The Boston Celtics start the 2025-26 NBA season at TD Garden in Boston on Wednesday, Oct. 22 when the champions once removed host one of their rivals, the Philadelphia 76ers.

This NBA game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. EDT and will be broadcast on NBC Sports Boston and NBC Sports Philadelphia . Fans looking to watch can do so for free by using DirecTV , which offers a free trial, or FuboTV , which also offers a free trial as well as up to $30 off your first month. SlingTV doesn’t offer a free trial but has promotional offers available for streaming the game.

This is the start of a season in Boston that has a gray cloud floating over it in the form of Jayson Tatum’s torn Achilles, that he is currently rehabbing. But with the five-time All-NBA performer sidelined for likely

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