We've now seen all 30 NBA teams play at least one game. The Thunder and Warriors have gone twice. Does that mean we can say anything meaningful about the 2025-26 season? Maybe. Maybe not. Last year, the Hornets beat the Rockets on the road. Charlotte wasn't the surprise No. 2 seed among those teams. Both of the Tuesday matchups were won by teams that would eventually lose to those same opponents in the playoffs -- the Lakers to the Timberwolves and the Celtics to the Knicks . Again, not exactly predictive. But there were at least a few games that gave us meaningful insight.

The Cleveland Cavaliers dropped 136 points in a 30-point decimation of the Toronto Raptors , for instance. They had the best offense in the league across a 64-win season while the Raptors tanked. S

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