MIAMI (AP) — Ryan Kalkbrenner made the first shot of his NBA career. And the second. And the third. And the fourth. And the fifth.

Eventually, he missed. It did happen. It hasn’t happened often.

The Charlotte rookie is now 10 games into his career and he’s shooting 80.8% from the field — 42 for 52. Nobody in NBA history has taken that many shots and been that accurate over the first 10 games of a career.

The previous best, among those with at least 50 shots through their first 10 games in the NBA, was 72% by Houston’s Yao Ming — going 36 for 50. Dallas’ Dereck Lively opened his career at 70.6% through 10 games, 36 for 51.

“It’s just a credit to my teammates who let me get easy looks,” Kalkbrenner said. “I mean, it’s not my role to take tough shots, so of course I’m at a decent percent

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