The Miami Heat have a 20-18 record in season openers all-time.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Heat	11/5/1988	0-1	MIA	vs	LAC	L 91-111	.000	240	91	43	18	9	6	36	97	37.1	0	2	0.0	19	27	70.4	41.8	22	21	17	27
2	Heat	11/3/1989	0-1	MIA	vs	NJN	L 90-110	.000	240	90	51	19	7	8	35	93	37.6	1	4	25.0	19	32	59.4	42.0	19	32	16	26
3	Heat	11/2/1990	1-0	MIA	vs	WAS	W 119-95	1.000	240	119	58	27	11	6	44	90	48.9	1	4	25.0	30	41	73.2	55.1	18	40	24	27
4	Heat	11/2/1991	1-0	MIA	vs	NYK	W 107-93	1.000	240	107	43	18	7	8	40	80	50.0	3	7	42.9	24	26	92.3	58.5	6	37	17	23
5	Heat	11/6/1992	0-1	MIA	@	ORL	L 100-110	.000	240	100	41	19	9	5	33	73	45.2	2	9	22.2	32	48	66.7	53.1	15	26	23	23
6	Heat	11/5/1993	0-1	MIA	vs	ORL	L 96-116	.000	240	96	33	21	3	5	33	79	41.8	4	12	33.3	26	33	78.8	51.3	9	24	13	19
7	Heat	11/4/1994	0-1	MIA	@	UTA	L 108-119	.000	240	108	30	24	10	5	33	67	49.3	8	18	44.4	34	45	75.6	62.2	7	23	23	31
8	Heat	11/4/1995	1-0	MIA	vs	CLE	W 85-71	1.000	240	85	45	18	5	6	25	60	41.7	4	12	33.3	31	38	81.6	55.4	14	31	22	22
9	Heat	11/1/1996	1-0	MIA	vs	ATL	W 94-81	1.000	240	94	40	26	8	4	35	78	44.9	10	21	47.6	14	19	73.7	54.4	13	27	18	25
10	Heat	10/31/1997	1-0	MIA	vs	TOR	W 114-101	1.000	240	114	50	28	3	7	41	87	47.1	12	25	48.0	20	23	87.0	58.7	14	36	15	20
11	Heat	2/5/1999	0-1	MIA	vs	DET	L 81-95	.000	240	81	32	22	4	10	32	70	45.7	5	15	33.3	12	20	60.0	51.4	7	25	15	22
12	Heat	11/2/1999	1-0	MIA	vs	DET	W 128-122	1.000	290	128	66	24	7	5	41	106	38.7	10	29	34.5	36	48	75.0	50.3	22	44	14	39
13	Heat	11/1/2000	1-0	MIA	vs	ORL	W 105-79	1.000	240	105	38	22	12	6	38	76	50.0	8	17	47.1	21	26	80.8	60.0	6	32	21	31
14	Heat	10/31/2001	1-0	MIA	vs	TOR	W 97-92	1.000	240	97	46	18	4	9	32	71	45.1	3	3	100.0	30	42	71.4	54.2	15	31	17	35
15	Heat	10/30/2002	0-1	MIA	vs	ORL	L 86-100	.000	240	86	34	20	4	6	36	78	46.2	1	5	20.0	13	17	76.5	50.3	8	26	10	17
16	Heat	10/28/2003	0-1	MIA	@	PHI	L 74-89	.000	240	74	44	16	3	2	29	71	40.8	2	8	25.0	14	17	82.4	47.1	12	32	19	22
17	Heat	11/3/2004	1-0	MIA	@	NJN	W 100-77	1.000	240	100	42	24	5	6	37	73	50.7	8	16	50.0	18	27	66.7	58.9	10	32	11	27
18	Heat	11/2/2005	1-0	MIA	@	MEM	W 97-78	1.000	240	97	50	19	7	7	37	78	47.4	7	18	38.9	16	21	76.2	55.6	9	41	18	29
19	Heat	10/31/2006	0-1	MIA	vs	CHI	L 66-108	.000	240	66	29	13	6	3	25	65	38.5	3	17	17.6	13	22	59.1	44.2	4	25	21	24
20	Heat	11/1/2007	0-1	MIA	vs	DET	L 80-91	.000	240	80	40	15	4	4	33	75	44.0	5	13	38.5	9	15	60.0	49.0	5	35	17	22
21	Heat	10/29/2008	0-1	MIA	@	NYK	L 115-120	.000	240	115	47	22	8	2	42	92	45.7	6	23	26.1	25	33	75.8	54.0	13	34	14	26
22	Heat	10/28/2009	1-0	MIA	vs	NYK	W 115-93	1.000	240	115	43	21	6	3	47	83	56.6	7	15	46.7	14	17	82.4	63.5	7	36	16	20
23	Heat	10/26/2010	0-1	MIA	@	BOS	L 80-88	.000	240	80	39	15	10	6	27	74	36.5	8	20	40.0	18	25	72.0	47.1	11	28	17	21
24	Heat	12/25/2011	1-0	MIA	@	DAL	W 105-94	1.000	240	105	51	18	9	6	38	78	48.7	4	7	57.1	25	36	69.4	55.9	15	36	22	28
25	Heat	10/30/2012	1-0	MIA	vs	BOS	W 120-107	1.000	240	120	36	25	8	5	43	79	54.4	8	16	50.0	26	32	81.3	64.5	5	31	8	20
	Average							.526	241.3	102.2	44.2	21.4	7.0	5.3	37.3	81.7	45.6	6.7	17.8	37.8	20.9	27.8	75.2	54.4	11.0	33.2	16.3	24.4
	Total		20-18					.526	9,170	3,882	1,678	815	267	202	1,416	3,103	45.6	255	675	37.8	795	1,057	75.2	54.4	418	1,260	620	928