The Knicks survived the injury bug once. After OG Anunoby's injury, they believe they can do it again.

NEW YORK — Josh Hart is sitting at his locker after emptying the tank — again — in Game 2 against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.

Hart became the first player since Jimmy Butler in 2013 to play all 48 minutes in two consecutive playoff games. Tom Thibodeau, coincidentally, was head coach on both occasions.

Hart leads the NBA in total minutes played in the postseason and has played all minutes of a game, including one against the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round that went to overtime, four times during this playoff run.

His minutes have become a necessity for a Knicks team ravaged by injury in the regular season, then blasted once again through a round-and-a-half of the playoffs.

OG Anunoby is the latest player to suffer an injury after asking out of Game 2 following a hamstring injury in the third quarter and has now been ruled out for Friday’s Game 3. Hart scoffs at the idea his workload can get any worse.

“I’m playing 48 [minutes] anyways, dawg,” Hart said after the Knicks beat the Pacers on Wednesday despite Anunoby’s injury. “Ain’t s--- change.”

The same can be said for a Knicks team replaying a hand it’s been dealt all season.

Nothing changes. Next man up.

It’s hard to believe New York has made it this far in the first place given circumstances that have derailed many a season elsewhere.

The Knicks lost Mitchell Robinson for three-and-a-half months to a stress fracture in his left ankle in early December. They lost Julius Randle on Jan. 27 to what became a season-ending shoulder injury, and Anunoby underwent surgery to remove a loose particle from his right elbow shortly after. He then returned a month and a half later only to aggravate the same elbow and miss additional time.

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