"Just as he did last winter and again earlier this season, Chris Duhon has fallen into a funk and taken the Knicks offense with him. When the inconsistent point guard has struggled, so has his team. But Mike D'Antoni insists Duhon's woes are mental, not physical -- that Duhon too easily loses his confidence, not his game.

"(It's) probably confidence. He gets down on himself way too much. We have to get over that and give him confidence. Other guys have to pick it up, and we haven't been able to do that," said D'Antoni, who has had to give more playmaking chores to David Lee and Nate Robinson, with Duhon looking timid and tentative.

"He's got to get his legs back," D'Antoni said. "He loses confidence easily. He just needs to get over it. It's a tough period right now. It happened to him last year. We'll try to figure out why. It happens; these are dog days and sometimes the minutes wear on you. Whatever. But we'll stick with him, and he'll be fine."

Duhon has been anything but fine the past five games, averaging 2 points on 3-of-24 shooting after back-to-back scoreless outings. It's no coincidence the Knicks (17-24) have lost four of their last six, defeats that weigh on Duhon."