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No game in our box scores falls on September 16. The nearest date before it · September 15, 2020: the Denver Nuggets visited the Los Angeles Clippers, in the playoffs. Denver Nuggets 104, Los Angeles Clippers 89. WWikipedia↗

From the vault · March 30, 2019 · 2019 NCAA tournament, Elite Eight: The Virginia Cavaliers beat the Purdue Boilermakers 80–75 in overtime in the Elite Eight of the 2019 NCAA tournament.

Sam Merrill

Guard · 6′4″ 205 lb · Born 1996-05-15 in Bountiful, UT · College: Utah State 2016-17 to 2019-20 · 2020 NBA draft, round 2, pick 30 (No. 60 overall) by New Orleans Pelicans

Seasons

10 (4 College · 6 NBA)

Teams

4 (1 College · 3 NBA)

Championships

NBA 2020-21

NCAA tournaments

1

NBA playoff seasons

4

NCAA College career game logs →

2 × 20 min, 30-second clock, arc 22 ft 1¾ in. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Season	Team	Cl	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2016-17	Utah State	Fr	30	18	26.2	282	9.4	3.1	3.3	1.0	0.2	1.0	.450	.451	.878	.584
2017-18	Utah State	So	34	34	35.1	555	16.3	3.3	3.1	1.0	0.2	1.8	.504	.464	.849	.658
2018-19	Utah State	Jr	35	35	35.3	731	20.9	3.9	4.2	1.1	0.3	1.9	.461	.376	.909	.616
2019-20	Utah State	Sr	32	32	35.1	629	19.7	4.1	3.9	0.9	0.1	1.6	.461	.410	.893	.625
Total	4 seasons		131	119	33.1	2,197	16.8	3.6	3.6	1.0	0.2	1.6	.470	.420	.891	.624

NCAA tournament

Season	Team	Cl	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2018-19	Utah State	Jr	1	1	38.3	10	10.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	.222	.286	1.000	.459

NBA NBA career game logs →

4 × 12 min, 24-second clock, arc 23 ft 9 in (22 ft corners). Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2020-21	Bucks	30	2	7.8	89	3.0	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	.444	.447	1.000	.602
2021-22	Grizzlies	6	0	9.6	25	4.2	1.2	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	.333	.304	.500	.483
2022-23	Cavaliers	5	0	11.7	25	5.0	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	.409	.278	1.000	.545
2023-24	Cavaliers	61	1	17.5	485	8.0	2.0	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.3	.402	.404	.929	.597
2024-25	Cavaliers	71	4	19.7	509	7.2	2.2	1.5	0.7	0.2	0.5	.406	.372	.966	.581
2025-26	Cavaliers	52	38	26.5	663	12.8	2.6	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.8	.461	.421	.855	.641
Total	6 seasons	225	45	18.6	1,796	8.0	2.0	1.6	0.5	0.1	0.5	.424	.397	.890	.605

On the roster (no figures on file): Cavaliers 2020-21, Cavaliers 2021-22, Cavaliers 2026-27

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2020-21	Bucks	8	0	3.7	5	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.1	.286	.200		.357
2023-24	Cavaliers	10	0	12.5	33	3.3	1.2	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	.345	.370	1.000	.542
2024-25	Cavaliers	8	3	19.9	46	5.8	2.5	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.2	.375	.359	.667	.555
2025-26	Cavaliers	17	0	19.9	132	7.8	1.2	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.5	.427	.372	.840	.612
Total	4 seasons	43	3	15.2	216	5.0	1.3	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.3	.395	.362	.839	.578

NBA advanced measures (as published by NBA Stats)

Season	Team	G	USG%	TS%	eFG%	ORtg	DRtg	Net	AST%	REB%	Pace	PIE
2020-21	Bucks	30	.146	.603	.590	101.2	109.7	-8.5	.135	.060	104.73	.084
2021-22	Grizzlies	6	.178	.485	.479	101.6	112.7	-11.1	.108	.050	99.6	.054
2022-23	Cavaliers	5	.177	.546	.523	99.2	102.5	-3.3	.143	.083	98.84	.120
2023-24	Cavaliers	61	.170	.598	.584	110.8	111.1	-0.3	.149	.055	97.47	.090
2024-25	Cavaliers	71	.140	.583	.567	117.4	107.1	10.3	.099	.052	101.26	.069
2025-26	Cavaliers	52	.167	.644	.624	120.3	112.6	7.7	.119	.047	101.54	.081

Ratings and usage need possession counts on the floor, so they are shown as NBA Stats publishes them rather than computed here.