Mike Brown sets Knicks’ regular-season expectations as adversity awaits reigning champs

KnicksIt’s hard to imagine a better version of basketball than the playoff finish by the Knicks: 13 wins in the final 14 games — several in utterly dominant fashion. But as the encore got underway this week at the Tarrytown practice facility, coach Mike Brown twice pumped the brakes on the idea that the steamroll will persist. At Monday’s Media Day, he cautioned that adversity is inevitable. The Knicks certainly experienced that during a 2-9 stretch last season in January.