The Cavs will host top picks John Wall and Evan Turner in preseason games.
Top draft pick John Wall and his Washington Wizards will face the Cavs in a preseason game.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cavaliers will play host to the top two picks in the 2010 NBA draft in the eight-game preseason schedule announced on Thursday.
The Washington Wizards and top pick John Wall will visit Quicken Loans Arena on Oct. 7 while the Philadelphia 76ers and former Ohio State star Evan Turner, the No. 2 overall pick in the draft, will face the Cavs at US Bank Arena in a regional home game at Cincinnati on Oct. 19.
The Cavs will open the preseason with a home game against the Charlotte Bobcats on Oct. 5. Their third home game will be Oct. 16 against perennial Russian League Champion and Euroleague powerhouse CSKA Moscow, featuring Sasha Kaun, a second-round draft choice of Seattle traded to the Cavs for cash on draft day in 2008.
The rest of the Cavs preseason schedule: at Houston on Oct. 10, at Dallas on Oct. 11, vs. San Antonio at Pittsburgh on Oct. 14 and vs. Milwaukee at Columbus on Oct. 21.
Tickets for the three games at The Q are on sale now at cavs.com, by phone at 800-820-CAVS (2287), at The Q box office and at all Northern Ohio Discount Drug Mart locations. Tickets for the Cavaliers preseason games in Cincinnati and Columbus are on sale now at the box offices of US Bank Arena and Value City Arena, respectively. Tickets for the preseason game in Pittsburgh will go on sale Aug. 27 through the Petersen Events Center.