Minnesota Timberwolves First Basket Stats

2026-27 season · 7 games

Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Bucks) scored the first basket of Timberwolves vs Bucks on Nov 2 with a layup. Rudy Gobert scored the Timberwolves' first points.

The Timberwolves scored the game's first basket in 4 of 7 games this season and won the opening tip in 3 of 7. Jaden McDaniels has the most Timberwolves first baskets: 2 in 7 games.

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Timberwolves first basket scorers, 2026-27

7 games

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

Player	Starts	First baskets	Per start	Team first points
Jaden McDaniels	7	2	29%	2
Rudy Gobert	6	1	17%	3
LaMelo Ball	7	1	14%	2
Jonathan Kuminga	7	0	0%	0
Ayo Dosunmu	4	0	0%	0
Anthony Edwards	3	0	0%	0
Joan Beringer	1	0	0%	0

Every Timberwolves game, 2026-27

Date	Game	First basket	Shot	Timberwolves first points	Tip
Nov 2	vs Bucks	Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Bucks)	Layup	Rudy Gobert	Won
Oct 31	at Spurs	De'Aaron Fox (Spurs)	Free Throw	LaMelo Ball	Lost
Oct 30	vs Clippers	LaMelo Ball	3-Pointer	LaMelo Ball	Won
Oct 28	vs Warriors	Jaden McDaniels	Floater	Jaden McDaniels	Won
Oct 26	at Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen (Cavaliers)	Floater	Rudy Gobert	Lost
Oct 25	vs Raptors	Rudy Gobert	Layup	Rudy Gobert	Lost
Oct 23	at Magic	Jaden McDaniels	Floater	Jaden McDaniels	Lost

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Timberwolves first baskets, 2025-26 season

In 2025-26, the Timberwolves scored the game's first basket in 50 of 94 games, playoffs included, and won the opening tip in 50 of 94. Anthony Edwards had the most Timberwolves first baskets that season: 13.

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.