NBA first basket, Friday, October 23
Trail Blazers at Kings
First basket stats and the jump ball, tip-off 10pm ET.
Our pick
No market
The books never priced both sides before tip.
Jump ball
Clingan v Sabonis
POR 62% to win it
To score first
POR 53%
The tip winner scores first 64% of the time
First basket
Keegan Murray
POR won the tip, SAC scored first, a layup
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 | POR | SAC |
|---|---|---|
| Won the tip | 1 of 154% | 1 of 138% |
| Scored first | 1 of 145% | 0 of 145% |
| After winning the tip | 1 of 157% | 0 of 166% |
| After losing the tip | 0 of 032% | 0 of 033% |
| Shots to their first basket | 1.02.3 | 1.02.1 |
| First point, free throws too | 1 of 145% | 0 of 146% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORtheir regular five | ||||||
| Toumani Camara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 of 209, 7% | 35 of 209, 17% |
| Deni Avdija | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 of 236, 10% | 47 of 236, 20% |
| Donovan ClinganJumper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 of 115, 10% | 24 of 115, 21% |
| Damian Lillard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 of 190, 13% | 45 of 190, 24% |
| Ja Morant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 of 139, 16% | 39 of 139, 28% |
| SACtheir regular five | ||||||
| Domantas SabonisJumper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 of 247, 12% | 73 of 247, 30% |
| De'Andre Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 of 139, 15% | 34 of 139, 24% |
| Keegan Murray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 of 254, 6% | 41 of 254, 16% |
| Zach LaVine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 of 212, 10% | 39 of 212, 18% |
| Darius Acuff Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 1, 0% | 0 of 1, 0% |