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Frank Ntilikina sized up Wizards guard Chris Chiozza at the top of the key late in the Knicks’ loss Friday night and considered his situation. Here was Chiozza, five inches shorter, in front of him but the Knicks guard wanted to get to the rim. Ntilikina took a step back, two crossover dribbles forward to build momentum, and then went straight downhill, not stopping until he finished for a layup and took a foul. It was the kind of play Ntilikina has rarely made in his two seasons in the NBA and something he was intent on doing when he saw Chiozza on him.



“I’m trying to make the right play, and now I’m seeing that being aggressive for myself sometimes is the right play,” Ntilikina said. “I’m just playing and getting a feel...