If you didn’t know any better, you’d think the New York Knicks were tanking this season.

The Knicks lost in embarrassing fashion to one of the worst teams in the league on Wednesday night, falling 115-99 to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Knicks fell to 3-10 with the loss and have dropped nine of 10. The Timberwolves snapped a five-game losing streak with the blowout win.

Embarrassing defense: During their five-game losing streak, the Timberwolves lost games by an average of 18 points. They’d given up and average of 135 points over the previous two games.

But the Knicks made them look like a decent defensive team.

New York allowed Minnesota to hit 49 percent from the floor and 50 percent from beyond the arc. Kevin Martin scored 37 points on 14-of-20 shooting.

The Timberwolves entered the game averaging five made 3s per. Against the Knicks, who have been torched from beyond the arc this season, the Timberwolves hit 11 of 22 3s. Martin, who supposedly had flu-like symptoms earlier in the game, knocked down seven of his 11 attempts.

Nothing from SG: The Timberwolves were shorthanded on Wednesday as three starters (Ricky Rubio, Nikola Pekovic and Thaddeus Young) were out with injury. But New York couldn’t take advantage, in part because of a lack of production from shooting guard.

Iman Shumpert missed 10 of 11 shots. Shumpert, J.R. Smith and Tim Hardaway Jr. combined for 12 points on 4-for-19 shooting.

Bright spots: Carmelo Anthony had 20 points on 7-for-10 shooting and Amar’e Stoudemire added 19 points, hitting seven of nine shots. Both stars sat out the entire fourth quarter after New York fell behind by 26.

Question: What’s the one thing the Knicks need to do to turn this season around?

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