NBA · Dallas Mavericks · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Daniel Gafford First Basket Stats
How often Daniel Gafford scores the game's first basket for the Dallas Mavericks, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Daniel Gafford has scored the game's first basket in 6 of 44 starts: 13.6% of the time.
- That is 17.6% of the first baskets the Dallas Mavericks have scored.
- The Dallas Mavericks score the first basket 41.5% of the time and win the opening tip 37.8% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max ChristieG | 7 | 68 | 10.3% |
| Daniel GaffordF | 6 | 44 | 13.6% |
| Cooper FlaggF | 5 | 70 | 7.1% |
| Zaccharie RisacherF | 4 | 46 | 8.7% |
| P.J. WashingtonF | 4 | 53 | 7.5% |
More first basket stats
- Dallas Mavericks first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Daniel Gafford 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
Daniel Gafford first basket questions
Daniel Gafford has scored the game's first basket in 6 of 44 starts tracked, a rate of 13.6%.
Max Christie (7 first baskets in 68 starts), Cooper Flagg (5 first baskets in 70 starts), Zaccharie Risacher (4 first baskets in 46 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.