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76ers hire Nurse, leaving Pistons one of three teams with coaching vacancies

The Detroit Pistons are now one of only three teams without a head coach along with the Toronto Raptors and Phoenix Suns.

The Philadelphia 76ers hired former Raptors coach Nick Nurse on Monday to replace Doc Rivers, who was fired after he led Philadelphia to a second straight 50-win season behind NBA MVP Joel Embiid but again failed to lead them to the Eastern Conference finals.

Last week, the Milwaukee Bucks hired Adrian Griffin, one of Nurse's assistant coaches in Toronto. Griffin takes over from Mike Budenholzer, who was fired earlier this month after the top-seeded Bucks' stunning loss to the Miami Heat in the first round of the playoffs.