In that first season, Towns talked to ESPN about the friendship and said ... But there is so much more that unites them. Porzingis was supposed to be the linchpin to a return to prominence ...

Among the most marquee individual matchups will be between their starting centers, Kristaps Porzingis and Karl-Anthony Towns. Both are stretch bigs who entered the NBA at the same time in 2015.

Towns said he has a lot of respect for Kristaps Porzingis, the former Knicks first-round pick who he’ll be matched up with in the second round against the Celtics. Towns and Porzingis were both ...

Star New York center Karl-Anthony Towns, a frequent matchup buddy for Porzingis as a fellow stretch-7-footer, has to capitalize on that potential lack of defensive length. Towns was the sole New ...

A former Knick, Kornet was terrific in place of Porzingis, producing 10 points, nine rebounds and seven blocks in 26 minutes. He outplayed Knicks big man Karl-Anthony Towns. “He was unbelievable ...

Porzingis averaged 14.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game and finished second in NBA Rookie of the Year voting, behind only Karl-Anthony Towns, then of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Kristaps Porzingis has a lengthy history of missing ... on his second touch of the game because he elbowed Karl-Anthony Towns in the neck trying to get separation for a fadeaway jumper.

Kristaps Porzingis was on the receiving end of an elbow to his forehead. But that didn’t stop him from taking his free throws. After the Magic’s Paolo Banchero missed a jumper with less than a ...