After starting the season 2-0, the Knicks had lost three in a row entering Sunday night’s game against Chicago. Here are three takeaways from their first five games:

1. The defense is ahead of the offense — and not good

While the focus has been on the Knicks’ new offensive system and the fingers-crossed approach to hoping players will take to it, the defense should be something that the team can bank on. But particularly after the 135-point output by the Bulls on Friday, the defense was in the spotlight.

The return of Mitchell Robinson was expected to help, but that might have been the Knicks’ worst performance.

“It’s real simple,” Mike Brown said. “We lacked physicality that we wanted to have and we’ve been showing on the defensive end of the floor. Our ability to guard the basketb

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