Breaking down the good – and bad – of Kristaps Porzingis’ Warriors debut

SAN FRANCISCO – Kristaps Porzingis had the basketball in a vicegrip, his 7-foot-2 frame towering over the pesky Payton Pritchard, who was similarly in no mood to relinquish control. 

The Chase Center crowd began to hum, then cheer, then roar as their new Warriors center refused to back down from Boston’s flamethrowing guard late in the second quarter of the Warriors’ loss. 

It ended with the former Celtic teammates being involved in a jump ball. 

“We were already down big, so I wasn’t in the best mood,” Porzingis said.