NBA · Houston Rockets · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Kevin Durant First Basket Stats
How often Kevin Durant scores the game's first basket for the Houston Rockets, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Kevin Durant has scored the game's first basket in 8 of 78 starts: 10.3% of the time.
- That is 21.1% of the first baskets the Houston Rockets have scored.
- The Houston Rockets score the first basket 46.3% of the time and win the opening tip 37.8% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alperen SengunC | 11 | 72 | 15.3% |
| Kevin DurantF | 8 | 78 | 10.3% |
| Amen ThompsonG | 6 | 79 | 7.6% |
| Jabari Smith Jr.F | 5 | 77 | 6.5% |
| Tari EasonF | 3 | 34 | 8.8% |
More first basket stats
- Houston Rockets first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Kevin Durant 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
Kevin Durant first basket questions
Kevin Durant has scored the game's first basket in 8 of 78 starts tracked, a rate of 10.3%.
Alperen Sengun (11 first baskets in 72 starts), Amen Thompson (6 first baskets in 79 starts), Jabari Smith Jr. (5 first baskets in 77 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.