{"id":709791,"date":"2026-04-13T18:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/709791\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:21:17","slug":"cleveland-cavaliers-2026-nba-playoffs-fan-guide-schedule-giveaways-watch-parties-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/709791\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Cavaliers 2026 NBA Playoffs fan guide: Schedule, giveaways, watch parties and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

CLEVELAND \u2014 As the\u00a0Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> prepare to\u00a0take on the Toronto Raptors\u00a0<\/a>in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs<\/a>, 3News has compiled a guide of where all the fun and festivities will be happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We will continue to update this guide as more details become available. \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Game 1:\u00a0Raptors at Cavaliers | Saturday, April 181 p.m. | Rocket Arena\u00a0Tickets<\/a>TV: \u00a0Prime VideoRadio: 100.7 FM WMMS, LaMega 1300 AMGame 2:\u00a0Raptors at Cavaliers\u00a0(TBD)Game 3:\u00a0Cavaliers at Raptors (TBD)Game 4:\u00a0Cavaliers at Raptors (TBD)Game 5: Raptors at Cavaliers (TBD\/ If necessary)\u00a0Game 6: Cavaliers at Raptors\u00a0(TBD\/ If necessary)\u00a0Game 7: Raptors at Cavaliers (TBD\/If necessary)\u00a0 <\/p>\n


\nWHERE TO WATCH <\/p>\n

This postseason, every Cavaliers playoff matchup will be shown on national television partners from the opening round on, eliminating local TV broadcasts for playoff games. <\/p>\n


\nHOW TO BUY TICKETS <\/p>\n

Tickets for Round 1 of the NBA Playoffs are currently on sale through SeatGeek. Tickets can be purchased HERE<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n


\n2026 PLAYOFFS TIPOFF PARTY <\/p>\n

To get fans ready, the Cavs are hosting a 2026 Playoffs Tipoff Party on Tuesday, April 13, from 6-8 p.m. on East 6th Street. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature DJ, giveaways, appearances by Cavs legends and entertainment teams \u2014 including 216Stix, the Dance Team, and mascots Sir CC and Moondog. In addition, fans will have the opportunity to be one of the first to shop the playoff retail collection. <\/p>\n


\nGIVEAWAYS\u00a0 <\/p>\n

All fans attending home playoff games at Rocket Arena will receive a free T-shirt and rally towel. <\/p>\n


\nCAVS WATCH PARTIES <\/p>\n

The Cleveland Cavaliers will host official away game bar watch parties during the first and second rounds of the NBA Playoffs.\u00a0Locations for Games 3 and 4 of Round 1 will be announced soon.\u00a0 <\/p>\n


\n2026 CAVS PLAYOFF COLLECTION <\/p>\n

The 2026 Cavs Playoff Collection can be shopped at Center Court inside Rocket Arena and at Pinecrest. In addition, it can be shopped online at Cavs.com\/Shop<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the Cavaliers, the collection includes “T-shirts, hats, novelties and more, with two specialty drops tied to the first two Round 1 home games: the Homage Hello Kitty Collection for Game 1 and The Land Collective capsule, featuring iconic Cleveland motifs, for Game 2.”<\/p>\n

Throughout the playoffs, when fans purchase a Cavs hat during a game at Rocket Arena, they will receive a FREE patch that can be heat-sealed onsite at the time of purchase.\u00a0<\/p>\n


\nNEW FOOD FOR THE PLAYOFFS <\/p>\n

The information below is provided by the Cavaliers:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Exclusively for the Cavs 2026 postseason, Rocket Arena will introduce new menu items at various vendors around the arena. The items include:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sauce the City (located in Loudville near Portal 68): Club Deluxe Chicken Sandwich (Crispy chicken tenders topped with lettuce, tomato, house-made chipotle ranch sauce and Colby cheese atop a toasted brioche bun)Flour Pizza Co. (located on Street Level near Portal 22): Spicy \u201cMeatballer\u201d Pizza (Hand-stretched dough topped with house-made meatballs, crushed tomatoes, grana, aged provolone and Calabrian hot honey)P St. Market Caf\u00e9 (located on Street Level near Portal 18): White Cheddar Turkey Burger (Turkey burger topped with a BBQ glaze, shredded lettuce, fried onion rings, pickles and Juneberry Table Special Sauce on a griddled sesame seed bun)Pearl\u2019s Kitchen (located on Street Level near Portal 18): Cajun Chicken Soul Rolls (Crispy fried egg roll wrappers filled with Cajun-seasoned chicken, peppers, onions, yellow rice, fresh herbs & spices and melted cheese, served with house-made Cajun ranch aioli)Elmore\u2019s Smokehouse (located on Street Level near Portal 26): Chicken Bacon Ranch Pop\u2013A\u2013Tot (Crispy tots topped with smokey pulled chicken, BBQ sauce, crumbled bacon, jalapenos, pickled red onions and a ranch drizzle) <\/p>\n

More information can also be found HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND \u2014 As the\u00a0Cleveland Cavaliers prepare to\u00a0take on the Toronto Raptors\u00a0in the first round of the 2026 NBA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,305,193,3846,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-709791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavaliers","10":"tag-cleveland","11":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","12":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116398790002437295","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}