The Knicks host the fairly disappointing Cleveland Cavaliers on Christmas Day on what will give the Knicks another nationally televised game to show the rest of the NBA world how much ass they are kicking these days.
Soon, I imagine that the Knicks will pass the upstart Detroit Pistons and be on top of the conference, somewhere they haven’t been since…uhmmm….1993, I think? Can that be true? I think that’s true (they had the same amount of wins as the Hawks in 1994, but the Hawks had the tiebreaker, so the Knicks were #2). That’s fucking insane.
Let’s go, Knicks!
Feeling great about 58!
Merry Christmas!
107 replies on “2025-26 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Cavaliers – THE CHRISTMAS GAME”
The game thread will play!
Merry Hukmas!
I’m failing to do Hannukah with Huk… really should work…
Happy Hannukah anyway! Huk’s in there somewhere…
Another blatantly obvious offensive foul by KAT
I believe it’s H(ann)UK(ah) HUK or, more legibly, HUK HUK!!!
Knicks should’ve load managed today too…
KAT thinks he’s Derrick Henry
Is there a dumber player on our team than Towns? Same mistakes every single game!
Two fouls and two turnovers in three minutes.
Killing it!
bah humbug
KAT just wants Mitch to dominate the Cavs.
Those were some seriously desultory offensive sets…
(lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm)
Brunson seems to be easing his way into the game which is good.
If Kat is gonna commit offensive fouls every time he’s posted up just get him threes and mid range jumpers
KAT asked for extra fouls for Christmas
The fact we’ve needed two OG drives before scoring our first points is not promising
This is the worst the team has looked all season long
I guess winning the stupid Cup will be the high point of this season.
OG with the pass into traffic to the other team — glad we got that out of the way…
IsoG is not a good OG
These guys look like they went out last night
With all the fouls on Mitch and KAT, maybe we’ll get Huk today, so I guess I’ll keep watching…
Diawara doing well!
That was terrible defense by Clarkson
Nice time for Cleveland to remember how to shoot 3s.
“That was terrible defense by Clarkson”
The sun rises in the east
I haven’t heard a single word Doris has said, she might as well be my sleep machine
I guess the strategy is to rest KAT and Mitch and hope the scrubs keep it close.
Have we gotten a stop in this entire game? It’s all threes and bunnies
Happy Holidays, gents.
Today, I get a rare treat to watch live from Italy bc of the afternoon start. Been following the blog and loving the game threads. Thanks to all for keeping the site running.
(Kinda feeling this is the year. But I don’t wanna say it too loudly.)
Bad Hukporti. Bad.
That was like a clinic of how to play horrific defense
Other than our offense and defense we’re playing great!
These team needs to do some serious soul searching and get their priorities back on track immediately.
Defense was terrible, but this comes down to hitting 3s.
Last Christmas a struggling Sixers team went to Boston and played that game like it would save their season. Seems like the Cavs are doing the same today.
Hukporti is actually useless and probably should be used as trade filler for a big with at least one NBA skill
Well Diawara had a nice stretch
That’s all I got
We really lack dependable scorers beyond brunson for being a strong offense, when teams lean into us. Our other all star is gonna commit dumb fouls and where is bridges? Both offense and defense are a mess
FLAME ON!!!
James Nnaji has committed to Baylor. He’s 23 years old. How is the NIL system better than just having a minor league? It’s such a farce!
Like all of us say constantly, more Clarkson please!
He’s 21
Ah, well that makes it slightly less dumb.
When Johnnie Bryant is hitting 3’s…it’s a bad sign
Clarkson and Kolek saving Christmas
Down by three, that’s something…
apparently sometimes the sun rises in the west…
Still annoyed by Thomas Bryant’s face and shot. Good push back by the guys without Jalen heroics. Kolek really does stabilize our guys some
Knicks finally realized , ” Oh these guys are serious”, and recalibrated their effort.
