Josh Hart has a Jalen Brunson suggestion to speed up Knicks slow start

INDIANAPOLIS — Amid a struggling start for the Knicks wings, Josh Hart revealed he’s dealt with injuries since pre-training camp and agreed Friday that the team’s slow pace has negatively impacted himself, Mikal Bridges and OG Anunoby.All three entered Friday’s game against the Pacers shooting under 40 percent, while the Knicks were dead last in the league in pace at 95 possessions per game. “There’s less chances at the rim,” Hart said.“I think it also affects Mikal and OG.

… [Coach Mike Brown] says Mikal is the best runner in the league.So if you have the best runner in the league and you’re not running, you’re wasting one of his talents.

If we play faster, we’ll be able to do that.Sometimes OG has smaller guards defending him, so if we run he can be able to seal at the rim, be able to get easy points at the rim, which also can help our rim finishing.”Hart said the solution is to simply push the ball up quicker in possessions, even if that means Jalen Brunson isn’t bringing up the ball.

The Knicks were third in the NBA in frequency of field goals in the final four seconds of the shot clock, a stat indicative of a slowly evolving offense.They were also shooting an NBA-worst 57.2 percent in the paint, which is a symptom of few breakaways. The Knicks were 23rd in the league in fastbreak points. “We gotta get the ball out and sometimes that might have to be [Brunson] just running and not going to the ball after a make or a defensive rebound,” Hart said.

“Just trying to get a better and quicker flow so it’s not so stagnant in the halfcourt.”The Knicks made up for some of their poor offense with offensive rebounding and second-chance points.Karl-Anthony Towns overall had a monster opening 10 games for New York. But Hart, Anunoby and especially Bridges weren’t producing to their standard.

Hart has been hindered by physical ailments.He planted his foot wrong in training camp and suffered an ankle injury, which caused him to...