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NBA Preview: Celtics Face Raptors

The Boston Celtics prepare to face the Toronto Raptors in a crucial NBA matchup, per the Boston Globe.

Raptors center Chris Boucher must maintain his top-15 centre ranking ahead of the game, as Yahoo Sports notes.

Meanwhile, Toronto residents gathered for Remembrance Day ceremonies to honour fallen soldiers, CBC reports.

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What people searched for —

attention, not importance

People were searching for this story in 16 of the 54 countries E14 follows on Google Trends. Rank = its place among the searches that trended in that country within four hours of it.

#2 search in Australia (of 55) · 2K+ · “raptors vs celtics” · Google Trends →#2 search in Mexico (of 39) · 2K+ · “raptors - celtics” · Google Trends →#3 search in the Philippines (of 29) · 2K+ · “celtics” · Google Trends →#6 search in Argentina (of 36) · 1K+ · “raptors - celtics” · Google Trends →#6 search in Chile (of 23) · 500+ · “raptors - celtics” · Google Trends →#6 search in New Zealand (of 7) · 100+ · “raptors vs celtics” · Google Trends →

Sources —

3 articles
01bostonglobebostonglobe.com · 12 NovCeltics at Raptors preview: Boston looks to avoid letdown at Toronto 02sportssports.yahoo.com · 12 NovPoeltl must continue to be top-15 centre ahead of game vs. Celtics 03cbccbc.ca · 11 NovLest we forget: Toronto residents gather to honour veterans, fallen soldiers on Remembrance Day

Why these floors —

E9 · E12

E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E9, cultures; the pressure it names: NBA preview and Remembrance Day ceremonies. Its words also reach E12 states.

Here it is a dynamic between cultures and states: Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, NBA matchup and Chris Boucher (E9 cultures), with fallen soldiers (E12 states).

E0 fieldsE7 ecosystemsE14 global
E9 Culturesmain floor

The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, NBA matchup, Chris Boucher, Remembrance Day ceremonies, CBC reports.

E12 States

The floor of states and force. In this briefing: fallen soldiers.

Read The Arena, the E0–E14 stack →

Keep going —

emergencemachine.com →
Watch 24/701E14 LiveThe planet, narrated as the news arrives.Interactive tool02The E14 ExplorerOpen the globe over Toronto.Flagship essay03The View From E14Why look at the news from one floor above the planet.The stack04The ArenaThe fifteen floors, E0 to E14, every story is placed on.AI companion05Chat with PrometheusAsk what a story has to do with emergence.Foundations06EmergenceHow order arises, unbidden, from simpler parts.
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