MILWAUKEE — Karl-Anthony Towns has the ball at the top of the key. Nine minutes remain in the first quarter of the Knicks ’ matchup against the Bucks — a game Towns would ultimately shoulder the blame for after New York blew a 14-point second-half lead in an eventual 10-point loss.

The All-Star scoring big man attacks. He blows by Bucks center Myles Turner, plants two feet in the paint, then kicks the ball out to OG Anunoby. One more swing finds Landry Shamet for an uncontested layup.

Mike Brown approves.

It’s the kind of sequence the first-year Knicks head coach wants to see: the ball touching the paint, the defense collapsing, and his play-makers making the right read — a “spray” to the perimeter for either an open shot or a quick snap-drive to the rim.

It’s a read Towns makes r

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