Knicks off to 0-5 start for Brown

~ The veteran coach admitted he needs to do better to turn the team around.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Larry Brown's arms flapped at once, his right signaling to point guard Stephon Marbury and the left pointing a big man to his spot. It's amazing he didn't throw both hands up in frustration instead.

The Knicks (0-5) were in the middle of another late-game collapse.

So far, Brown's New York homecoming has been anything but fun. His team has failed to win a game on the way to its worst start in 18 years, and Brown insists he might need to change his coaching style ever so slightly at age 65 to get things turned around.

"I remember when I was at Kansas, we lost five straight games. I told the team 'We're playing great,' and we won the national championship a month later," Brown recalled Friday, before the Knicks' 86-84 loss to the Golden State Warriors.

"I see signs we're getting better, but we've got to somehow get a rotation, get that down a little bit. It's going to take time. You've got to keep trying to get better, and I've got to coach much better."

Before coming to New York, Brown coached Detroit to the NBA title in 2003-04 and the Eastern Conference championship last season.