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Knicks And Celtics Final Injury Reports And Starting Lineups
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On Thursday night, the Boston Celtics are internet hosting the New York Knicks in Massachusetts.
For the sport, each groups have finalized their harm stories and beginning lineups.
The Knicks have dominated out Evan Fournier, DaQuan Jeffries, Trevor Keels and Mitchell Robinson.
In the meantime, the Celtics might be with out JD Davison, Danilo Gallinari, Mfiondu Kabengele and Marcus Good.
The beginning lineups for each groups have been relayed by Underdog NBA.
Underdog NBA: “Lineup alert: Knicks will begin Brunson, Grimes, Barrett, Randle, Sims on Thursday.”
Underdog NBA: “Lineup alert: Celtics will begin White, Brown, Tatum, Horford, Robert Williams on Thursday.”
The Knicks come into the evening with a 26-23 report in 49 video games, which has them because the seventh seed within the Jap Convention.
They’re 5-5 of their final ten video games and a powerful 14-10 within the 24 video games they’ve performed on the highway away from Madison Sq. Backyard.
As for the Celtics, they’re the very best workforce within the NBA, with a 35-14 report in 49 video games.
Over the past ten video games, they’ve gone 8-2, however they arrive into the matchup in the course of a two-game dropping streak.
At dwelling, the Celtics have been improbable, with an 18-5 report in 23 video games hosted in Boston, Massachusetts.
The 2 groups final confronted off in November, and the Celtics gained 133-118.
Jaylen Brown led the way in which with 30 factors, whereas three gamers on the Knicks scored 22+ factors.
Final season, the Knicks missed the postseason, whereas the Celtics made the NBA Finals.
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Boston College Basketball Announces First Matchup in Cayman Islands Classic
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A little over two weeks ago, news broke that the Boston College men’s basketball team would be headed to the Cayman Islands from Nov. 24-26 to compete in the 2024 Cayman Islands Classic.
The Eagles are one of eight teams competing, as they join Boise State, Duquesne, Hampton, High Point, Missouri State, Old Dominion, and South Dakota State.
On Tuesday, it was revealed that BC’s first matchup will take place on Nov. 24 against Old Dominion at 7:30 p.m. ET at John Gray Gymnasium on Grand Cayman Island. It will mark the first time the two teams have met on the hardwood. The Eagles will face either Missouri State or High Point in the second round.
First-round games on the other side of the bracket include Hampton vs. Boise State and South Dakota State vs. Duquesne.
Here’s a picture of the full bracket:
BC logged a 20-16 record last season, which ended with a loss to UNLV in the second round of the NIT Tournament. The Monarchs closed 2023-24 with a record of 7-25, which was last in the Sun Belt Conference. Old Dominion’s season ended in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament with an overtime loss to Texas State.
“We are looking forward to participating in the Cayman Islands Classic,” Eagles head coach Earl Grant said when BC first learned it would be in the tournament. “This will provide our program with a great experience early in the season, competing against an outstanding tournament field in a beautiful setting on Grand Cayman.”
This will be the eighth tournament in the Classic’s history which started in 2017, however did not have an event in 2020 or 2021. Boston College will compete in the event for the first time in its history.
“We are thrilled to host the participating teams for the sixth annual Cayman Islands Classic,” said The Honorable Kenneth Bryan, Minister for Tourism and Transport in the same press release. “This event not only showcases top-tier collegiate basketball but also highlights the Cayman Islands as a vibrant destination for sports tourism.”
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As summers become hotter, Boston moves to implement its heat resilience plans
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For much of the country, this past June was hot — sometimes dangerously hot. In Boston, record-setting temperatures and the heightened risk of heatstroke prompted the city to declare a heat emergency, end school days early and open cooling centers. As heat waves become more common in the region, city officials have created a plan to prepare our infrastructure and communities for the hotter days ahead. GBH’s All Things Considered host Arun Rath discussed Boston’s heat resilience plan with Zoe Davis, a climate resilience project manager with Boston’s Environment Department, and Matt Kearney, the deputy chief of the Office of Emergency Management. What follows is a lightly edited transcript.
Arun Rath: To start off, we’re already seeing the effects of climate change in the city, right? It’s not our imagination. It feels that summers have been getting much, much hotter.
Zoe Davis: That is definitely true. In the city of Boston we have historically had about ten days over 90 degrees in Boston’s more recent history. But due to the impacts of climate change, we are expecting to see more days over a 90-degree threshold and even more days of chronic heat, which are days over 80 degrees.
