Overview
- Tipoff is at 12 p.m. ET, with the animated presentation on ESPN2 and streaming on the ESPN app and Disney+.
- Sony’s Beyond Sports technology animates the live Knicks–Cavaliers action inside a virtual Main Street, U.S.A. environment.
- Disney characters including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald and Daisy Duck, Goofy, Pluto, and Chip and Dale appear, with Stitch joining for the first time and a halftime parade planned.
- The traditional broadcast of Knicks vs. Cavaliers airs on ABC and ESPN from Madison Square Garden in New York.
- Some viewers can watch the ESPN2 telecast at no extra charge via DIRECTV or through a Fubo free trial, and certain app-based streams require authentication.