	27.8%	0.8	0.8	100.0%	1.8	4.4	40.9%	0.4	0.4	100.0%	0.0	1.8	0.6	5.0	-5	54.6%
2021-22	6	0	9.7	4.2	1.2	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0	1.2	3.8	30.4%	0.2	0.2	100.0%	1.3	4.0	33.3%	0.3	0.7	50.0%	0.2	1.0	0.5	2.0	-9	48.5%
2020-21	30	2	7.8	3.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0	0.7	1.6	44.7%	0.4	0.8	44.0%	1.1	2.4	44.4%	0.1	0.1	100.0%	0.2	0.8	0.6	2.1	-38	60.3%
Career	225	45	18.7	8.0	2.0	1.6	0.1	0.5	0.5	1	2.1	5.3	39.7%	0.6	1.0	56.0%	2.7	6.3	42.4%	0.5	0.6	89.0%	0.4	1.6	1.5	3.4	+539	60.7%

Career Averages

PTS

REB

AST

BLK

STL

4.0

1.5

1.0

0.1

0.3

Year	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	3PM	3PA	3P%	2PM	2PA	2P%	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	PF	A/TO	+/-	TS%
2025-26	8	0	18.5	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.6	37.9%	0.6	1.0	62.5%	2.0	4.6	43.2%	1.3	1.5	83.3%	0.8	0.9	1.5	1.8	+29	62.7%
2024-25	8	3	19.9	5.8	2.5	1.8	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.8	4.9	35.9%	0.1	0.1	100.0%	1.9	5.0	37.5%	0.3	0.4	66.7%	0.9	1.6	2.3	7.0	+55	55.7%
2023-24	10	0	12.5	3.3	1.2	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.7	37.0%	0.0	0.2	0.0%	1.0	2.9	34.5%	0.3	0.3	100.0%	0.2	1.0	0.9	9.0	-11	54.4%
2020-21	8	0	3.8	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.6	20.0%	0.1	0.3	50.0%	0.3	0.9	28.6%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.1	0.5	0.3	1.0	-8	35.7%
Career	34	3	13.6	4.0	1.5	1.0	0.1	0.3	0.2	1.1	2.9	36.0%	0.2	0.4	53.8%	1.3	3.3	38.1%	0.4	0.5	83.3%	0.5	1.0	1.2	4.1	+65	56.6%

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%
10/14	DET	W 118-100	20	10	1	1	0	1	1	5	2	40.0%	2	2	100.0%	7	4	57.1%	0	0	0.0%	1	0	1.0	+3	4	7	71.4%
Preseason Totals			20.1	10.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	2.0	40.0%	2.0	2.0	100.0%	7.0	4.0	57.1%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	1.0	0.0	1.0	+3	4.0	11.0	71.4%

