Kristaps Porzingis appeared to suffer a serious knee injury when he landed awkwardly on a dunk

• Kristaps Porzingis had to be helped off the court on Tuesday night after suffering an injury to his left knee.

• The injury came in the second quarter of the Knicks matchup against the Bucks, just after Porzingis had dunked on Bucks center Giannis Antetokounmpo.

• Details of the injury are still coming in.

New York Knicks All-Star big man Kristaps Porzingis had to be helped off the court on Tuesday night after a brutal injury.

The blow came in the second quarter of the Knicks matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks at Madison Square Garden. Porzingis went up and threw down a huge dunk on Bucks center Giannis Antetokounmpo. After slamming the ball through, Porzingis came down awkwardly and fell to the court, immediately grasping at his left knee in pain.

Porzingis was slated to play alongside Team LeBron at the All-Star Game in just over a week's time.

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