Mike Brown coached against Miles McBride in the past.

He already knew “Deuce” was a tough-nosed guard who plays both sides of the ball and competes every second he’s on the floor. He also knew McBride could score in bunches.

And then Brown stopped himself. There was something he didn’t know coming from Sacramento to New York.

“I take it back,” he said. “I didn’t know he could shoot it as well as he did, as well as he does.”

One hundred minutes later, the Knicks tipped off against the Toronto Raptors — and McBride wasted no time proving his new head coach right. He outscored Toronto, 12–10, by himself to open the game, drilling four of his first five threes in an unconscious first quarter.

“He’s a high level shooter. Also, his work ethic is really high. So those two things are somethin

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