Looking for a spark, Tom Thibodeau expanded his Knicks rotation the past two games.

But that meant Cam Payne went tumbling out of the mix.

Thibodeau gave Delon Wright and Landry Shamet their first significant minutes of the postseason in Games 3 and 4. Precious Achiuwa even got some playing time Tuesday night.

After playing in each of the Knicks’ first 14 postseason games while averaging 7.2 minutes, Payne collected DNPs in Games 3 and 4.