Rath: In terms of the city specifically, we hear this term that Boston is a “heat island.” Can you talk about what that means and how different communities in the city might experience heat waves differently?
Davis: So, relative to the state of Massachusetts, the Greater Boston area and Boston itself is considered to be a heat island because it’s hotter than the surrounding area. So we do say that the city of Boston is itself a heat island, but within the city there are these temperature hotspots: areas that are within the city that are hotter than others. So some of these areas are typically areas of higher building density, areas where there’s expansive roadway or dark hardscape. These often follow our transportation corridors, areas where there’s large buildings. Then areas that are cooler in the city, by contrast, are parks, typically, and also along the coastline edge and areas that are near bodies of water.
Rath: Matt, how is the city preparing for this? Something that that goes beyond what we’re used to preparing for.
Matt Kearney: Yeah, it takes a whole city approach. So on the Emergency Management side, our work is looking at the short-term response, [to] this heat that’s occurring earlier in the year and later in the year. I know we declared a heat emergency in September last year, which is uncommon. So it’s on us to work with the Environment Department, Boston Planning Development Agency and all the other stakeholders that are taking these long-term projections, and getting a sense of where those resources are needed now in the city. So we’re taking a look at these heat islands that we know are impacting certain neighborhoods, ensuring that they have the adequate cooling resources, as well as other resources that we can make available to those residents because their neighborhoods are hotter than other areas within the city.
Rath: Other sorts of adaptations we’ve been making to climate change from energy conservation to cleaner forms of energy have obvious other benefits. Aside from the direct ones we’re talking about when we’re upgrading infrastructure for heat resilience, are there other additional side benefits to doing that as well?
Davis: Yes. We look at co-benefits of integrating heat resilience broadly. So for example, when we’re thinking about integrating heat resiliency to our roadway infrastructure, there are opportunities to also integrate green infrastructure, which then can have a positive impact on how we are managing stormwater. There’s also elements in this example of making sure to integrate elements around safety, wayfinding and accessibility. I think, similarly, when we’re thinking about improvements to our buildings — as you had mentioned, integrating energy efficient elements into our buildings, as well as coordinating that with decarbonization efforts — is a part of a holistic approach to being climate-resilient, which includes heat resilience as well.
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Boston Celtics Player Will Make Over $800,000 Per Game In 2029
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Jayson Tatum is coming off an incredible season.
He made his fifth NBA All-Star Game and averaged 26.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.0 steals per contest while shooting 47.1% from the field and 37.6% from the three-point range in 74 games.
On Monday, Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium reported that Tatum will sign a contract extension with Boston.
Via Charania: “Boston Celtics All-NBA star Jayson Tatum is finalizing a five-year, $314 million super maximum contract extension through the 2029-30 season, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. This is now the largest deal in NBA history.”
Boston Celtics All-NBA star Jayson Tatum is finalizing a five-year, $314 million super maximum contract extension through the 2029-30 season, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. This is now the largest deal in NBA history. pic.twitter.com/FCAZLTmkhi
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2024
Front Office Sports laid out how much Tatum will make per season on the new deal.
Via Front Office Sports: “Jayson Tatum’s annual salary through 2030—the largest deal in NBA history:
2025-26: $54,126,450 Jayson Tatum’s annual salary through 2030—the largest deal in NBA history:
2025-26: $54,126,450 Total: $314 MILLION 💰 pic.twitter.com/dAR8rkKqZd
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) July 1, 2024
2026-27: $58,456,566
2027-28: $62,786,682
2028-29: $67,116,798
2029-30: $71,446,914″
2026-27: $58,456,566
2027-28: $62,786,682
2028-29: $67,116,798
2029-30: $71,446,914
During the final two seasons of the contract, Tatum will make over $800,000 per game.
Jayson Tatum agrees on a five-year, $315M supermax extension with the Celtics, per B/R’s @ChrisBHaynes
LARGEST CONTRACT IN NBA HISTORY 💰🤑 pic.twitter.com/b9PJyqVsbX
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 1, 2024
The Celtics are coming off a year where they were the first seed in the Eastern Conference with the best record in the league (64-18).
They beat the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals to win their first title since the 2008 season when Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce were on the roster.
Tatum was the third pick in the 2017 NBA Draft after one season of college basketball at Duke.
Through his first seven seasons in the league, he has been to the NBA Finals twice and the Eastern Conference finals five times.
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