Holiday brothers dream of family reunion

PHILADELPHIA — If point guard Jrue Holiday is to leave the Pelicans as a free agent, the Knicks have an ace in the hole in attracting the UCLA product the club passed up in the 2009 draft.

Justin Holiday told The Post that he and his brother have talked about playing together since they were kids. For the first time, the Holiday brothers actually can make that happen on a longterm basis. Both are free agents this summer for the first time, and the Knicks likely will be in the market for a point guard with Derrick Rose’s chances of returning becoming slim.

“If we can play together, that would be a dream come true and we’d be successful doing it,’’ Justin Holiday told The Post on Friday before the Knicks lost to the 76ers, 105-102. “We both want to win and both know each other’s game in and out. We both know what we’re going to get from each other when we play together. It just makes sense.

“I’m not saying just because he’s my brother,’’ Holiday added. “But I know when we play together, good things happen because we know each other’s game so well. We do play hard on both ends of the floor. When you have that at both po- sitions, it’s going to help.”

Holiday, who is 14 months older than Jrue, has found a sixth-man niche in New York after coming to the Knicks from the Bulls with Rose, following a relatively nondescript first five seasons in the NBA.

Holiday would like to stay with the Knicks, and has a better chance of sticking than does Rose, after the starting point guard was shopped at the trade deadline. Holiday has been a mainstay off the bench and the only Knick to play in all 61 games.

Center Willy Hernangomez sat out a second straight game, giving Jeff Hornacek another opportunity to try out his new smallball front line of Lance Thomas, Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis.

Thomas came up big offensively with 21 points and a late tip-in, but Porzingis was in foul trouble and had a low-impact 18 points and seven rebounds without a block.

The last time the Knicks were in Philadelphia, in January, point guard Chasson Randle was in his first few days in a 76ers’ uniform.

The Sixers won a thriller on T.J. McConnell’s buzzer-beater, setting off a wild celebration.

“I wasn’t jumping up and down, just clapping,’’ said Randle, who did not play on Friday.