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The NBA season reached something of a calendar milestone on Thursday with Thanksgiving coming and going.Most teams have played about 15 games to this point and statistics and standings are beginning to settle in as identities get formed. The grind of the season will separate teams and the Playoff races begin to take shape.Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the NBA season gets set fully on its course.The Orlando Magic (6-10) know that. At least their veterans do.Forward Jeff Green senses his team needs a little urgency in the final game of a three-game homestand, on Sunday against the Milwaukee Bucks, before taking its first long trip of the season.We have to correct things now, Green said after Wednesdays loss. We can continue to say its still early, but we have to come to a point where we have to fix it now in order for us to be there in the end.We have to go back to the drawing board, but Friday we have to fix it. For me, thats a must win. And we must win Sunday.The Magic did not quite fix things Friday against the Washington Wizards. They came out flat on both ends and fell 94-91 at home, needing a 19-point comeback to make it a game.Perhaps November is not the time to take too much of a focus on the standings. The Magic are only 1.5 games out of the final spot in the Eastern Conference.But offensive struggles have given the Magic plenty of pause and concern for the rest of their season. They are struggling to score even 90 points per game.The games keep coming. And they all count the same when it comes to the year-end Playoff races. And that could make Sundays game against the Bucks all the more important.The Bucks (6-8) are still in the thick of the early Playoff race too. And they have dealt with their own inconsistent play.Milwaukee has started to hit its groove this season. Even coming off a 105-99 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Friday, the Bucks feel confident about their play and their chances.I thought we had this game today, swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo said. They just made tough shots down the stretch. They made some threes. If we played the game again, they could miss those shots. As a team, we saw a lot of good things.Now we move forward to Orlando. Im not putting pressure on my teammates, but if we go with the same mentality and the same focus we had tonight, we can get that game.Antetokounmpo recorded his first triple double of the season against the Magic on Monday. 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(STATS) -- Being snubbed from the FCS playoff field last season is no longer such a big concern for the University of North Dakota.Getting a playoff resume going this year is now the issue following the No. 19 Fighting Hawks 13-9 loss at Stony Brook in the season opener for both teams Thursday night.The Big Sky squad next faces an even more difficult assignment -- a Sept. 10 visit to Mid-American Conference power Bowling Green.Winning with defense and special teams is often UNDs forte, but Stony Brook (1-0) likes the same formula. The CAA Football team erased a 9-7 deficit when Gavin Heslop blocked a Austin Dussold punt attempt and Kye Morgan picked up the ball at UNDs 7-yard line and raced into the end zone with 8:52 to play.I thought our guys played hard, but we never got anything going offensively and when you give up a special teams touchdown, that makes it hard to win, UND coach Bubba Schweigert said. I thought our defense came up with a lot stops tonight, but give Stony Brook credit -- that was a physical football game and a tough one to lose.The two teams combined for only 398 yards (Stony Brook 221, UND 177). Safety Cole Reyes was UNDs defensive standout, scoring on a safety in the third quarter and totaling two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, eight tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack.The game was tied 7-7 at halftime after both teams scored touchdowns in the second quarter. UNDs John Santiago scored on a 16-yard run and Stony Brooks Cal Daniels recovered teammate Jordan Gowins fumble which bounced into the Fighting Hawks end zone.The intersectional matchup was the return trip of Stony Brooks visit to UND in 2014 -- a 13-3 UND win which had only one offensive touchdown.