NBA · New Orleans Pelicans · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Jeremiah Fears First Basket Stats
How often Jeremiah Fears scores the game's first basket for the New Orleans Pelicans, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Jeremiah Fears has scored the game's first basket in 7 of 49 starts: 14.3% of the time.
- That is 17.1% of the first baskets the New Orleans Pelicans have scored.
- The New Orleans Pelicans score the first basket 50% of the time and win the opening tip 24.4% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert JonesF | 8 | 56 | 14.3% |
| Jeremiah FearsG | 7 | 49 | 14.3% |
| Zion WilliamsonF | 7 | 55 | 12.7% |
| Saddiq BeyG | 7 | 64 | 10.9% |
| Trey Murphy IIIF | 6 | 66 | 9.1% |
More first basket stats
- New Orleans Pelicans first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Jeremiah Fears 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
Jeremiah Fears first basket questions
Jeremiah Fears has scored the game's first basket in 7 of 49 starts tracked, a rate of 14.3%.
Herbert Jones (8 first baskets in 56 starts), Zion Williamson (7 first baskets in 55 starts), Saddiq Bey (7 first baskets in 64 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.