The Cleveland Cavaliers (0-0) will host the Boston Celtics (0-0) on Tuesday night. Here is how to watch this NBA game online.
There are two NBA games on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The first game of the NBA season happens to be between the Cleveland Cavaliers (0-0) and the Boston Celtics (0-0). Tipoff is from Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland at 8:00 p.m. ET. TNT will carry the rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference Finals last year around the entire country.
Cleveland enters the year as the defending Eastern Conference Champions once again. They’ll be facing their former star point guard Kyrie Irving in his first official game with the Celtics. They could be without LeBron James due to an ankle injury, and Isaiah Thomas will of course be out due to his hip injury. Dwayne Wade, Derrick Rose, and Jae Crowder should all make their Cavaliers debut.
The Boston Celtics open up their season after losing to the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals last season. The Celtics are showing off their newly revamped team. The Celtics are debuting multiple new players on Tuesday, including: Kyrie Irving, Gordon Heyward, Jason Tatum, and Marcus Morris. Seeing how Brad Stevens uses Irving and Hayward in their first regular season game in Celtics green will be a treat.
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 17
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Venue: Quicken Loans Arena
TV Info: TNT
Live Stream: TNT, FuboTV
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For full odds on the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics, check out Sports Book Review. This is hopefully the first of many games we’ll see between the Cavaliers and Celtics this season, each have a chance to make a statement. Given the intense emotions this game is likely to have, any erratic play can likely be discounted in the longer scope of each team’s cohesiveness.