Kristaps Porzingis ties career-high with 29 points in Knicks' win vs. Bulls

Kristaps Porzingis had no sense that he was in for a special night when he went up for his first dunk in the first quarter.
Porzingis tied a career high with 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Carmelo Anthony added 24 points and the New York Knicks beat the Chicago Bulls 115-107 on Wednesday night. But Porzingis, the Knicks' 7-foot-3 rookie center, nearly had a shaky - and embarrassing - start.
"On the first dunk, I did not have my legs," he said. "I almost missed it. I was OK physically and able to knock down shots. The ball was moving and I had some pretty good looks."
Porzingis was one point short of becoming the first rookie since Patrick Ewing to put up 30 points and 10 rebounds in one game for the Knicks.
"I looked up at the scoreboard in the fourth quarter and saw how many (points) I had, but I didn't know about the record," Porzingis said. "I don't want to force up a shot just to break a record."
Porzingis displayed an inside-outside game that the Bulls defense couldn't handle. He was 3 of 6 from 3-point range, which opened up the rest of the floor for his teammates.