NBA · Chicago Bulls · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Matas Buzelis First Basket Stats
How often Matas Buzelis scores the game's first basket for the Chicago Bulls, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Matas Buzelis has scored the game's first basket in 6 of 77 starts: 7.8% of the time.
- That is 22.2% of the first baskets the Chicago Bulls have scored.
- The Chicago Bulls score the first basket 32.9% of the time and win the opening tip 37.8% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norman PowellG | 6 | 52 | 11.5% |
| Nic ClaxtonC | 6 | 68 | 8.8% |
| Matas BuzelisF | 6 | 77 | 7.8% |
| Tre JonesG | 3 | 41 | 7.3% |
| Isaac OkoroF | 3 | 62 | 4.8% |
More first basket stats
- Chicago Bulls first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Matas Buzelis 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
Matas Buzelis first basket questions
Matas Buzelis has scored the game's first basket in 6 of 77 starts tracked, a rate of 7.8%.
Norman Powell (6 first baskets in 52 starts), Nic Claxton (6 first baskets in 68 starts), Tre Jones (3 first baskets in 41 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.