MIAMI, FLORIDA — Anthony Edwards scored 45 points and made nine 3-pointers, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Miami Heat 131-106 on Wednesday night, spoiling Giannis Antetokounmpo's debut with the Heat, NBA.com reported.
Edwards made one more 3-pointer than the entire Heat team, which went 8 for 33. He shot 16 of 29 with 10 rebounds in just over 33 minutes, the most points by anyone in a Wolves opener. He scored 41 in last season's opener at Portland, and the 45 made him, according to The Associated Press, one of three players in NBA history with more than one 40-point opener, after Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan. Antetokounmpo scored 35 in his first regular-season game for Miami, and Bam Adebayo had 15. Antetokounmpo was called for a flagrant foul for an elbow on Terrance Shannon Jr. late, with Miami down 20.
In Washington, Anthony Davis had 34 points and 12 rebounds in his first game for the Wizards, and Trae Young added 20 points and 13 assists in a 128-116 win over Milwaukee in the Bucks' first regular-season game since trading Antetokounmpo.
Forty-five from Edwards, and the night belonged to Minnesota.
Source: NBA.com
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