New Orleans Pelicans First Basket Stats

2026-27 season · 7 games

Zion Williamson scored the first basket of Pelicans at Grizzlies on Nov 2 with a jumper.

The Pelicans scored the game's first basket in 3 of 7 games this season and won the opening tip in 1 of 7. Trey Murphy III, Yves Missi and Zion Williamson lead the Pelicans with 1 first basket each.

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Pelicans first basket scorers, 2026-27

7 games

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

Player	Starts	First baskets	Per start	Team first points
Trey Murphy III	7	1	14%	3
Yves Missi	2	1	50%	2
Zion Williamson	7	1	14%	1
Herbert Jones	3	0	0%	1
Jeremiah Fears	7	0	0%	0
Dejounte Murray	4	0	0%	0
Karlo Matkovic	3	0	0%	0
DeAndre Jordan	2	0	0%	0

Every Pelicans game, 2026-27

Date	Game	First basket	Shot	Pelicans first points	Tip
Nov 2	at Grizzlies	Zion Williamson	Jumper	Zion Williamson	Won
Oct 31	vs Hawks	Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Hawks)	Layup	Herbert Jones	Lost
Oct 29	vs Kings	Trey Murphy III	Dunk	Trey Murphy III	Lost
Oct 28	vs Nuggets	Jamal Murray (Nuggets)	3-Pointer	Trey Murphy III	Lost
Oct 24	at Nuggets	Aaron Gordon (Nuggets)	3-Pointer	Trey Murphy III	Lost
Oct 23	at Jazz	Ace Bailey (Jazz)	Hook	Yves Missi	Lost
Oct 21	vs Pacers	Yves Missi	Dunk	Yves Missi	Lost

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Pelicans first baskets, 2025-26 season

In 2025-26, the Pelicans scored the game's first basket in 41 of 82 games and won the opening tip in 21 of 81. Herbert Jones had the most Pelicans first baskets that season: 8.

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.