GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Kristaps Porzingis is not likely to play Saturday night against the Philadelphia 76ers and could be out for the next few days with a sprained ankle.
Porzingis suffered the injury in Thursday's loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers and wore a protective walking boot after the game. He wore sandals on Friday and said there was no ligament damage in the ankle.
"There's a lot of swelling, but I can walk around no problem, and the swelling is going down, too, so it's getting better," Porzingis said. "No ligament damage, just a sprained ankle, swelling.