Porzingis has six double-doubles through 14 games, including Tuesday's 29-point, 11-rebound performance against Charlotte. Anthony may square off against Winslow, who comes off the bench, but often matches up against an opponent's top scorer.
It's been only 14 games, but Porzingis is shutting up the doubters and dropping the jaws of everyone who has watched the 7-3 Latvian.
"I know for a fact that that was one thing that jumped out to management and to Phil (Jackson) that was really impressive about his game on the defensive end", coach Derek Fisher said.
The Hawks were led by Paul Millsap and Kyle Korver, who sank 14 points apiece.
Instead of jealousy over Porzingis' sudden fame, Anthony is relishing it, becoming "a big brother" as promised in training camp. You didn't even remember that he's only shooting 41 percent from the floor and 28 percent from behind the arc for the year.
"When you feel capable of doing everything - you can shoot, you can dribble, you can run, you can dunk - sometimes it's easy to fall into the temptation of saying, 'OK, I can just do it somehow," Galilea said in a recent interview.
The firing of Kevin McHale may not help team find its way but I'm giving J.B. Bickerstaff enough time to get his feet wet as he takes the reins for this team. I don't want any credit for that. However, Saturday night might have been a Harden's best all-around game of the season. It could've been a really nice 5-1 record if they'd kept that game, but 4-2 will get it done.
When New York's offense is buzzing, the triangle looks like it belongs in the modern-day National Basketball Association, emphasizing ball movement and finding players on strong cuts to the rim or open in good spots. Lance even came in to replace Carmelo Anthony for defense on a few late possessions!
Wii U GamePad sold separately
Kotaku reports that the controllers are available to buy directly from Nintendo today for ¥12,800 ($104), but only in Japan. The product only works with Japanese Wii U systems and will not be sold in regular shops.
There wasn't the same bond between Anthony and Jeremy Lin during the Linsanity days of 2012.
Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James, James Harden, Anthony Davis have faced Porzingis and each has come away impressed.
Harden had 24 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds for the Rockets, who were without center Dwight Howard. The first rookie on that list? It was done previously by Lonnie Shelton on November 7, 1976 against Portland.
Porzingis, however, played well from the outset and only got better in the second quarter.
And more importantly, this isn't meaningless hype. he's focusing on being more consistent because he believes he can produce scoring and rebounding double-doubles every night. The guys you expect to hit threes were the ones hitting them: Langston Galloway, Arron Afflalo, Kristaps, Melo, Jose Calderon.
Porzingis lofts up a shot against Houston.
"I don't like Zinger too much", Porzingis said, citing the first reference to it from his American coach in Spain, Scott Roth.
