NBA on TNT to Feature Preseason Doubleheader — Cavaliers at Celtics & Nuggets at Lakers — Tuesday, Oct. 2, Tipping Off at 8 p.m. ET
TNT’s NBA coverage will tip off Tuesday, Oct. 2, with a preseason doubleheader featuring the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James, in his anticipated STAPLES Center debut, hosting the Denver Nuggets with Paul Millsap at 10:30 p.m. Earlier in the night, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Kevin Love will visit the Boston Celtics and Kyrie Irving in a rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference Finals at 8 p.m. ET.
NBA on TNT Preseason Doubleheader
Date
Time (ET)
Game
Tuesday, Oct. 2
8 p.m.
Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics
10:30 p.m.
Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers
TNT will tip off the 2018-19 NBA regular season with an Opening Night doubleheader on Tuesday, Oct. 16, featuring the defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors with Stephen Curry hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder and Paul George at 10:30 p.m. In the night’s first game, the Philadelphia 76ers with Joel Embiid visit the Boston Celtics and Kyrie Irving at 8 p.m.
The night’s action – which will include Golden State’s ring ceremony – will begin with a one-hour TNT NBA Tip-Off presented by Autotrader pregame show at 7 p.m.
James’ highly-anticipated regular-season Lakers debut vs. the Portland Trail Blazers and Damian Lillard will be featured on the network’s continuing coverage of Autotrader Premiere Week on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 10:30 p.m. The doubleheader will begin with the 76ers hosting the Chicago Bulls at 8 p.m.
Additionally, the Sports Emmy Award-winning Inside the NBA presented by Kia studio team will provide halftime and post-game coverage for Opening Week.
Live streaming coverage of all NBA on TNT games is available via http://www.tntdrama.com/watchtnt and the Watch TNT app and participating TV providers’ websites and apps. Fans will be able to access the games whenever and wherever they desire by logging in with the user name and password provided by their TV service provider.
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