![]() He has played in every game of his career thus far and he currently holds the NBA’s longest active Ironman streak. ![]() He struggled in the first game against the Celtics with just 4 points on 16.7% shooting. He is shooting 46.1% from the field and 39.2% from beyond the arc. Photo by Vaughn Ridley/NBAE via Getty Imagesīridges is averaging 16.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Cameron Payne and Landry Shamet are both out with foot injuries. Devin Booker has been out since Christmas with a groin injury and will miss this game but hopes to return Tuesday. For the Suns, Jay Crowder remains out as the Suns look for a trade to move him to another team. Danilo Gallinari remains out with a torn ACL. Marcus Smart remains out for the Celtics with a sprained ankle. They lost their last game but have won 6 of their last 8 games. They are 7-12 against Eastern Conference opponents. They are 8-17 on the road and 6-4 in their last 10 games. They are 9.5 games behind 1st place Denver, half a game behind 6th place Minnesota and 1 game ahead of 11th place Portland. They are 16-4 against Western Conference teams and they have won their last 2 games. The Celtics are 20-6 at home and 7-3 in their last 10 games. The Celtics are 3 games ahead of 3rd place Philadelphia and 5.5 games ahead of 4th place Nets. They are 2 games ahead of 2nd place Milwaukee. The Celtics won the first game 125-98 in Phoenix on December 7 and led that game by as many as 45 points in the second half. This is the 2nd and final game between these two teams. The Celtics are 75-59 overall all time against the Suns and they are 42-23 all time in games played in Boston. It is the first of back to back games with a game in Detroit on Saturday. This is the first game of a 5 game road trip for the Suns. The Suns and Celtics split the series 1-1 last season with each team winning on their home court. The Celtics will head to Detroit for one game on the road before returning to Boston for another 3 game home stand. The Celtics are 2-1 so far, losing to the Knicks before beating the Lakers and Nets. This is the 4th and final game of the 4 game home stand. The Celtics complete their home stand as they host the Phoenix Suns. "The program's mission is to help cultivate the next generation of leaders in science and technology and is designed for young people from underrepresented minority communities in 8th-12th grade.Phoenix Suns (27-26) at Boston Celtics (37-15) "The Bridge Program is a new learning and leadership initiative developed by the 7uice Foundation, founded by the Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown and his family, and the Community Biotechnology Initiative at the MIT Media Lab. Its website describes the program as follows: Brown's goal is to recreate the once-thriving Greenwood District in Boston one century later.īrown is already doing work with the youth in Boston through the Bridge Program at MIT, where he held his press conference alongside some of the program's students. Horrifically, white Tulsa residents orchestrated a race massacre in May 1921 that killed hundreds of members of Greenwood's community and burned the district to the ground. ![]() "The district was founded by Black men and women-many of whom were descendants of slaves-and it became known as Black Wall Street." And all of them were Black-owned," Jazmin Goodwin of CNN Business wrote. "At the turn of the 20th century, the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was more than 35 city blocks of thriving shops, hotels, theaters and more. Also, I want to help stimulate the overall economy, and I want to bring Black Wall Street here to Boston."īrown's mention of Black Wall Street refers to the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the early 20th century. One, I want to attack that wealth gap here in Boston, create a project. ![]() So you asked me what I wanted to do, or what I want to do. I think Boston could be a pilot, not just for wealth disparity here in the U.S. Boston could be a fully integrated, self-sufficient hub attacking minorities and stimulating the wealth gap. "I think that could be a mix of commercial, MCs (mixed commercial), real estate, residentials as well. And I think through my platform, through influential partners, through selected leaders, government officials, a lot who are in this room, that we can come together and create new jobs, new resources, new businesses, new ideas that can highlight minorities but also stimulate the economy and the wealth gap at the same time. It's something that we can all improve on. But two, also, the wealth disparity here that nobody wants to talk about. "With the biggest financial deal in NBA history, it makes sense to talk about, one, your investment in community. ![]()
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