The Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Hornets’ back-to-back battle commences as soon as once more.

The 18-banner franchise are going through the Hornets tonight contained in the Spectrum Middle in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Hornets are a little bit of a wildcard match-up for the defending champions this season, as they’ve trounced the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors. And, with Tre Mann being a large scorer, with 20.5 factors on common per sport and taking pictures 42.9% behind the arc, Charlotte could possibly be a giant risk to Boston’s supremacy.

Will the defending champions be stung by the Hornets?

What time does Celtics vs. Hornets begin

Tip-off is scheduled for six p.m. tonight.

Easy methods to watch tonight’s Celtics sport

You’ll be able to watch tonight’s sport on NBC Sports activities Boston and NBA League Move.

You can too stream it on Fubo, NBA League Move and Youtube TV (with NBA League Move).

How can I hearken to the Celtics sport on radio?

To hearken to Saturday’s Celtics sport on the radio, tune into 98.5 FM The Sports activities Hub on the time of tip-off, as 98.5 is the flagship station of the Boston franchise, in accordance with their web site.

“Often when scheduling conflicts come up, choose video games could be heard dwell on ROCK 92.9,” the Sports activities Hub web site mentioned.

In case you dwell in Windfall, you may hearken to protection of the sport on WPRV 790 AM.

Rin Velasco is a trending reporter. She could be reached at rvelasco@gannett.com. 

Halloween is over, which suggests one factor: It’s formally Mariah Carey season. This yr, the Queen of Christmas and “All I Need For Christmas Is You” hitmaker is teaming up with Virgin Motels for a one-of-a-kind vacation pop-up bar, and it’s coming to New Orleans.

From Friday, November 15 by way of Sunday, December 29, Virgin Motels New Orleans — in addition to Virgin Motels in Chicago, Dallas, Nashville, and New York Metropolis — will remodel right into a Carey-themed winter wonderland courtesy of nationwide pop-up occasions firm Bucket Listers. The pop-up will promote Carey’s three-year-old Irish cream model Black Irish, a line of flavored liqueurs “impressed by the heritage of the worldwide singer-songwriter.”

The pop-up bar will serve over-the-top Black Irish liqueur-based drinks, like an espresso martini served with a sweet cane rim; a white chocolate martini topped with cotton sweet and glitter; a bourbon martini with a chocolate-covered pretzel rim; and cocoa espresso topped with glitter sprinkles and edible butterflies. There may also be loads of Carey-themed shows, decor, and photograph ops, like a life-sized present field with an “All I Need For Christmas Is You” neon signal; a “Letters to Mariah” station; a lyric wall; and an outsized Christmas tree. Patrons may also be capable to sit on a life-sized Christmas wreath to recreate Carey’s Magical Christmas Particular album cowl, certain to be an Instagram hit.

It’s the primary time Bucket Listers has placed on an occasion in New Orleans, however the firm is thought for its touring pop culture-themed pop-ups, like a Saved By The Bell pop-up that began in Chicago, a Barbie pop-up with Mattel that made stops across the nation, and a Buffy The Vampire Slayer pop-up. It’s no shock the Carey-themed pop-ups are going down at Virgin Motels throughout the nation — because it opened in New Orleans in 2021, Virgin Motels has held numerous themed occasions, vacation pop-ups, and events.

Tickets for the New Orleans pop-up are on sale now, with 90-minute time slots provided between 4 and eight:30 p.m. every day. They vary from $20 to $30 relying on the day of the week and embody a complimentary Black Irish welcome cocktail.

Epic Video games dropped a model new trailer throughout the Fortnite Remix stay occasion, which revealed what gamers can count on from the brand new throwback season. Whereas we already knew that Fortnite Remix could be a Fortnite OG-style season celebrating Chapter 2 of the sport, with returning POIs, objects, and skins coming to the sport.

Nonetheless, this additionally revealed an additional layer to the season, that being that it focuses on rappers. Specifically Snoop Dogg, Ice Spice, and the return of Eminem, who’ve skins, POIs, and their very own weapons coming to the sport. Nonetheless, the largest shock got here proper on the finish of the trailer with the reveal that Juice WRLD will likely be receiving a Fortnite pores and skin.

Nonetheless, in contrast to the opposite artist skins, which will likely be paid for within the merchandise store, Epic Video games is providing the Slayer Juice WLRD Pores and skin without spending a dime. The corporate mentioned on the Fortnite Weblog, “To honor Juice’s legacy and love for Fortnite, all gamers who log in between 1 AM ET on November 30 and 1 AM ET on December 1 will obtain the cel-shaded Slayer Juice WRLD Outfit.”

