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Walter Clayton Jr.
Last: vs Houston Rockets · Tipped off 8:00 PM ET · this page updates each morning
Points by game
The Edge
Role and usageJr.'s profile stands out most on true shooting (74th percentile) and potential assists per game (28th percentile). Latest snapshot 2026-10-30.
Early sample: percentiles among players with 2+ games.
Our pick
No active pick on Walter Clayton Jr..
No graded picks on him yet.
Points against the line
Hypothetical threshold · no verified market line: 1.5
2026-27 season · all games played, playoffs included · game log · through 2026-10-28
Hit rate by situation · 2026-27 · against the season median 1.5
home, away, back-to-back, in wins and in losses splits have fewer than 10 games this season and are not shown yet.
This season's games only · historical frequency, not a forecast.
Where he scores
39% of his shots come from threes above the break, where he makes 40%, 5.7 percentage points above the league rate there (5 attempts so far).
- Restricted area100%▲ 33.8 vs league15% of attempts · 2 FGA · small sample
- Three-pointers43%▲ 8.6 vs league54% of attempts · 7 FGA · small sample
- Mid-range67%▲ 26.6 vs league23% of attempts · 3 FGA · small sample
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Where he shoots from, against the league
- Restricted area15% / 29%2 of 2 · 100% FG against 66% for the league
- Paint (non-restricted)8% / 19%0 of 1 · 0% FG against 44% for the league
- Mid-range23% / 10%2 of 3 · 67% FG against 40% for the league
- Left corner 38% / 6%1 of 1 · 100% FG against 34% for the league
- Right corner 38% / 5%0 of 1 · 0% FG against 34% for the league
- Above-the-break 339% / 31%2 of 5 · 40% FG against 34% for the league
Distance buckets and the period split are not available: this player's shots for this season are not in our shot chart yet.
Matchup: vs Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets defense
Who guards him, then team ratings and what they allow to guards.
Who guards him
Last season (2025-26): no defender on this roster has guarded him for 5+ partial possessions this season yet. Amen Thompson has guarded him most: 20.9 partial possessions, 0 points on 0 of 1.
2025-26 matchups · roster as of Oct 30 · defender ratings as of Oct 30. Tough, average or soft is the defender's own FG% allowed against the league (top, middle or bottom third), shown only for defenders in the league ranking.
Team defense
Houston Rockets: the 9th-best defense at an average pace; stingy against guards on points.
Allowed-to-guards figures use 2025-26 (last season), 325 guard-games against HOU · team ratings over 5 games, snapshot 2026-10-30.
3 meetings on record: 7.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists per game (last on Mar 27). The vs HOU window above shows each game.
HOU injury report · Oct 30
- Reed Sheppard · Out
- Marcus Smart · Out
- Steven Adams · Out
- Alperen Sengun · Day-to-day
Lineup context
Team ratings with him on and off the floor.
On and off
The team is 1.3 points per 100 possessions worse with him on the floor (small sample: under 100 minutes on one side).
- Net rating
Offensive and defensive rating
- Offensive rating
- Defensive rating (lower is better)
Points per 100 possessions · 2 games · as of Oct 26.
Game log & career
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