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Nikola Topic
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Marcus Sasser vs Nikola Topic

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Sasser · Topic

Nikola Topic: Day-To-Day (Back · Torso).

Marcus Sasser
Sasser
Mavericks
2025-26
Topic
Thunder
44
38
Games
availability
10
12.0
Minutes
per game
16.0
5.2
Points
per game
5.2
1.0
Rebounds
per game
1.9
2.0
Assists
per game
4.4
0.6
Steals + blocks
per game
0.5
0.8
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.5
39.0%
Field goal %
43.1%
41.5%
Three-point %
2.8 vs 1.5 attempts
40.0%
83.3%
Free throw %
40.0%
53.3%
True shooting
TS%
48.9%
19.7%
Usage
USG%
20.4%
21.7%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
38.3%
4.4%
Rebound %
of available
5.8%
+13.4
Net rating
on court
-13.7
7.8%
PIE
player impact estimate
6.3%
+3.1
Plus-minus
per game
-4.2
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

Nikola Topic scored more in 2025-26, 0.0 points a game apart (5.2 vs 5.2), on Topic's heavier usage (20.4% vs 19.7%).

Sasser is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 53.3% to 48.9%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Topic (4.4 vs 2.0 assists), the glass to Topic (1.9 vs 1.0 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Sasser played 28 more games (38 vs 10 of 82).

With Sasser on the floor his team outscored opponents by +13.4 per 100 possessions, against -13.7 for Topic; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Sasser $5.2M through 2026-27, Topic $5.4M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Sasser
2025-26
Topic
28-10
Record when playing
6-4
5.5
Points at home
5.8
4.9
Points on the road
4.3
5.0
Points in wins
3.0
5.6
Points in losses
8.5
19
Season high
18
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
2
Sasser · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs ATL5 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at HOU0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 9 vs HOU0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, May 17 vs CLE9 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Fri, May 15 at CLE9 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Topic · last 5
Wed, Oct 7 vs MIL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, May 28 at SAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Tue, May 26 vs SAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, May 24 at SAS2 pts · 0 reb · 2 ast
Fri, May 22 at SAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sasser · contract
2026-27$5.2M
Topic · contract
2026-27$5.4M
2027-28$7.5M

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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).