 
 <translate> Q: Context: The 2017 -- 18 NBA season is the 72nd season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 17, 2017, earlier than previous seasons to reduce the number of "back-to-back" games teams are scheduled to play, with the 2017 runners-up Cleveland Cavaliers hosting a game against the Boston Celtics at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Christmas games will be played on December 25. The 2018 NBA All-Star Game will be played on February 18, 2018, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The regular season will end on April 11, 2018 and the playoffs will begin on April 14, 2018.

Question: when does the nba regular season start in 2017? Let's give stream of consciousness first: <hau> Tambaya: Yanayi: 2017 - 18 NBA kakar wasa ita ce kakar wasa ta 72 na Ƙungiyar Kwando ta Ƙasa (NBA). An fara kakar wasa ta yau da kullun a ranar 17 ga Oktoba, 2017, da wuri fiye da lokutan da suka gabata don rage yawan wasannin "baya-zuwa-baya" da aka shirya kungiyoyin za su buga, tare da Cleveland Cavaliers na 2017 masu tsere na biyu suna karbar bakuncin wasa da Boston Celtics a Quicken Loans Arena a Cleveland, Ohio. Za a buga wasannin Kirsimeti a ranar 25 ga Disamba. Za a buga wasan NBA All-Star na 2018 a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu, 2018, a Cibiyar Staples da ke Los Angeles, California. Lokaci na yau da kullun zai ƙare a ranar 11 ga Afrilu, 2018 kuma wasan kwaikwayo zai fara a ranar 14 ga Afrilu, 2018.  Tambaya: Yaushe ne kakar wasanni ta NBA za ta fara a shekara ta 2017? Bari mu ba da rafi na sani na farko: 