Kristaps Porziņģis returned to Madison Square Garden for the first time in a Celtics uniform on Wednesday night. And Knicks fans weren’t exactly welcoming to the nine-year NBA veteran.
After the center was booed during pregame introductions, chants of “F— Porziņģis” resounded throughout the game between Atlantic Division rivals. But Porziņģis, who played for the Knicks from 2015 to ’19, appeared to feed off the negative energy, channeling it into a 30-point effort in Boston’s 108–104 win over New York.
“The crowd chanting that for me, it was fun,” Porziņģis told reporters afterward, per ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. “I was just enjoying that and kind of using that as motivation, motivation to make some big plays at the end.”
