Tacko Fall time? Celtics to sit seven key rotation players vs. Cavs

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The Cleveland Cavaliers technically will host the Boston Celtics in their preseason finale Tuesday night.

In reality, they'll play some version of the Maine Red Claws.

The Celtics traveled to Cleveland on Tuesday without virtually all of their key contributors, as Kemba Walker, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Gordon Hayward, Marcus Smart, Enes Kanter and Daniel Theis all stayed home in Boston, according to The Boston Globe's Gary Washburn.

Rookie Romeo Langford also will miss Tuesday's game due to a right knee sprain.

That means C's fans should see a heavy dose of first-year players like Carsen Edwards, Tremont Waters and Grant Williams as well as big men Robert Williams III and Vincent Poirier.

It also means 7-foot-6 sensation Tacko Fall could get some extended run after playing sparingly in the previous two preseason games.

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The Senegalese big man is on a two-way contract and likely is headed to Maine once the regular season begins, so might be his last chance to prove himself in a Celtics uniform for a bit.

Tip-off for Celtics-Cavs is at 7 p.m. ET, with coverage on NBC Sports Boston beginning at 6:30 p.m.

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