The Celtics tip off the 2024-25 season against the Knicks on Tuesday, Oct. 22, but the festivities will begin at City Hall Plaza hours before Boston raises its 18th championship banner to the rafters of TD Garden.
TNT will do a live presentation of “Inside the NBA” with its studio team of Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, and Shaquille O’Neal.
The “NBA on TNT American Express Roadshow” will run from 4:30 p.m. until 1 a.m. at City Hall Plaza. In addition to games, contests, and giveaways, the show will feature a pregame performance by country music rising star Shaboozey (”A Bar Song”) and a postgame performance by pop artist Benson Boone (”Beautiful Things”).