Who scores the first basket the most for the Suns?

NBA First Basket digs into his four favorite props for Mavericks vs. Suns Game 7, including two plays for Devin Booker.

May 15, 2022 4:08 PM

NBA First Basket will break down some of his favorite NBA plays of the day here, and will track all his bets in The Action Network app.

Devin Booker | Deandre Ayton | Mikal Bridges

Prop Booker (+1600) | Ayton (+708) | Bridges (+1200)
Matchup Mavericks vs. Suns
Time 8 p.m. ET
Book  FanDuel | DraftKings

DeAndre Ayton (75% opening-tip win rate) will be taking on Dwight Powell (25% win rate) at the opening tip for Game 7. Ayton has a significant advantage and should control the tip. It is worth noting that Powell did win the tip in Game 6, but he is just 1-6 against Ayton on tips over the past two seasons.

Both teams have done well this season scoring first: The Suns score first 59% of the time and the Mavericks score first 53% of the time. The Suns have scored first in five of the six games so far in this series.

Phoenix has three guys who dominate in first game field goals: Devin Booker, Ayton and Jae Crowder. I like Booker’s chances the most for today’s game. He has shot first in three of the six games in the series and in the games he has scored first this season, the 3-Point field goal or other exact method props have hit 91% of the time.

I’m playing Booker’s both of those exact method props and a Bridges first basket/Suns to win parlay on FanDuel.

I’m also playing Ayton’s first scorer prop, using the DraftKings 77% boost for Game 7. If you don’t have that boost, you could play Ayton first basket/Suns to win as an alternative to get closer to the 7-1 odds.

Plays

  • Devin Booker Exact Method: 3-Pointer (+1600, Risk 0.5 units)
  • Devin Booker Exact Method: Other (+1000, Risk 0.5 units)
  • Deandre Ayton first field goal (+708 with boost, Risk 1.0 units)
  • Mikal Bridges first basket/Suns win parlay (+1200, Risk 0.3 units)

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Check out the three plays to make for first scorer props from NBA First Basket ahead of Monday's Mavericks vs. Suns game.

May 2, 2022 4:15 PM

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Deandre Ayton & Devin Booker

Prop Ayton (+450) | Booker (+500)
Matchup Mavericks vs. Suns
Time 10 p.m. ET
Book  PointsBet

The Dallas Mavericks take on the Phoenix Suns in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals Monday night. DeAndre Ayton (74% opening-tip win rate) will be taking on Dwight Powell (26% win rate) in the opening tip-off. Ayton has a significant advantage and should control the tip.

Both teams have done well this season scoring first — the Suns score first 57% of the time and the Mavs score first 56% of the time.

The teams have played three games against each other this season with the Mavericks scoring first in two of the games. Jalen Brunson has scored the first Dallas field goal in two of those games. I’m not sure how relevant some of the head-to-head data is as Porzingis was still on the Mavs roster in each of those games.

Phoenix has three guys who dominate in the when they get the first attempt — Booker, Ayton and Jae Crowder. I like Booker and Ayton tonight the most. Crowder has made the first team field goal 20 times this season, but has only hit two in the past 45 days. He also struggled against New Orleans shooting just 3-of-26 from 3-point range in that series.

I’m also playing an Ayton first basket / winner parlay with the Suns winning, on top of Booker and Ayton’s first field goal props (I prefer playing exact methods here, but for purposes of tracking in the app, will play first FG).

Plays

  • Ayton First Field Goal — PointsBet (+450) Risk 0.6
  • Ayton First Basket / PHX win — FanDuel (+650) Risk 0.3
  • Booker First Field Goal — PointsBet (+500) Risk 0.6U

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Player # Height Weight DOB
Cameron Johnson 23 6'8" 210 lbs Mar 3, 1996

Who scores the first basket the most for the Suns?

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Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images. Pictured: Devin Booker #1 and Deandre Ayton #22 of the Phoenix Suns.

NBA First Basket will break down some of his favorite NBA plays of the day here, and will track all his bets in The Action Network app.

Deandre Ayton & Devin Booker

Prop Ayton (+450) | Booker (+500)
Matchup Mavericks vs. Suns
Time 10 p.m. ET
Book  PointsBet

The Dallas Mavericks take on the Phoenix Suns in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals Monday night. DeAndre Ayton (74% opening-tip win rate) will be taking on Dwight Powell (26% win rate) in the opening tip-off. Ayton has a significant advantage and should control the tip.

Both teams have done well this season scoring first — the Suns score first 57% of the time and the Mavs score first 56% of the time.

The teams have played three games against each other this season with the Mavericks scoring first in two of the games. Jalen Brunson has scored the first Dallas field goal in two of those games. I’m not sure how relevant some of the head-to-head data is as Porzingis was still on the Mavs roster in each of those games.

Phoenix has three guys who dominate in the when they get the first attempt — Booker, Ayton and Jae Crowder. I like Booker and Ayton tonight the most. Crowder has made the first team field goal 20 times this season, but has only hit two in the past 45 days. He also struggled against New Orleans shooting just 3-of-26 from 3-point range in that series.

I’m also playing an Ayton first basket / winner parlay with the Suns winning, on top of Booker and Ayton’s first field goal props (I prefer playing exact methods here, but for purposes of tracking in the app, will play first FG).

Plays

  • Ayton First Field Goal — PointsBet (+450) Risk 0.6
  • Ayton First Basket / PHX win — FanDuel (+650) Risk 0.3
  • Booker First Field Goal — PointsBet (+500) Risk 0.6U

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