Overview
- San Antonio beat Miami 107-101 to reach 5-0, a franchise-first season opening run.
- Victor Wembanyama posted 27 points, 18 rebounds, six assists and five blocks, with all five blocks coming after halftime.
- The Spurs entered the game allowing 104.5 points per contest, the fewest in the NBA, and closed on an 8-3 spurt after the Heat opened the fourth with a 17-1 run.
- Miami was short-handed without Tyler Herro, Norman Powell, Kasparas Jakucionis and Nikola Jovic, yet Bam Adebayo had 31 points and 10 rebounds and Andrew Wiggins scored 24.
- Stephon Castle contributed 21 points, eight assists, six rebounds and four steals as San Antonio turns to road tests at Phoenix and Los Angeles with De’Aaron Fox still sidelined.