The Cleveland Cavaliers will open the 2017-18 season on Tuesday, October 17 at Quicken Loans Arena against the Boston Celtics.
The game will be shown on national TV at 8 p.m.
The season opener against last year's Eastern Conference Finals opponents will mark the eighth time in nine years the Cavs will tip off the season at The Q.
The Cavs are scheduled to play 17 weekend home dates during the season: five Friday games, seven Saturday games and five Sunday games.
The Cavs will appear in at least 39 nationally televised games, 20 of which will originate from downtown Cleveland at The Q. These games include:
10 games on ESPN
- October 20 at Milwaukee
- November 3 at Washington
- November 15 at Charlotte
- January 3 at Boston
- February 7 vs. Minnesota
- March 7 at Denver
- March 11 at L.A. Lakers
- Mach 19 vs. Milwaukee
- March 21 vs. Toronto
- March 30 vs. New Orleans
12 games on TNT
- October 17 vs. Boston
- November 9 at Houston
- December 14 vs. L.A. Lakers
- January 11 at Toronto
- January 15 v.s Golden State
- January 23 at San Antonio
- January 30 at Detroit
- February 13 at Oklahoma City
- February 22 vs. Washington
- March 1 vs. Philadelphia
- March 27 at Miami
- April 5 vs. Washington
5 games on ABC
- December 25 at Golden State
- January 20 vs. Oklahoma City
- February 3 vs. Houston
- February 11 at Boston
- February 25 vs. San Antonio
12 games on NBA TV
- October 24 vs. Chicago
- November 7 vs. Milwaukee
- November 24 vs. Charlotte
- November 28 vs. Miami
- December 19 at Milwaukee
- January 2 vs. Portland
- March 5 vs. Detroit
- March 9 at L.A. Clippers
- March 28 at Charlotte
- April 1 vs. Dallas
- April 6 at Philadelphia
- April 9 at New York
FOX Sports Ohio will broadcast a maximum of 70 regular season games on television, including all games that are not nation TV exclusives.
For the 14th time in franchise history, the Cavaliers will play on Christmas Day when they visit the Golden State Warriors in a 2017 NBA Finals rematch on ABC at 3 p.m. ET. The teams will meet again when the Cavs host the Warriors for an MLK Day matchup on January 15 at 8 p.m ET on TNT.
The Cavs will open the season with seven of their first 11 games at The Q.
