Robinson’s 9 blocks set franchise rookie record

Knicks rookie center Mitchell Robinson was drafted 30 slots behind Orlando’s rookie Mo Bamba, but only one of them made the history books Sunday at the Garden.

Robinson set a new Knicks rookie record for blocks with nine as the lone home-team standout in Sunday’s 115-89 shellacking by Orlando. Robinson, who had a handful of rejections at the perimeter, broke the record shared previously by Kristaps Porzingis and Lonnie Shelton, who both had seven.

“I can thank coach,’’ Robinson said of David Fizdale. “He puts me in position to get those blocks. He was like drop back, don’t worry about my guy. If you see him going full speed at the rim just go get him and meet him at the rim.”

Robinson was one off the Knicks franchise record for blocks — which he said he believes he will break one day.

“I didn’t know at all until they told me in [the locker room],’’ Robinson said. “Next time I want to go higher and keep building my record up.’’

Robinson and Bamba were teammates in the McDonald’s High School All-American Game 19 months ago. Since then, the 20-year-old 7-footers took different routes to the NBA.

Robinson sat out a year after dropping out of Western Kentucky and was selected 36th by the Knicks in June as a project. Bamba, out of Harlem, starred at Texas and played his way into the lottery as a one-and-done, picked sixth by Orlando.

The two met Sunday at the Garden and Bamba performed admirably in his arena debut, finishing with 15 points and eight rebounds, and scoring a couple of baskets over Robinson.

“It felt great, we both like competing against each other and we lose and they won,’’ Robinson said. “He’s got it, but we’ll be playing them again [Sunday in Orlando].’’

Sunday marked the first game for Mario Hezonja against the Magic, where he played his first three seasons after being drafted fifth in 2015. Orlando’s new brass, headed by John Hammond, didn’t exercise his fourthyear option last fall making him an unrestricted free agent. Hezonja called it “super weird.”

Hezonja, who scored 12 points, is still his finding his way as a Knick, coming off the bench, after GM Scott Perry took another chance on him. Perry was part of Orlando’s brass that picked Hezonja. Fizdale called Hezonja “a serious competitor,” said his “work ethic is fantastic’’ and has “a big-time motor.’’ But Fizdale hinted at his basketball IQ being not as high as his skillset.