Some extra days of practice recently have given the Knicks an opportunity to change that. Now, they have switched to a scheme that emphasizes forcing ball-handlers to the baseline and sideline in order to keep the ball out of the middle and the paint — much more common around the league. “I think it’s better for us, the way we’re doing it now,” Bridges said. “I think it was a little bit, maybe, tougher for us, how we used to do it. But I think it’s better for us now. … I think just everybody knows what we’re doing and what we’re sending to the ball and stuff like that. “I think our defense has been so much better. Everybody’s been on a string, knowing what we’re doing. It’s been great.”
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