The Chicago Bulls will play the Cleveland Cavaliers in a massive game in the NBA Playoffs 2015 on Monday night.

The Cavaliers will host this Game 1 match up, and a scheduled start time has been set for 7 p.m. ET. The game can be watched on TV on the TNT network, but can also be watched online through live stream via the link provided below.

Tonight's big game comes live from the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, and both teams will know how important it is to get off to a good start in the best of seven series.

Cleveland were many pundits' favorites to make it through to the NBA Finals this season ahead of the Playoffs, however, if they are to progress they will have to do so without two of their starters tonight.

Kevin Love will be one of those missing players, and he will now be out for the rest of the postseason after requiring surgery on his shoulder. That will be a massive loss to the Cavaliers as he has been one of their brightest stars this season.

The other starter who is out is guard JR Smith. He will be out through suspension for both Games 1 and 2 of this series against the Chicago Bulls.

The Bulls will see those absentees as an opportunity to take control of the series, although they will still have LeBron James to deal with, and he has been somewhat of a back luck player for the Bulls in recent years.

LeBron James has eliminated the Bulls three times in the Playoffs since 2010 alone, and he will be looking to make it four this year.

James has never lost to the Bulls in the Playoffs; he defeated them in 2010 while with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and then eliminated them twice with the Miami Heat in 2011 and 2013. Through those postseason match ups against the Bulls, James is averaging an impressive 27.1 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 7.5 assists. His postseason record against the Bulls is 12-3 across those three series.

Tonight's big Game 1 match up between the Chicago Bulls and the Cleveland Cavaliers will start at 7 p.m. ET and can be watched online through live stream by clicking here.