Indiana Pacers First Basket Stats

2026-27 season · 8 games

Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Hawks) scored the first basket of Pacers vs Hawks on Nov 2 with a 3-pointer. Quenton Jackson scored the Pacers' first points.

The Pacers scored the game's first basket in 3 of 8 games this season and won the opening tip in 3 of 8. Pascal Siakam, Aaron Nesmith and Ivica Zubac lead the Pacers with 1 first basket each.

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Wed Nov 4, 8:00 PM ET

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Pacers first basket scorers, 2026-27

8 games

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

Player	Starts	First baskets	Per start	Team first points
Pascal Siakam	7	1	14%	3
Aaron Nesmith	5	1	20%	1
Ivica Zubac	3	1	33%	1
Kelly Oubre Jr.	5	0	0%	1
Jarace Walker	2	0	0%	1
Quenton Jackson	1	0	0%	1
Andrew Nembhard	6	0	0%	0
Jay Huff	5	0	0%	0
Tyrese Haliburton	4	0	0%	0
Braden Smith	1	0	0%	0

Every Pacers game, 2026-27

Date	Game	First basket	Shot	Pacers first points	Tip
Nov 2	vs Hawks	Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Hawks)	3-Pointer	Quenton Jackson	Lost
Nov 1	vs Nets	Day'Ron Sharpe (Nets)	Layup	Pascal Siakam	Lost
Oct 30	at Heat	Bam Adebayo (Heat)	Layup	Pascal Siakam	Lost
Oct 28	vs 76ers	Pascal Siakam	Layup	Pascal Siakam	Lost
Oct 26	at Bucks	Aaron Nesmith	Layup	Aaron Nesmith	Lost
Oct 25	at Nets	Ivica Zubac	Layup	Ivica Zubac	Won
Oct 23	vs Mavericks	Daniel Gafford (Mavericks)	Jumper	Jarace Walker	Won
Oct 21	at Pelicans	Yves Missi (Pelicans)	Dunk	Kelly Oubre Jr.	Won

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Pacers first baskets, 2025-26 season

In 2025-26, the Pacers scored the game's first basket in 38 of 82 games and won the opening tip in 40 of 82. Pascal Siakam had the most Pacers first baskets that season: 9.

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.