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Opening night produced a league-wide split between breakout partnerships and exposed roster gaps, offering an early but incomplete test of teams still sorting out their identities across a long season.

What is a key fact in this story? (1)

**Anthony Edwards** scored 45 points as Minnesota beat Miami 131-106, with LaMelo Ball’s pull-up shooting making doubles harder and proving the Timberwolves’ new speed-and-shooting approach.

What is a key fact in this story? (2)

**Miami Heat** lost by 25 despite Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 35-point debut; his teammates shot 26-of-62 overall and 24% from three while Antetokounmpo produced more than one-third of Miami’s points.

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Anthony Edwards scored 45 points as Minnesota beat Miami 131-106, with LaMelo Ball’s pull-up shooting making doubles harder and proving the Timberwolves’ new speed-and-shooting approach.
Miami Heat lost by 25 despite Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 35-point debut; his teammates shot 26-of-62 overall and 24% from three while Antetokounmpo produced more than one-third of Miami’s points.
Walker Kessler made all 12 shots and at least 10 dunks in the Lakers’ 127-105 win over Golden State, becoming the first Laker with perfect shooting on 12 attempts since Wilt Chamberlain and the first since Shaquille O’Neal with 10 dunks.
Stephen Curry scored 17 points in the first quarter, but Golden State still trailed after the period and lost 127-105; the Warriors began with roughly $90 million in players sidelined indefinitely because of health.
Anthony Davis scored 34 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in Washington’s 128-116 win over Milwaukee, while his contract talks with the Wizards remained deferred until midseason.
Tyrese Haliburton scored 23 points with a 4-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio in his first game after a torn Achilles, leading Indiana’s 123-120 comeback over New Orleans and showing promise alongside Ivica Zubac.
Damian Lillard scored 25 points at age 36, including as many points as Phoenix in the first quarter, and looked like himself again according to the source.

Why it matters: Minnesota’s 45-point outburst and 131-106 win provide immediate proof that Edwards and Ball can power a speed-and-shooting attack; Miami’s 24% three-point night exposes how dependent the Heat remain on Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo for shot creation rather than role players.