NBA first basket, Wednesday, October 28
Rockets at Bucks
First basket stats and the jump ball, tip-off 8pm ET.
Our free pick
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Each game posts once the books price both sides.
Jump ball
Sengun v Turner
HOU 59% to win it
To score first
HOU 52%
The tip winner scores first 64% of the time
First basket
Pending
Before the tip
Every game through Oct 27. 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 | MIL |
|---|---|---|
| Won the tip | 3 of 440% | 2 of 454% |
| Scored first | 2 of 452% | 1 of 453% |
| After winning the tip | 1 of 364% | 1 of 264% |
| After losing the tip | 1 of 143% | 0 of 239% |
| Shots to their first basket | 3.02.1 | 1.82.1 |
| First point, free throws too | 2 of 451% | 1 of 454% |
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 of 266, 13% | 67 of 266, 25% |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 of 275, 9% | 45 of 275, 16% |
| Alperen SengunJumper | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 53 of 287, 18% | 98 of 287, 34% |
| Amen Thompson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 of 148, 8% | 27 of 148, 18% |
| Fred VanVleet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 of 205, 6% | 23 of 205, 11% |
| MILtheir regular five | ||||||
| Kyle Kuzma | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 of 243, 12% | 46 of 243, 19% |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 of 42, 12% | 7 of 42, 17% |
| Myles TurnerJumper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 of 286, 11% | 72 of 286, 25% |
| Tyler Herro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 of 216, 7% | 31 of 216, 14% |
| Ryan Rollins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 of 90, 8% | 18 of 90, 20% |