Porzingis expected for mighty C’s

Kristaps Porzingis is expected to return to in time to face a Boston buzz saw Thursday at the Garden.

Boston brutalized the Knicks, 110-89, in their lone meeting in late October at TD Garden. In the season’s third game, Porzingis shot 3-of-14 as the Knicks dropped to 0-3.

Porzingis said he wasn’t getting any calls and some players complained nobody was correctly running Jeff Hornacek’s new offense.

A lot has changed since, except the Celtics who are off to a 26-7 start despite the traumatic season-opening leg injury to Gordon Hayward.

Meanwhile, Porzingis is likely to make his return from a twogame absence with a sore left knee. He has never fared well against the Celtics, however.

Boston’s brilliant coach, Brad Stevens, has always had an answer, even using guard Marcus Smart to pester the 7-foot-3 Latvian at times.

Smart, who missed the Oct. 24 meeting, is having a terrific season on defense. Center Al Horford, who is being mentioned as a defensive player of the year candidate, flustered Porzingis.

This might be Stevens’ finest work yet and he is the top candidate for coach of the year.

“Considering all of the new players Stevens had to integrate into their system and the loss of Hayward, their play has been nothing short of remarkable,’’ one NBA scout told The Post. “Kyrie [Irving] has been terrific and Al may be having his best season as a pro. Really happy for Al as he’s everything you ask for in a professional and teammate.”

With the Knicks 2-9 on the road, it’s little wonder how disparate their home and road stats are. For example, the Knicks score 108 points at home — 97.9 on the road. They allow 108.5 points on the road — 101.2 at the Garden. The Knicks have the second-most home wins in the NBA with 14. The player most affected away from the Garden is Doug McDermott, who is shooting 40.5 percent on the road compared to 52.6 percent at home.