Knicks head coach Mike Brown said his starters and key rotation players will begin ramping up their minutes as preseason action shifts stateside for the final three exhibition games before Opening Night.

“We’ll try to work it up this third game, try to get the starters a little bit of action in the second half,” Brown said Tuesday after practice at the team’s Tarrytown training facility.

No starter has played more than 18 minutes across the two Abu Dhabi games against the Philadelphia 76ers . That’s expected to change as the Knicks return to Madison Square Garden for matchups against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday, the Washington Wizards on Monday and the Charlotte Hornets in the Oct. 17 preseason finale.

“[We’re] getting closer to the season, getting closer to the real thing

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