Knicks head coach Mike Brown credits his coaching staff for sparking the decision to insert Josh Hart into the starting lineup in place of Mitchell Robinson.

“You wanna know the truth? I rely on my staff, and I had reasons why I was starting it that way, but my staff, all of them were like, ‘Hey, these are the reasons why it would be better,’” Brown said after the Knicks’ victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday. “And the reality of it is I just listened to my staff. I said, ‘OK, If I’m the only one thinking that the other way may be better at that time, then maybe I’m wrong.’ And I have been wrong before, and I will be wrong again in the future.”

The Knicks entered Friday’s matchup against the Utah Jazz winners in five of the six games played since moving Hart into the starting unit, their only loss coming in Boston against the Celtics on Tuesday. Brown has championed his coaching staff since taking over for head coach Tom Thibodeau during the offseason.

“So, that’s what I love about my staff: I have guys that aren’t afraid on staff to tell me what they think,” he said. “At the end of the day, it’s up to me to make the decision. I’m not gonna always listen to them, but if my whole staff is telling me something, then I better open my eyes and my ears and figure out what they’re really trying to say and maybe follow their lead instead of them following my lead all the time.”

Hart is averaging 17 points, 10.3 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 2.2 steals while shooting 53% from the field and 43.8% from three-point range in his last six games.

MCBRIDE FINDING HIS OFFENSE

Did Hart see this kind of production in the cards for Miles McBride, the two-way Knicks guard enjoying a breakout season in Brown’s first year at the helm?

“Nah. I didn’t,” he said on Wednesday. “I didn’t.”

McBride is averaging a career-high 11.4 points per game and is shooting 44% on more than six attempts from downtown a night.

The improvement in jump shooting form was the most notable for Hart.

“Hell nah, [his jumper] was broke,” he said. “But he was working, man, you have to give him credit. He stayed in the gym, made improvement and now he’s extremely comfortable.”

McBride, too, has been thrust into the starting lineup amid a rash of injuries that have thinned the Knicks’ first line of defense. With OG Anunoby (hamstring) and Landry Shamet (shoulder) each out for the rotation, Deuce’s number has been called early and often.

He’s delivered: McBride averaged 14.2 points on better than 50% shooting from both the field and three-point range entering Friday’s matchup against the Jazz.

“It’s been great. Obviously he always had the defensive ability. But now his catch-and-shoot, his mid-range, and being able to shoot off the dribble has been huge for us and he’s been knocking shots down for us the whole year,” said Hart. “I’m not sure the shooting splits are but they’ve been huge and some of them have been timely threes, so it’s fun to see his maturation.”

CREDIT THE CAPTAIN

Karl-Anthony Towns credits the captain for his own explosive scoring performance against the Hornets.

Towns poured in 35 points and 18 rebounds in Friday’s victory.

“When you’ve got one of the best players in the NBA like [Jalen Brunson], the gravity he attracts allows us the opportunity to do something special,” he said. “Yeah, just taking the opportunities the defense was giving me while doing that being aggressive in playmaking, passing to my teammates.”