NBA · Minnesota Timberwolves · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Jaden McDaniels First Basket Stats
How often Jaden McDaniels scores the game's first basket for the Minnesota Timberwolves, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Jaden McDaniels has scored the game's first basket in 8 of 73 starts: 11% of the time.
- That is 17% of the first baskets the Minnesota Timberwolves have scored.
- The Minnesota Timberwolves score the first basket 57.3% of the time and win the opening tip 52.4% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony EdwardsG | 13 | 60 | 21.7% |
| LaMelo BallG | 8 | 69 | 11.6% |
| Jaden McDanielsF | 8 | 73 | 11% |
| Rudy GobertC | 8 | 76 | 10.5% |
| Donte DiVincenzoG | 8 | 82 | 9.8% |
More first basket stats
- Minnesota Timberwolves first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Jaden McDaniels 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
Jaden McDaniels first basket questions
Jaden McDaniels has scored the game's first basket in 8 of 73 starts tracked, a rate of 11%.
Anthony Edwards (13 first baskets in 60 starts), LaMelo Ball (8 first baskets in 69 starts), Rudy Gobert (8 first baskets in 76 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.