NBA first basket, Wednesday, October 28

Lakers at Clippers
First basket stats and the jump ball, tip-off 10:30pm ET.
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Jump ball
Kessler v Jackson
LAL 71% to win it
To score first
LAL 56%
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Won the tip | 4 of 462% | 0 of 341% |
| Scored first | 4 of 454% | 2 of 346% |
| After winning the tip | 4 of 469% | 0 of 063% |
| After losing the tip | 0 of 030% | 2 of 333% |
| Shots to their first basket | 1.82.0 | 2.02.2 |
| First point, free throws too | 4 of 454% | 2 of 346% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ziaire Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 of 81, 5% | 12 of 81, 15% |
| Walker KesslerJumper | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 of 129, 12% | 36 of 129, 28% |
| Matisse Thybulle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 of 56, 4% | 5 of 56, 9% |
| Luka Doncic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33 of 254, 13% | 74 of 254, 29% |
| Austin Reaves | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 of 201, 12% | 43 of 201, 21% |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 of 169, 9% | 28 of 169, 17% |
| Rui Hachimura | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 of 149, 10% | 32 of 149, 21% |
| Isaiah JacksonJumper | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 of 33, 6% | 6 of 33, 18% |
| Kris Dunn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 of 164, 5% | 16 of 164, 10% |
| Darius Garland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 of 247, 11% | 43 of 247, 17% |