Overview
- Orlando beat Miami 125–121 at the Kia Center, with Franz Wagner and Paolo Banchero each scoring 24 points and Wagner adding a team-high six assists.
- Tristan da Silva delivered 16 points in 18 minutes off the bench, including a momentum-shifting floater, and Orlando closed it out at the free-throw line.
- Franz Wagner said the defense was not at its best and stressed the need for full concentration despite the opening-night victory.
- Moritz Wagner remains in rehabilitation after an ACL injury, limiting Orlando’s frontcourt depth early in the season.
- Dennis Schröder posted 14 points and seven assists in his Sacramento debut, a 116–120 loss at Phoenix after the Kings surrendered a 20-point lead, while Philadelphia edged Boston 117–116 behind rookie VJ Edgecombe’s 34 points, the most in an NBA debut since Wilt Chamberlain in 1959.