The struggling Knicks begin a three-game homestand this week, starting against the Pacers on Monday, and continuing versus the Magic on Wednesday and the Rockets on Friday. That’s usually a good thing to shake a club out of a malaise.

But the Knicks have already lost at home to Orlando and at Indiana, and they have played worse at the Garden than they have on the road.

The most vexing part of their disappointing 7-6 record is their 2-4 Garden clip.

Defensively, the Knicks haven’t been as energetic at the home as they have been during their road contests. They’re a worse rebounding club, too, at home.

In the six home games, the Knicks have given up 113.6 points per 100 possessions. On the road, they are much more stingy, at 106.3 points per 100 possessions.

The Knicks are a lot more potent on the offensive glass on the road, with a 29.6 offensive-rebounding percentage, compared to 25.5 percent at the Garden. Their defensive rebounding percentage is sharper on the road too — 74.7 percent to 69.8 percent at home. Coach Tom Thibodeau is still an advocate that rebounding can win games.

Thibodeau said recently of the Knicks’ home woes that as good a place as the Garden is for the home team, the aura also psyches up the visiting squad.

“The big thing is, we’re not going to win just because we’re home,” Thibodeau said earlier this week. “We have to understand we have great fans and it’s a great place to play. But our opponents get up to play here too. We have to have an edge about us. Right now we have to fix some things. That’s what I want our mindset to be.”

There’s a belief in some quarters that last season’s sterling home record, which occurred before either no fans or 1,900 capacity during the regular season, should have an asterisk.

Other teams didn’t have the same juice playing at the Garden because of the pandemic conditions, while the Knicks weaved a 25-11 home record in 2020-21.

When the Garden filled nearly to the brim during the playoffs, the Knicks lost to the Hawks in two out of three home games. In particular, Julius Randle had a rough time in the playoffs amid the cacophony of the Garden.

The statistics this season show Randle is playing better on the road, perhaps because there’s less pressure. Randle is shooting 43.0 percent on the road and 40.9 percent home. His rebounding averages also are better on the road, as is his defensive rating.

Evan Fournier said Friday he felt the offense was getting too “stagnant.” Kemba Walker sounded as if he could have been referring to Randle when he concurred with Fournier’s theory.

“Every night it’s going to be a different guy,’’ Walker said. “We have enough guys who can really score the basketball. We need to get some more movement together. I just think it’s still pretty new. Especially me and Ev. We’re the two new guys trying to find our way, trying to find our spots, trying to find our shots. We just have to figure it out and be more consistent.’’

When asked about Randle’s mini-slump (he committed five turnovers and scored just nine points Friday in Charlotte), Thibodeau said: “It’s not a one person thing, it’s our group. We’ve got to function well together as a group, we’ve got to bring the best out in each other. Everyone has the responsibility to execute, to share the ball, to be in the right spots.’’