Knicks rookie Kevin Knox didn’t peter out this time. Fast first quarters and sluggish finishes had been a Knox pattern.
In Sunday’s matinee, it was all Knox, all the time as he registered a career-high 31 points on an efficient 12-of-23 shooting, including 4-of-9 from 3. He notched 13 points in the first half and piled on 18 more in the final two quarters during a 44-minute explosion.
Improving his stamina, coach David Fizdale said, was the key.
“We stress conditioning to him a lot,” Fizdale said after the Knicks’ second-half comeback against the Sixers fell short in a 108-105 Garden loss.