NBA · Portland Trail Blazers · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Ja Morant First Basket Stats
How often Ja Morant scores the game's first basket for the Portland Trail Blazers, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Ja Morant has scored the game's first basket in 4 of 20 starts: 20% of the time.
- That is 10.8% of the first baskets the Portland Trail Blazers have scored.
- The Portland Trail Blazers score the first basket 45.1% of the time and win the opening tip 52.4% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deni AvdijaF | 8 | 66 | 12.1% |
| Donovan ClinganC | 6 | 77 | 7.8% |
| Jrue HolidayG | 5 | 51 | 9.8% |
| Toumani CamaraF | 5 | 82 | 6.1% |
| Ja MorantG | 4 | 20 | 20% |
More first basket stats
- Portland Trail Blazers first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Ja Morant 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
Ja Morant first basket questions
Ja Morant has scored the game's first basket in 4 of 20 starts tracked, a rate of 20%.
Deni Avdija (8 first baskets in 66 starts), Donovan Clingan (6 first baskets in 77 starts), Jrue Holiday (5 first baskets in 51 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.