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Teachers have had a major impact on Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell's life. His mother, Nicole, teaches preschool, and stressed the value of education to Mitchell when he was a young child. Given that relationship, it was no surprise Mitchell was a vocal supporter of teachers during the Los Angeles teacher's strike in January. Continue to Article

March 22, 2019 12:56:am EST

LeBron James participated in about half of practice Thursday, and coach Luke Walton expects him to play Friday when the Los Angeles Lakers host the Brooklyn Nets, The Athletic reported. With the Lakers managing the superstar's minutes down the stretch, the superstar forward has sat out two of the past three games. James did start and play 35 minutes Sunday in the Lakers' 124-123 loss at New York, finishing with 33 points on 11-of-26 shooting with eight assists and six rebounds. Continue to Article

March 21, 2019 8:26:pm EST

Danny Ainge shares potential timelines for Aron Baynes, Gordon Hayward originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.com The Boston Celtics were down a key reserve for Wednesday night's showdown with the Philadelphia 76ers and lost another important player during the game. But Danny Ainge seems optimistic about both players' injuries. The Celtics' president of basketball operations first shared an update Thursday morning on big man Aron Baynes, who suffered a Grade 2 ankle sprain Wednesday night in Boston's loss to Philly. Continue to Article

March 21, 2019 9:42:am EST

How else to explain the Sixers' 2-10 record against the Boston Celtics in games Embiid and Horford both play? While Philly has risen to prominence in the Eastern Conference over the last two seasons, Boston has remained bafflingly unsolvable: The C's have won 10 of the teams' last 12 meetings overall, including a definitive five-game series win in the 2018 playoffs. Philly's shortcomings against Boston don't start and end with Embiid. Continue to Article

March 20, 2019 3:50:pm EST

James Harden had a streak of 32 games in a row where he scored at least 30 points a night, the second longest streak in NBA history. It was a run of games that propelled the Rockets from being a below .500 team sitting 13th in the West into a solid playoff team in the conference, and it shot Harden into serious MVP consideration. Going into Tuesday night Harden had dropped 30+ on 28 teams, but the Atlanta Hawks — the team that broke the streak back in February — were not on the list. Continue to Article

March 20, 2019 3:31:pm EST

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