NBA · Los Angeles Lakers · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Walker Kessler First Basket Stats
How often Walker Kessler scores the game's first basket for the Los Angeles Lakers, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Walker Kessler has scored the game's first basket in 1 of 5 starts: 20% of the time.
- That is 2.1% of the first baskets the Los Angeles Lakers have scored.
- The Los Angeles Lakers score the first basket 57.3% of the time and win the opening tip 65.9% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luka DoncicG | 10 | 64 | 15.6% |
| Austin ReavesG | 7 | 45 | 15.6% |
| Collin SextonG | 4 | 22 | 18.2% |
| Jake LaRaviaF | 3 | 43 | 7% |
| Walker KesslerC | 1 | 5 | 20% |
More first basket stats
- Los Angeles Lakers first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Walker Kessler 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
Walker Kessler first basket questions
Walker Kessler has scored the game's first basket in 1 of 5 starts tracked, a rate of 20%.
Luka Doncic (10 first baskets in 64 starts), Austin Reaves (7 first baskets in 45 starts), Collin Sexton (4 first baskets in 22 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.