Marcus Morris Sr. Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2023-24

Inside his season

Through April 14

Morris Sr. is averaging 6.4 points a game, down from 11.2 last season, and his true shooting is 55.8%, up from 53.4%.

Tomorrow against the Bulls

Last time, Jan. 2, 2024: 2 points on 0 for 3 shooting, no assists and 2 rebounds in a 110-97 win.
In 19 games against the Bulls, he has averaged 13.6 points, 1.3 assists and 4.8 rebounds.
Of the Bulls, Torrey Craig has guarded him the most in their careers: 186 possessions over 28 games. Morris Sr. has 45 points on 19 for 37 shooting against him.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	10.3%	8.4%	63.0%	63.0%
Rest of the paint	16.7%	20.3%	40.9%	46.9%
Midrange	28.1%	23.7%	44.6%	44.1%
Corner threes	14.1%	11.2%	40.5%	30.6%
Threes above the break	30.8%	36.3%	40.7%	38.6%

He takes 16.7 free throws per 100 shots, from 13.5 last season.

What changed from last season

The drop is coming from fewer shots. More of his shots are coming from midrange, 28.1%, up from 23.7%. He's making 40.9% in the paint away from the rim, down from 46.9%. More of his baskets come off a pass: 75.0% are assisted, up from 63.5%.

He's taking 5.4 shots a game, down from 9.9, and playing 16.7 minutes a game, down from 28.1.

With him on the floor

The Cavaliers have been outscored by 14.4 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 102.7 to 117.1, with garbage time left out. They're plus 2.7 overall.

Lineup numbers leave garbage time out and count points per 100 the NBA’s way; ages are exact, game by game, from 2015-16 on.

Inside his season

His last game

May 15, 2024, a 113-98 loss at Boston, playoffs

Marcus Morris Sr.

0 AST0-1 FT33:30 min

Points1st 72nd 73rd 54th 6

His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Season high in points (25; his best before, 17). Tied his season high in 3-pointers (5). Before this game he averaged 6.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 49 regular-season games.

Shot making: 25 points from the field on 13 shots12.6 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a pull-up 3-pointer4th quarter, 10:59 leftchance to win 23% to 34%
Guarded by: Tatum: 24 poss, 4 ptsBrown: 12 poss, 6 ptsHorford: 9 poss, 3 pts
He guarded: Tatum: 21 poss, 0 ptsBrown: 19 poss, 2 ptsHoliday: 8 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 2.31 miles3.85 mph on average40 touches
Hustle: 3 deflections
Rating: Performance Score +8.493.0% true shooting22.2% usage

His last game

His season

Career

9 seasons since 2015-16, the seasons the site has

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
2015-16DET	DET	80	35.7	14.1	5.0	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	.434	1.4	.362	.749	.531	+1.9
2016-17DET	DET	79	32.5	14.0	4.6	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.1	.418	1.5	.331	.784	.508	−1.3
2017-18BOS	BOS	54	26.7	13.6	5.4	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.2	.429	1.6	.368	.805	.541	+0.5
2018-19BOS	BOS	75	27.9	13.9	6.1	1.5	0.6	0.3	1.2	.447	1.9	.375	.844	.568	+0.9
2019-202 teams	2 teams	62	31.2	16.7	5.0	1.4	0.8	0.5	1.6	.438	2.3	.408	.823	.570	+0.7
NYK	NYK	43	32.3	19.6	5.4	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.7	.442	2.7	.439	.823	.582	−2.9
LAC	LAC	19	28.9	10.1	4.1	1.4	0.7	0.7	1.3	.425	1.4	.310	.818	.523	+8.8
2020-21LAC	LAC	57	26.3	13.4	4.1	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.0	.473	2.5	.473	.820	.614	+2.3
2021-22LAC	LAC	54	29.0	15.4	4.4	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.3	.434	1.9	.367	.872	.549	−2.6
2022-23LAC	LAC	65	28.1	11.2	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.9	.426	1.7	.364	.782	.534	−0.2
2023-242 teams	2 teams	49	16.7	6.4	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	.439	1.0	.403	.818	.558	−1.2
PHI	PHI	37	17.2	6.7	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.5	.439	1.0	.400	.861	.559	−0.2
CLE	CLE	12	15.0	5.8	2.1	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.9	.441	1.0	.414	.625	.552	−4.3
Career9 seasons	9 seasons	575	28.9	13.4	4.7	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.2	.436	1.7	.381	.806	.549	+0.2

