 
 <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: <ibo> Ajụjụ: Oge NBA 2017 - 18 bụ oge nke 72 nke National Basketball Association (NBA). Oge a na-amalite na Ọktọba 17, 2017, na mbụ karịa oge gara aga iji belata ọnụ ọgụgụ egwuregwu "azụ-na-azụ" ndị otu a na-eme atụmatụ igwu, na ndị na-agba ọsọ na 2017 Cleveland Cavaliers na-akwado egwuregwu megide Boston Celtics na Quicken Loans Arena na Cleveland, Ohio. A ga-egwu egwuregwu ekeresimesi n'abalị iri abụọ na ise nke ọnwa Disemba. A ga-egwu egwuregwu NBA All-Star nke 2018 na February 18, 2018, na Staples Center na Los Angeles, California. Oge a ga-akwụsị na Eprel 11, 2018 na egwuregwu playoff ga-amalite na Eprel 14, 2018.  Ajụjụ: olee mgbe oge NBA na-amalite n'afọ 2017? Ka anyị buru ụzọ mee ka uche anyị dịrị n'ihe anyị na-eme: 