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Opening night delivered some history in Minnesota, where Anthony Edwards dropped forty points to join an exclusive club that only Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan had previously occupied — multiple forty-point performances in season openers. Ant looked every bit like the face of the league.
Meanwhile in Los Angeles, the post-LeBron era is officially underway, and Luka Dončić wasted zero time making it his city. The Lakers dismantled the short-handed Warriors one hundred twenty-seven to one hundred five, with Luka posting twenty-eight points, eight rebounds, seven assists, and three steals. A statement night on the west side.
And in Portland, Damian Lillard came home and made it hurt for Phoenix. Twenty-five points in his official return to the Blazers, and Portland didn't just win — they won by forty-one, holding the Suns to eighty-three points in what has to be the most humbling season opener in recent memory for Devin Booker and company.
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