After finishing fourth a year ago, the Knicks are down to 22nd in defensive rating thus far. There have been declines in their ability to force turnovers and they aren’t protecting the defensive glass as well, but structurally, the defense is very similar. Unfortunately for them, that structure was a bit creaky last year. New York was bottom ten in the league in terms of allowing the most shots at the rim (21st), the most above the break threes (22nd) and corner threes (26th).