Blue: his best season in each column (20 games or more, four in the playoffs; 3P% with two tries a game, FT% with one).

Career bests

Performance Score, 653 games since 2015-16

Best game+17.531 points and 12 rebounds on 12 for 17 shooting against Dallas, April 1, 2016The story Best four games+25.024.0 points a game, March 20 to 31, 2018Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Morris Sr.	NBA avg
Paint	22.2%	44.0%
Mid-range	20.9%	7.3%
Threes	45.6%	33.7%
Free throws	11.4%	14.9%
Fast break	5.1%	12.6%
Off turnovers	13.0%	14.4%
Unassisted makes	33.6%	36.8%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup since 2016-17

Toughest defenders on him

Luka Dončić

Morris Sr. scored 73 points on 30 for 72 shooting in 548 possessions against him, over 26 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Feb. 5, 2024	0	0-2	12.4
Jan. 22, 2023	2	1-2	17.6
Jan. 10, 2023	0	0-1	8.5
Nov. 15, 2022	6	3-3	22.6
Feb. 12, 2022	7	3-5	13.6
Feb. 10, 2022	12	5-10	26.2
Nov. 23, 2021	0	0-0	5.4
June 6, 2021	3	1-3	18.3
June 4, 2021	0	0-1	16.7
June 2, 2021	3	1-2	29.4
May 30, 2021	3	1-3	28.8
May 28, 2021	3	1-2	25.1
May 25, 2021	2	1-2	27.1
May 22, 2021	0	0-1	25.1
March 17, 2021	2	1-2	26.4
March 15, 2021	0	0-0	8.1
Aug. 30, 2020	2	1-2	6.6
Aug. 25, 2020	3	1-3	36.0
Aug. 23, 2020	0	0-4	41.5
Aug. 21, 2020	6	2-3	22.8
Aug. 19, 2020	4	2-5	25.3
Aug. 17, 2020	7	3-7	31.8
Aug. 6, 2020	3	1-1	26.1
Nov. 14, 2019	0	0-0	3.7
Nov. 8, 2019	3	1-3	8.5
Nov. 24, 2018	2	1-5	34.1

LeBron James

Morris Sr. scored 62 points on 22 for 48 shooting in 394 possessions against him, over 22 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
April 6, 2024	0	0-0	7.4
Nov. 27, 2023	3	1-1	3.5
Jan. 24, 2023	2	1-1	10.5
Nov. 9, 2022	3	1-1	23.7
Oct. 20, 2022	0	0-0	15.2
March 3, 2022	5	1-1	16.2
Feb. 25, 2022	2	1-2	19.1
Dec. 3, 2021	3	1-2	21.3
July 30, 2020	0	0-0	7.5
March 8, 2020	0	0-0	5.6
Jan. 22, 2020	8	3-5	32.7
March 9, 2019	0	0-3	8.4
Feb. 7, 2019

Aaron Gordon

Morris Sr. scored 41 points on 16 for 42 shooting in 281 possessions against him, over 19 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 31, 2024	0	0-1	4.5
Jan. 27, 2024	4	1-4	20.7
Jan. 16, 2024	0	0-1	2.0
Feb. 26, 2023	2	1-1	3.2
Jan. 13, 2023	2	1-2	6.9
Jan. 5, 2023	0	0-0	2.7
Nov. 25, 2022	9	4-4	21.7
March 22, 2022	4	2-3	4.4
Jan. 11, 2022	1	0-1	11.0
May 1, 2021	0	0-2	6.8
April 1, 2021	0	0-1	5.1
Jan. 29, 2021	2	1-1	3.4
Oct. 30, 2019

