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The Atlanta Hawks no longer have to worry about being the first team to lose to the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers got that monkey off their back on Friday, when they beat the Indiana Pacers 109-105 in overtime. Philadelphia had started the season with seven consecutive losses. Continue to Article

November 12, 2016 3:00:am EST

There was a time when the NBA Development League was just hanging on, a fledgling operation viewed as an outpost to be avoided at all costs. As the D-League prepares to open its 16th season of operation on Friday, it does so having grown dramatically in recent years, and with the handful of remaining NBA teams who have yet to start their own affiliates clamoring to get in the door. ''We've already grown very quickly in a short period of time,'' president Malcolm Turner told The Associated Press. Continue to Article

November 11, 2016 6:02:am EST

Nuggets coach Michael Malone just wants everyone to slow down and take another look. The Denver Nuggets on Thursday filed an official protest with the NBA over their one-point loss to the Memphis Grizzlies earlier this week, in response to the league acknowledging in its Last Two Minutes post-mortem report that both the referees on-site and the replay officials at the NBA Replay Center in Secaucus, N.J., made an incorrect call that played a major role in the unfolding of the game’s final play. Denver’s Mike Miller attempted to inbound the ball to teammate Nikola Jokic, but his pass was too high, going off Jokic’s fingertips and eventually getting corralled by Mike Conley. Continue to Article

November 11, 2016 12:10:am EST