Jamal Crawford had another troublesome game trying to figure out where to fit in Larry Brown's universe. Crawford scored just two points on 1-for-5 from the floor in the Knicks' 83-81 loss to the Warriors. Worse, he had as many turnovers as assists, three, and had trouble defending.

A former starting two-guard who is switching back to the point, Crawford is obviously struggling to grasp his role. Switching back to point guard is hard enough, even if he played it most of his life. But he's trying to do so under the scrutiny of one of the most demanding point guard coaches in history.

Stephon Marbury said this isn't the real Crawford.

"Look how he's playing," Marbury said. "He's not playing like he did last year. I think Coach wants him to be the point guard and run the team, as opposed to being the guy who comes off the pick-and-roll and is looking for his shot, as far as playing the two-guard position. Now he's being asked to play the point guard position."

Crawford also wasn't in the game when the Knicks were down six with under a minute to play and in need of 3-point shooting. Brown made it clear it was because of his defense.

"I think we need to find ways to stop people first," he said. "I always figured if you guard people, you don't have to score as much."

Crawford acknowledged his struggles, but said he would stick to it.

"It's tough in some ways because it's an adjustment changing to a totally different style of play," he said. "But I'll have to adjust and hopefully it will translate into wins. My role now is to be as good as I can defensively and get guys going offensively."