ESPN’s Shams Charania revealed the Christmas Day slate Friday, and the Knicks are set to face the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden. Cleveland was the top seed in the East last year, and New York is deep in the title contention conversation.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/knicks as Knicks Might Have Best Christmas Day Game. The New York Knicks are marking their calendars for Dec. 25 as they take on the Cleveland Cavaliers to start the league's five-game slate on Christmas Day.

The first third or so of the NBA season seems to go by quickly, setting the scene for Christmas Day, which has always been a showcase day for the league, just as Thanksgiving Day has always been big for the NFL.