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Nique Clifford
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Bones Hyland vs Nique Clifford

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Hyland · Clifford
Bones Hyland
Hyland
Timberwolves
2025-26
Clifford
Kings
10
71
Games
availability
75
16.6
Minutes
per game
25.1
8.5
Points
per game
8.6
1.8
Rebounds
per game
3.8
2.6
Assists
per game
2.4
0.8
Steals + blocks
per game
1.2
1.0
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.5
45.3%
Field goal %
41.8%
38.8%
Three-point %
4.2 vs 3.1 attempts
33.3%
78.0%
Free throw %
72.2%
59.9%
True shooting
TS%
50.5%
19.7%
Usage
USG%
16.7%
22.2%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
13.0%
5.1%
Rebound %
of available
7.4%
+5.2
Net rating
on court
-4.5
10.1%
PIE
player impact estimate
6.2%
+1.7
Plus-minus
per game
-2.9
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Nique Clifford scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (8.6 vs 8.5), on Hyland's heavier usage (19.7% vs 16.7%).

Hyland is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 59.9% to 50.5%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Hyland (2.6 vs 2.4 assists), the glass to Clifford (3.8 vs 1.8 rebounds).

With Hyland on the floor his team outscored opponents by +5.2 per 100 possessions, against -4.5 for Clifford; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Hyland $2.8M through 2026-27, Clifford $3.3M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Hyland
2025-26
Clifford
42-29
Record when playing
21-54
8.7
Points at home
8.9
8.3
Points on the road
8.3
8.7
Points in wins
9.0
8.2
Points in losses
8.5
23
Season high
30
0
30-point games
1
0
Double-doubles
0
Hyland · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at CHI0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs DET2 pts · 0 reb · 3 ast
Mon, Oct 12 at NYK6 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at MIA23 pts · 4 reb · 4 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at IND10 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Clifford · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at SAS5 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs POR2 pts · 2 reb · 5 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at GSW3 pts · 1 reb · 3 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at LAL4 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs LAL23 pts · 9 reb · 2 ast
Hyland · contract
2026-27$2.8M
Clifford · contract
2026-27$3.3M
2027-28$3.4M
2028-29$6.0M

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Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).