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Best NBA First Basket Scorer Picks for Thursday, May 30 (Target Luka Doncic, Mike Conley)

The Western Conference Finals are still rolling (thankfully for us basketball fans), which means we have another shot to bet on a first basket scorer in the Dallas Mavericks-Minnesota Timberwolves matchup.

Through four games in this series, we’ve gone 50 percent on first basket scorers – a great start – with Luka Doncic cashing in Game 1 and Mike Conley doing so in Game 3.

Here’s a quick recap of who scored first in every game so far this series:

  • Game 1: Luka Doncic
  • Game 2: Daniel Gafford
  • Game 3: Mike Conley
  • Game 4: Kyrie Irving

Each game, I’ve been giving out two players that I think will score first, and while Game 4’s picks (Doncic and Karl-Anthony Towns) didn’t come through, Doncic did attempt the first shot of the game – he just missed it.