NEW YORK – Dwight Howard's unforgiving dunk on New York Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis is the type of play that gets shared thousands of times on social media and replayed relentlessly on highlight shows. Porzingis, a media-savvy 20-year-old, knows this as well as anyone.
So you’d think he might be a little hesitant to talk about the play. Not many elite athletes, after all, are comfortable discussing moments of failure.
But the rookie didn’t seem to mind at all late Sunday night. He actually had a not-so-subtle message for Howard.
“He dunked on me; he got me.