NBA first basket, Monday, October 26
Grizzlies at Jazz
First basket stats and the jump ball, tip-off 9pm ET.
Our pick
No market
The books never priced both sides before tip.
Jump ball
Edey v Jackson Jr.
MEM 56% to win it
To score first
MEM 52%
The tip winner scores first 64% of the time
First basket
Cedric Coward
MEM won the tip and scored first, a three
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 | MEM | UTA |
|---|---|---|
| Won the tip | 2 of 359% | 1 of 351% |
| Scored first | 2 of 353% | 1 of 343% |
| After winning the tip | 2 of 264% | 1 of 159% |
| After losing the tip | 0 of 136% | 0 of 227% |
| Shots to their first basket | 1.72.1 | 2.02.4 |
| First point, free throws too | 2 of 355% | 1 of 343% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEMtheir regular five | ||||||
| Cameron Boozer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 3, 0% | 0 of 3, 0% |
| Jaylen Wells | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 of 146, 6% | 21 of 146, 14% |
| Ty Jerome | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 of 23, 22% | 7 of 23, 30% |
| Cedric Coward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 of 49, 10% | 10 of 49, 20% |
| Zach EdeyJumper | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 of 68, 12% | 14 of 68, 21% |
| UTAtheir regular five | ||||||
| Lauri Markkanen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 of 213, 14% | 65 of 213, 31% |
| Jaren Jackson Jr.Jumper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 of 254, 15% | 71 of 254, 28% |
| Keyonte George | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 of 136, 8% | 21 of 136, 15% |
| Darryn Peterson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 of 4, 0% | 1 of 4, 25% |
| Ace Bailey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 of 2, 50% | 2 of 2, 100% |