NBA first basket, Monday, October 26
Pacers at Bucks
First basket stats and the jump ball, tip-off 8pm ET.
Our pick
No market
The books never priced both sides before tip.
Jump ball
Zubac v Turner
IND 60% to win it
To score first
IND 53%
The tip winner scores first 64% of the time
First basket
Aaron Nesmith
MIL won the tip, IND scored first, a layup
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 | IND | MIL |
|---|---|---|
| Won the tip | 3 of 340% | 1 of 354% |
| Scored first | 1 of 343% | 1 of 353% |
| After winning the tip | 1 of 357% | 1 of 165% |
| After losing the tip | 0 of 033% | 0 of 239% |
| Shots to their first basket | 2.02.1 | 1.72.1 |
| First point, free throws too | 1 of 342% | 1 of 354% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDtheir regular five | ||||||
| Pascal Siakam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 of 294, 14% | 80 of 294, 27% |
| Ivica ZubacJumper | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 of 274, 14% | 89 of 274, 32% |
| Andrew Nembhard | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 of 235, 10% | 56 of 235, 24% |
| Tyrese Haliburton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 of 200, 6% | 20 of 200, 10% |
| Aaron Nesmith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 of 187, 5% | 32 of 187, 17% |
| MILtheir regular five | ||||||
| Kyle Kuzma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 of 242, 12% | 46 of 242, 19% |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 of 41, 12% | 6 of 41, 15% |
| Myles TurnerJumper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 of 285, 11% | 72 of 285, 25% |
| Tyler Herro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 of 215, 7% | 31 of 215, 14% |
| Ryan Rollins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 of 89, 8% | 18 of 89, 20% |