The Knicks have gotten this far despite an avalanche of injuries. They now need to defeat them in Game 7 to keep their season inspired.

Jalen Brunson and the Knicks have gotten this far despite a series of injuries to key players that could have crippled many other teams.

They are one win away from the franchise’s first appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals since 2000 despite missing Julius Randle, Mitchell Robinson, Bojan Bogdanovic – and OG Anunoby for several games against the Indiana Pacers.

Josh Hart is now dealing with abdominal pain that affected him during the Knicks’ 116-103 Game 6 loss in Indianapolis on Friday night.

Whether Hart — the ultimate glue guy — is close to 100 percent or not for Sunday’s Game 7 at Madison Square Garden (3:30 p.m. ABC), the Knicks know their season is on the line.

“There’s been a lot of things that obviously physically (haven’t) gone the way we did this year, but I think our main goal is that whoever we have there, no matter what you have business or whatever, if you’re out there, you’re good to go,” said Brunson, who suffered a foot injury himself in this series, after scoring 31 of 11 points shots out of 25.

“And that’s just our mindset… Whatever the situation, we will support each other.”

Hart left in the fourth quarter of Game 6 after being seen holding his abdomen several times during the game and asked to be removed.

“We’ll see,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said when asked about Hart after the game.

“I guess he’s playing,” his former Villanova teammate Brunson said. “It’s Game 7.”

“He will do anything to play. If his leg doesn’t fall off…he’ll probably play,” Knicks center Isaiah Hartenstein said.

Hart only played 31 minutes before becoming the latest injury on a team decimated by them.

Anunoby, meanwhile, has been out since leaving Game 2 with a hamstring injury after scoring a career-high 28 points in the playoffs. There was optimism that he would return after Game 6, but his status remains uncertain.

“Whatever the doctor says,” Thibodeau said.

And what does medicine say? “Day by day.”

Meanwhile, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski said Anunoby might not be ready before Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday in Boston — if the Knicks make it that far.

“The Knicks are going to have to beat Indiana in this series without OG Anunoby,” Woj said on air. “I was told he would also be out for a Game 7 with that hamstring. And if the Knicks could somehow advance, then you’d start to wonder if he might be available for Game 1 Tuesday in Boston?

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Brian Sutterer, a sports medicine doctor who posts on social media, also said he didn’t think Anunoby would play.

“I think there’s going to be a real struggle for (Hart) to be effective if he’s able to play… OG Anunoby doesn’t seem to be close… I don’t think he’s going to progress to play,” he said. he declared. said.

The Knicks worked all season to secure the second seed in the East behind the Celtics, which gave them home-court advantage for Game 7.

Now they’ll have the Garden fans and the energy of New York behind them for the biggest game of the season, no matter who’s on the court.

“That’s exactly why we played the last two games to get those two seeds,” Knicks guard Donte DiVincenzo said. “That’s the exact reason. We’re coming home, game 7. We know the Garden is going to be buzzing and we’re trying to take care of our business.

DiVincenzo, who signed a four-year, $50 million contract with the Knicks last summer, said moments like this were the reason he signed with New York.

“This is what you live for,” he said. “That’s why you’re signing with the Knicks.”

If the Knicks can pull out one more win on Sunday, they will face the mighty Celtics in their first Eastern Conference final since losing to those same Pacers in 2000.

It would be reminiscent of 1994, when the Knicks and Rangers had deep playoff runs — the Knicks losing to the Houston Rockets in the NBA Finals and the Rangers winning their first Stanley Cup in 54 years.

Another game, more injuries, a spot in the Final Four on the line.

“Here’s the bottom line,” ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith said on air: “There’s no tomorrow, there’s no tomorrow. Do it.

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Adam Zagoria is a freelance reporter who covers Seton Hall and NJ college basketball for NJ Advance Media. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamZagoria and check out his website at ZAGSBLOG.com.