The Knicks had three players emerge from the group stage into the round of 16 at EuroBasket. Two of them, Kristaps Porzingis (Latvia) and Willy Hernangomez (Spain), are moving on to the quarterfinals.
Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Lithuania) is going home after losing to Greece. Despite leading his team with 20 points, Kuzminskas didn’t get enough help from his teammates in the 77-64 defeat.
Porzingis and Hernangomez were both part of blow out wins. They each had much different roles. Latvia crushed Montenegro 100-68, and Porzingis dropped 19 points in 22 minutes.