More than figuring out the schemes of the opposition, the Knicks are intent on improving their own performance.

The Knicks’ new guys will get their first regular-season taste of playing at the Garden as home players Friday night against the Pacers. For those returning, it will mark the first game that counts at MSG — and their first crack at Indiana — since the Knicks were knocked out of the playoffs in Game 7 of the second round last spring.