DENVER – There were no Ping-Pong balls and no live coverage. Kristaps Porzingis found out he had been selected to Team LeBron for the NBA All-Star Game by seeing it on a Knicks staffer’s phone on the court during warmups for Thursday night’s game against the Nuggets.
Porzingis’ reaction? Not much of one.
“Focused on the game,” he said. Meaning the Knicks-Nuggets game.
Porzingis missed the Knicks’ previous game against the Warriors with left knee irritation. After a light practice on Wednesday and Thursday morning’s shootaround, Porzingis declared himself ready to go and was in the starting lineup.