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.

Karl-Anthony Towns has a bone chip in his sprained right thumb, Stefan Bondy of The New York Post reports. The injury came on Monday, when Towns' New York Knicks lost to the Detro

Karl-Anthony Towns has a bone chip in his right thumb in addition to a sprain, and is considered day-to-day going forward, ESPN’s Cassidy Hubbarth confirmed during Wednesday’s ESPN telecast of the Knicks - 76ers game. The news was first reported by the New York Post.