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MILWAUKEE - The sellout crowd gave star rookie Jabari Parker the biggest pregame cheers. . Veteran guard O.J. Mayo ended up having the biggest night.Under new ownership, the new-look Milwaukee Bucks got off to a good start in coach Jason Kidds sideline debut at the Bradley Center.Mayo scored 10 of his game-high 25 points in the fourth quarter, and the Bucks pulled away with an 11-0 run over the final 8:21 in a 93-81 win Friday night over the Philadelphia 76ers in their home opener.Being a young team and playing through it and finding a way to grind a win out — thats what good teams have to do in this league, so were going in the right direction, Kidd said.Parker finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Fellow 19-year-old forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, the teams other teen cornerstone, had eight points and six boards.But it was the 26-year-old Mayo — a grizzled veteran by Bucks standards — who got the offence going down the stretch.Mayos 3 with 5:10 left put Milwaukee up 88-81. The veteran guard sparked a 7-0 run to start the fourth quarter with another 3.After a subpar 2013-14 season, when Mayo was sidelined in part by a viral infection, the 6-foot-5 guard is averaging 21 points a game this young season.Its trusting one another out there and doing everything with energy and effort, Mayo said. Energy and effort will help us out a lot.Rookie Nerlens Noel had 14 points and 10 boards for Philadelphia.Hollis Thompsons 3 with 8:21 left got Philadelphia to within 82-81, a five-point swing for the Sixers after the Bucks Jared Bayless blew a wide-open layup on the other end.It turned out to be Philadelphias last bucket. The 76ers missed their last 14 shots.Coach Brett Brown said his team is looking for a go-to player late in games.Some of that is just evolving to try to find some specific things. I think we can put Nerlens (Noel) in some better spots. I think after that its got to be done by a collective effort, Brown said.The Sixers were also outrebounded 55-42. Larry Sanders grabbed 15 boards for Milwaukee.TIP-INS76ers: Before the game, Philadelphia exercised the third-year options for Noel and injured guard Michael Carter-Williams, last seasons NBA Rookie of the Year. The Sixers also exercised the fourth-year option for guard Tony Wroten. .... Carter-Williams is expected back in a couple weeks from a right shoulder injury. Coach Brett Brown said he could use 11 players upon Carter-Williams return.Bucks: The team broke off contract extension talks with guard Brandon Knight, who is in the final year of the four-year deal he received after being drafted in the first round by Detroit in 2011. Knight would enter restricted free agency after this season. ... The hometown fans gasped after Sanders nearly tossed in an open layup into his own bucket off a jump ball with 6:14 left in the fourth quarter. Sanders smiled as he jogged up the court.UP NEXT76ers: Host Heat in home opener on Saturday.Bucks: Visit Wizards on Saturday.KNOCKED OUTK.J. McDaniels had 12 off the bench for Philadelphia on 5-of-7 shooting in 13 minutes before getting sidelined by what he said was an injury near his right hip. McDaniels, who is scheduled to see the doctor on Saturday, said he thought he may have been hit with an elbow or knee.I played through it and it just got worse. It was severe, he said.CUT OFFKnight added 13 points, eight assists and seven rebounds but answered questions mostly about the end of contract talks after the game.It is unfortunate. I definitely wanted to get it done. I love the organization. I love the coaching staff so far, and the players are like my brothers. It is unfortunate that it didnt happen, but I wont be worried about it throughout the year, Knight said.GAME BALLThe game also represented the first home contest for new owners Marc Lasry and Wesley Edens since the New York investment firm executives bought the team in the spring. The Bucks handed the new owners the game ball in the postgame celebration.___Follow Genaro Armas at http://twitter.com/GArmasAP .Y. -- That hangover from the Big East tournament is gone for Villanova. . They actually finished with a better record in ‘07 than they did in ‘06 but only marginally, going from 61 victories to 66. . As deep as their roster is, they need their superstar. Rose scored 23 points in his return from a five-game absence due to back pain, and Chicago hung on to beat the struggling Atlanta Hawks 90-79 on Monday.With the second half of the season well underway and a two-and-a-half week Olympic break coming up, the NHLs Mar. 5 Trade Deadline isnt that far off and teams will be making decisions on whether to buy, sell and decide which players can make the biggest difference and hold the greatest value. Check out todays trade rumours and speculation from around the NHL beat. And follow TSN.ca through Deadline Day for all the updates. Keeping The Pick? As written by Terry Jones of The Edmonton Sun, Oilers GM Craig MacTavish looks like hes keen on retaining the teams first-round pick in this Junes NHL draft. Upon his hiring, MacTavish said the team didnt, "need another teenager, another 18-year-old kid coming in here next year," but Jones writes the perspective could change if the Oilers have a top five pick. No Sitting Still In another story in The Sun, Jones writes that while MacTavish wont be tempted into making a deal for the sake of dealing, it doesnt mean hell be inactive going into the Mar. 5 deadline. "The next deal is going to be an important deal for us,," he told Jones. . "Its going to be important we make the right move. "There have only been 12 deals made this year and weve made four of them. You can argue the pluses and minus of the four deals we made. Were trying to do something. Wed be crazy not to. We just have to keep grinding away, having conversations until theres something that makes sense." MacTavish, however, would not comment on trade speculation surrounding centre Sam Gagner. Blueliners for Boston and Washington? The Boston Bruins have lost three of their last five games without blueliner Dennis Seidenberg in the lineup and Comcast Sportsnets Joe Haggerty suggests a list of defencemen that the Bruins could target to help fill the void, including Dan Girardi, Michael Del Zotto, Mark Stuart, Christian Ehrhoff, Andrej Meszaros and Chris Phillips along with Kimmo Timonen, Ron Hainsey, Nick Schultz, Henrik Tallinder and Rostislav Klesla. Chuck Gormley of Comcast Sportsnet Washington also puts those names out as possibilities as the Capitals head down the stretch. ' ' '

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