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PAUL KITAGAKI JR. pkitagaki@sacbee.com The Kings' Dont Greene finds the going tough against Luol Deng, left, and Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls.

TV, radio: Fox Sports Tennessee, WRBO-FM Records: Grizzlies, 3-8. Sixers 5-6. Lineups Grizzlies: Mike Conley, 6-1, O.J. Mayo, 6-4, Rudy Gay, 6-8, Zach Randolph, 6-9, Marc Gasol, 7-1. 76ers: Lou Williams, 6-2, Andre Iguodala, 6-6, Thaddeus Young, 6-8, Elton Brand, 6-9, Samuel Dalembert, 6-11. INSIDE THE NUMBERS Marc Gasol is one of three NBA players ...

PHILADELPHIA a ' Lou Williams' layup with 3.1 seconds remaining lifted the Philadelphia 76ers to a come-from-behind 86-84 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night.

With a coy smile, 76ers coach Eddie Jordan said it would take months - at least until Thanksgiving - before you'd see some rhythm within his systems.

Was Elton Brand trying to make a statement on Wednesday night?A Let's hope so.A Were Eddie Jordan's harsh words earlier this week about Elton Brand "not being a 40-minute player" any more and that he might start Rodney Carney ahead of Brand meant to inspire better play from the former All-Star power forward?A A If so, "genius" we say.A Could Mo ...

TRENTON, N.J.: Retired NBA star Jayson Williams has agreed to a plea deal that would send him to prison for up to three years for accidentally shooting a driver at his New Jersey estate in 2002, a person with knowledge of the case told the Associated Press today.

The Atlanta Hawks reclaimed a share of the lead in the NBA standings with a 105-90 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday.

The post-Byron Scott era got off to a miserable start for the New Orleans Hornets.

Something's changing tonight. Maybe the 76ers' starting lineup. Maybe the substitution rotation.

For a team that's lost five in a row, the Charlotte Bobcats have still found a reason to be optimistic.

Through the first eighth of the season, 76ers coach Eddie Jordan has yet to develop a consistent rotation.

Marreese Speights is the one with the partially torn knee ligament, but it looks as if 76ers coach Eddie Jordan will do the tweaking, possibly to his starting lineup.

Sources told ESPN.com that the Philadelphia 76ers and Sacramento Kings, in considering the feasibility of a Samuel Dalembert-for-Kenny Thomas swap, have discussed expanding that concept with Boston by trying to draw in the Celtics on a potential three-way deal that would land Andres Nocioni with the Celts.

At first glance, there's seemingly nothing connecting the Bulls ' games Saturday against the Philadelphia 76ers at home and Tuesday against the Sacramento Kings on the road that kicks off the so-called circus trip.

For those few minutes, it was effective. That's not to say we'll be seeing much more of it.

Teams' true selves are emerging. The 76ers' The Brand experiment has quickly gone from hype to heartburn.The Philly Daily News reports N ow, the situation has been thrown fully into a blender, as new coach Eddie Jordan doesn't appear to have enough confidence in Brand to have him on the floor in key situations.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is glad he went public about being treated for a rare form of leukemia because it has given him a chance to reconnect with people.

It's a jump ball over who is more frustrated, 76ers coach Eddie Jordan, who has answered about as many Elton Brand questions as he can stomach, or Brand himself, whose early-season struggles are the team's en vogue topic.

Speights was injured in the fourth quarter of a 94-88 loss at Chicago on Saturday night.

Luol Deng and the slumping Kirk Hinrich each scored 19 points, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Philadelphia 76ers 94-88 on Saturday night.