SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Mike Miller pulled off his first deception since becoming interim head coach one week ago.
The Knicks posted their first victory in three weeks Wednesday in San Francisco with Dennis Smith Jr. missing the game with a migraine. During Friday morning’s shootaround before the Knicks’ 103-101 win over the Kings, Miller said he still planned to keep the struggling Smith in the rotation.
That would have created a three-man logjam at point guard with Frank Ntilikina, Elfrid Payton (who returned last week after missing 17 games with a hamstring injury) and Smith.