---=STATS FCS TOP 25=ALL TIMES ETTHURSDAY, SEPT. 1No. 3 Jacksonville State (1-0) 31, North Alabama (0-1) 12Jacksonville State quarterback Eli Jenkins picked up where he left off in earning first-team All-America honors for the FCS runner-up last season. The senior gained 331 total yards, rushing for 101 yards and a touchdown and passing for 230 yards.Auburn transfer Roc Thomas carried the ball 20 times for 71 yards and three touchdowns. He also had four receptions for 53 yards.The Gamecocks gained 502 offensive yards, but committed 12 penalties for 106 yards.---=No. 6 Chattanooga (1-0) 66, Shorter (0-1) 0New starting quarterback Alejandro Bennifield was lifted from the game in the second quarter, but not before he threw touchdowns to four different receivers while Chattanooga built a 45-0 halftime lead. The junior finished 8 of 11 for 135 yards with an interception.Backup quarterback Tyler Roberson totaled three touchdowns -- two runs and a 9-yard reception from Bennifield.---=North Carolina State (1-0) 48, No. 9 William & Mary (0-1) 14The visiting Trribe allowed 21 unanswered points in the second quarter while falling behind 28-7 at halftime.dddddddddddd N.C. State finished with 521 offensive yards.Tribe quarterback Steve Cluley passed for only 99 yards with two interceptions, but he accounted for both touchdowns on a 10-yard run and a 16-yard pass to DeVonte Dedmon.---=No. 15 The Citadel (1-0, 1-0 Southern) 24, Mercer (0-1, 0-1) 23The Citadel has beaten Mercer in three straight seasons by a combined five points. The difference in this years Southern Conference opener was Middle Tennessee State graduate transfer Cody Clarks 35-yard field goal with 2:20 left.The Bulldogs, playing on the road without suspended quarterback Dominique Allen, scored on their first three possessions, including Tyler Renew (27 carries, 146 yards) going 70 yards on the games second play, for a 21-3 lead in the first quarter. But a pair of touchdown runs by quarterback John Russ helped Mercer to 20 unanswered points and a 23-21 lead.Clarks winning field goal capped a 15-play drive for the defending co-SoCon champion, whose new coach, Brent Thompson, won his debut.---=No. 20 Western Illinois (1-0) 38, Eastern Illinois (0-1) 21Charlie Fisher won his Western Illinois coaching debut on the road as sophomore Steve McShane rushed for 207 yards and two touchdowns, including a 70-yarder, on 28 carries.Quarterback Mitch Kimbles 323 passing yards and three total touchdowns werent enough for Eastern Illinois as third-year coach Kim Dameron fell to 0-9 in non-conference games.---=FRIDAY, SEPT. 2=No. 21 Colgate (0-0) at Syracuse (0-0), 7 p.m.---=SATURDAY, SEPT. 3=Kentucky State (0-0) at No. 7 Charleston Southern (0-0), 11:45 a.m.---=No. 23 Villanova (0-0) at Pittsburgh (0-0), 1:30 p.m.---=No. 4 Richmond (0-0) at Virginia (0-0), 3:30 p.m.---=Central Washington (0-0) at No. 17 Portland State (0-0), 5:30 p.m.---=Morehead State (0-0) at No. 12 James Madison (0-0), 6 p.m.---=St. Augustines (0-0) at No. 25 North Carolina A&T (0-0), 6 p.m.---=Valparaiso (0-0) at No. 10 Illinois State (0-0), 7 p.m.---=Tarleton State (0-0) at No. 11 McNeese (0-0), 7 p.m.---=Oklahoma Panhandle State (0-0) at No. 2 Sam Houston State (0-0), 7 p.m.---=No. 24 Towson (0-0) at South Florida (0-0), 7 p.m.---=No. 5 Northern Iowa (0-0) at Iowa State (0-0), 8 p.m.---=No. 16 Coastal Carolina (0-0) at Lamar (0-0), 8 p.m.---=No. 8 South Dakota State (0-0) at TCU (0-0), 8 p.m.---=No. 14 Eastern Washington (0-0) at Washington State (0-0), 8 p.m.---=No. 22 New Hampshire (0-0) at San Diego State (0-0), 8:30 p.m.---=Saint Francis (0-0) at No. 13 Montana (0-0), 9 p.m.---=No. 18 Northern Arizona (0-0) at Arizona State (0-0), 10:45 p.m. ' ' '