NBA 1st Quarter & 1st Half Betting Report

Odds Shark's NBA first quarter and first half betting report offers up-to-date numbers on how the Association's 30 teams and elite-level players perform in the opening 12 and 24 minutes of games.

Here's a look at all of the numbers across the spread and total markets from the 2024-25 regular season as of December 9, 2024.

1st Quarter ATS Records For 2024-25 NBA Season

Team	ATS	Cover %	Home	Away
Los Angeles Clippers	18-5	78.3	10-3	8-2
Houston Rockets	15-6	71.4	7-4	8-2
Memphis Grizzlies	15-7	68.2	8-5	7-2
Brooklyn Nets	14-8	63.6	5-4	9-4
Toronto Raptors	14-8	63.6	8-2	6-6
Charlotte Hornets	13-8	61.9	8-5	5-3
Detroit Pistons	14-9	60.9	5-6	9-3
Atlanta Hawks	13-9	59.1	7-4	6-5
Philadelphia 76ers	11-8	57.9	5-4	6-4
Oklahoma City Thunder	12-9	57.1	5-6	7-3
Cleveland Cavaliers	12-10	54.5	11-2	1-8
Washington Wizards	10-9	52.6	5-4	5-5
Indiana Pacers	11-11	50.0	6-4	5-7
Sacramento Kings	11-11	50.0	6-6	5-5
Los Angeles Lakers	10-11	47.6	5-5	5-6
Utah Jazz	10-11	47.6	6-5	4-6
New Orleans Pelicans	10-12	45.5	6-4	4-8
Milwaukee Bucks	9-11	45.0	5-6	4-5
Boston Celtics	9-12	42.9	4-6	5-6
New York Knicks	9-12	42.9	4-6	5-6
Portland Trail Blazers	9-12	42.9	5-5	4-7
Golden State Warriors	8-12	40.0	3-5	5-7
Phoenix Suns	8-12	40.0	4-8	4-4
Orlando Magic	9-14	39.1	5-4	4-10
Miami Heat	7-12	36.8	3-5	4-7
Dallas Mavericks	8-14	36.4	5-6	3-8
Chicago Bulls	7-15	31.8	4-6	3-9
Denver Nuggets	6-13	31.6	4-6	2-7
San Antonio Spurs	6-15	28.6	3-9	3-6

The Los Angeles Clippers have been as close to flawless covering the spread in the first quarters of games as a team can possibly get. Hot starts shouldn't come as frequently as they do for a team which doesn't have Kawhi Leonard and lost Paul George in free agency, yet here the Clippers are atop the leaderboard.

1st Quarter OVER/UNDER Records For 2024-25 NBA Season

Team	OVER	UNDER	Home O/U	Away O/U
Cleveland Cavaliers	16	9	10-4	6-5
Denver Nuggets	14	8	8-2	6-6
Orlando Magic	16	10	6-4	10-6
Sacramento Kings	15	10	10-3	5-7
Toronto Raptors	14	10	10-2	4-8
Oklahoma City Thunder	13	10	6-5	7-5
Brooklyn Nets	13	11	6-5	7-6
Golden State Warriors	12	11	6-5	6-6
Phoenix Suns	12	11	5-7	7-4
Chicago Bulls	13	12	5-7	8-5
Detroit Pistons	13	12	5-6	8-6
Boston Celtics	12	12	3-10	9-2
New York Knicks	11	12	6-5	5-7
Minnesota Timberwolves	11	12	4-7	7-5
Dallas Mavericks	11	12	3-7-1	8-5
Atlanta Hawks	12	13	3-10	9-3
Memphis Grizzlies	12	13	9-5	3-8
Milwaukee Bucks	10	12	6-5-1	4-7
San Antonio Spurs	11	13	9-6	2-7
Houston Rockets	10	12	5-7	5-5-2
Los Angeles Lakers	11	13	5-6	6-7
New Orleans Pelicans	11	14	6-6	5-8
Miami Heat	9	13	7-4	2-9
Philadelphia 76ers	9	13	4-7	5-6
Charlotte Hornets	10	14	6-8	4-6
Utah Jazz	9	14	3-8	6-6
Los Angeles Clippers	10	15	5-10	5-5
Washington Wizards	8	14	5-7	3-7
Indiana Pacers	8	17	2-9	6-8
Portland Trail Blazers	4	20	2-9	2-11

As of December 9, 2024, the Portland Trail Blazers sit third from the bottom in the Association in overall OVER/UNDER record, so it's no wonder they're at the bottom by a considerable margin in the total market for first quarters.

