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For Sixers assistant Lange, it all began in South Jersey

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Phil Anastasia, Inquirer Columnist

Everybody starts somewhere.

For Billy Lange and many other prominent members of the South Jersey basketball community, it all began at St. Rose of Lima school in Haddon Heights - in the little gym on cold winter nights, on the outdoor court on Third Avenue on warm summer nights, during those walks across Kings Highway to grab a soda at Del's.

"When I look back at the career that I've had, God's finger is on all of it," Lange said. "And it all goes back to South Jersey.