Epic Video games additionally confirmed that on the finish of Fortnite Remix, there will likely be a Dwell Occasion titled Remix Finale, which is about to pay tribute to Juice WRLD in addition to kicking off Fortnite Chapter 6. This marks the second collab with Juice WRLD as Fortnite Competition obtained his songs ‘Lucid Goals’ and ‘Come & Go’ earlier this yr. Fortnite Competition Season 6 will even characteristic his music Theft as a part of the Snoop Dogg Music Cross.

Juice WRLD sadly handed away in 2019, however in a press launch his mom Carmela Wallace mentioned, “Jarad at all times liked to play Fortnite – it was extra than simply leisure for him, it was a technique to join with others. From a younger age, video video games have been part of how he bonded with family and friends, and being in Fortnite is an unbelievable tribute to that connection. I do know he could be overjoyed to see how his love for video games continues to deliver individuals collectively throughout completely different areas, identical to his music does.”

Ever needed to play Fortnite with Juice WRLD? The sport is honoring the late rapper and Fortnite fan (born Jarad Anthony Higgins) with a pores and skin that might be free for a restricted time. All gamers who log in between November 30 at 1 a.m. ET and December 1 at 1 a.m. ET will obtain the “cel-shaded Slayer Juice WRLD Outfit” as a approach of paying tribute to “Juice’s legacy and love for Fortnite,” per an official weblog put up. Which means the pores and skin might be out there a few week after his newest posthumous album, The Social gathering By no means Ends, drops on November 22. (In the event you miss the window to get it without cost, you possibly can nonetheless buy it afterwards.)

The information was teased on the finish of the Chapter 2 Remix trailer, which additionally featured appearances from Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Ice Spice. 999, a quantity that was important to Juice WRLD, reveals up on an empty chair. It additionally seems in clouds, together with a silhouette of his head. “Jarad at all times cherished to play Fortnite – it was extra than simply leisure for him, it was a technique to join with others,” his mother, Carmella Wallace, mentioned in an announcement in regards to the collaboration, per Sports activities Illustrated. “From a younger age, video video games have been part of how he bonded with family and friends, and being in Fortnite is an unbelievable tribute to that connection. I do know he can be overjoyed to see how his love for video games continues to convey folks collectively throughout totally different areas, similar to his music does.”

Donald Trump says Liz Cheney may not be such a ‘struggle hawk’ if she had weapons pointed at her, prompting response by ex-Republican lawmaker.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has attacked Liz Cheney, suggesting the previous lawmaker who has endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris within the race to the White Home ought to face fight with weapons educated on her for her coverage stance.

“She’s a radical struggle hawk,” Trump stated on Thursday at a marketing campaign occasion with ex-Fox Information tv host Tucker Carlson in Glendale, Arizona, additionally calling Cheney “a deranged particular person” and “a really dumb particular person”.

“Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with 9 barrels taking pictures at her, OK? Let’s see how she feels about it. You understand, when the weapons are educated to her face,” he added, noting that she and her father, former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, refused to again his third presidential run.

Trump has repeatedly promised to analyze or prosecute his political rivals, together with Cheney, in addition to election employees, journalists and left-wing People, amongst others. The previous president has additionally stated the army could possibly be used towards what he calls “radical left lunatics” if there’s unrest on Election Day.

In response, Cheney on Friday known as Trump a “vindictive, merciless” dictator.

“That is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those that converse towards them with demise. We can not entrust our nation and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, merciless, unstable man who needs to be a tyrant,” Cheney responded in a publish on X on Friday, including “#Womenwillnotbesilenced.”

Afterward Friday, Harris described Cheney as a “a real patriot” and stated Trump’s rising “violent rhetoric” ought to disqualify him from turning into president once more.

“His enemies listing has grown longer. His rhetoric has grown extra excessive,” Harris informed reporters after arriving in Madison, Wisconsin, considered one of her marketing campaign stops on Friday. “And he’s even much less centered than earlier than on the wants and the issues and the challenges going through the American individuals.”

One of the vital high-profile Republicans to show towards Trump, Cheney has endorsed Harris within the November 5 election, saying she crossed occasion traces to place the nation earlier than politics and calling Trump a “hazard”.

As soon as one of many occasion’s high leaders within the US Home of Representatives, Cheney misplaced her seat in Congress after backing Trump’s second impeachment for his position in his supporters’ January 6, 2021 storming of the US Capitol after which serving to to steer the investigation into the assault.

In current weeks, Cheney has campaigned with Harris, together with in Michigan, an important battleground state with massive Arab and Muslim populations who the Democrats try to win over.

Her father has lengthy been pilloried by Democrats for his central position in pushing for – and executing – the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 on grounds that turned out to be pretend. Cheney has embraced her father’s neoconservative legacy all through her profession, resulting in questions the place Cheney’s assist might assist Harris win votes within the knife-edge race or find yourself hurting her prospects.

