Boston Celtics First Basket Stats

2026-27 season · 6 games

Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored the first basket of Celtics at Rockets on Nov 2 with a jumper. Baylor Scheierman scored the Celtics' first points.

The Celtics scored the game's first basket in 4 of 6 games this season and won the opening tip in 4 of 6. Jayson Tatum and Paul George lead the Celtics with 2 first baskets each.

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Celtics first basket scorers, 2026-27

6 games

First baskets: the player scored the game's first points. Team first points: the player scored the Celtics' first points, whoever scored first in the game.

Player	Starts	First baskets	Per start	Team first points
Jayson Tatum	6	2	33%	2
Paul George	5	2	40%	2
Derrick White	6	0	0%	1
Baylor Scheierman	1	0	0%	1
Jordan Walsh	4	0	0%	0
Mitchell Robinson	4	0	0%	0
Hugo Gonzalez	2	0	0%	0
Neemias Queta	2	0	0%	0

Every Celtics game, 2026-27

Date	Game	First basket	Shot	Celtics first points	Tip
Nov 2	at Rockets	Kevin Durant (Rockets)	Jumper	Baylor Scheierman	Lost
Nov 1	at Magic	Wendell Carter Jr. (Magic)	3-Pointer	Derrick White	Lost
Oct 30	vs Bulls	Jayson Tatum	Layup	Jayson Tatum	Won
Oct 27	vs Nets	Paul George	Jumper	Paul George	Won
Oct 26	vs Bulls	Paul George	3-Pointer	Paul George	Won
Oct 23	vs Knicks	Jayson Tatum	Jumper	Jayson Tatum	Won

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Celtics first baskets, 2025-26 season

In 2025-26, the Celtics scored the game's first basket in 47 of 89 games, playoffs included, and won the opening tip in 37 of 88. Neemias Queta had the most Celtics first baskets that season: 15.

What counts as the first basket

This page counts the game's first points, free throws included. Some books (like FanDuel, DraftKings, Caesars, theScore Bet, BetOnline, Bovada, HardRockBet, Bet365, PropBuilder, and ReBet) count free throws as the first basket. Others (like BetMGM, BetRivers, Fanatics, Fliff, Novig, and Bally Bet) only count field goals. The first basket stats page lists each book's rule.