Scorers he held down most

Paul Millsap

Scored 25 points on 9 for 30 shooting in 309 possessions with Morris Sr. guarding him, over 14 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Dec. 27, 2021	0	0-1	8.0
May 1, 2021	0	0-3	0.9
Sept. 15, 2020	0	0-0	23.4
Sept. 13, 2020	0	0-2	22.7
Sept. 11, 2020	4	1-5	31.3
Sept. 9, 2020	2	0-1	18.7
Sept. 7, 2020	6	3-3	37.8
Sept. 5, 2020	3	1-2	38.2
Sept. 3, 2020	4	2-5	35.7
Aug. 12, 2020	2	1-4	29.0
Feb. 28, 2020	0	0-1	26.0
Dec. 5, 2019	0	0-1	3.7

The NBA’s matchup counts: possessions one man guarded another, and the points and shots that came of them. Usual is a scorer’s rate on everyone else who guarded him in the same years. Ranked with 250 possessions or more, about four full games of one man on the other, and a long record counts for more than a short one.

Advanced

2023-24, 49 games

Usage rate	16.2%
Assist rate	6.6%
Assists per turnover	1.20
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	8.6
Offensive rating	110.7
Defensive rating	114.6
Net rating	−3.9
Offensive rebound rate	2.6%
Defensive rebound rate	13.9%
Effective FG%	53.0%
Fouls drawn a game	0.8

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 58+ games, and he has played 49.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Morris Sr.	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	10.2%	29.6%	63.0%	66.3%
Paint (non-rim)	16.7%	19.7%	40.9%	44.1%
Mid-range	28.0%	11.2%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Apr 14	vs CHA	L110–120	18:48	7	3	0	0	0	3–9	1–4	0–0	1	2	+3
Apr 7	@ LAC	L118–120	12:32	2	1	0	0	0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	3	0
Apr 6	@ LAL	L97–116	4:30	3	1	1	0	0	1–2	0–0	1–2	1	0	−13
Apr 3	@ PHX	L101–122	4:26	0	0	0	0	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	−9
Apr 2	@ UTA	W129–113

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	0.6
Contested shots	1.8
Twos contested	1.1
Threes contested	0.7
Charges drawn	0.00
Loose balls recovered	0.2
Box outs	0.6
Screen assists	0.5
Points from screen assists	1.2

Per game	Morris Sr.	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.20	1.93
Average speed (mph)	4.11	4.24
Touches	20.8	43.3
Passes	14.0	30.1
Potential assists	1.3	5.0
Secondary assists	0.2	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	1.3	2.7
Defensive rebound chances	4.0	6.0

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	22	5.7	2.5	0.8	45.4%	54.2%	75.0%	60.6%	+2.7
Away	27	7.0	3.0	0.7	43.1%	31.0%	85.7%	53.0%	−4.5
Result

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Apr 14	vs CHA	L110–120	18:48	7	3	0	3–9	1–4	0–0	1	+3
Apr 7	@ LAC	L118–120	12:32	2	1	0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0
Apr 6	@ LAL	L97–116	4:30	3	1	1	1–2	0–0	1–2	1	−13
Apr 3	@ PHX	L101–122	4:26	0	0	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	−9
Apr 2	@ UTA	W129–113	19:28	8	0	2	3–6	2–4	0–0	1	+3
Mar 31	@ DEN	L101–130	12:19	7	0	0	3–7	1–3	0–0	2	−15
Mar 29	vs PHI	W117–114	16:34	3	5	1	1–2	1–2	0–0	1	+4
Mar 25	vs CHA	W115–92	7:30	3	0	0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0	0
Mar 24	@ MIA	L84–121	21:25	7	2	2	3–10	0–3	1–2	0	−20
Mar 22	@ MIN	L91–104	26:29	11	7	1	4–10	1–5	2–2	4	−12

Marcus Morris Sr.

