At first glance, Tyson Chandler’s strategy appears odd: an N.B.A. center who chooses at times not to grab an offensive rebound. After all, the 7-foot-1 Chandler is one of the tallest players in the league. He is expected to get rebounds.

Yet sometimes when the Knicks are on offense, Chandler will judge that he cannot grab the rebound with two hands because he is not in the best position. When defenders take that option away, Chandler will jump high, try to locate where his teammates are on the floor and use his right hand to tap the ball out to one of them on the perimeter.

As rare as it is for a low-post player to execute such a skill, it has become one of the Knicks’ most effective plays.

In the past 10 games, Chandler has attempted to tap the ball back to a teammate 27 times. Of those attempts, the Knicks have corralled the offensive rebound 17 times (63 percent). The Knicks have gone on to score 12 times on the second-chance opportunities.