Knicks Notebook: Josh Hart playing through pain, once again

PHILADELPHIA — OG Anunoby wasn’t the only point of interest on the Knicks’ injury report. The Knicks downgraded Josh Hart to questionable with a left thumb sprain on Thursday before bumping him up to probable ahead of tipoff for Game 3 on Friday. Head coach Mike Brown ruled Hart — and Mitchell Robinson, who missed Game 2 with an undisclosed illness — as available immediately after ruling Anunoby out with a right hamstring strain.

Hart said he let out a sigh of relief when X-rays revealed there was no break in his thumb. “At that point I kind of figured what it was and I knew I could play with it, so went out there,” he said at his locker ahead of tipoff on Friday. Hart will begrudgingly wear tape on his injured thumb.

“I don’t like it. So this one [the right hand], I’m going to raw dog this one. ” Hart entered the season with a splint in his right ring finger, sustained back spasms in the Abu Dhabi preseason opener against the 76ers then had another lower back injury this season.

He said he will play through the pain and figure out whether or not he needs surgery during the summer. “It’s something I’ll revisit this offseason,” he said. “There’s people that’s played through this.