NBA · Miami Heat · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Giannis Antetokounmpo First Basket Stats
How often Giannis Antetokounmpo scores the game's first basket for the Miami Heat, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Giannis Antetokounmpo has scored the game's first basket in 4 of 36 starts: 11.1% of the time.
- That is 8% of the first baskets the Miami Heat have scored.
- The Miami Heat score the first basket 61% of the time and win the opening tip 62.2% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bam AdebayoC | 17 | 73 | 23.3% |
| Andrew WigginsF | 8 | 68 | 11.8% |
| Giannis AntetokounmpoF | 4 | 36 | 11.1% |
| Pelle LarssonG | 4 | 54 | 7.4% |
| Davion MitchellG | 3 | 70 | 4.3% |
More first basket stats
- Miami Heat first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Giannis Antetokounmpo 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
Giannis Antetokounmpo first basket questions
Giannis Antetokounmpo has scored the game's first basket in 4 of 36 starts tracked, a rate of 11.1%.
Bam Adebayo (17 first baskets in 73 starts), Andrew Wiggins (8 first baskets in 68 starts), Pelle Larsson (4 first baskets in 54 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.