NBA first basket, Wednesday, October 28
Knicks at Bulls
First basket stats and the jump ball, tip-off 8pm ET.
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Jump ball
Towns v Smith
NYK 52% to win it
To score first
NYK 50%
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 | NYK | CHI |
|---|---|---|
| Won the tip | 1 of 449% | 1 of 432% |
| Scored first | 2 of 450% | 1 of 440% |
| After winning the tip | 1 of 171% | 1 of 157% |
| After losing the tip | 1 of 330% | 0 of 332% |
| Shots to their first basket | 2.82.2 | 2.02.3 |
| First point, free throws too | 2 of 452% | 1 of 440% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYKtheir regular five | ||||||
| OG Anunoby | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 of 262, 9% | 46 of 262, 18% |
| Karl-Anthony TownsJumper | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 of 242, 12% | 58 of 242, 24% |
| Josh Hart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 of 227, 4% | 19 of 227, 8% |
| Mikal Bridges | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 of 333, 11% | 75 of 333, 23% |
| Jalen Brunson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 of 288, 16% | 81 of 288, 28% |
| CHItheir regular five | ||||||
| Jalen SmithJumper | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 of 72, 8% | 21 of 72, 29% |
| Matas Buzelis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 of 112, 7% | 23 of 112, 21% |
| Caleb Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 4, 0% | 0 of 4, 0% |
| Norman Powell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 of 127, 11% | 31 of 127, 24% |
| Josh Giddey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 of 280, 9% | 57 of 280, 20% |