Other than Christmas, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the single most important regular season date of the National Basketball Association season and from a New York Knicks perspective, this basketball holiday has created many moments.
The first MLK Day Knickerbockers game came all the way back in 1987 when Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics came into the Garden. The Trent Tucker rule was established on MLK Day. In 2001, the Knicks and Spurs brawled on the Garden court on this special day. And, of course, who can forget Patrick Ewing reaching 15,000 career points via this edition circa 1994?