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O to hard-court donors

WASHINGTON — President Obama has shown plenty of love for the sport of basketball over the years, and now he’s calling in all his NBA chits to sink a buzzer beater for his re-election by hosting a big- bucks hoops fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers later this month.

Tickets for the August 22nd event are going for up to $5,000. Before the NBA lockout ended, the president had planned a similar “Obama classic” basketball fund-raiser.