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Ben Simmons, Donovan Mitchell, Jayson Tatum on All-Rookie team

NEW YORK -- Philadelphia's Ben Simmons and Utah's Donovan Mitchell are unanimous selections to the NBA's All-Rookie team.

The two guards received all 100 first-place votes from a panel of sports writers and broadcasters. Both players helped their teams reach the second round of the playoffs.

Boston's Jayson Tatum also was selected Tuesday to the first team, falling one vote short of unanimous. Simmons, Mitchell and Tatum are the three finalists for the NBA's Rookie of the Year award.

Celtics coach Brad Stevens said Tuesday that "somebody made a mistake" when asked how Tatum missed out on being a unanimous selection by one vote.