Inside his season

Tomorrow against the Bulls

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

Advanced

Shot profile

Game log

Shot chart

Hustle

Movement and touches

Rim defense

Pick your games

Splits

Last 10 games

By distance

By shot type

Clutch

Trends

Career bests

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

His last game

Inside his season

Tomorrow against the Bulls

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	21–36	13.6%	41.4%	58.3%	59.8%
8–16 ft	28–62	23.5%	13.4%	45.2%	44.3%
16–24 ft	19–47	17.8%	5.7%	40.4%	40.7%
24+ ft	48–118	44.7%	39.3%	40.7%	36.8%
Backcourt	0–1	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	2.4%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	2–2	0.8%	6.0%	100.0%	89.1%
Layups	14–24	9.1%	27.4%	58.3%	56.8%
Floaters	0–1	0.4%	8.4%	0.0%	44.9%
Hooks	0–0	0.0%	3.0%	—	47.3%
Pull-up jumpers	26–60	22.7%	13.2%	43.3%	39.5%
Step-backs	3–9	3.4%	5.1%	33.3%	38.2%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	19–44	16.7%	5.2%	43.2%	41.7%
Other jump shots	52–124	47.0%	31.8%	41.9%	37.9%

Month
Nov	11	4.3	1.6	0.5	46.2%	45.0%	100.0%	58.9%	−2.8
Dec	13	7.8	3.5	1.1	48.7%	43.8%	84.6%	60.3%	+4.7
Jan	11	7.7	3.5	0.5	38.4%	33.3%	85.7%	51.7%	−2.5
Feb	2	7.0	4.0	0.5	40.0%	40.0%	—	46.7%	−6.0
Mar	7	7.0	2.9	1.0	43.9%	42.9%	66.7%	56.1%	−5.1
Apr	5	4.0	1.0	0.6	44.4%	37.5%	50.0%	53.0%	−3.2

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 31, 2024	0	0-0	3.7
Jan. 27, 2024	5	2-3	11.5
Jan. 16, 2024	0	0-0	5.1
Feb. 26, 2023	0	0-0	8.9
Jan. 13, 2023	3	1-2	12.5
Jan. 5, 2023	2	0-0	8.6
Nov. 25, 2022	6	2-2	17.7
March 22, 2022	2	1-3	7.4
Jan. 11, 2022	2	1-3	21.3
May 1, 2021	2	1-2	18.0
April 1, 2021	0	0-1	20.0
Jan. 29, 2021	0	0-1	6.2
Oct. 30, 2019	0	0-4	23.2
April 7, 2019	8	3-4	62.9
Jan. 12, 2019	2	0-1	24.9
Oct. 22, 2018	1	0-0	10.3
Jan. 21, 2018	2	1-4	24.6
Nov. 24, 2017	0	0-2	21.0
Nov. 5, 2017	0	0-2	21.4

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Feb. 3, 2024	0	0-0	1.0
Nov. 12, 2022	0	0-0	0.2
April 16, 2021	2	1-1	24.4
March 27, 2021	2	1-1	15.1
Feb. 11, 2020	4	2-4	14.9
Jan. 18, 2020	2	1-2	33.9
Nov. 29, 2019	8	3-7	24.5
Nov. 20, 2019	2	1-1	28.6
March 20, 2019	9	4-4	33.8
Feb. 12, 2019	2	1-3	22.8
Dec. 25, 2018	0	0-0	30.5
Oct. 16, 2018	7	2-2	20.4
May 9, 2018	0	0-1	8.6
May 7, 2018	0	0-2	14.7
May 5, 2018	2	1-3	28.6
May 3, 2018	0	0-2	16.6
April 30, 2018	3	1-2	22.1
Jan. 18, 2018	0	0-2	13.2
Nov. 30, 2017	4	2-5	20.5