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With COVID-19 instances on the rise in Boston, the Boston Public Well being Fee is urging Bostonians to make use of warning as they have a good time upcoming holidays, corresponding to Patriots Day, Easter, Passover, and Ramadan, which has already begun.
“With a lot to sit up for, the Boston Public Well being Fee is encouraging residents to stay vigilant about COVID-19 and to make use of the instruments that we all know work — masking, vaccines, boosters, and testing — to guard themselves and people round them earlier than gathering this week and subsequent,” the fee wrote in a weblog submit.
Group positivity in Boston has now reached 6.2%, which is above the Fee’s threshold of concern of 5%, and is much above the two.2% price the town reported in early March.
Seven metropolis neighborhoods are presently above the 5% positivity threshold, the fee stated. These neighborhoods are Charlestown, at 8.2%, Allston-Brighton, at 7.9%, Downtown, at 7.6%, South Boston, at 7%, the South Finish, at 6.9%, Jamaica Plain, at 6.2%, and West Roxbury, at 6.0%.
The fee additionally stated that information reveals the age group with the very best positivity price proper now could be folks aged 20 to 30.
The fee highlighted these suggestions for avoiding spreading or getting COVID-19 in the course of the holidays:
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BOSTON – Kyrie Irving knows how long it’s been since he’s left TD Garden with a victory.
He’s reminded of it every time he steps foot inside the hallowed arena. Every jeer that comes his way is a stark nudge that his former team has had his number in Boston ever since he stomped on the midcourt display of “Lucky the Leprechaun,” the team’s mascot, in May 2021.
There’s even a new championship banner hanging in the rafters that serves as a clear symbol of his Dallas Mavericks’ shortcomings in last year’s NBA Finals.
But nothing lasts forever. After eight consecutive losses in Boston, Irving finally snapped his skid as the Mavericks escaped with a 127-120 win on Thursday night.
“I was just trying to keep it as another game, but I’d be lying to you guys if I said I’m not aware of the record I have in this building since 2020 or 2021,” Irving said. “It’s more of a motivation factor for me than anything now because they’re the best of the best. They’re the champions in our league until another champion is crowned. You want to play your absolute best against them.”
Irving’s best wasn’t required of him for the Mavericks to emerge victorious on Thursday’s night primetime showdown against the Celtics. He finished with 19 points, four assists and four steals, but was supported by several of his teammates. Klay Thompson led all scorers with 25 points, while Spencer Dinwiddie scored 22 points off the bench. Naji Marshall had 20 off the bench. Two other Mavericks scored in double figures.
According to TNT, it marked the first time in franchise history the Mavericks have had three 15-point starters and three 15-point reserves in the same game. It was the first time the Mavericks faced the Celtics without the recently traded Luka Doncic on the roster, which called for a strategy that could likely be implemented going forward.
Irving scored eight of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, including two of his three 3-pointers. Irving’s first triple over Sam Houser followed a crossover into a stepback combination. As soon as the ball went through the net, Irving clapped his hands and yelled “C’mon!” It was one of the rare occasions Irving didn’t see a double-team by Celtics defenders, which was a common strategy that led to his struggles during the Finals last June.
“They’re going to do everything in their power to stop me,” Irving said. “I’ve said it in the past, but I feel like they feel like they know my game well enough. They throw double teams at me and a lot of different reads. It only makes me better. I’m just grateful. This is what competitive basketball is about.”
Irving is expected to receive plenty of defensive attention now that Doncic is no longer on the team, but he could have another All-NBA player in the lineup in Anthony Davis, his new co-star. Davis could make his Mavericks debut as soon as Saturday afternoon at home against Houston.
“We’re going to play through him,” Irving said. “Obviously, I’ll have the ball in my hands too, but we have that post-up threat. AD is able to get to the midrange and it’ll cover up for a lot of our mistakes and take the pressure off both of us.
“I’m excited. I’ve been seeing a lot of double teams on this trip and I’m excited for one of my other teammates – even Klay got double-teamed tonight. Don’t take it the wrong way, but I was excited to see him get doubled. It just makes the game a lot easier.”
Irving relished his first win at TD Garden in nearly four years, shaking the hands of every member of the Mavericks’ traveling party as he entered the visitor’s locker room.
