ORLANDO, Fla.

The Knicks have managed to achieve some of the goals they had put in place. They rank second in the NBA in three-pointers made, have pushed the pace up to the middle of the league and have scored in bunches.

But what may be lost right now is what they had as the team ascended from years of dysfunction — an identity.

When the Knicks began their turnaround in 2020-21, they were an overachieving group that managed their way through the COVID restrictions to earn a playoff berth. As they improved over the years, they were tough, a team that would go to war every night.

This season, though, maybe there has been a little more finesse, a little more looking like a team that is willing to outshoot or outskill opponents rather than wrestle their way to the final buzzer. The postg

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