For the past decade, the New York Knicks were tied to Christmas Day games no matter what their record was. It happened in 2009 when they were clearing cap space for the 2010 offseason. In 2014, they made an appearance in the franchise-low 17-65 season.
2018 became New York’s latest game on this holiday, against the Milwaukee Bucks, and, again, they finished 17-65. With that, it marked six consecutive losses and seven of their last nine on Dec. 25.
So, no matter how often the Knicks lost in the regular season, they usually found their way onto this slate of matchups.