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 Knicks and Cavaliers will tip off at 12 noon EST from Madison Square Garden,

Opening night will see Kevin Durant head back to Oklahoma City with his new team, and watch his former team raise their NBA championship banner. The other game will see Stephen Curry and LeBron James play against one another in another star-studded Western Conference class.

The first NBA game on NBC in 23 years will feature the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder against perhaps their chief competition in the West, and the Cleveland Cavaliers are back on Christmas Day for the first time since the LeBron James era, a league source confirmed to The Athletic on Friday.