win loss record for nba defending champions first game of the season in 2020s

The Los Angeles Lakers were 1-0 in Game 1 of the 2020 NBA Finals versus the Heat on September 30, 2020.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	SEASON	SERIES	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	Lakers	9/30/2020	1-0	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	MIA	W 116-98	1.000	240	116	54	26	7	8	38	84	45.2	15	38	39.5	25	27	92.6	60.5	9	45	12	19
2	Heat	9/30/2020	0-1	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	L 98-116	.000	240	98	36	23	4	5	38	89	42.7	11	35	31.4	11	14	78.6	51.5	5	31	8	15
3	Lakers	10/2/2020	1-0	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	MIA	W 124-114	1.000	240	124	44	32	6	3	49	97	50.5	16	47	34.0	10	17	58.8	59.3	16	28	9	26
4	Heat	10/2/2020	0-1	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	L 114-124	.000	240	114	37	29	2	1	36	71	50.7	11	27	40.7	31	34	91.2	66.3	6	31	9	23
5	Lakers	10/4/2020	0-1	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	@	MIA	L 104-115	.000	240	104	43	23	8	2	34	79	43.0	14	42	33.3	22	29	75.9	56.7	11	32	19	22
6	Heat	10/4/2020	1-0	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	LAL	W 115-104	1.000	240	115	37	25	8	3	41	80	51.3	12	34	35.3	21	23	91.3	63.8	3	34	12	23
7	Lakers	10/6/2020	1-0	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	@	MIA	W 102-96	1.000	240	102	42	25	5	4	35	79	44.3	14	39	35.9	18	21	85.7	57.8	10	32	15	14
8	Heat	10/6/2020	0-1	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	LAL	L 96-102	.000	240	96	39	18	8	3	32	75	42.7	11	32	34.4	21	26	80.8	55.5	7	32	11	21
9	Lakers	10/9/2020	0-1	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	MIA	L 108-111	.000	240	108	41	21	10	5	38	82	46.3	14	38	36.8	18	21	85.7	59.2	12	29	15	21
10	Heat	10/9/2020	1-0	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	W 111-108	1.000	240	111	35	26	7	3	38	83	45.8	14	33	42.4	21	22	95.5	59.9	9	26	13	19
11	Lakers	10/11/2020	1-0	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	@	MIA	W 106-93	1.000	240	106	46	23	5	4	43	89	48.3	11	35	31.4	9	14	64.3	55.7	12	34	12	22
12	Heat	10/11/2020	0-1	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	LAL	L 93-106	.000	240	93	41	25	4	4	35	79	44.3	10	28	35.7	13	22	59.1	52.4	9	32	13	18
13	Bucks	7/6/2021	0-1	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	@	PHX	L 105-118	.000	240	105	47	21	4	2	40	88	45.5	16	36	44.4	9	16	56.3	55.2	9	38	13	18
14	Suns	7/6/2021	1-0	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	MIL	W 118-105	1.000	240	118	43	18	9	1	41	88	46.6	11	34	32.4	25	26	96.2	59.3	6	37	9	14
15	Bucks	7/8/2021	0-1	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	@	PHX	L 108-118	.000	240	108	46	21	8	7	42	93	45.2	9	31	29.0	15	23	65.2	52.4	18	28	9	17
16	Suns	7/8/2021	1-0	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	MIL	W 118-108	1.000	240	118	43	26	7	2	43	88	48.9	20	40	50.0	12	14	85.7	62.7	11	32	12	19
17	Bucks	7/11/2021	1-0	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	PHX	W 120-100	1.000	240	120	47	28	8	2	43	90	47.8	14	36	38.9	20	26	76.9	59.1	13	34	9	18
18	Suns	7/11/2021	0-1	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	@	MIL	L 100-120	.000	240	100	36	21	3	3	40	83	48.2	9	31	29.0	11	16	68.8	55.5	6	30	14	24
19	Bucks	7/14/2021	1-0	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	PHX	W 109-103	1.000	240	109	48	22	11	3	39	97	40.2	7	29	24.1	24	29	82.8	49.7	17	31	5	18
20	Suns	7/14/2021	0-1	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	@	MIL	L 103-109	.000	240	103	40	18	3	9	40	78	51.3	7	23	30.4	16	19	84.2	59.6	5	35	17	24
21	Bucks	7/17/2021	1-0	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	@	PHX	W 123-119	1.000	240	123	37	26	7	1	50	87	57.5	14	28	50.0	9	17	52.9	65.1	11	26	11	17
22	Suns	7/17/2021	0-1	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	MIL	L 119-123	.000	240	119	35	23	9	5	48	87	55.2	13	19	68.4	10	11	90.9	64.8	8	27	8	20
23	Bucks	7/20/2021	1-0	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	PHX	W 105-98	1.000	240	105	53	20	10	6	37	82	45.1	6	27	22.2	25	29	86.2	55.4	11	42	18	17
24	Suns	7/20/2021	0-1	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	@	MIL	L 98-105	.000	240	98	37	14	11	4	38	86	44.2	6	25	24.0	16	19	84.2	51.9	6	31	14	21
25	Celtics	6/2/2022	1-0	2021-22	NBA Finals	BOS	@	GSW	W 120-108	1.000	240	120	39	33	7	6	43	85	50.6	21	41	51.2	13	16	81.3	65.2	7	32	12	13