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20
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0 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Anthony Edwards scored 45 points as he and the Minnesota Timberwolves spoiled Giannis Antetokounmpo’s debut with the Miami Heat in an emphatic 131-106 season-opening win on Wednesday night.
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he → score → night
Edwards became just the third player in NBA history to record multiple 40-point games in season openers, joining Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan.
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Edwards → become → Chamberlain
Antetokounmpo scored 35 points and grabbed six rebounds after joining Miami in an offseason trade with the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Antetokounmpo → score → Bucks
Edwards checked out with 3:51 remaining and Minnesota leading by 28.
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Minnesota → check → 28
He shot 16-for-29 from the floor, including 9-for-17 from three-point range, and added 10 rebounds.
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He → shoot → rebounds
His 45 points were the most by a Minnesota player in a season opener and marked his 125th career game with at least 30 points.
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points → mark → points
LaMelo Ball, making his Timberwolves debut, hit five three-pointers and finished with 21 points and six assists.
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Ball → make → points
Jaden McDaniels scored 17 points, and Rudy Gobert grabbed 15 rebounds for Minnesota.
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Gobert → score → Minnesota
Antetokounmpo checked out with seven minutes remaining after hearing MVP chants from the home crowd early in the game.
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Antetokounmpo → check → game
He shot 13-for-19 from the floor but also airballed a free throw and was assessed a flagrant foul after elbowing Terrence Shannon Jr in the head on a drive.
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He → shoot → drive
Bam Adebayo had 15 points, Andrew Wiggins and Davion Mitchell added 11 apiece, and Mitchell also dished out 10 assists.
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Mitchell → have → assists
Klay Thompson scored 10 points in his Miami debut.
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Thompson → score → debut
Minnesota made 21 three-pointers, compared with eight for Miami.
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Minnesota → make → Miami
Edwards and Antetokounmpo each scored 21 points in the first half, but Minnesota carried a 10-point lead into the break.
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Minnesota → score → break
The Timberwolves opened 11-for-14 from the floor and led 27-19 after eight minutes.
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Timberwolves → open → minutes
Miami pushed back in the second quarter and briefly took a 50-49 lead on a three-pointer by Bobby Portis Jr.
Minnesota controlled the final five minutes of the half.
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Minnesota → push → half
Shannon hit a pair of corner three-pointers, Edwards recorded a steal and an easy dunk, and Ball scored on a drive and added two free throws to make it 69-59.
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Ball → hit → 69
The momentum carried over into the third quarter.
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momentum → carry → quarter
Edwards and Ball each hit a three-pointer in the opening two and a half minutes.
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Edwards → hit → minutes
Edwards added another as Minnesota extended their lead to 78-61, and the Timberwolves remained in control the rest of the way.
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Timberwolves → add → way