The Knicks put on their Grinch costumes and stole Christmas away from the Cavaliers. Down by 16 with 8:11 left in the game, the Knicks ripped off a 22-6 run to tie the game at 113 apiece with 3:48 left.

Jalen Brunson and the Knicks came back from a 17-point fourth quarter deficit to beat the Cavaliers in the Christmas opener. Here's what you missed.

Christmas … baby, please come back. The New York Knicks fulfilled that request and some in their latest holiday haunt, as a festive fourth quarter yielded a 126-124 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday afternoon at Madison Square Garden.

The Cavs got Evan Mobley back from injury but couldn't hold off the Knicks on a Christmas Day game at Madison Square Garden in New York.

That is a problem for another day. Christmas is for giving thanks and unwrapping new gifts, and the Knicks were gifted a new-and-improved bench capable of keeping the team in or flat-out winning games when the starters come up short.

The idea that the New York Knicks would be leaning on their bench in big games would be unbelievable last season.