Sacramento Kings First Basket Stats

2026-27 season · 7 games

Daniel Gafford (Mavericks) scored the first basket of Kings at Mavericks on Nov 2 with a layup. Precious Achiuwa scored the Kings' first points.

The Kings scored the game's first basket in 3 of 7 games this season and won the opening tip in 4 of 7. Domantas Sabonis, De'Andre Hunter and Zach LaVine lead the Kings with 1 first basket each.

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Kings first basket scorers, 2026-27

7 games

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

Player	Starts	First baskets	Per start	Team first points
Domantas Sabonis	7	1	14%	3
De'Andre Hunter	7	1	14%	1
Zach LaVine	7	1	14%	1
Darius Acuff Jr.	7	0	0%	1
Precious Achiuwa	5	0	0%	1
Keegan Murray	2	0	0%	0

Every Kings game, 2026-27

Date	Game	First basket	Shot	Kings first points	Tip
Nov 2	at Mavericks	Daniel Gafford (Mavericks)	Layup	Precious Achiuwa	Lost
Oct 31	at Grizzlies	De'Andre Hunter	3-Pointer	De'Andre Hunter	Won
Oct 29	at Pelicans	Trey Murphy III (Pelicans)	Dunk	Darius Acuff Jr.	Won
Oct 27	at Spurs	Victor Wembanyama (Spurs)	Dunk	Domantas Sabonis	Lost
Oct 25	vs Grizzlies	Zach LaVine	Layup	Zach LaVine	Won
Oct 23	vs Trail Blazers	Domantas Sabonis	Free Throw	Domantas Sabonis	Lost
Oct 21	at Clippers	Darius Garland (Clippers)	3-Pointer	Domantas Sabonis	Won

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Kings first baskets, 2025-26 season

In 2025-26, the Kings scored the game's first basket in 38 of 82 games and won the opening tip in 42 of 82. DeMar DeRozan had the most Kings 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.