The Knicks were getting destroyed on the boards in the first half Saturday night, so Tom Thibodeau decided to go smaller after intermission.

The Knicks, who were blown out against the Celtics in their opener, struggled again against Boston, suffering a deflating 131-104 loss at MSG.

Tom Thibodeau used OG Anunoby’s absence from the lineup to take a look at Karl-Anthony Towns at power forward.

The Knicks have played an additional 50 games since their opening night disaster in Boston.

Tom Thibodeau offered an atypically revealing answer Friday when asked if the Knicks’ relative inaction at the trade deadline.

Mikal Bridges remained in the Knicks’ lineup Tuesday night after landing on the injury report for the first time this season.