Cleveland Cavs to play scrimmage game at Wright-Patt

FILE: Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson keeps the ball from Indiana Pacers forward Thaddeus Young in the first quarter of Game 7 during the Eastern Conference First Round series on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavs won the game, 105-101. (Leah Klafczynski/Akron Beacon Journal/TNS)

FILE: Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson keeps the ball from Indiana Pacers forward Thaddeus Young in the first quarter of Game 7 during the Eastern Conference First Round series on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavs won the game, 105-101. (Leah Klafczynski/Akron Beacon Journal/TNS)

The Cleveland Cavaliers will play a scrimmage game at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base later this month.

The game is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Sept. 30 and active duty, guard and reserve Airmen will be able to attend, said base spokeswoman Marie Vanover. The game will be played in one of Wright-Patt’s hangars.

Few other details about the game are available at this time as the itinerary is still being put together, Vanover said.

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The Cavs won the 2016 NBA title against the Golden State Warriors with then-star player LeBron James. James has since left the Cavs to play for the Los Angelos Lakers.

Around 27,000 people work at Wright-Patt, making it the largest single-site employer in the state of Ohio. The base has an estimated $4.2-billion economic impact in Ohio.

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