NBA · Los Angeles Lakers · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Austin Reaves First Basket Stats
How often Austin Reaves scores the game's first basket for the Los Angeles Lakers, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Austin Reaves has scored the game's first basket in 7 of 45 starts: 15.6% of the time.
- That is 14.9% of the first baskets the Los Angeles Lakers have scored.
- The Los Angeles Lakers score the first basket 57.3% of the time and win the opening tip 65.9% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luka DoncicG | 10 | 64 | 15.6% |
| Austin ReavesG | 7 | 45 | 15.6% |
| Collin SextonG | 4 | 22 | 18.2% |
| Jake LaRaviaF | 3 | 43 | 7% |
| Walker KesslerC | 1 | 5 | 20% |
More first basket stats
- Los Angeles Lakers first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Austin Reaves in FirstIQ: the full profile, game by game
- NBA first basket stats by player: every player, ranked
- How to bet first basket: the tip, the team and the player, step by step
- First basket picks today: the model's pick for every game today, one of them free
Austin Reaves first basket questions
Austin Reaves has scored the game's first basket in 7 of 45 starts tracked, a rate of 15.6%.
Luka Doncic (10 first baskets in 64 starts), Collin Sexton (4 first baskets in 22 starts), Jake LaRavia (3 first baskets in 43 starts). The table on this page has each of them.
From every tracked game: the game's first scoring play, made free throws included, the team that won the opening tip, and which side was at home. A game the tip winner or the home side was not recorded for is left out of that one figure, and each figure says how many games it is out of.
The stats are rebuilt as games are played; the date at the top is when this page was last updated.
On the first basket picks page: the model's pick for every game today, one of them free, with every finished game graded.