Here's how to watch the Celtics' banner raising and ring ceremony on opening night

How to watch the Celtics' opening night banner raising and ring ceremony originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

The rafters of the TD Garden will be even more crowded on Tuesday evening.

The Boston Celtics play the first game of the 2024-25 NBA season on Tuesday night against the New York Knicks, and as is tradition, the reigning champions will pass a banner reading “2024 World Champions” to the team in a special pregame ceremony Hoist rafters.

The Celtics will also receive their championship rings in honor of their 18th NBA title, which passed the Los Angeles Lakers for the most in league history.

Boston's 2023–24 season was historic in many ways, as the club set multiple NBA records while posting a 64-18 regular season record (fourth-best in team history) and a 16-3 postseason record culminated in five games with a win in the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks securing Banner 18.

On Tuesday night, the Celtics' historic achievement will be immortalized in a ceremony beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET before the game begins at 7:30 p.m. ET.

“I feel like it's becoming a reality now that we're doing this,” Celtics big man Al Horford said Monday before opening night. “Just very grateful for the position I’m in.”

Here's everything you need to know about the Celtics' banner raising and ring ceremony.

What time does the banner raising and ring ceremony begin?

NBC Sports Boston's coverage of opening night begins at 6:00 p.m. ET with a one-hour edition of Celtics Pregame Live.

Kayla Burton, Tom Giles, Drew Carter, Michael Holley, Chris Forsberg, Abby Chin and 2008 NBA Champions Eddie House and Brian Scalabrine will be live from TD Garden to preview the ceremony while Brad Stevens, the Celtics' president of basketball operations, will join the show.

The banner raising and ring ceremony begins at 7:00 p.m. ET and continues until approximately 7:30 p.m. ET.

This allows you to watch the banner raising and ring ceremony

Celtics Pregame Live airs from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Boston. The banner raising and ring ceremony will air on TNT beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Here's how to live stream the banner raising and ring ceremony

If you live in the Boston Celtics team area and have a provider that includes NBC Sports Boston, you can stream Celtics Pregame Live on the NBC Sports app or right here.

If you don't have cable, NBC Sports Boston is included on FuboTV, YouTube TV, Hulu and DirectTV Stream.

If you have a provider that offers TNT, you can stream the ceremony on TNTDrama.com.