Five observations from the Knicks’ 107-101 loss to the Pacers on Wednesday, when the 2-6 club was outscored 13-4 to close.
1. Knicks coach David Fizdale raised two interesting issues: lacking on-court communication on offense and focus in huddles late in games.
Fizdale accused some guys of not paying enough attention in the huddle, and it cost them when botching a handful of plays coming out of timeouts. That’s usually something you say about a high-school club.
“We were running into each other on stuff we’ve been running the whole preseason,” Fizdale said. “Late, it wasn’t clicking.