BOSTON -- Just one game into this year's NBA Cup, the Boston Celtics are already facing an uphill battle in their quest to make it to Las Vegas. The Celtics were completely outplayed by the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night, and have a lot of work to do to simply make it to the Knockout round of the NBA's second annual in-season tournament.

The Celtics got the loss Joe Mazzulla said they deserved after they were “outplayed (in) every facet” against the shorthanded Hawks.

The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on NBC Sports Boston and FanDuel Sports Network Extra. Fans looking to watch this NBA game can do so for free by using FuboTV and DirecTV Stream, which both offer a free trial or with SlingTV, which doesn’t offer a free trial but has promotional offers available.