Knicks' Ariel Hukporti suffers an injury in the first start of the season

With Karl Anthony cities that could not play on Wednesday evening, the Rookie Center Ariel Hukporti made the first start of his NBA career.

But he couldn't make it through the entire game and the victory of the Knicks against the Sixers in the fourth quarter with a bricked -left knee.

Tom Thibodeau claimed that after the game he did not speak to the team's medical staff and not offered an update about Hukporti, which originally seemed to violate the knee in a collision in the third quarter.

“I thought Ariel gave us for a good minutes,” said Thibodeau about the 7-foot hukporti, who ended the game with eight points, two offensive rebounds and a blocked shot in 16 minutes. “He is a young man who learns and gets better. Every experience when he plays you will learn something. “

The cities were classified as questionable with recurring knee pain, but it was excluded shortly before Tippoff.

The all-star center seemed to optimize the knee in Boston in the fourth quarter of the defeat on Sunday, but returned to the game after a short time in the changing room.

Mitchell Robinson (ankle surgery) is still increasing in practice before he gives his season debut later this week.

The Knicks had another Big Man, Jericho Sims, moved another reserve man at the beginning of this month.

The former Knicks Guard Quentin Grimes has been in his third team since he was transferred to Detroit by the Knicks before the past year.

The former election in the first round also went from this year's deadline from the Mavericks to the Sixers.

Grimes entered an average of 14.9 points in his first seven appearances at the Sixers, but he only scored three points in 20 minutes.

“Great person. Hard workers. Strong on both sides of the ball. I think he's a great player, ”said Thibodeau. “He had some injuries that probably slowed him down a little, but a great player.”

Joel Embbiid (knee) remained for the Sixers, who were also operated on Tuesday without Veteran Wuards Kyle Lowry (HIP) and Eric Gordon.