Though New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns’ thumb injury is worse than initially thought, he’s not expected to miss much time at all. Towns went down with a thumb sprain in the team’s loss to the Detroit Pistons on Monday.

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.

Philadelphia will try to stop its three-game losing streak when the Philadelphia 76ers play New York. The teams square off Wednesday for the first time this season.

Despite a good game from Paul George and a huge second half from Tyrese Maxey, the Sixers dropped their fourth straight game.