{"id":9623,"date":"2018-08-09T16:28:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=9623"},"modified":"2018-08-20T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T22:05:00","slug":"milwaukee-bucks-play-christmas-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/milwaukee-bucks-play-christmas-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bucks to play on Christmas for first time since 1977"},"content":{"rendered":"

Football may have custody over Thanksgiving, but Christmas Day has long been basketball\u2019s turf. And this year, the Milwaukee Bucks will help deck the halls.<\/p>\n

The NBA on Wednesday\u00a0released its schedule<\/a> for the 2018-19 season, and it includes the Bucks visiting the New York Knicks at 11 a.m. on Dec. 25. This will be the Bucks\u2019 fifth time playing on the holiday, and their first appearance since 1977 (the team\u2019s all-time record is 2-2).<\/p>\n

Christmas games are a tradition for the league, a way to compete with the endless loop of A Christmas Story<\/em> on TBS. Other highlights this year include a Lakers\/Warriors matchup that will once again pit LeBron James and Stephen Curry \u2014 arguably the game\u2019s two biggest stars \u2014 against each other. Also, the Utah Jazz will be playing the Portland Trail Blazers, if you\u2019re into that sort of thing.<\/p>\n

This is a big step for the\u00a0Mike Budenholzer-led Bucks<\/a>, as Christmas is generally reserved for the NBA\u2019s elite, so it is all the more confusing that the Knicks are playing. While it would<\/em> surely be fun to watch Giannis Antetokounmpo versus Kristaps Porzingis (but also impossible, since \u2019Zingis will spend the majority of the season recovering from an ACL injury<\/a>), one can\u2019t help but look at the rest of the Knicks\u2019 roster and wonder how they got here.<\/p>\n

I mean, get a load of this:<\/p>\n

\"Tim<\/p>\n

The second-best weapon behind Porzingis is also the second-best Tim Hardaway.<\/span>\n

\"Jarrett<\/p>\n

These seasoned veterans are a combined 350 years old. Also, the Knicks last year were Jarrett Jack\u2019s eighth team in 13 seasons (that\u2019s actually true).<\/span>\n

\"Ron<\/p>\n

And this man looks like a computer-generated player in NBA2K<\/em>. In fact, I\u2019m not entirely convinced he isn\u2019t some video department intern they threw a jersey on to pad out the roster.<\/p>\n

Can it just be basketball season now please?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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