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NASHVILLE -- While Jake Locker will miss a "few weeks" with a sprained hip, coach Mike Munchak says the Titans are encouraged by how the quarterback already is moving around. Exactly how many games Locker misses depends on how quickly he recovers. "If anyones going to get back quick, its him," Munchak said Tuesday night during his weekly radio show on 104.5 The Zone WGFX-FM. "We know hes going to miss a few games and now its just going to be a matter of how well he rehabs and how quickly it comes around to see exactly when. We wont know for a couple weeks how close he could be to playing." The Titans released a statement earlier Tuesday, saying a second MRI exam was "reassuring" and confirmed Locker did not suffer major damage to his hip joint. Locker sprained his right hip and also his right knee. Munchak had dismissed reports Monday that Locker would miss at least a month and possibly up to eight weeks, saying everyone was just "guessing." He said then they needed the second MRI exam because Locker had swelling in his hip. Munchak said Tuesday night they wanted to be cautious. "Then today they said that this looks a lot better than we thought," Munchak said. "Hes still got a lot of work ahead of him no doubt, but its good news to know that hes got just a sprain of the hip area and also the knee." Munchak said Locker started his rehabilitation Tuesday and also took part in the quarterbacks weekly session. Ryan Fitzpatrick will start Sunday for the Titans (3-1) against Kansas City (4-0), and Tennessee has not made any roster move yet to add another quarterback to the roster. Rusty Smith already is on the practice squad, but the Titans would have to release someone else to promote him to the roster in a move that would not have to be made until Saturday. The timing could not be worse for the Titans. Locker missed five games last season with an injured left shoulder for a team that lost four of its first five games. 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On July 27 cyclings best-known race will host "La Course by Le Tour de France" -- a one-day womens competition staged hours before Tour riders race on the same circuit to finish the three-week event on Paris Champs-Elysees.PHILADELPHIA - Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens might talk to Kelly Olynyk about playing hard before every game.Olynyk scored a career-high 30 points after a pep talk from his coach, leading the Celtics to a 105-87 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.I talked to coach a couple of days ago, Olynyk said, and he said, We need you to be aggressive. You need to stay aggressive. Thats when youre at your best. Thats when youre helping us. Thats something Im really focusing on and really been working on dialing in my shot and getting in a groove and its feeling good.Olynyk, a reserve, entered averaging 10.3 points per game but just 7.5 over his last 10 contests. But he came out with a scorers mentality against Philadelphia, tallying 18 points in the first half on 7-of-9 shooting before ending 12 for 17 from the field, including 3 of 5 from behind the arc.You need him to be aggressive every night, Stevens said. We need him to make shots. Our team depends on it. Hes a skill guy who can stretch the floor and we need him to do that.Stevens believes Olynyk can be a regular, big-time scorer.What I want him to do is believe in himself the way we believe in him, he said. I think hes really good and think he could be a really good player. You want to (go from) being a player whos very capable of doing it and does it on multiple nights to a player that does it every single night.Avery Bradley had 15 points, and Brandon Bass and Jeff Green added 14 apiece for Boston (8-14), which snapped a three-game skid.Rookie Nerlens Noel had a career-high 19 points for the 76ers (2-22), who dropped to 0-13 at home this season. Philadelphia moved closer to the NBA mark for worst home start to a season, set in the 1993-94 season when the Mavericks began 0-19.Its a fact that you do lay an egg from time to time in the NBA over 82 games, and tonight we laid an egg, Sixers coach Bret Brown said. It was the first time for me personally in a while where youre trying to search for answers and I didnt have any.The 76ers were coming off a late collapse in Saturdays 120-1155 overtime home loss to Memphis when they gave up an 18-point lead with 7:39 left in the fourth quarter.ddddddddddddMaybe it was a letdown from the last game, I dont know, Brown said. We cant afford to have those types of letdowns.Tony Wroten, who entered leading Philadelphia in scoring at 17.5 points a game, went scoreless.Boston rebounded after Fridays 101-95 loss to the Knicks, a game in which New York snapped its 10-game skid. Rajon Rondo had two points in that defeat and Jared Sullinger was scoreless.The duo improved slightly against Philadelphia, tallying five points apiece. But they werent needed much against the offensively challenged 76ers, who entered averaging a league-low 91.4 points. Philadelphia managed just 13 points in the second quarter and entered the break trailing 57-38.Boston fell into an early hole by missing its first nine field goals before settling in. Olynyks 14 points helped Boston go in front 30-25 at the end of the first quarter.Philadelphia never cut the margin under double-digits after halftime.SCORING DROUGHTThe 76ers scored below 90 points for the third time in the last four games and 11th time this season.SUPER SUBOlynyks 30 points came in 31 minutes off the bench, marking the first time a Celtics sub had 30 or more points in 31 or fewer minutes since Xavier McDaniel had 30 points in 29 minutes on Feb. 28, 1993 against Portland.TIP-INSCeltics: Marcus Smart (Achilles) and Marcus Thornton (calf) were out for Boston. ... Boston improved to 2-0 against the Sixers this season, including its 101-90 victory in Philadelphia on Nov. 19. . Boston outscored Philadelphia 25-1 in fast-break points.76ers: Signed Turkish power forward Furkan Aldemir and waived Ronald Roberts. . Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels sat courtside next to 76ers owner Josh Harris. . Philadelphia last won at home on April 14 of last season against Boston. . F K.J. McDaniels returned to the lineup after missing Saturdays game due to an ankle injury.UP NEXTPhiladelphia hosts Memphis on Friday.Boston hosts Orlando on Wednesday. ' ' '