“When you might have surrogates like Liz Cheney campaigning throughout the state of Michigan, speaking about how even Dick Cheney – the struggle legal – is supporting Vice President Harris, is that speculated to be a welcoming message to this neighborhood?” Abdullah Hammoud, the mayor of the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, residence to the biggest per capita Muslim inhabitants within the US, informed Al Jazeera on Thursday.

Donald Trump has instructed that certainly one of his most vocal Republican critics Liz Cheney wouldn’t be a “radical warfare hawk” if she was in a warfare herself and had weapons “educated on her face”.

The Republican presidential candidate made the remarks throughout an interview with former Fox Information host Tucker Carlson, prompting criticism of his “violent rhetoric” from the Kamala Harris marketing campaign.

The Trump marketing campaign rejected the criticism, calling Cheney a warmonger.

The previous Wyoming congresswoman responded on Friday: “That is how dictators destroy free nations.”

“They threaten those that communicate towards them with dying,” she posted on X, previously Twitter. “We can’t entrust our nation and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, merciless, unstable man who desires to be a tyrant.”

Chatting with Carlson on Thursday evening in Glendale, one of many largest cities in swing state of Arizona, Trump stated: “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with 9 barrels taking pictures at her, OK? Let’s have a look at how she feels about it. You already know, when the weapons are educated on her face.”

He added: “They’re all warfare hawks after they’re sitting in Washington in a pleasant constructing saying, ‘Oh, gee, nicely let’s ship 10,000 troops proper into the mouth of the enemy.'”

Kamala Harris slammed Trump’s remarks as “disqualifying” whereas chatting with reporters on a tarmac in Wisconsin on Friday.

“Trump is more and more, nonetheless, somebody who considers his political opponents the enemy, is completely out for revenge, and is more and more unstable and unhinged,” she stated.

“Liz Cheney is a troublesome individual, she is an unbelievable American and I’ve an unbelievable quantity of respect for her.”

However Trump defended himself, writing on his Fact Social platform: “All I’m saying about Liz Cheney is that she is a Conflict Hawk, and a dumb one at that, however she wouldn’t have “the heart” to combat herself.”

Cheney represented a district in Wyoming for 3 phrases within the US Home of Representatives and was as soon as the third-highest rating Home Republican.

She has endorsed Harris, arguing that Trump’s actions in the course of the US Capitol riot in 2021 had been proof that he “can by no means be trusted with energy once more”.

Previously month, she has made marketing campaign appearances alongside Harris in an effort to succeed in disaffected Republicans in key swing states.

Although she voted principally consistent with Trump whereas he served within the White Home, she fell out with him over the Capitol riot and voted in favour of his second impeachment.

Her father, former US Vice-President Dick Cheney, has additionally indicated he’s among the many Republicans who will forged their 2024 poll for Harris.

Opinion polls counsel Trump is locked in a useless warmth with Harris within the race for the White Home forward of Tuesday’s vote.

MINNEAPOLIS — — Anthony Edwards hit a go-ahead 7-foot floater with 25.7 seconds left, and Rudy Gobert iced the sport with two free throws to guide the Minnesota Timberwolves previous the Denver Nuggets 119-116 on Friday evening.

Edwards scored 29 factors, Gobert had 17 factors and 14 rebounds and Julius Randle added 23 factors and 7 assists for the Timberwolves, who recovered from a 25-3 fourth-quarter run by the Nuggets.

Nikola Jokic had 26 factors, 13 assists and 9 rebounds and hit two free throws with 2:30 left to place Denver up 116-109, earlier than Minnesota roared again. Jokic had an opportunity to tie the sport at 119, however Gobert compelled an errant nook 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds to go.

Gordon led the Nuggets with 31 factors and 11 rebounds in a rematch of final season’s Western Convention semifinal.

Michael Porter Jr. added 26 factors for the Nuggets, who misplaced level guard Jamal Murray to the concussion protocol within the third quarter after colliding with Randle.

Takeaways

Nuggets: Lightening a number of the load that is on the three-time NBA MVP Jokic can be a key to retaining their window for championship competition open, and Gordon and Porter did their half. However the lack of depth is a priority. Their bench was outscored 31-13.

Timberwolves: After main the league in protection final season, they’ve sprung some leaks, significantly in transition. The Nuggets had 22 fast-break factors.

Key second

Braun dunked over the 7-foot-2 Gobert with 5:14 left and obtained even nearer to his face with a taunting scream that egged Gobert into grabbing Braun by the neck. The benches cleared, shouts have been exchanged, and each gamers obtained a technical.

Key stat

Gordon had his second-highest scoring whole in four-plus seasons with the Nuggets. He shot 11 for 18.

Up subsequent

The Nuggets host Utah on Saturday. whereas the Timberwolves play at San Antonio on the identical day.

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