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PHILADELPHIA — The Knicks were missing their KAT, while the 76ers were without a much larger portion of their litter.
With Karl-Anthony Towns sidelined with a sprained right thumb — and as The Post first reported, also a bone chip in the same digit — the Knicks flushed a 16-point first-half lead before barely pulling out a 125-119 overtime win Wednesday night over the Sixers at Wells Fargo Center.
Jalen Brunson scored eight of his game-high 38 points in the extra session, while fellow Villanova alum Mikal Bridges contributed 23 as the Knicks improved to 27-15 ahead of Friday’s home clash against Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and the Timberwolves at the Garden.
Josh Hart also registered his fifth triple-double of the season with 10 points, 17 rebounds, 12 assists and four steals for the Knicks.
Joel Embiid and Andre Drummond were among the rotation regulars sidelined for Philly (15-23), although Tyrese Maxey (33 points) and Paul George (26) returned after sitting out the previous night’s loss to the Thunder.
The Knicks connected on 10 of 19 from long distance (52.9 percent) and led by as many as 16 in the first half before taking a 60-47 lead into intermission. Reserve guards Miles McBride and Cam Payne added two treys apiece in the first two quarters.
Hart fed fill-in starter Jericho Sims (eight points) for a dunk early in the third, but a transition bucket by Maxey drew the Sixers within nine. A Maxey 3-pointer shaved the Knicks’ cushion to six midway through the quarter, but OG Anunoby responded with a triple and Bridges added a driving layup to push the lead back into double digits.
Sims flushed another jam with barely two minutes remaining, but three consecutive buckets by George closed the gap to one. A Brunson scoop put the Knicks up by three, but Jeff Dowtin Jr. banked in a 3-pointer for an 85-85 knot entering the final period.
The game was still even with nine minutes to play, but the Knicks scored the next seven, including a friendly bounce on a corner 3 by McBride for a 96-89 edge.
After Justin Edwards’ mid-range jumper and 3-point blast cut it to two, McBride hustled back for a pickpocket steal leading to close-range buckets by Hart and Brunson for a 100-94 game at the 5-minute mark.
Long-range baskets by Maxey and Edwards evened matters again, but Hart stripped Kelly Oubre and soared in for a dunk to generate roars from the boisterous Knicks fans in attendance.
Precious Achiuwa then rejected Maxey at the rim, and Anunoby drilled a triple from the right corner to make it 107-102 with 1:26 to go.
Brunson sank a right-side runner after a Maxey three-point play, but he coughed up the ball with seven seconds to go and Anunoby was called for goaltending against Maxey for another tie with 3.2 ticks left in regulation.
Anunoby missed an 18-footer at the fourth-quarter buzzer, but he drove the baseline for a two-handed jam to kick off an 8-0 run to open overtime. Brunson also sank a 3-pointer and added five free throws to loud chants of “MVP” for a 119-111 game.
