LOS ANGELES — Karl-Anthony Towns responded to Draymond Green’s disrespect with a shrug and a plea for positivity.

“I choose to approach that with love and not hate. That’s all I really care about,” Towns said Sunday. “I hope no one has to go through what I went through and those kids — and what those kids had to go through. Losing a parent is tough.”

Towns missed last week’s game against the Warriors to attend the funeral of a family friend, Sarah Holtzman, and offered unique support to her children since the Knicks center also lost his mother in 2020 to COVID-19 complications.

Green, however, accused Towns of skipping the game because he didn’t want to play against longtime nemesis Jimmy Butler, who was acquired by the Warriors before the trade deadline.