NBA · LA Clippers · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Brook Lopez First Basket Stats
How often Brook Lopez scores the game's first basket for the LA Clippers, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Brook Lopez has scored the game's first basket in 3 of 40 starts: 7.5% of the time.
- That is 7.5% of the first baskets the LA Clippers have scored.
- The LA Clippers score the first basket 48.8% of the time and win the opening tip 46.3% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon IngramF | 12 | 77 | 15.6% |
| Derrick Jones Jr.F | 9 | 45 | 20% |
| Darius GarlandG | 5 | 43 | 11.6% |
| Kris DunnG | 4 | 68 | 5.9% |
| Brook LopezC | 3 | 40 | 7.5% |
More first basket stats
- LA Clippers first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Brook Lopez 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
Brook Lopez first basket questions
Brook Lopez has scored the game's first basket in 3 of 40 starts tracked, a rate of 7.5%.
Brandon Ingram (12 first baskets in 77 starts), Derrick Jones Jr. (9 first baskets in 45 starts), Darius Garland (5 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.