Sam Merrill G #25
Height: 6-4 (193cm)
Weight: 205 lbs (93kg)
Born: May 15, 1996 (30 years old)
Hometown: Bountiful, Utah
Nationality: United States

Current Team: Cleveland Cavaliers
Current NBA Status: Under Contract (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Free Agent: UFA-2029
Agent: Kieran Piller
NBA Draft: 2020 Round 2, Pick 30, New Orleans Pelicans
Pre-Draft Team: Utah State (Sr)
High School: Bountiful High School (Bountiful, Utah)
NBA Champion
Sam Merrill Playoff History
| Season | Team | Opening Round | Conference Semi Finals | Conference Finals | NBA Finals | |||||||
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| 2025-2026 | #4 Cavaliers | 4-3 vs. #5 Raptors |
4-3 vs. #1 Pistons |
0-4 vs. #3 Knicks |
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| 2024-2025 | #1 Cavaliers | 4-0 vs. #8 Heat |
1-4 vs. #4 Pacers |
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| 2023-2024 | #4 Cavaliers | 4-3 vs. #5 Magic |
1-4 vs. #1 Celtics |
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| 2022-2023 | #4 Cavaliers | 1-4 vs. #5 Knicks |
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| 2021-2022 | Did not qualify for playoffs. | |||||||||||
| 2020-2021 | #3 Bucks | 4-0 vs. #6 Heat |
4-3 vs. #2 Nets |
4-2 vs. #5 Hawks |
4-2 vs. #2 Suns |
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Sam Merrill Playoffs Game Logs
| Date | Team | Opponent | W/L | Status | Pos | MIN | PTS | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FIC |
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| 5/25/2026 | Cavaliers | Knicks | L | Bench | SG | 17:35 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 5/23/2026 | Cavaliers | Knicks | L | Bench | SG | 23:31 | 6 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 5/21/2026 | Cavaliers | Knicks | L | Bench | SG | 23:12 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .125 | 0 | 7 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5.5 |
| 5/19/2026 | Cavaliers | Knicks | L | Bench | SG | 28:16 | 12 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6.1 |
| 5/17/2026 | Cavaliers | Pistons | W | Bench | SG | 25:17 | 23 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14.5 |
| 5/15/2026 | Cavaliers | Pistons | L | Bench | SG | 20:29 | 10 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 5/13/2026 | Cavaliers | Pistons | W | Bench | SG | 21:05 | 6 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 |
| 5/11/2026 | Cavaliers | Pistons | W | Bench | SG | 16:20 | 6 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 5/9/2026 | Cavaliers | Pistons | W | Bench | SG | 14:10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 5/5/2026 | Cavaliers | Pistons | L | Bench | SG | 6:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5/3/2026 | Cavaliers | Raptors | W | Bench | SG | 23:12 | 13 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.8 |
| 5/1/2026 | Cavaliers | Raptors | L | Bench | SG | 17:35 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1.3 |
| 4/29/2026 | Cavaliers | Raptors | W | Bench | SG | 23:13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 4/26/2026 | Cavaliers | Raptors | L | Bench | SG | 18:51 | 14 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.9 |
| 4/23/2026 | Cavaliers | Raptors | L | Bench | SG | 17:51 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 4/20/2026 | Cavaliers | Raptors | W | Bench | SG | 20:21 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.9 |
| 4/18/2026 | Cavaliers | Raptors | W | Bench | SG | 20:36 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.3 |
| 5/11/2025 | Cavaliers | Pacers | L | Bench | SG | 13:32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 |
| 5/9/2025 | Cavaliers | Pacers | W | Bench | SG | 20:07 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 5/6/2025 | Cavaliers | Pacers | L | Bench | SG | 26:08 | 14 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10.5 |
| 5/4/2025 | Cavaliers | Pacers | L | Starter | SG | 17:50 | 6 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.5 |
| 4/28/2025 | Cavaliers | Heat | W | Starter | SG | 18:59 | 9 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 4/26/2025 | Cavaliers | Heat | W | Starter | SG | 19:10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.0 |
| 4/23/2025 | Cavaliers | Heat | W | Bench | SG | 19:30 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.8 |
| 4/20/2025 | Cavaliers | Heat | W | Bench | SG | 24:01 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8.5 |
| 5/15/2024 | Cavaliers | Celtics | L | Bench | SG | 27:44 | 9 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.8 |
| 5/13/2024 | Cavaliers | Celtics | L | Bench | SG | 17:10 | 7 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.6 |
| 5/11/2024 | Cavaliers | Celtics | L | Bench | SG | 10:53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.8 |
| 5/9/2024 | Cavaliers | Celtics | W | Bench | SG | 3:12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5/7/2024 | Cavaliers | Celtics | L | Bench | SG | 17:24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3.3 |
| 5/5/2024 | Cavaliers | Magic | W | Bench | SG | 11:16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| 4/30/2024 | Cavaliers | Magic | W | Bench | SG | 5:41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2.0 |
| 4/27/2024 | Cavaliers | Magic | L | Bench | SG | 5:34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 |
| 4/25/2024 | Cavaliers | Magic | L | Bench | SG | 21:42 | 9 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8.0 |
| 4/20/2024 | Cavaliers | Magic | W | Bench | SG | 4:15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 7/11/2021 | Bucks | Suns | W | Bench | SG | 1:18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6/29/2021 | Bucks | Hawks | L | Bench | SG | 4:19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 |
| 6/25/2021 | Bucks | Hawks | W | Bench | SG | 4:18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 6/13/2021 | Bucks | Nets | W | Bench | SG | 1:46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6/7/2021 | Bucks | Nets | L | Bench | SG | 5:36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2.5 |
| 5/29/2021 | Bucks | Heat | W | Bench | SG | 1:08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 5/27/2021 | Bucks | Heat | W | Bench | SG | 4:13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| 5/24/2021 | Bucks | Heat | W | Bench | PG | 6:55 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 |
| Totals | 43 GP | 651.9 | 68 | 172 | .395 | 54 | 149 | .362 | 26 | 31 | .839 | 18 | 40 | 58 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 216 | 126.5 | 69 | 12 | ||||
| Averages | 15.2 | 1.6 | 4.0 | .395 | 1.3 | 3.5 | .362 | 0.6 | 0.7 | .839 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.3 |