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Porzingis scores five points in final pre-season game
In NBA pre-season action on Thursday, Latvian big-man
Kristaps Porzingis scored five points helping his New York Knicks defeat the
Brooklyn Nets 116:111.
Porzingis was on the floor for 22 minutes, during which he
also pulled down five rebounds, blocked three shots and made two assists.
Carmelo Anthony led the way for the Knicks with 21 points,
while Jeremy Lin was the top scorer for the Nets with 24 points and ten
assists.
The Knicks open the 2016/2017 regular season on October 25
at the defending NBA champions - Cleveland Cavaliers.
The 7-foot-3 (2.21m) Porzingis averaged 14.3 points and
grabbed 7.3 rebounds a game while leading NBA rookies with 1.86 blocked shots a
game last season. The fourth overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft was the
highest-scoring Knicks rookie since Mark Jackson in 1988.