NBA First Basket Scorer Picks & Predictions for Thursday: Grizzlies vs. Kings (10/27)
We’ve got a four-game slate in the NBA tonight. That means there will only be four different players earning the first basket in a game tonight.
It’s our job to figure out who those players will be.
Here are our best bets for the first basket market in the NBA for October 27. And here’s a closer look at our favorite first basket scorer prop bet pick for Grizzlies vs. Kings.
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Top NBA First Basket Odds, Picks & Predictions: Grizzlies vs. Kings
Desmond Bane
Last season, the Kings rarely won the tip, earning just 40% of tips while taking the first shot just 39% of the time. Memphis was the opposite, reaching 62% first baskets, 71% of tips won, and 72% first shots.
Desmond Bane scored the first bucket in two of their last three meetings against the Kings. Memphis won every single tip last season against the Kings.
Bane scored 14 first baskets with 15 first shots. Meanwhile, Jaren Jackson made 12 first baskets, but it took him 24 shots to do it.
Although Ja Morant has the highest probability, he scored just five first baskets last season, while Jackson, Bane, and Dillon Brooks had more.
I’ll take my chances with Bane, who is usually dominant against Sacramento.
Bet: Desmond Bane (+650 at FanDuel)
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