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The hours after Kristaps Porzingis’ heartbreak: Tequila shots

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Tequila, anyone?

In a 23-minute documentary that went online Thursday about his rehab, Janis Porzingis, Kristaps’ brother and agent, revealed the night of the ACL-tear diagnosis, his entourage needed a ceremonial shot to absorb the devastating news.

Janis said he took a tequila bottle and poured shots for his brother Martins, Kristaps and their longtime physiotherapist, Manolo Valdivieso.

“That night we got back home, we made four shots,’’ Janis said. “I just said: ‘To a new beginning.’ We drink the shot and started the next day as a new beginning. That’s what we did.”

“The shock moment.