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NEW YORK — Should Josh Hart be moved to bench? It’s been a question floating around the Knicks — from the outside, not within — for a starting lineup that has struggled to generate quality offense, defend or get out to quick starts with consistency in recent weeks. The Knicks have penned Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges in as starters for the last two seasons.
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NEW YORK — Should Josh Hart be moved to bench? It’s been a question floating around the Knicks — from the outside, not within — for a starting lineup that has struggled to generate quality offense, defend or get out to quick starts with consistency in recent weeks. The Knicks have penned Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges in as starters for the last two seasons.
Hart has been the swing piece: He was relegated to a bench role when the Knicks fell into an 0-2 series deficit in the Eastern Conference finals last season, then found himself coming off the bench to start the year under head coach Mike Brown. Brown made the change a few games into the regular season to put Hart back into the starting lineup. Nights like Tuesday against the Indiana Pacers serve as stark reminders why — because Hart doesn’t only connect his teammates to one another in true glue-guy fashion.
He also has nights where he’s rolling offensively. He has nights where he looks unstoppable. The Pacers had no answer for Hart on Tuesday, as the Knicks — shorthanded with Brunson (neck soreness) sidelined due to injury — blew them out of the water in a 136-110 victory at Madison Square Garden.
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