Cavs to open at home vs. Celtics

The Cavaliers will host the Celtics in the first game of the season and face the Warriors in Oakland on Christmas Day, the NBA announced on Aug. 10.

The 8 p.m. opener against Boston at Quicken Loans Arena is part of a doubleheader, followed by Golden State hosting Houston. The league also announced the Cavs will travel to Milwaukee to face the Bucks on Oct. 20.

The Christmas Day slate includes the 76ers at the Knicks at noon, CavsWarriors at 3 p.m., Wizards at Celtics at 5:30 p.m., Rockets at Thunder at 8 p.m. and Timberwolves at Lakers at 10:30 p.m.

The rest of the schedule will be announced at a later date.

The Cavs’ preseason schedule was also announced:

• 7 p.m. Oct. 4 vs. Atlanta at Quicken Loans Arena.

• 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 vs. Indiana at The Q.

• 7 p.m. Oct. 8 at Washington in Capital One Arena.

• 7 p.m. Oct. 10 vs. Chicago at The Q.

• 7 p.m. Oct. 13 at Orlando at the Amway Center.

High school sports

PLAYER DIES IN DRILL » A high school football player lifting a large log with teammates as part of a Navy SEALsstyle drill in New York was hit in the head by the log and died, raising questions about adapting such military training to young athletes.

Joshua Mileto, a 16-year-old Sachem East High School junior, and about five of his teammates were carrying the log overhead when the accident happened at a preseason exercise camp supervised by a half-dozen coaches, Suffolk County police said.

The 5-foot-6, 134-pound wide receiver and defensive back was declared dead later at a hospital.

Sachem East graduate Carlin Schledorn, who played football as a junior, said carrying the log — about 12 feet (3.7 meters) long and the diameter of a utility pole — was a “team building” exercise.