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Knicks, Lakers cancel practices to attend David Stern memorial

CLEVELAND — The Knicks will pay their respects instead of practicing.

The Knicks and Lakers cancelled their practices so they can attend David Stern’s private memorial service at Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday morning. The Knicks host the Lakers on Wednesday.

“We’re going to go to the memorial service for David Stern,’’ Knicks coach Mike Miller said after their 106-86 triumph over the Cavaliers on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. “Happy to be a part of it and go to it and pay tribute to everything he’s done in his life. We’re all going.