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Jeff Hornacek sticking with Emmanuel Mudiay as Knicks’ starting point guard

The Knicks have so many issues, but Jeff Hornacek doesn’t think Emmanuel Mudiay is one of them — at least not in their last game.

Since recording a double-double in his Knicks debut, Mudiay has ranged between inconsistent and disappointing. But Hornacek said he plans to continue to start Mudiay at point guard.

“There you go with, ‘Let’s change starting lineups’ and ‘Let’s do whatever,” Hornacek said after Miami crushed the Knicks, 119-98, on Wednesday night. “We may do that going forward I don’t know. A game like this isn’t on Emmanuel.”

The Knicks’ reserves were a big culprit in the loss, or as Hornacek said, “Their bench team destroyed us.