CLEVELAND — Josh Hart is trending in the right direction.

The Knicks reserve guard, who suffered a sprained ankle during his heroic performance in Saturday’s Game 1 victory, was upgraded from ‘doubtful’ to ‘questionable’ for Tuesday’s Game 2 against the Cavaliers.

Hart was listed as ‘doubtful’ on Monday after going through limited portions of practice. Following Tuesday morning’s shootaround, however, the Knicks gave a more optimistic update.

“[He looked] fine. Fine,” center Isaiah Hartenstein said. “We’ll see what happens.”

If Hart doesn’t play, there’s more of a burden on Quentin Grimes and RJ Barrett to pick up the slack. It could also mean Miles McBride re-emerges in the rotation.

But now there’s a better chance he’ll play. Hart hasn’t missed a game since joining the Knicks before the trade deadline. The team is 18-8 since acquiring him from the Blazers.

“He’s real tough. It’s been exciting since he’s been here,” Hartenstein said. “We feel like we have another guy that brings that physicality. Brings that toughness. So I’ve loved to play with him so far.”

“He brings a lot to our team. He’s an intangible guy,” added Julius Randle. “He does a lot of little things for our team that go unnoticed. You can always count on him down the stretch to make a big play, whether it’s a rebound, a charge, hitting a big shot. Whatever it is he can make a big play for us. We’re going to have to collectively as a team be aware of that and all of us do a little bit more.”

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