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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 |
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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 |