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DETROIT -- Andre Drummond had 10 points and 13 rebounds and the Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 97-76.Tobias Harris scored a game-high 18 for the Pistons to go along with six rebounds, two assists and one steal. Detroit improved to 2-2.The 76ers (1-5) may have lost, but coach Brett Brown had good news about two of their young players. Brown said Joel Embiid could play both games of back-to-backs once the season begins despite missing the last two seasons because of a broken right foot and being on a preseason minutes restriction. Embiid scored a team-high 15 and grabbed five rebounds, but had seven turnovers.Jahlil Okafor had surgery for a meniscus tear in March and has not played in the preseason, but Brown said he should be ready for the season opener on October 26.---KINGS 124, WIZARDS 119SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins scored 22 points and had five rebounds and six assists in the Kings (3-2) victory. Point guard Darren Collison finished with 22 points on 7 for 11 shooting and added eight assists.Seven different Wizards players scored in double figures, led by Andrew Nicholsons 19 points. Trey Burke chipped in 14 points and 10 assists in the loss.---TIMBERWOLVES 101, HEAT 96LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Andrew Wiggins scored 23 points on 9 for 16 shooting and the Timberwolves (3-1) continued their strong preseason. Reigning rookie of the year Karl-Anthony Towns posted 16 points and 14 rebounds.Keith Benson led Miami (3-2) with 14 points, but the Heat (3-2) were outrebounded by 15.---CELTICS 119, KNICKS 107NEW YORK -- R.J Hunter scored 17 points in 15 minutes off the bench as the Celtics (4-1) shot a blistering 58.9 percent from the field. Avery Bradley finished with 15 on 7 for 9 shooting.Mindaugas Kuzminskas scored a team-high 18 for the Knicks while Carmelo Anthony added 15. New York (2-2) outrebounded Boston 47-29.---BULLS 107, BUCKS 86MILWAUKEE -- Isaiah Canaan scored 25 points, grabbed five rebounds and had four assists in the Bulls blowout victory. He shot 8 for 13 from the field, including five 3-pointers.Doug McDermott came off the bench to hit four 3-pointers and finish with 22 for the Bulls (3-2). Dwyane Wade, Jimmy Butler, Rajon Rondo and Taj Gibson did not play.Jabari Parker led the Bucks (-2) with 21 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals. Teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo added 14 points, six rebounds, four assists and two blocks.---GRIZZLIES 134, ROCKETS 125, 2OTHOUSTON -- The Grizzlies closed on an 11-2 run in double-overtime to hand the Rockets their first loss of the preseason. Troy Williams scored 23 points while Jeff Green had 21 and eight rebounds to pace the Grizzlies (4-1).The Rockets shot just 20.6 percent from 3-point range in the loss and had 24 turnovers, seven more than the Grizzlies. 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DENVER -- Von Millers two sack-strips of Cam Newton in Super Bowl 50 were just the start of his torment of Carolinas quarterback.Denvers star linebacker made the NFL MVP the butt of his jokes on SNL and trolled him on Instagram, saying it was all in good fun.On Saturday Night Live six days after he was voted MVP of the Super Bowl, Miller discussed the discovery of gravitational waves first postulated by Albert Einstein a century earlier by declaring: These waves are everywhere in the universe -- just like Im everywhere when Cam Newton closes his eyes.When Newton posted a picture of himself playing water polo with the U.S. national team in April, Miller photo-shopped himself in knocking yet another ball out of the QBs right hand.Although theyre more associates than amigos, Miller said his teasing and tweaking of Newton were actually measures of the respect he has for the man he calls the best player in the league.If I had sons that wanted to play quarterback, I would point them in the direction of Cam Newton and Peyton Manning, Miller said. I think thats where all the poking and fun comes for me is because I really do admire him and really respect him at the end of the day.That reverence is mutual, Newton said.Great player. Ninety-nine on Madden, said Newton, who added that Miller is a great and exceptional talent, one of the great players in this NFL by far.Newton, who faces his nemesis again Thursday night in the 2016 NFL kickoff in Denver, swears he didnt mind Miller rubbing it in after denying him the Lombardi Trophy.No, it doesnt bother me at all, Newton insisted. Hes a great player and with his elite ability, it gives him the right to do that.Newton spent much of his offseason adjusting to becoming a father and working on a Nickelodeon TV show for kids called All In With Cam Newton.But escaping the Super Bowl loss wasnt easy. Miller was everywhere.His cross-country victory lap included four dozen national TV appearances. Manning called it Millers world celebrity tour, a six-month jet-setting junket of television and dance studios, A-list parties and B-roll appearances.Surely, Newton was pained to see all that whimsicality at his expense.No, sir, Newton said matter of factly.Still, like the Super Bowl, its something Newton clearly doesnt want to talk about anymore.Im so focussed on the future as far as leading up to our game on Thursday, I cant even look back or dwell on the past, Newton said.ddddddddddddMiller isnt going down memory lane this week, either.Last year is last year, he said. We really dont talk too much about the Super Bowl. We dont want the success from last year to make us lackadaisical or to have us not prepared, or to come into this game without having our guard up. We know exactly what type of team the Carolina Panthers are.Newton, the No. 1 overall pick in the exalted 2011 draft class, is 0-2 against Miller, the second selection.When they first faced each other in 2012, Miller had a half-dozen tackles and a sack in Denvers 36-14 win at Carolina, where he imitated Newtons Superman celebration after taking him down.In the Super Bowl, Miller had six tackles and 2+ sacks, forced two fumbles and broke up a pass.Newtons 60 minutes of frustration on the field spilled over to his post-game interview when he answered questions with terse, short responses while slumped behind a podium with a hoodie covering most of his face. After three minutes he abruptly got up and walked off, drawing the ire of some other athletes who criticized his antics.Miller was voted the games MVP and quickly embarked on an offseason that transformed him from NFL superstar to mainstream celebrity. He signed the biggest contract ever for a non-quarterback : $114.5 million over six years, including $70 million in guarantees.That came roughly a year after Newton set the standard for franchise QBs with his five-year, $103 million deal, with $60 million guaranteed.Once the schedule came out featuring the Super Bowl participants kicking off the 2016 season, Newton responded to Millers Instagram jab by replying: Thought this was cute Von Miller. Lookin lookin lookin . lookin for revenge. Sept. 8.He included the hashtags All respect to you my killa, and I know you will be ready, we will too.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---AP Sports Writer Steve Reed contributed from Charlotte, North Carolina. Follow AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton ' ' '