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The Cleveland Cavaliers 2017-18 Season Schedule Out

By Simon Hannig

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The Cleveland Cavaliers 2017-2018 regular season schedule came out Monday evening, as did every other team’s schedule.

The preseason starts on October 4. The regular season starts for the Cleveland Cavaliers October 17 at home vs. the Boston Celtics.

Key notes to look out for (via Cavs press release).

"10 games on ESPN (Oct. 20 at Milwaukee, Nov. 3 at Washington, Nov. 15 at Charlotte, Jan. 3 at Boston, Feb. 7 vs. Minnesota, March 7 at Denver, March 11 at L.A. Lakers, March 19 vs. Milwaukee, March 21 vs. Toronto and March 30 vs. New Orleans).12 games on TNT (Oct. 17 vs. Boston, Nov. 9 at Houston, Dec. 14 vs. L.A. Lakers, Jan. 11 at Toronto, Jan. 15 vs. Golden State, Jan. 23 at San Antonio, Jan. 30 at Detroit, Feb. 13 at Oklahoma City, Feb. 22 vs. Washington, March 1 vs. Philadelphia, March 27 at Miami and April 5 vs. Washington).5 games on ABC (Dec. 25 at Golden State, Jan. 20 vs. Oklahoma City, Feb. 3 vs. Houston, Feb. 11 at Boston and Feb. 25 vs. San Antonio).12 games on NBA TV (Oct. 24 vs. Chicago, Nov. 7 vs. Milwaukee, Nov. 24 vs. Charlotte, Nov. 28 vs. Miami, Dec. 19 at Milwaukee, Jan. 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 and April 9 at New York).FOX SPORTS OHIO will broadcast a maximum 70 regular season games on television, including all games that are not national TV exclusives."

Cavs playing on Christmas Day will be the 14th time in franchise history, according to the press release.

Since LeBron James return, the Cavs have played on Christmas for four straight years now.

Other ‘stats’ on Cleveland’s 2017-18 schedule include:

"13 sets of back-to-back games (down from 18 last season), including five home-road sets (Oct. 24-25, Dec. 16-17, Jan. 2-3, Feb. 22-23 and April 5-6), six road-home sets (Oct. 20-21, Oct. 28-29, Nov. 27-28, Dec. 8-9, Jan. 30-31 and Feb. 6-7) and two road-road sets (Jan. 11-12 and March 27-28).Cleveland opens the season with seven of their first 11 games at The Q.The Cavs’ first road game will be against the central division’s Milwaukee Bucks on Oct. 20.Three matinee games at home this season, which include Nov. 5 vs. Atlanta (3:00 p.m. ET), Jan. 20 vs. Oklahoma City (3:30 p.m. ET) and Feb. 25 vs. San Antonio (3:30 p.m. ET).Cleveland’s longest homestand consists of five games over nine days from Feb. 25-March 5, featuring matchups with San Antonio (Feb. 25), Brooklyn (Feb. 27), Philadelphia (March 1), Denver (March 3) and Detroit (March 5).The Cavs also have two four-game homestands (Dec. 9-Dec. 16 and March 30-April 5), two three-game home stands (Jan. 15-20 and March 19-23) and six two-game homestands (Oct. 21-24, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, Nov. 5-7, Nov. 22-24, Jan. 26-28 and Jan. 31-Feb. 3).Their longest road trip, spanning six games over 11 days from March 7-17, includes trips to Denver (March 7), L.A. Clippers (March 9), L.A. Lakers (March 11), Phoenix (March 13), Portland (March 15) and Chicago (March 17).The Wine and Gold will head into the All-Star break after a three-game road trip from Feb. 9-13 against Atlanta (Feb. 9), Boston (Feb. 11) and Oklahoma City (Feb. 13) and will return from the break with six of their next seven games at The Q (Feb. 22-March 5).Cleveland will play nine road games in March, their most away games in a single month for the season.The Cavaliers will close out the regular season at home versus the New York Knicks on April 11."

via Cavs press release

Here are the key games this season to watch out for.

October 17 — Boston Celtics @ Cleveland Cavaliers
November 3 — Cleveland Cavaliers @ Washington Wizards
November 9 — Cleveland Cavaliers @ Houston Rockets
December 25 — Cleveland Cavaliers @ Golden State Warriors
January 15 — Golden State Warriors @ Cleveland Cavaliers
January 20 — Oklahoma City Thunder @ Cleveland Cavaliers
March 11 — Cleveland Cavaliers @ Los Angeles Lakers

This schedule is not too harsh to Cleveland. The reduction in back-to-backs is a good idea that was well played by the NBA and Adam Silver. The team also has several breaks throughout the season to reduce rest games needed.

With LeBron James potentially leaving after this season and the Kyrie Irving trade rumors already happening, several of these games could skyrocket with any given trade.

Along with that, each Cavaliers-Warriors game will be tagged on as a must watch even though there will be more of that again in June. Games with the Celtics, to determine the beasts in the East, will also be considered must-watch basketball for Cavalier fans.

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What games are you most looking forward to this season?