Why Cam Payne crashed out of Knicks rotation as bench expanded

Looking for a spark, Tom Thibodeau expanded his Knicks rotation the last two games. 

But that meant Cam Payne went tumbling out of the mix. 

Thibodeau gave Delon Wright and Landry Shamet their first significant minutes of the postseason in Games 3 and 4 on the Eastern Conference finals against the Pacers. Precious Achiuwa even got some playing time Tuesday night. 

After playing in each of the Knicks’ first 14 postseason games while averaging 7.2 minutes, though, Payne collected DNPs in Games 3 and 4. 

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