More players, owners at next meeting (AP)

NBA Commissioner David Stern, union president Derek Fisher and their top advisers are spending more time talking about a new labor deal. Next week, they'll find out if they can make progress in a bigger group. With negotiations at what Stern said is "getting to be an important time," the two sides met for the second consecutive day on Thursday, again for about 5 1/2 hours.

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