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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Philadelphia 76ers are still searching for their first home win of the season and will host the Boston Celtics Monday night. The 76ers are 0-12 at Wells Fargo Center this season and opened a three-game homestand with Saturdays 120-115 overtime loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Robert Covington scored 24 points and Hollis Thompson added 21 for Philadelphia, which has dropped three in a row and fell to 2-21 on the season. Tony Wroten scored 17 points off the bench and Michael Carter-Williams ended with a triple-double of 16 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds. Grizzlies guard Mike Conley tossed in a 3-pointer as time expired to force overtime. Memphis out-played the Sixers in the extra session to escape with the victory. That is a very cruel loss, Sixers coach Brett Brown said. Ive just seen the end of the game, there are not many regrets. Its a cruel loss for a bunch of young guys that put themselves in a position to get an incredible win. Covington has scored 20 or more points in four of his last five games. Philadelphia will close the homestand Friday versus Charlotte. The Celtics are winless in their last four road games and have lost three in a row overall, including Fridays 101-95 setback to the New York Knicks. Jeff Green had 28 points, Tyler Zeller stepped up with 19 and both Evan Turner and Marcus Thornton scored 13 points for Boston, which shot 43.5 percent and committed 18 turnovers for 19 New York points. Were a team that needs every basket we can get. Whether thats one person, two or three people, we need to all play well to win, Celtics head coach Brad Stevens said. Boston is 2-6 on the road and defeated Philadelphia, 101-90, in the City of Brotherly Love on Nov. 19. Brandon Bass scored 23 off the bench and Jared Sullinger added 22 for the Celtics. Wroten scored 21 points in that one for the Sixers, who won three of four meetings with the Celtics a season ago. . -- At the beginning of training camp, Andrew Bogut set a goal to play all 82 regular-season games and regain his place among the NBAs best centres. . -- Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman is undergoing surgery to repair a broken bone above his left eye but has no other serious injuries after being hit in the face by a line drive in a spring training game. . But the young forward is more than willing to shed a little blood if thats what it takes to make the team this season. "It caught me pretty good, dazed me for that shift, but I didnt want to be off the ice for too long," he said after practice, his lip still bleeding a little despite the plastic stitches holding it together. . -- Phil Mickelson came to the St. . Balotelli was out at dinner with his brother Enoch and came home to discover he had been burgled. The car was later found abandoned. Balotelli wrote Saturday on Twitter: "I feel empty! No emotions .PARIS - Defending champion France has been handed a relatively easy opening group for the 2015 European basketball championship at Mondays draw in Disneyland, near Paris.The tournament was slated for Ukraine, but was moved because of unrest. France will stage a group in Montpellier and the final stage of the September tournament in Lille. Other group matches will be spread around three other European cities: Berlin; Zagreb, Croatia; and Riga, Latvia.Group A in Montpellier comprises France, Finland, Russia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Poland and Israel.Group B in Berlin is the toughesst with two-time champion Spain and World Cup runner-up Serbia facing Germany, Turkey, Italy and Iceland.ddddddddddddGroup C in Zagreb features Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Macedonia, Georgia and the Netherlands, while Group D in Riga has Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belgium and the Czech Republic. Four teams from each group advance to the final stage.The group stage will be played Sept. 5-11, with the final stage Sept. 12-20.The finalists qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Four other teams will advance to an Olympic qualifying tournament. ' ' '
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