As Damyean Dotson (another player who has seen more minutes in the past six games) explained on Monday, the Knicks' overall strategy is to control the paint.
"That's the plan, try to protect the paint and make them spread out," he said. "Our whole goal is to protect the paint."
The Knicks rank in the top 10 in defensive rebounding and points allowed in the paint. They also rank in the top 10 in steals. But the protect the paint strategy seems to have left them susceptible to the 3-point shot. Entering play Wednesday, New York ranked 19th in opponent 3-point field goal percentage and was allowing the fifth-most 3-point attempts per game in the NBA.