The Rockets-Cavaliers NBA game Tuesday will tip off as scheduled after the league denied Houston's request for an earlier start to minimize potential conflict with Game 6 of the World Series, ESPN.com reported Monday, citing an unidentified source.
Rockets-Cavs is scheduled to start at 7:10 p.m. ET at Quicken Loans Arena with Game 6 between the Cubs and Indians set to begin slightly less than an hour later next door at Progressive Field.
Players share the same underground tunnel for access to both venues.
According to ESPN.com, the Rockets will receive a police escort to the Cleveland airport immediately after the game so they can get to New York, where they play the Knicks on Wednesday night.
None of the NBA's national broadcast partners will carry Tuesday's game, though it will be on NBA TV, so there was some flexibility on start time.
The issue likely was that no matter how early the game would've tipped off, the area around the adjacent sports venues was going to be challenging because of traffic and fans gathering for a potential Indians victory that would clinch the team's first World Series title since 1948.
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