They came out of 2015 draft class each with a similar skill set and now face each other in an Eastern Conference semi.

Kristaps Porizingis was the greatest reason to believe the Knicks would finally emerge from their ugly descent into losing ...

Among the most marquee individual matchups will be between their starting centers, Kristaps Porzingis and Karl-Anthony Towns. Both are stretch bigs who entered the NBA at the same time in 2015.

While the Knicks faltered from there and missed the playoffs, Porzingis averaged 14.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per ...

"Porzingis unlocks Boston’s most dangerous mode," Katz wrote. "Towns, assuming he starts on Porzingis, will need to stray far beyond the 3-point arc to close out on deep 3s. Porzingis ...

Kristaps Porzingis previously admitted that the virus that caused him to miss time in March impacted his performance through the first two games of the Celtics’ series against the Knicks.