Now, he’ll try to galvanize his troops for what could be a tumultuous homecoming in the Mavericks’ first game at American Airlines Center since Doncic was traded.
Find more Mavericks coverage from The Dallas Morning News here.
Pat Kelsey/Terrence Edwards Video:
Opening Statement:
“Earl Grant is a friend of mine. I followed him at Charleston, and he was a tough act to follow for a lot of reasons. He’s a really good coach and an unbelievably classy individual. Class act, class personified. There are so many people in Charleston in my first year that told me Earl Grant stories. He’s doing a great job up here. The last two games they’re playing as well as they have all year long. He had a really tough injury with his big kid before the game but I know he’ll get those guys back on the right track.
I’m proud of our players. They showed a lot of resiliency and toughness in overcoming the loss last Saturday in Atlanta and with Chucky (Hepburn) going down early in the second half, the guys all really rallied around each other and stepped up. Terrence (Edwards Jr.) for one, assumed the total point guard minutes from that point, but we essentially had two point guards on the floor at all times anyway because he’s phenomenal in the pick and roll, he makes people around him better, he’s Steady Eddy and a big shot maker so I’m really proud of how he stepped up. Fortunate to get the win and got another tough one coming up on Saturday.”
Game Notes:
RECORDS AND NOTABLES
· Louisville improves to 17-6 on the season and 10-2 in league action.
· Boston College falls to 10-12 on the season and 2-9 in ACC play.
· The Louisville Cardinals are now 11-8 all-time against Boston College.
· Head coach Pat Kelsey is now 1-0 against Boston College.
· The 26-point win marks the longest margin of victory in an ACC game since an 82-54 victory at Wake Forest on Jan. 30, 2019
· UP NEXT: Louisville will return home to the KFC Yum! Center Saturday, February 8 for an ACC clash with Miami. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. ET and can be seen on ESPN2.
· TEAM NOTES
· UofL used the starting lineup of J’Vonne Hadley, Reyne Smith, Chucky Hepburn, James Scott and Terrence Edwards Jr. for the seventh time this season. The lineup is now 6-1 on the year.
· KEY FIRST HALF RUN: Louisville used an early 12-0 run starting at the 13:55 mark to take a 16-4 lead midway through the first half. After a BC run that cut the UofL lead to five, the Cardinals went on a 10-0 run to secure its biggest lead of the half of 15, to go into the locker with the score 29-14.
· KEY SECOND HALF RUN: The Cards used a 17-2 that spanned 4:55 to stretch the lead to 26, capped off by a corner three by Khani Rooths.
· Louisville shot 34-68 (50%) from the field, 9-23 (39.1%) from deep and 7-11 (63.6%) from the free-throw line.
· Boston College shot 23-60 (38.3%) from the field, 6-20 (30%) from behind the arc and 6-11 (54.5%) from the charity stripe.
· The Cardinals outrebounded the Eagles 44-32 on the night, with 12 coming off the offensive glass.
· UofL held the advantage inside, scoring 48 points in the paint compared to just 28 for Boston College.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – While the Louisville men’s basketball program earned a bounce back win at Boston College, they were dealt a noteworthy injury in the process.
Point guard Chucky Hepburn, who leads the Cardinals in points per game and leads the ACC in assists per game, suffered what appeared to be groin injury in their 84-58 win over the Eagles on Wednesday night.
Hepburn suffered the injury at the 15:15 mark of the second half, then walked back to the locker room with trainers. While he returned to the bench area shortly afterwards, he was ruled “questionable” to return, and never re-entered the game. He finished with 12 points, three assists and two rebounds in 24 minutes.
When asked the status of Hepburn’s injury after the game, head coach Pat Kelsey said that he did not have an update and that “we’ll know more tomorrow.”
“I was told by the medical people that he couldn’t return,” Kelsey said.
The 6-foot-2, 190-pound guard entered the matchup vs. Boston College averaging 15.1 points, 6.4 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game – all of which are career-highs. The transfer from Wisconsin’s assist and steals marks are 12th and 13th in D1, respectively.
Louisville will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 8 when return home to host Miami. Tip-off against the Hurricanes is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. EST.
(Photo of Chucky Hepburn: Bob DeChiara – Imagn Images)
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