After an early timeout in the first quarter, Derrick White found Kristaps Porzingis posted up against Jalen Brunson. It was the perfect mismatch to exploit with the 7’2 Celtics center backing down the 6’2 star of the Knicks. It was these kind of post-ups that made Porzingis such an integral part of Boston’s success in the last two regular seasons.
Porzingis took three power dribbles and with a foot in the paint, turned to take a jump hook over his former teammate. Unfortunately, he never even got a shot up. OG Anunoby slapped the ball off his leg and forced a steal.