Christmas Day games (00:34)NYK 101, ATL 87ATL played without Trae Young (COVID)NYK led by Julius Randle and resurgent Kemba Walker who posted a triple double (2nd Knick to do so on Christmas)John Collins and Delon Wright led ATLNYK got back bench firepower: Obi Toppin and rookie Quentin GrimesAt 15-18 NYK need to get on a run like last year50 win formula: at least 21 road wins (slightly above .500) & 29-30 home gamesOnly one other team in contention in the East that has a losing home record: PHI (6-8)Had luxury last yr of having no fans in MSG; gotta get over that and win in front of the fansTo quote Knicks game analyst & radio show host Alan Hahn it's the heaviest jersey in the NBA and it's not even closeNYK in their 75th season only have 2 championshipsTo win a chip in NYC would be the ultimate for whoever does itHave an 18 game stretch where they play only 5 teams with a .500 or better recordOnly 2 games out of the 6th spot in the East playoffsMIL 117, BOS 113Giannis Antetokounmpo returns to lineup (COVID) and had a monster gameBOS actually up by 13 points with 5 mins leftYou cannot discount a team that has the heart of a championFolks are talking about Steph Curry and Kevin Durant, but Giannis still lurking and capable of carrying his teamBKN far from invincible; top of the Eastern Conference still up for grabsGS 116. PHO 107The prime matchup of the day: top 2 teamsWill be battling each other all season long; don't see LAL or LAC being in the mixSteph Curry doing Steph Curry things albeit on a bad shooting night; Otto Porter Jr filling in admirably for Andrew Wiggins (COVID)Chris Paul & Deandre Ayton stood out for PHO; Devin Booker held in check (much like Jru Holiday did in NBA Finals)Draymond Green playing All Star level basketball while not scoring a lot of pointsGS squad a very deep squad; played this game without Wiggins & Jordan Poole (COVID); Klay Thompson & James Wiseman not due back til JanBKN 122, LAL 117A lot of stars missing: Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and LaMarcus Aldridge (COVID) for BKN while LAL without Anthony Davis (MCL sprain)LAL's Staples Center now called Crypto.com ArenaJames Harden makes his return (COVID), has triple double; Patty Mills with a game for the agesLeBron 39 points; passes Kobe for most points scored on Christmas Day and passes Kareem Abdul Jabbar as the player with the most points scored on a single dayRussell Westbrook had a triple double but struggled with his shooting (4-20 FG)LAL did rally to tie this game up, much of it with Westbrook on the benchLeBron publicly supporting the embattled Westbrook as well as the acting coach David Fizdale who's filling in for Frank Vogel (COVID)Westbrook giving effort; results just aren't there yetSometimes when a guy goes home to playing in a place for a team he grew up rooting for, that person's bound to press a bitThis is what's happening with Westbrook; sort of like what Kemba Walker is experiencing with NYKWhat lit a fire under Kemba was Coach Tom Thibodeau jettisoning him to the benchThere's not a lot of places to trade him to; not really a demand for himLAL pretty much stuck with Westbrook; gonna have to figure it outUTA 120, DAL 116Luka Doncic and Tim Hardaway Jr leads 9 DAL players out for this gameDonovan Mitchell doing Donovan Mitchell type of things; Bojan Bogdanovic and Mike Conley also had good gamesDAL led by Kristaps Porzingis and Jalen BrunsonDonovan Mitchell aggravates his lower back; diagnosis to followUTA in the mix behind GS & PHO as top teams in the conferenceSide note: NBA All Star voting started on Christmas Day

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