New York Knicks: 20 greatest performances at Madison Square Garden

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7. Bernard King, 60 points: Dec. 25, 1984

A special performance on a national holiday. Couple that together, and with it happening at the World’s Most Famous Arena, it made for quite the evening for Bernard King and the Knicks on Christmas Day, 1984.

King had multiple games over the half-century mark, but none of them approached what he did nearly 35 years ago. That was 60 points on 19-for-30 shooting against the then-New Jersey Nets. He also hit an eye-popping 22 of 24 free throws.

Unfortunately for the Knicks, they lost 120-114 due to 36 points from Micheal Ray Richardson and 27 points and 14 rebounds from Mike Gminski.

This night also launched him to a career-high 32.9 points per game in the 1984-85 season, which was also first in the league.

The 2013 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee’s 60 points came long before 3-pointers became popular in the NBA. So naturally, he did all of his damage inside the arc. It was an efficient night and a special one at The Garden, still standing tall after everything from the 1990s and the modern-day outputs.

It’s still a memory that holds strong with Knicks fans and one of MSG’s greatest single-game performances. Few have topped it in the decades since, and few may ever exceed this total in franchise history.