he testosterone continued to flow at Knicks camp yesterday, as Larry Brown questioned commissioner David Stern's judgment and said he would've been right behind Antonio Davis in the United Center stands had he known what was happening with Davis' wife and kids.

Brown, who is 65 with a bad hip, said, "If I saw him go up there and known what was happening, I probably would've went up there with him."

Brown is fuming at the league for the five-game ban. The Knicks are falling apart again, losers of four straight following the 26-point Pistons' pounding. Davis ? and likely Stephon Marbury ? will miss tonight's Garden clash vs. the Hornets.

"I'd love for you to take a poll here, what you would do if your child and your wife were in the stands and think they were in a difficult situation," Brown said. "You'd be up in the stands. I understand what the league is saying ? no coaches or players have a right to be there, but I also understand when you look at Antonio Davis and his career, the kind of person he is and the way he handled it, I can't imagine coming up with a five-game suspension. If you're trying to prove a point, get real. That to me is ridiculous."

While Knicks president Isiah Thomas curiously has said he was "relieved" the suspension wasn't harsher, Brown continued on the attack.

"Anybody in the NBA office, if that happened to somebody in their family, they're not going to get on the phone and call security. They'd be right up there seeing that their kids were taken care of and their wife's taken care of. I don't think they used real good judgment when they handled the penalty."