NBA · Utah Jazz · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Lauri Markkanen First Basket Stats
How often Lauri Markkanen scores the game's first basket for the Utah Jazz, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Lauri Markkanen has scored the game's first basket in 8 of 42 starts: 19% of the time.
- That is 17.8% of the first baskets the Utah Jazz have scored.
- The Utah Jazz score the first basket 54.9% of the time and win the opening tip 57.3% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lauri MarkkanenF | 8 | 42 | 19% |
| Keyonte GeorgeG | 8 | 54 | 14.8% |
| Jusuf NurkicC | 7 | 36 | 19.4% |
| Jaren Jackson Jr.F | 7 | 48 | 14.6% |
| Ace BaileyG | 7 | 61 | 11.5% |
More first basket stats
- Utah Jazz first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Lauri Markkanen 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
Lauri Markkanen first basket questions
Lauri Markkanen has scored the game's first basket in 8 of 42 starts tracked, a rate of 19%.
Keyonte George (8 first baskets in 54 starts), Jusuf Nurkic (7 first baskets in 36 starts), Jaren Jackson Jr. (7 first baskets in 48 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.