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Ugly truth the Heat can’t run away from ahead of opening night

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The Miami Heat enters the opening night of the 2025-26 NBA season with a ton of question marks surrounding the team. After missing out on the Kevin Durant sweepstakes this offseason, the Heat made a couple of smaller moves to try to improve upon last season's first-round sweep.

But with the combination of injuries and a lackluster preseason, Miami is already facing long odds coming into Wednesday's contest against Orlando.

Miami is a massive underdog on opening night

Right now, Vegas oddsmakers have Miami as an 8.5-point underdog to the Magic on Wednesday. That makes the Heat the third biggest underdog out of anyone in the NBA.