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%
4/8	ATL	W 122-116	27	6	0	3	0	1	0	3	2	66.7%	0	0	0.0%	3	2	66.7%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0	+0	5	4	100.0%
4/6	MEM	W 142-126	27	21	2	2	0	3	0	11	4	36.4%	5	3	60.0%	16	7	43.8%	4	3	75.0%	0	2	0.0	-5	0	21	59.1%
4/2	GSW	W 118-111	28	3	2	5	0	1	2	6	1	16.7%	0	0	0.0%	6	1	16.7%	0	0	0.0%	1	1	2.5	+12	1	4	25.0%
3/30	UTA	W 122-113	28	9	4	3	0	1	0	8	0	0.0%	6	4	66.7%	14	4	28.6%	1	1	100.0%	0	4	0.0	+13	2	6	31.2%
3/27	MIA	W 149-128	26	10	3	4	0	0	0	7	2	28.6%	2	1	50.0%	9	3	33.3%	2	2	100.0%	0	3	0.0	+25	2	10	50.6%
3/25	MIA	L 120-103	28	18	2	4	0	0	3	10	4	40.0%	3	2	66.7%	13	6	46.2%	2	2	100.0%	0	2	1.3	-22	1	15	64.8%
3/24	ORL	W 136-131	32	19	4	1	0	2	0	6	2	33.3%	5	4	80.0%	11	6	54.5%	6	5	83.3%	0	4	0.0	+4	2	22	69.6%
3/21	NOP	W 111-106	32	15	10	2	0	0	1	7	3	42.9%	2	2	100.0%	9	5	55.6%	2	2	100.0%	1	9	2.0	+5	2	22	75.9%
3/19	CHI	W 115-110	31	13	1	3	2	1	0	8	3	37.5%	4	2	50.0%	12	5	41.7%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	0.0	+1	3	11	54.2%
3/17	MIL	W 123-116	28	17	6	2	0	0	0	8	3	37.5%	4	3	75.0%	12	6	50.0%	2	2	100.0%	0	6	0.0	+22	2	18	66.0%
3/11	ORL	L 128-122	30	13	4	2	0	1	0	5	2	40.0%	3	3	100.0%	8	5	62.5%	2	1	50.0%	1	3	0.0	-1	4	13	73.2%
3/9	PHI	W 115-101	20	2	3	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.0%	1	1	100.0%	6	1	16.7%	0	0	0.0%	0	3	0.0	+5	1	3	16.7%
3/8	BOS	L 109-98	29	5	5	4	0	1	0	7	1	14.3%	2	1	50.0%	9	2	22.2%	0	0	0.0%	1	4	0.0	-1	5	4	27.8%
3/3	DET	W 113-109	26	9	0	2	0	1	0	7	3	42.9%	3	0	0.0%	10	3	30.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0	-6	1	3	45.0%
3/1	BKN	W 106-102	27	15	1	2	0	0	1	6	4	66.7%	2	1	50.0%	8	5	62.5%	1	1	100.0%	0	1	2.0	+20	3	14	88.9%
2/27	DET	L 122-119	36	20	1	3	0	2	2	10	4	40.0%	4	2	50.0%	14	6	42.9%	4	4	100.0%	0	1	1.5	-13	3	19	63.5%
2/25	MIL	L 118-116	33	14	5	2	0	0	3	8	2	25.0%	5	4	80.0%	13	6	46.2%	2	0	0.0%	1	4	0.7	-2	3	9	50.4%
2/24	NYK	W 109-94	20	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	4	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	1.0	+13	1	4	0.0%
2/22	OKC	L 121-113	28	20	3	0	0	0	0	10	6	60.0%	2	1	50.0%	12	7	58.3%	0	0	0.0%	1	2	0.0	+6	2	17	83.3%
2/20	CHA	W 118-113	24	10	2	2	0	0	0	4	2	50.0%	2	2	100.0%	6	4	66.7%	0	0	0.0%	0	2	0.0	-14	3	11	83.3%
2/19	BKN	W 112-84	22	3	3	3	0	0	0	4	1	25.0%	0	0	0.0%	4	1	25.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	2	0.0	+13	0	6	37.5%
2/11	WAS	W 138-113	24	32	5	1	1	1	1	10	9	90.0%	2	2	100.0%	12	11	91.7%	1	1	100.0%	1	4	1.0	+22	1	38	128.6%
2/9	DEN	W 119-117	25	9	2	1	0	1	1	6	3	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	6	3	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	1	1.0	+13	4	6	75.0%
2/7	SAC	W 132-126	23	2	1	2	0	0	1	5	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	6	0	0.0%	2	2	100.0%	0	1	2.0	-8	2	4	14.5%
2/4	LAC	W 124-91	21	11	1	0	0	0	1	5	3	60.0%	1	1	100.0%	6	4	66.7%	0	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0	+21	1	8	91.7%
2/1	POR	W 130-111	29	22	2	4	0	0	1	8	6	75.0%	1	1	100.0%	9	7	77.8%	2	2	100.0%	0	2	4.0	+25	2	24	111.3%
