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The Knicks showed both sides of their character on Thursday by keeping pace with the Mavericks at times and making a run, but eventually losing.

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 followed up on their biggest victory of the season with an absent-minded effort in Oklahoma against a team with four wins in its existence. Make that five.

Wilson Chandler scored a career-high 31 points, including making 11 of 12 from the foul line, to lead the Knicks to their biggest victory of the season.

Before he was the Knicks’ best threat off the bench, and before he was a basketball star at the University of Washington, Nate Robinson was a football player.

The Knicks trailed from the first minute against the Pacers and never showed the urgency to change that, except for a brief flurry late in the fourth quarter.

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.