Successful challenge Allen didn’t touch him
A miracle on 33th street!
Kolek on an assist binge!
Mikal is Krampus.
I want to live again! I want to live again!
Kolek has six assists in seven minutes.
Cavs giving us one Christmas gift after another
Call me crazy but I wouldn’t change the lineup in the middle of on an 18-0 run even if it is to bring in Jalen Brunson.
Was that immediate enough?
KAT’s drop defense means backpedaling until he’s out of bounds…
Kat giveth but he mostly taketh
wtf was that?
Apparently Kolek better than Brunson.
I appreciate seeing a Swiffer commercial when KAT has been in full Swiffer mode today
Rama I was hoping it took longer to make my comment seem more valid! Although coming all the way back to go up 6 then immediately start playing horrible defense again to promptly lose the lead is another chance for soul searching..
Garland is carving us up
Well after all that, I’ll take it!
Cavs blew us out in Q1, we blew them out q2, let’s hope this rent doesn’t continue in the 3rd
Whomever stops hitting 3s loses.
I would try OG at the 5 when Mobley is playing center.
Mitch was completely useless that half, even had Mobley putting his nuts all over Mitch’s head on an alley oop.
Kolek (28 assists per 36) and Clarkson turned the game around.
Kolek racks up some serious +/-
Merry Christmas guys
Thought we were cooked but somehow OUR DEPTH saved us which is something (w/o Shamet & Duce).
I’ll take a 2 pt lead
When was the last time the Knicks had a true pass-first PG like this? I feel like I’m watching an alien
I’m sorry for everything I said about you, Clarkson!
Happy Knicksmas one and all
Starting lineup is embarrassing themselves today.
I guess we only play D during even-numbered quarters…
While simmering braised braciole in a nice tomato sauce it is extremely funny watching a bunch of seasoned NBA observers kvetch uncontrollably when their team lays an egg for the first 8 minutes of a noontime start on Christmas day on a 36 hour turnanound after traveling from Minneapolis.
Some defense would be nice for Christmas
It’s hard having two negative minuses against a team that fields 5 good offensive players.
Technically the Cavs have blown us out whenever Jalen Brunson’s been on the floor.
Brunson -24
Kolek +15, Clarkson +13
Brunson -22.
Kolek +15.
Just sayin.
Should bring Kolek in for defense
This Knicks team is unserious.
That is so fucking inexcusable for the foul shooter to get his own rebound
“That is so fucking inexcusable for the foul shooter to get his own rebound”
especially on a bounce
I would say the Knicks are gifting the Cavs points for Christmas, but I don’t think the concept of giving things away for free sufficiently conveys how easy it is for Cleveland to score
Too much egg nog last night I guess 🤢
When Deuce returns this starting lineup needs to go.
This is an aggravating game.
I was on the road for the first half, but it looks like we got top shelf Clarkson and some good passing from Kolek in the first half.
Was there a starter party last night?
Holy cow are the Knicks starters disinterested in playing hard.
Cavs not exactly making high degree of difficulty shots
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Kolek time?
Very small other than Mitch…
I’ll reiterate what I said in jest earlier, this team ever since winning the Cup have load managed twice and have stopped making winning games a priority.
They’re reaping what they sowed right now.
Every shot we take contested. Every shot they take , wide open
Mitch is useless tonight. OG not much better.
Brunson trying to do too much on offense and not enough on defense.
Did Thibs take over at halftime?
Cavs have outscored us 40-20 since this
If Cleveland has figured out how to box out Mitch, the East just got a lot harder.
Why has Towns only taken 1 three? We are very stupid.
How do you explain the fact that they’re losing to teams that have been load managing all season?
OG not shooting a wide open 3 is infuriating
Entire Knicks organization deserves this embarrassment. They go all out for the Cup yet don’t consider winning it important enough to put up a banner. They stop prioritizing winning regular season games and now they’re embarrassing themselves on Christmas, they fucking deserve this.
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