1/30	PHX	L 126-113	18	10	2	2	0	0	1	7	2	28.6%	5	2	40.0%	12	4	33.3%	0	0	0.0%	1	1	2.0	-19	3	3	41.7%
1/28	LAL	W 129-99	23	4	1	4	1	0	1	3	1	33.3%	1	0	0.0%	4	1	25.0%	2	1	50.0%	1	0	4.0	+31	0	6	41.0%
1/14	PHI	W 133-107	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	33.3%	2	0	0.0%	5	1	20.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	3	0.0	+5	1	1	30.0%
1/12	UTA	L 123-112	27	14	2	3	0	0	1	8	3	37.5%	3	2	66.7%	11	5	45.5%	1	1	100.0%	0	2	3.0	-10	5	11	61.2%
1/10	MIN	W 146-134	25	20	2	1	0	3	2	6	5	83.3%	1	0	0.0%	7	5	71.4%	5	5	100.0%	0	2	0.5	+20	2	22	108.7%
1/8	MIN	L 131-122	30	22	2	3	0	1	0	11	5	45.5%	2	2	100.0%	13	7	53.8%	3	3	100.0%	2	0	0.0	+6	3	20	76.8%
1/6	IND	W 120-116	31	19	4	2	0	0	1	10	6	60.0%	2	0	0.0%	12	6	50.0%	2	1	50.0%	1	3	2.0	+5	2	16	73.8%
1/4	DET	L 114-110	27	15	3	2	0	1	2	7	5	71.4%	1	0	0.0%	8	5	62.5%	0	0	0.0%	1	2	1.0	+0	6	10	93.8%
12/31	PHX	W 129-113	22	16	1	1	0	0	2	9	4	44.4%	5	2	40.0%	14	6	42.9%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	0.5	+14	4	5	57.1%
12/29	SAS	W 113-101	25	5	0	1	0	1	1	6	1	16.7%	0	0	0.0%	6	1	16.7%	2	2	100.0%	0	0	1.0	-4	2	3	36.3%
12/27	HOU	L 117-100	25	13	3	3	0	1	1	6	3	50.0%	2	2	100.0%	8	5	62.5%	1	0	0.0%	0	3	3.0	-24	4	12	77.0%
12/25	NYK	L 126-124	29	11	5	1	0	2	1	8	2	25.0%	3	2	66.7%	11	4	36.4%	2	1	50.0%	1	4	1.0	+3	2	10	46.3%
12/23	NOP	W 141-118	25	22	6	7	0	1	1	10	6	60.0%	2	1	50.0%	12	7	58.3%	2	2	100.0%	2	4	7.0	+18	2	29	85.4%
12/22	CHA	W 139-132	25	4	1	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.0%	3	2	66.7%	7	2	28.6%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	0.0	+6	0	8	28.6%
11/17	MIL	W 118-106	27	20	5	0	1	0	1	9	6	66.7%	1	1	100.0%	10	7	70.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	4	0.0	+4	1	22	100.0%
11/15	MEM	W 108-100	27	13	4	1	0	1	2	6	2	33.3%	3	3	100.0%	9	5	55.6%	2	1	50.0%	1	3	0.5	-4	4	12	65.8%
11/13	TOR	L 126-113	27	12	2	3	0	0	0	9	3	33.3%	2	1	50.0%	11	4	36.4%	1	1	100.0%	1	1	0.0	-2	1	11	52.4%
11/12	MIA	W 130-116	20	5	0	3	1	1	0	8	1	12.5%	2	0	0.0%	10	1	10.0%	2	2	100.0%	0	0	0.0	-8	3	0	23.0%
11/10	MIA	L 140-138	32	12	2	2	0	0	0	16	4	25.0%	0	0	0.0%	16	4	25.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	1	0.0	-7	3	2	37.5%
11/8	CHI	W 128-122	27	8	2	8	0	0	1	6	2	33.3%	2	1	50.0%	8	3	37.5%	0	0	0.0%	2	0	8.0	+6	3	10	50.0%
11/7	WAS	W 148-115	18	14	2	2	0	1	0	5	4	80.0%	1	1	100.0%	6	5	83.3%	0	0	0.0%	0	2	0.0	+10	2	16	116.7%
11/5	PHI	W 132-121	26	14	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	80.0%	1	0	0.0%	6	4	66.7%	2	2	100.0%	0	0	0.0	+1	4	8	101.7%
10/27	DET	W 116-95	17	11	1	1	0	2	0	6	3	50.0%	1	1	100.0%	7	4	57.1%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	0.0	+13	1	12	78.6%
10/26	MIL	W 118-113	30	17	3	1	0	0	0	9	4	44.4%	2	1	50.0%	11	5	45.5%	3	3	100.0%	1	2	0.0	+17	3	15	69.0%
10/24	BKN	W 131-124	26	22	1	5	1	1	4	10	6	60.0%	1	0	0.0%	11	6	54.5%	4	4	100.0%	1	0	1.3	+14	4	22	86.2%
10/22	NYK	L 119-111	28	19	3	1	0	0	1	10	5	50.0%	1	1	100.0%	11	6	54.5%	2	2	100.0%	1	2	1.0	-1	6	16	80.0%
Regular Season Totals			26.5	12.8	2.6	2.4	0.1	0.6	0.8	7.2	3.0	42.1%	2.1	1.3	59.6%	9.3	4.3	46.1%	1.3	1.1	85.5%	0.5	2.0	3.0	+242	2.4	14.2	64.4%

