The New York Knicks have fired coach David Fizdale, a league source told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday.
The team has also dismissed assistant Keith Smart, a league source told ESPN.
The Knicks lost their eighth straight game with a 129-92 defeat to the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night in which they trailed by as many as 43 points in the fourth quarter. That came on the heels of a 44-point loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.
Fizdale called the team's effort against the Nuggets "sickening."
At 4-18, the Knicks have the worst record in the Eastern Conference and are tied for the worst record through 22 games in franchise history.