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NBA Schedule Release: Cavaliers 2017-18 regular season schedule released

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The Cavaliers’ 2017-18 season has been released in full by the NBA. As announced last week, the Cavs will open the season at home on Tuesday, Oct. 17 against the Celtics.

Cleveland will play 37 times on national TV this year. As for back-to-backs, the Cavs will play 13 in 2017-18 — down from 18 last year and below the league average of 14.4. Overall, the Cavs will play 14 games where they have at least one day off and their opponent will have played the night before. Cleveland also gets eight days off starting Feb. 13 due to the All-Star break.

Aside from the already announced Christmas Day matchup against the Warriors, the Cavs face their three-time Finals opponent at home on Jan. 15. Other notable home matchups include a Jan. 20 game against the Thunder, a Feb. 3 matchup with the Rockets and a Feb. 25 matchup with the Spurs.

As for possible Kyrie Irving return games: the Heat come to Cleveland on Nov. 28, the Suns come to town on March 13 and the Timberwolves come to Quicken Loans Arena on Feb. 7.

The Cavaliers’ longest homestand is from Feb. 25 to March 5, with games against the Spurs, Nets, 76ers, Nuggets and Pistons. The team’s longest trip is when they play eight of nine games on the road from Dec. 25 to Jan. 12; the lone home game in that stretch is Jan. 2 against the Blazers.

Cleveland closes the the season with back-to-back games against the Knicks, the first in New York on April 9 ad the second in Cleveland on April 11.

Here’s the Cavs’ full regular season schedule:

Cleveland Cavaliers 2017-18 regular season schedule

Date Opponent Time TV
Date Opponent Time TV
Tue, Oct 17 vs Boston 8:00 PM TNT
Fri, Oct 20 @ Milwaukee 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sat, Oct 21 vs Orlando 8:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Tue, Oct 24 vs Chicago 7:00 PM NBATV
Wed, Oct 25 @ Brooklyn 7:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sat, Oct 28 @ New Orleans 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sun, Oct 29 vs NY Knicks 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Wed, Nov 1 vs Indiana 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Fri, Nov 3 @ Washington 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sun, Nov 5 vs Atlanta 3:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Tue, Nov 7 vs Milwaukee 7:00 PM NBATV
Thu, Nov 9 @ Houston 8:00 PM TNT
Sat, Nov 11 @ Dallas 8:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Mon, Nov 13 @ NY Knicks 7:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Wed, Nov 15 @ Charlotte 8:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Fri, Nov 17 vs LA 7:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Mon, Nov 20 @ Detroit 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Wed, Nov 22 vs Brooklyn 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Fri, Nov 24 vs Charlotte 8:00 PM NBATV
Mon, Nov 27 @ Philadelphia 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Tue, Nov 28 vs Miami 7:00 PM NBATV
Thu, Nov 30 @ Atlanta 7:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sat, Dec 2 vs Memphis 7:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Mon, Dec 4 @ Chicago 8:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Wed, Dec 6 vs Sacramento 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Fri, Dec 8 @ Indiana 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sat, Dec 9 vs Philadelphia 8:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Tue, Dec 12 vs Atlanta 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Thu, Dec 14 vs Los Angeles 8:00 PM TNT
Sat, Dec 16 vs Utah 7:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sun, Dec 17 @ Washington 6:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Tue, Dec 19 @ Milwaukee 8:00 PM NBATV
Thu, Dec 21 vs Chicago 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Mon, Dec 25 @ Golden State 3:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Wed, Dec 27 @ Sacramento 10:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sat, Dec 30 @ Utah 8:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Mon, Jan 2 vs Portland 7:00 PM NBATV
Tue, Jan 3 @ Boston 8:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Fri, Jan 6 @ Orlando 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sun, Jan 8 @ Minnesota 8:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Wed, Jan 11 @ Toronto 8:00 PM TNT
Thu, Jan 12 @ Indiana 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sun, Jan 15 vs Golden State 8:00 PM TNT
Wed, Jan 18 vs Orlando 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Fri, Jan 20 vs Oklahoma City 3:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Mon, Jan 23 @ San Antonio 8:00 PM TNT
Thu, Jan 26 vs Indiana 7:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sat, Jan 28 vs Detroit 6:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Mon, Jan 30 @ Detroit 8:00 PM TNT
Tue, Jan 31 vs Miami 7:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Fri, Feb 3 vs Houston 8:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Mon, Feb 6 @ Orlando 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Tue, Feb 7 vs Minnesota 8:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Thu, Feb 9 @ Atlanta 7:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sat, Feb 11 @ Boston 3:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Mon, Feb 13 @ Oklahoma City 8:00 PM TNT
Wed, Feb 22 vs Washington 8:00 PM TNT
Thu, Feb 23 @ Memphis 8:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sat, Feb 25 vs San Antonio 3:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Mon, Feb 27 vs Brooklyn 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Wed, Mar 1 vs Philadelphia 8:00 PM TNT
Fri, Mar 3 vs Denver 7:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sun, Mar 5 vs Detroit 7:00 PM NBATV
Tue, Mar 7 @ Denver 10:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Thu, Mar 9 @ LA 10:30 PM NBATV
Sat, Mar 11 @ Los Angeles 9:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Mon, Mar 13 @ Phoenix 10:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Wed, Mar 15 @ Portland 10:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Fri, Mar 17 @ Chicago 8:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sun, Mar 19 vs Milwaukee 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Tue, Mar 21 vs Toronto 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Thu, Mar 23 vs Phoenix 7:30 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sat, Mar 25 @ Brooklyn 1:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Mon, Mar 27 @ Miami 8:00 PM TNT
Tue, Mar 28 @ Charlotte 7:00 PM NBATV
Thu, Mar 30 vs New Orleans 8:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Sat, Apr 1 vs Dallas 6:00 PM NBATV
Mon, Apr 3 vs Toronto 7:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio
Wed, Apr 5 vs Washington 8:00 PM TNT
Thu, Apr 6 @ Philadelphia 7:00 PM NBATV
Sun, Apr 9 @ NY Knicks 7:30 PM NBATV
Tue, Apr 11 vs NY Knicks 8:00 PM Fox Sports Ohio