New York Knicks head coach David Fizdale has not shied from making lineup changes. With adjustments from the fifth game and on, players shuffled between starter and reserve. Others even lost all their playing time.
Once Kevin Knox returned, it put Fizdale’s rotation into a crunch. He tried to play everyone, sans Ron Baker, but on-court time disappeared for someone as the games went on.
Trey Burke was the first man down. He sat three of four games — returning after the Knicks lost by 25 points to the Oklahoma City Thunder.