Clayton Jr. is shooting 52% from three over his last 5
A 21-point jump over his season number in five games raises the question of whether it sticks or fades.
Walter Clayton Jr. has made 11 of 21 three-point attempts over his last five games, a 52.4% clip. For the 2025-26 season, he is shooting 30.7% from three. The gap between those two numbers is wide enough to notice.
Eleven makes on 21 attempts is a small sample. A shooter can go through a stretch like this without any real change in how well he shoots the three, just by the ball going in more than usual. The season number, built on far more shots, is the more reliable guide to what Clayton Jr. is as a shooter right now.
For the hot stretch to hold, Clayton Jr. would need to keep finding the same look at the same rate and keep converting it near 52%. That is a hard bar to clear over a full season. The more likely path is regression toward his season mark, with the five-game number cooling as more shots get added to the sample.
The most recent game in this stretch for the Grizzlies came on April 8, 2026. Through that date, the 21-point spread between his five-game and season three-point percentages stands as one of the widest short-term swings on the roster this season.