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Coach Damien Hardwick has rebuffed the dissident Richmond board ticket, saying the embattled AFL club is in the best possible hands.Hardwick used his speech at Thursday nights club best and fairest function to call for unity.He strongly endorsed the clubs leadership, singling out president Peggy ONeal and chief executive Brendon Gale for praise.Earlier this week, the Focus On Football group launched their bid to force a spill of the board and said the Tigers were 35 years into a five-year plan.It appeared only one or two members of the Focus On Football group attended the best and fairest night.I personally want to thank Peggy ONeal, the board, Brendon Gale and our administration, Hardwick said.This is an outstandingly run football club and they have a fierce desire to make this club better.We are no doubt in the best hands, I can guarantee you that.At their launch earlier this week, Focus On Football endorsed Hardwick for next season.But they also indicated they would want a briefing from him on the teams game plan.Hardwicks response on Thursday night was to side strongly with the current club leadership and he was met with strong applause from the audience.Good clubs dont fracture when things go bad. They hang tough, he said.We need to trust in our leaders, in Brendon and Peggy, and make sure we back them up at every opportunity.Pointing to Thursday nights West Coast v Western Bulldogs elimination final, Hardwick said the club needed actions and not words.This was the first time in four seasons that the Tigers have missed the finals and Hardwick added the entire club is angry.It hurts - theres a side playing tonight that is giving themselves an opportunity to play in a flag, he said.Its an opportunity that we have missed.I can guarantee you that our playing group are angry and that anger will turn into something special, I feel, next year.But once again, its just talk - what you want and what we will do, is action. Enough of the talk.ONeal also called for unity and not what she called reactionary decisions based purely on emotion.We surely have matured as a club and we cant let anger and finger-pointing define our future, she said.ONeal said the club had made enormous progress in many areas.She said Gales much-anticipated review of their football operations would be public very shortly.The change thats required has never been in question, she said.But this will be well-informed change.ONeal also paid tribute to former club president and player Neville Crowe, who died on September 2. Kurt Warner Jersey . LeBron James and Chris Bosh didnt need any more. Williams scored 11 points in 10 minutes, Alan Anderson scored 17 points, and the Brooklyn Nets finished the exhibition season with a 108-87 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night. Greg Gaines Jersey . 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James would be just fine if history repeated itself this year.The Cavs are 4-0 for the first time since 2000, when James was a sophomore in high school and not yet driving. The only other time he has been 5-0 was 2011-12 when the Heat went on to sweep the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Finals.The Cavs have the chance to move to 5-0 Thursday for the first time since the 1976-77 season when they started 8-0. That season ended with a first-round exit in the playoffs. The defending NBA champs are aiming much higher.The Cavs are one of five unbeaten teams remaining despite not playing well for a full four quarters yet. Their defense abandoned them in Tuesdays 128-120 win over the Houston Rockets, something coach Tyronn Lue said he didnt mind because of the frenetic pace at which the Rockets play.Veteran wing Mike Dunleavy broke out a little bit against the Rockets with a pair of 3-pointers after he struggled to make open 3s through the first few games. Dunleavy missed six of his first eight 3-pointers through the Cavs first three games.Its a long season. Its just been a few games, said Dunleavy, who was acquired from Chicago over the summer when the Bulls needed to clear cap space to sign Dwyane Wade. You always feel better when youre knocking down shots, especially with this group. Its a long year.dddddddddddd There will be some ups and downs, some nights where you make everything and some nights you cant make anything. Just gotta roll with it.The Celtics are battling a slew of early-season injuries. They could be without Al Horford and Jae Crowder Thursday in what could be a preview of the Eastern Conference finals. Horfords arrival in Boston is expected to push the Celtics into the conferences elite, but he entered the leagues concussion protocol Wednesday and missed the Celtics win against the Chicago Bulls after he was hit in the head during Mondays practice. Symptoms of a concussion didnt present until Tuesday practice.Crowder sprained his ankle in the second quarter of Wednesdays win and did not return. His status for Thursday remains unclear. But the Celtics received a boost with the return of Marcus Smart and Avery Bradley, who is battling shoulder problems and wasnt expected to play against the Bulls. But he returned after receiving a cortisone shot, while Smart had seven points and six turnovers in his season debut after missing the first three games to an ankle injury.Amir Johnson scored 23 points to beat the Bulls, including his first four 3-pointers of the season.I was going crazy, Smart said of watching Johnson. Whatever he ate or drank (Tuesday) night, whatever he did, I want some of it. ' ' '