Portland Trail Blazers First Basket Stats

2026-27 season · 6 games

Jamal Murray (Nuggets) scored the first basket of Trail Blazers at Nuggets on Nov 2 with a layup. Deni Avdija scored the Trail Blazers' first points.

The Trail Blazers scored the game's first basket in 2 of 6 games this season and won the opening tip in 5 of 6. Damian Lillard and Donovan Clingan lead the Trail Blazers with 1 first basket each.

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Wed Nov 4, 9:00 PM ET

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Trail Blazers first basket scorers, 2026-27

6 games

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

Player	Starts	First baskets	Per start	Team first points
Damian Lillard	6	1	17%	1
Donovan Clingan	6	1	17%	1
Deni Avdija	6	0	0%	2
Ja Morant	4	0	0%	2
Toumani Camara	6	0	0%	0
Scoot Henderson	2	0	0%	0

Every Trail Blazers game, 2026-27

Date	Game	First basket	Shot	Trail Blazers first points	Tip
Nov 2	at Nuggets	Jamal Murray (Nuggets)	Layup	Deni Avdija	Won
Oct 31	at Jazz	Damian Lillard	Jumper	Damian Lillard	Won
Oct 29	vs Grizzlies	Zach Edey (Grizzlies)	Dunk	Deni Avdija	Won
Oct 27	at Lakers	Austin Reaves (Lakers)	3-Pointer	Ja Morant	Lost
Oct 23	at Kings	Domantas Sabonis (Kings)	Free Throw	Ja Morant	Won
Oct 21	vs Suns	Donovan Clingan	3-Pointer	Donovan Clingan	Won

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Trail Blazers first baskets, 2025-26 season

In 2025-26, the Trail Blazers scored the game's first basket in 39 of 88 games, play-in and playoffs included, and won the opening tip in 44 of 88. Deni Avdija had the most Trail Blazers 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.