Karl-Anthony Towns owes impressive passing style to chance Arvydas Sabonis run-in

For the most part, Karl-Anthony Towns has been as advertised.Elite shooter? Check.Versatile scorer? Check.Solid defensive rebounder? Check.Shaky defender/rim protector? Check.But there’s an element to his game that has proven surprising to even his teammates.“He’s even a better passer than I thought,” Josh Hart said recently in the visiting locker room in Detroit, just as Towns cranked up “One In a Million” by the late/great Aaliyah.“Now he’s over there playing R&B in a room full of half-naked men.”So Towns has a soft side to his musical taste and a soft touch with a basketball, but he reminded reporters that the passing prowess is hardly new — “I’ve done that pass 100 times.

I’ve been doing this in Minnesota.”And the 29-year-old has a point.Entering Monday, he was averaging considerably fewer assists (3.0) than his best with the T-Wolves, which included three seasons of more than 4.4 per game.But it’s not the numbers that are raising eyebrows in New York.It’s the style.In Detroit, it was a no-look and behind-the-head dish to a cutting Jalen Brunson for a layup.Against Milwaukee, it was a fake pass into a no-look over his head to OG Anunoby.In Philly, it was a no-look under the basket to Mikal Bridges.Against the Nets on Sunday, it was over the head from the 3-point line to Anunoby for the jam.Asked about the latest highlight, Towns referenced two names you wouldn’t expect coming from someone born in 1995.“I wear No.

32, I grew up a big Magic Johnson fan.So just watching the way he made his teammates better,” the 29-year-old said.

“And I was blessed to meet and talk to Arvydas Sabonis over in Venezuela.”Sabonis, a Lithuanian who dominated international basketball in the 1980s, is considered among the greatest, if not the greatest, playmaking 7-footer.He was Nikola Jokic before Nikola Jokic.Towns, as he told The Post, met Sabonis in a Venezuela hotel during the 2012 FIBA Qualifying tournament.

At the time, Sabonis, wh...