NBA first basket, Monday, October 26
Hawks at Rockets
First basket stats and the jump ball, tip-off 8:30pm ET.
Our pick
No market
The books never priced both sides before tip.
Jump ball
Okongwu v Sengun
ATL 54% to win it
To score first
ATL 51%
The tip winner scores first 64% of the time
First basket
Amen Thompson
HOU won the tip and scored first, a dunk
Before the tip
Every game through Oct 25. This season as counts, since 2022-23 beside it.
Jump ball, and our chance to win it
| This season, since 22-23 under it | ATL | HOU |
|---|---|---|
| Won the tip | 1 of 347% | 2 of 340% |
| Scored first | 2 of 351% | 1 of 352% |
| After winning the tip | 0 of 169% | 0 of 263% |
| After losing the tip | 2 of 235% | 1 of 143% |
| Shots to their first basket | 1.72.1 | 3.72.1 |
| First point, free throws too | 2 of 351% | 1 of 351% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATLtheir regular five | ||||||
| Onyeka OkongwuJumper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 of 132, 11% | 27 of 132, 20% |
| Jalen Johnson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 of 169, 12% | 31 of 169, 18% |
| CJ McCollum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 of 260, 9% | 50 of 260, 19% |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 of 107, 7% | 17 of 107, 16% |
| Dyson Daniels | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 of 182, 9% | 33 of 182, 18% |
| HOUtheir regular five | ||||||
| Kevin Durant | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 of 265, 13% | 67 of 265, 25% |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 of 274, 9% | 45 of 274, 16% |
| Alperen SengunJumper | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 53 of 286, 19% | 98 of 286, 34% |
| Amen Thompson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 of 147, 7% | 26 of 147, 18% |
| Fred VanVleet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 of 204, 6% | 23 of 204, 11% |