Dallas Mavericks First Basket Stats

2026-27 season · 7 games

Daniel Gafford scored the first basket of Mavericks vs Kings on Nov 2 with a layup.

The Mavericks scored the game's first basket in 5 of 7 games this season and won the opening tip in 2 of 7. Daniel Gafford and P.J. Washington lead the Mavericks with 2 first baskets each.

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Mavericks first basket scorers, 2026-27

7 games

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

Player	Starts	First baskets	Per start	Team first points
Daniel Gafford	7	2	29%	3
P.J. Washington	7	2	29%	2
Cooper Flagg	6	1	17%	1
Zaccharie Risacher	1	0	0%	1
Max Christie	7	0	0%	0
Kyrie Irving	5	0	0%	0
Caleb Martin	1	0	0%	0
Naji Marshall	1	0	0%	0

Every Mavericks game, 2026-27

Date	Game	First basket	Shot	Mavericks first points	Tip
Nov 2	vs Kings	Daniel Gafford	Layup	Daniel Gafford	Won
Oct 30	vs Rockets	Fred VanVleet (Rockets)	Jumper	Daniel Gafford	Won
Oct 28	vs Thunder	Cooper Flagg	Layup	Cooper Flagg	Lost
Oct 26	at Heat	P.J. Washington	Free Throw	P.J. Washington	Lost
Oct 24	vs Spurs	Victor Wembanyama (Spurs)	Free Throw	Zaccharie Risacher	Lost
Oct 23	at Pacers	Daniel Gafford	Jumper	Daniel Gafford	Lost
Oct 21	at Rockets	P.J. Washington	3-Pointer	P.J. Washington	Lost

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Mavericks first baskets, 2025-26 season

In 2025-26, the Mavericks scored the game's first basket in 34 of 82 games and won the opening tip in 31 of 81. Max Christie had the most Mavericks first baskets that season: 7.

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.