NBA · Sacramento Kings · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Zach LaVine First Basket Stats
How often Zach LaVine scores the game's first basket for the Sacramento Kings, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Zach LaVine has scored the game's first basket in 4 of 37 starts: 10.8% of the time.
- That is 12.1% of the first baskets the Sacramento Kings have scored.
- The Sacramento Kings score the first basket 46.3% of the time and win the opening tip 51.2% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| De'Andre HunterF | 7 | 25 | 28% |
| Maxime RaynaudC | 7 | 56 | 12.5% |
| Precious AchiuwaP | 5 | 57 | 8.8% |
| Zach LaVineG | 4 | 37 | 10.8% |
| Domantas SabonisF | 2 | 15 | 13.3% |
More first basket stats
- Sacramento Kings first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Zach LaVine 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
Zach LaVine first basket questions
Zach LaVine has scored the game's first basket in 4 of 37 starts tracked, a rate of 10.8%.
De'Andre Hunter (7 first baskets in 25 starts), Maxime Raynaud (7 first baskets in 56 starts), Precious Achiuwa (5 first baskets in 57 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.