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%
5/5	DET	L 111-101	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	1.0	-10	0	0	0.0%
5/3	TOR	W 114-102	23	13	3	2	0	0	0	7	3	42.9%	1	1	100.0%	8	4	50.0%	2	2	100.0%	1	2	0.0	+16	4	10	73.2%
5/1	TOR	L 112-110	17	2	1	1	0	1	1	3	0	0.0%	2	1	50.0%	5	1	20.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	0	1.0	-6	3	4	20.0%
4/29	TOR	W 125-120	23	9	1	2	0	1	2	2	2	100.0%	1	0	0.0%	3	2	66.7%	4	3	75.0%	0	1	1.0	+19	0	13	94.5%
4/26	TOR	L 93-89	18	14	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	42.9%	2	2	100.0%	9	5	55.6%	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0	+4	2	9	74.2%
4/23	TOR	L 126-104	17	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	2	1	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	3	0	0.0	-5	0	6	75.0%
4/20	TOR	W 115-105	20	5	1	1	0	1	1	5	1	20.0%	1	1	100.0%	6	2	33.3%	1	0	0.0%	0	1	1.0	+1	2	2	38.8%
4/18	TOR	W 126-113	20	7	4	2	0	0	0	3	1	33.3%	1	0	0.0%	4	1	25.0%	4	4	100.0%	1	3	0.0	+10	1	11	60.8%
Postseason Totals			18.5	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.6	3.6	1.4	37.9%	1.0	0.6	62.5%	4.6	2.0	43.2%	1.5	1.3	83.3%	0.8	0.9	1.8	+29	1.5	7.6	62.7%

Sam Merrill: Breaking News

Merrill (hamstring) won't play in Thursday's Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Pistons, Danny Cunningham of Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan Cleveland reports. Merrill picked up a left hamstring injury during Game 1, and he'll be forced to miss at least one additional matchup while on the mend. Look for Max Strus and Dennis Schroder to be in the mix for an uptick in minutes due to Merrill being sidelined Thursday.

Merrill is questionable for Wednesday's Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals with a left hamstring strain. The Cavaliers are giving the sharpshooter a chance to play Thursday after he suffered the injury in Game 1. Jaylon Tyson and Dennis Schroder could see extra minutes off the bench in Game 2 if Merrill is unable to suit up.

Merrill (hamstring) didn't practice Wednesday, per Danny Cunningham of Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan Cleveland. Merrill left Tuesday's loss to the Pistons in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals with a left hamstring injury, and the Cavaliers are awaiting his MRI results to determine the severity. If the sharpshooter is unable to play in Game 2, Jaylon Tyson and Dennis Schroder could see more playing time off the bench.