PHILADELPHIA – Kristaps Porzingis knows what losing is like.
The 7-foot-3 Knicks rookie was immersed in it last season in the Spanish League with Sevilla, leading to an in-season firing of head coach Scott Roth, so he feels for Sixers center Jahlil Okafor.
The two top-four picks battle for the first time in a regular-season game Friday night at Wells Fargo Center. The Sixers are 1-25 and on pace to break the NBA’s futility record set by the 1972-73 Sixers (9-73).
Many have blamed the losing for Okafor’s unseemly off-court incidents. He went from winning an NCAA championship at Duke to the NBA’s bottom.