The game was just three minutes old Friday in Detroit when Knicks coach David Fizdale had seen enough, pulling Noah Vonleh from the game and having him take a seat on the bench for the rest of the night. And Saturday, he followed that by removing him from the starting lineup, replacing him with Mario Hezonja.
In a season in which the Knicks have shuffled starters in and out, Vonleh had emerged as a constant, starting the last 37 games and 47 of the 54 games until Saturday. But since scoring a career-high 22 points in Brooklyn on January 25 he has fallen into a funk, connecting on just 28.