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David Fizdale is getting literal with Knicks motivational tools

NEW ORLEANS — Knicks coach David Fizdale brought an extra item onto this three-game road trip, and it will accompany the club on its voyages the rest of the season.

An autographed ax.

There it sat, leaning against a wall, in the visitor’s locker room Wednesday night in Oklahoma City and again at Thursday’s practice at Smoothie King Arena in New Orleans. The ax will be omnipresent the rest of this rocky journey that has the Knicks at 4-11 after 15 games.

“I promise I’m not going to kill anybody,’’ Fizdale said ahead of the Knicks matchup vs.