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Courtney Lee critical of Knicks’ effort on defense

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Courtney Lee takes pride in playing defense. He said not enough Knicks do.

One day after the Knicks gave up a season-high 132 points to the Raptors, Lee said some players are letting the team down because they’re not playing with enough effort on defense.

“I think you should be mad at yourself if you watch film and your teammates are calling you out,” Lee said after Monday’s practice. “You should not want to let them down, and if you’re seeing that it’s you repeatedly, if you don’t make that adjustment then that’s just telling us you don’t care.