NEW YORK — All eyes will be squarely positioned on Kristaps Porzingis on Thursday night at 7 when the Dallas Mavericks face the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in a game televised nationally on TNT.
It will be Porzingis’ first game in New York since the Knicks traded him to the Mavs on Jan. 31. Needless to say, this will not be an ordinary game, Porzingis said, judging by the reactions he’s seen and read on social media.
“I don’t know what to expect,” Porzingis said following Wednesday’s practice. “Social media says it’s mostly negative, but we’ll see.