Over nine months since that fateful day, on Jan. 31, the New York Knicks will face their would-be face of the franchise, Kristaps Porzingis. It comes against his new team, the Dallas Mavericks, on the road, while trying to snap out of an early-season funk.
The Knicks are just 1-7 entering this game, after losing to Andre Drummond and the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday. It marked yet another disparaging night for a team already watching their season slip away.
The team will play without Mitchell Robinson, who suffered a concussion against Detroit.