The Knicks suited up for their fifth and final test of the preseason Friday night, facing the Charlotte Hornets at Madison Square Garden. Or at least some of them did.

While Mike Brown had talked about using this last game as a dress rehearsal for Wednesday’s regular-season opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers, he again was juggling a roster that was missing key pieces. The Knicks will head to the regular season without one minute of having all of their key rotation pieces available in a game.

Josh Hart hasn’t suited up for even a practice session since suffering a back injury in the opening minutes of the first preseason game in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 2. He again was in sweats Friday night, hardly looking ready for the start of the season. Mitchell Robinson remained sidelined with what th

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