Knicks, Thibodeau: “We have to remain a team”

The Knicks did not secure their sixth win last season until their 26th game, four games after manager David Fizdale was eliminated in early December with a 4-18 record.

Tom Thibodeau’s improved team shot just 35.8% from the field and 12 of 20 from the free-throw line on Friday night in a 101-89 defeat to Thunder at the Garden, ending their three-game winning streak.

The Knicks (5-4) failed to score a sixth win after nine games for the first time since an 8-1 start in 2012-13 – a 54-win season under current assistant manager Mike Woodson.

“It is a difficult championship. It’s a tough league to get wins in, “Thibodeau said.” You have to come up with an advantage every night. If you don’t, it will be hard for you. In this league, as soon as you start feeling too good about yourself, you will be knocked down. So you have to wear it every night. Every day you have to carry it. As I said, I think I was very satisfied with the approach, with the attitude. And I think when we end up in a hole, I think we had the right intentions. We obviously wanted to get out of it. But you can’t do it individually. You have to remain a team and do it together”.