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According to Knicks Coach Mike D’Antoni, they first step to packaging the energy his team had against the Celtics last week, is moving past old habits.

The Knicks have been entertaining on most nights, competitive on many of them, at times surprisingly good and at times shockingly inept.

Boris Diaw, once a prized player for Mike D’Antoni in Phoenix, nearly delivered a crushing blow before the Knicks regained their balance .

Despite an 11-18 record, Coach MikeD’Antoni generally projects the same indefatigable optimism that he had in training camp in early October.

Hoping to stanch a losing streak and regain some chemistry, Mike D’Antoni reshuffled his starting lineup but the results were largely cosmetic.

After losing their fifth game in a row Friday — against a Minnesota team that had lost 13 straight — the Knicks are flirting with a crisis.

With 23 turnovers that the Bucks turned into 30 points, Friday’s game was far from the free-wheeling, quick-shooting basketball that Mike D’Antoni has tried to drum into the Knicks.

The Knicks’ Nate Robinson was especially impressive as a substitute for Al Harrington in Friday night’s game against Milwaukee.

The Suns won the first showdown with Mike D’Antoni, their former coach, when Steve Nash hit a late 3-pointer to secure a victory against the Knicks.

Of all the ties that Knicks Coach Mike D’Antoni had to sever in leaving the Suns seven months ago, breaking up with Steve Nash was perhaps the hardest.