It was clear that Mike Brown’s Knicks rotations Friday had the playoffs in mind. 

There were a few interesting wrinkles in how he distributed playing time for Jeremy Sochan, Mohamed Diawara and Jose Alvarado during the Knicks’ 40-point bludgeoning of the Bulls at Madison Square Garden. 

Sochan got his biggest workload — by far — since signing with the Knicks midseason.

He played 17 minutes, and it wasn’t like it came in garbage time.