Knicks stage run-and-gun scrimmage

Jeff HornacekLOS ANGELES — The Knicks might as well have been on the famed Venice Beach playground courts Thursday.

Arriving early in Los Angeles for their four-game road trip, the Knicks staged an unstructured practice at UCLA and let the players essentially scrimmage without coaching or critiques or stoppages. It allowed for a free-flowing workout with a pickup-game-on-the-playgrounds feel. It wasn’t exactly a practice out of “Wizard of Westwood” John Wooden’s playbook.

The run-and-gun affair was a result of having three straight days off after Monday’s Golden State loss and enduring a rigorous practice Wednesday after which the team flew cross-country.

And lest we forget, the Knicks, losers…