Oklahoma City Thunder First Basket Stats

2026-27 season · 6 games

Evan Mobley (Cavaliers) scored the first basket of Thunder at Cavaliers on Nov 2 with a layup. Isaiah Hartenstein scored the Thunder's first points.

The Thunder scored the game's first basket in 3 of 6 games this season and won the opening tip in 4 of 6. Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Cason Wallace lead the Thunder with 1 first basket each.

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Thunder first basket scorers, 2026-27

6 games

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

Player	Starts	First baskets	Per start	Team first points
Isaiah Hartenstein	6	1	17%	4
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	6	1	17%	1
Cason Wallace	2	1	50%	1
Ajay Mitchell	4	0	0%	0
Kenrich Williams	4	0	0%	0
Jared McCain	3	0	0%	0
Chet Holmgren	2	0	0%	0
Jalen Williams	2	0	0%	0
Jaylin Williams	1	0	0%	0

Every Thunder game, 2026-27

Date	Game	First basket	Shot	Thunder first points	Tip
Nov 2	at Cavaliers	Evan Mobley (Cavaliers)	Layup	Isaiah Hartenstein	Lost
Oct 31	at Rockets	Isaiah Hartenstein	Layup	Isaiah Hartenstein	Won
Oct 28	at Mavericks	Cooper Flagg (Mavericks)	Layup	Isaiah Hartenstein	Won
Oct 26	vs Suns	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Jumper	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Lost
Oct 25	vs Clippers	Isaiah Jackson (Clippers)	Jumper	Isaiah Hartenstein	Won
Oct 22	vs Nuggets	Cason Wallace	3-Pointer	Cason Wallace	Won

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Thunder first baskets, 2025-26 season

In 2025-26, the Thunder scored the game's first basket in 48 of 96 games, playoffs included, and won the opening tip in 45 of 95. Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren and Cason Wallace had the most Thunder first baskets that season: 10 each.

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.