Mike Brown sets Knicks’ regular-season expectations as adversity awaits reigning champs

But as the encore got underway this week at the Tarrytown practice facility, coach Mike Brown twice pumped the brakes on the idea that the steamroll will persist. At Monday's Media Day, he cautioned that adversity is inevitable.

The Knicks certainly experienced that during a 2-9 stretch last season in January .

And after Tuesday's first practice, the championship coach acknowledged the impossibility of maintaining the near perfection of the playoffs.