NBA first basket, Friday, October 23
Rockets at Spurs
First basket stats and the jump ball, tip-off 9:30pm ET.
Our pick
No market
The books never priced both sides before tip.
Jump ball
Sengun v Wembanyama
SAS 80% to win it
To score first
SAS 59%
The tip winner scores first 64% of the time
First basket
Alperen Sengun
SAS won the tip, HOU scored first, a three
Before the tip
Every game through Oct 22. This season as counts, since 2022-23 beside it.
Jump ball, and our chance to win it
| This season, since 22-23 under it | HOU | SAS |
|---|---|---|
| Won the tip | 1 of 140% | 1 of 162% |
| Scored first | 0 of 152% | 1 of 150% |
| After winning the tip | 0 of 164% | 1 of 163% |
| After losing the tip | 0 of 043% | 0 of 030% |
| Shots to their first basket | 5.02.1 | 1.02.2 |
| First point, free throws too | 0 of 151% | 1 of 152% |
Who scores first, player by player
| This season, out of his starts | Starts | First shot | Scored first | Team’s first | Scored first since 22-23 | Team’s first since 22-23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOUtheir regular five | ||||||
| Kevin Durant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 of 263, 13% | 67 of 263, 25% |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 of 272, 9% | 44 of 272, 16% |
| Alperen SengunJumper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 of 284, 18% | 97 of 284, 34% |
| Fred VanVleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 of 203, 6% | 23 of 203, 11% |
| Amen Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 of 145, 8% | 26 of 145, 18% |
| SAStheir regular five | ||||||
| Victor WembanyamaJumper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 of 173, 19% | 58 of 173, 34% |
| De'Aaron Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 of 282, 12% | 65 of 282, 23% |
| Devin Vassell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 of 213, 14% | 55 of 213, 26% |
| Stephon Castle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 of 115, 7% | 19 of 115, 17% |
| Dylan Harper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 5, 0% | 1 of 5, 20% |