1st Half ATS Records For 2024-25 NBA Season

Team	ATS	Cover %	Home	Away
Memphis Grizzlies	18-7	72.0	10-4	8-3
Brooklyn Nets	17-7	70.8	9-2	8-5
Houston Rockets	16-7	69.6	9-2	7-5
Dallas Mavericks	14-10	58.3	5-6	9-4
Toronto Raptors	14-10	58.3	7-5	7-5
Milwaukee Bucks	13-10	56.5	7-5	6-5
Oklahoma City Thunder	13-10	56.5	6-5	7-5
Portland Trail Blazers	13-10	56.5	6-5	7-5
Golden State Warriors	13-10	56.5	5-6	8-4
Cleveland Cavaliers	14-11	56.0	11-3	3-8
Atlanta Hawks	14-11	56.0	7-6	7-5
Miami Heat	12-10	54.5	6-5	6-5
Utah Jazz	12-11	52.2	5-6	7-5
New York Knicks	12-11	52.2	7-4	5-7
Phoenix Suns	12-11	52.2	4-8	8-3
Los Angeles Clippers	13-12	52.0	8-7	5-5
Philadelphia 76ers	11-11	50.0	4-7	7-4
Los Angeles Lakers	12-12	50.0	7-4	5-8
Chicago Bulls	12-13	48.0	5-7	7-6
New Orleans Pelicans	12-13	48.0	8-4	4-9
Detroit Pistons	12-13	48.0	5-6	7-7
Minnesota Timberwolves	11-12	47.8	6-5	5-7
Charlotte Hornets	11-13	45.8	7-7	4-6
Sacramento Kings	11-14	44.0	5-8	6-6
Boston Celtics	10-14	41.7	6-7	4-7
San Antonio Spurs	8-16	33.3	5-10	3-6
Indiana Pacers	8-17	32.0	4-7	4-10
Orlando Magic	8-18	30.8	4-6	4-12
Washington Wizards	6-16	27.3	2-10	4-6
Denver Nuggets	5-17	22.7	2-8	3-9

The Denver Nuggets may lure you in with Nikola Jokic's starpower as a purest fan, but in the world of spread betting, whether it's the first quarter or opening half of games, it's wise to steer clear.

2024-25 NBA Leading 1st Quarter Scorers

Player	Team	1Q PPG
Paolo Banchero	Orlando Magic	10.4
Nikola Jokic	Denver Nuggets	9.7
Jayson Tatum	Boston Celtics	9.5
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	9.5
Anthony Davis	Los Angeles Lakers	9.0
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Oklahoma City Thunder	8.2
Damian Lillard	Milwaukee Bucks	8.0
James Harden	Los Angeles Clippers	7.7
Anthony Edwards	Minnesota Timberwolves	7.7
Franz Wagner	Orlando Magic	7.6

It's a limited sample size for Paolo Banchero with just five games under his belt, as a torn oblique has kept him sidelined since Nov. 1. It remains to be seen if these scoring numbers will maintain once he returns, but that's still a ways away.

2024-25 NBA Leading 1st Half Scorers

Player	Team	1H PPG
Paolo Banchero	Orlando Magic	18.0
Luka Doncic	Dallas Mavericks	16.1
Nikola Jokic	Denver Nuggets	15.4
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	15.4
Anthony Davis	Los Angeles Lakers	14.9
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Oklahoma City Thunder	14.8
Jayson Tatum	Boston Celtics	14.7
Damian Lillard	Milwaukee Bucks	14.7
Jaylen Brown	Boston Celtics	13.9
Franz Wagner	Orlando Magic	13.7

It's wild to see Luka Doncic averaging 16.1 points in the opening half of games, ranking second amongst all players in that regard, but failing to sit in the top 10 of scorers for the first 12 minutes. Doncic is one spot off in that race with 7.5 points, but leads all scorers in the second quarter at 8.6.