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The Philadelphia 76ers missed Joel Embiid's impact in clogging the paint and experienced a night to forget against the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, especially in the final seconds. Embiid missed the game because of a sore right ankle, injured in Wednesday night's loss to Washington, but the 76ers hope to have him back Sunday afternoon when they visit the New York Knicks. Without him for the third time this season, the Sixers allowed 62 points in the paint, got outrebounded 44-30 and took a 123-121 home loss. Continue to Article

January 12, 2019 3:46:pm EST

Joel Embiid was out (sore ankle) and the Atlanta Hawks feasted in the paint Friday night. The Hawks scored 62 points in the paint, 10 more than their season average, outrebounded the 76ers 44-30, and when Atlanta needed a game winner they could post up John Collins without fear and he knocked down the shot. Philadelphia could have sent the game to overtime, they had two tries at a tip-in off a missed free throw as time expired, but both bounced off the rim. Continue to Article

January 12, 2019 1:00:pm EST

When the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks met slightly more than a week ago, the game was over before it even began. Now the young Atlanta team gets a second shot at one of the league's hottest teams when it hosts the Bucks Sunday in a rematch at State Farm Arena. Milwaukee won that game 144-112 on Jan. 4, the first time Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer matched up against his former team. Continue to Article

January 12, 2019 12:55:pm EST

Kawhi Leonard and Kyle Lowry shared the court for the first time in almost a month for Toronto, yet it was Serge Ibaka who scored the biggest basket of the game for the Raptors Ibaka scored the winning points on a dunk with 17 seconds remaining and the Raptors won their sixth straight home game, 104-101 over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night. We pulled one out,'' Raptors coach Nick Nurse said. We were trying to get away from them and never really could. Continue to Article

January 08, 2019 11:31:pm EST

The last thing the Milwaukee Bucks wanted on Friday was a grind-it-out game, with Eastern Conference rival Toronto coming to town the next night to complete a back-to-back set. No need to worry in Mike Budenholzer's first game against his former team. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 16 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists in just 19 minutes, and the Bucks starters got plenty of rest in a 144-112 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. Continue to Article

January 05, 2019 12:43:am EST