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The Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic began the NBA season with many new pieces to their respective puzzles.They are both still trying to wrestle those pieces into place.The Magic, who have a new coach in Frank Vogel and two new big men in Serge Ibaka and Bismack Biyombo, bring an 0-3 record into Tuesday nights game against the Sixers (0-2) in Philadelphia.As Vogel told the Orlando Sentinel before Saturdays road game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Magic have not been sharing the ball as much as he would like.I think our guys are trying, he said. Their hearts are in the right place. But too many guys are trying to do it themselves and not letting the game come (to them). Playing for each other -- we have to do that better or were not going to change our fortunes.While five Orlando players are averaging 10 points a game or more, the Magic are averaging just 92.3 a game while giving up 107.Ibaka, who was acquired in an offseason trade with Oklahoma City, managed just 18 points in his new teams first two games but scored 19 against Cleveland. He shoot 7 of 12 from the floor.Super encouraging, guard Elfrid Payton told the Sentinel after the game. With teams trying to go small now, hes going to be able to punish teams inside. So hes got to make a conscious effort to go in there. He shoots the ball from mid-range well, and he can knock down a 3. So its tough to tell him to stay inside. But when he has smaller guys on him, he can really punish them.Biyombo, known more for his defense, is averaging 2.5 points and six rebounds a night.Philadelphia has added center Joel Embiid to the mix this season. The third overall pick in the 2014 draft, Embiid missed his first two seasons as a result of two foot surgeries.He has averaged 17 points in 19 minutes a game over the Sixers first two outings, while on a minutes restriction. He will not play more than 20 a game for the foreseeable future.Coach Brett Brown also told reporters at practice Monday that Embiid will not travel to the teams game in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday.Brown added that while Jahlil Okafor will be available against the Magic on Tuesday, his plan is to hold the center out of the game, as he is recovering from knee surgery. Okafor will then play against the Hornets.Besides Embiid, the only other Sixer scoring in double figures is Sergio Rodriquez, who is filling in at point guard for the injured Jerryd Bayless (wrist). Rodriguez, who played in the NBA from 2006-10 but was overseas the last six seasons, is scoring at a 13 point-per-game clip. He is also chipping in seven assists a night.Another newcomer, forward Dario Saric, has missed 17 of 21 shots to date. Saric, who was acquired in a draft-night trade with Orlando in 2014, played in Turkey the last two years. Wholesale Jerseys USA .Y. -- Syracuse has turned up the defence at the right time all season, and when High Point threatened to pull off a monumental upset the second-ranked Orange did what they do best with their quick hands and savvy play. Wholesale Jerseys . Pirlo limped out of Sundays 1-0 win over Udinese after just 13 minutes. Juventus says Pirlo underwent tests on Monday which revealed he has "a second-degree lesion to the collateral medial ligament in his right knee. http://www.wholesalejerseysnflsports.com/ . From filmmaker Nanette Burstein (On the Ropes), The Price of Gold revisits the saga that rocked the figure skating world ahead of the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Winter Games: the assault on Nancy Kerrigan, and the plot that led its way back to her rival Tonya Harding. Wholesale NFL Jerseys . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. OAKLAND, Calif. -- Maybe being dunked on and stared down did it.Kevin Durant found some extra fire after Jerami Grant slammed one home right over him and his old teammates started talking.Durant matched his career high with seven 3-pointers and scored 39 points, coolly knocking down long jumpers while thoroughly embarrassing Russell Westbrook and the rest of his old Oklahoma City teammates in Golden States 122-96 rout of the Thunder on Thursday night.When you get dunked on like that, as a competitor out there you want to come back and try to make a play and try to ignite your team, Durant said. He ignited his team with that dunk. I was just trying to do the same throughout the whole game.This rematch of the Western Conference finals won by the Warriors in seven games quickly turned into the KD show at sold-out Oracle Arena, where OKC (4-1) took its first loss to leave LeBron James and the champion Cavaliers as the NBAs lone unbeaten team.So much for this one being just like any other game for Durant. Even he knew it would certainly mean more once the ball was tipped, a matchup circled on calendars everywhere from the moment he left the Thunder as a free agent and joined the Warriors in July.As soon as the game started it brought back some memories, but after that it was back to business, Durant said.Westbrook was held to 20 points after coming in as the leagues leading scorer at 37.8 per game.Stephen Curry added 21 points and seven assists, while Klay Thompson emerged from his 3-point funk to make four from long range on the way to 18 points in the Warriors fourth straight win.But this one was all about Durant on a night when No. 35 and his new teammates redeemed themselves after a 129-100 flop in their season opener Oct. 25 against San Antonio that sent fans for the exits with more than 5 minutes left.When KD sat down for good with 6:41 to play, he received a rousing ovation and fans began chanting K-D!Durant dunked to end the third quarter and pumped his arms and shook his head. He repeatedly pointed to the roof and roared in celebration to punctuate big plays -- and, wow, did he have hiss share of them in this first, fabulous, hyped-up reunion with his former OKC boys.ddddddddddddConsecutive 3s before the half, baskets off rebounds, altering shots with that superior wingspan, KD flat out did it all. He shot 15 for 24, including 7 of 11 from deep, in his third 30-point performance, and had seven rebounds and a block.Westbrook had put up triple-doubles in two of his previous three games, with a 35-point outing in Wednesdays win at the Clippers. But he didnt have it the very next night, going 4 for 15 with 10 points coming on free throws to go with 10 assists and six rebounds.The Warriors are doing a lot of trash talking, Westbrook said. Apparently I guess they talk a lot of trash now, but well see how that goes.Victor Oladipo led Oklahoma City with 21 points.TIP-INSThunder: The team missed a chance to match the best start of the Oklahoma City era at 5-0, accomplished in 2011-12. ... OKC played its first of 14 sets on consecutive nights.Warriors: Durants 69 straight games scoring 20 or more points are the most since Michael Jordan did so from Nov. 24, 1990, to April 19, 1991. ... Free agent relief pitcher Sergio Romo, a San Francisco Giants reliever since 2008, tossed towels during timeouts. ... Warriors defensive guru Ron Adams, with 22 years as an NBA assistant, was inducted into the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame. He coached Fresno State and alma mater Fresno Pacific.FACING FORMER TEAMDurants 39 points matched the most by a player facing his former team for the first time. Danny Ainge and Stephon Marbury also did it.KERR GOES OFFAn infuriated coach Steve Kerr had to be held back by Warriors assistant Mike Brown when no foul was called on a 3-point attempt by Curry at the 8:34 mark of the first quarter.Steph got mauled, he said.UP NEXTThunder: Host Minnesota on Saturday to begin five straight home games and eight of nine.Warriors: Visit the Lakers on Friday to face former top assistant Luke Walton for the first time since he became L.A.s new coach. ' ' '
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