The NBA is back with another loaded Christmas Day slate, with the five-game schedule beginning at 12 p.m. ET with an Eastern Conference clash between the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks. The Cavs have taken a notable step back after finishing 2024-25 with the best record in the Eastern Conference. They enter Christmas with a 17-14 record, good for seventh in the East. They lost just 18 games total last season. As for the Knicks, they are 20-9, good for second in the conference behind only the surging Detroit Pistons. New York has won seven of its last 10 games. These teams met once this season, way back in the early stages of the campaign, with the Knicks winning that one 119-111 on...
