Kristaps Porzingis will likely be a hit at the Tribeca Film Festival.
“Porzingod,” a four-minute comedic short film, will have its world premiere Thursday at the festival.
“Porzingod’’ was made by brothers Tyler and Conor Byrne, New York City filmmakers in their late 20s who grew up tasting the glory of the 1990s Knicks. It stars John Leguizamo, a frequent guest on Madison Square Garden’s celebrity row, and Adam Mucci.
In the film, the actors are seen bowing at a Knicks shrine. They pray to the basketball gods to bring the Knicks back from the dead via the rookie phenom Porzingis.
Porzingis is referred to as “The Holy No. 6” and “the messiah begotten by divine Latvian conception.’’
“It’s really for all those long-suffering Knicks fans and an homage to the team’s history,’’ Tyler Byrne told The Post. “We’ve taken it to the most ridiculous extreme.”
There’s a 4-foot-high religious painting of Porzingis holding a unicorn, a reference to Kevin Durant’s flattering remark earlier this season. At one juncture, Leguizamo says at the shrine, “False prophets have tempted us in the past,’’ and a photo of Jeremy Lin appears.
“It’s a lifelong passion project,’’ Byrne said.
Porzingis has been invited to the premiere at Regal Cinema Battery Park. Knicks superfan Spike Lee will be on hand because he has a short feature film in the same event relating to the “Black Lives Matter’’ movement.
Although the filmmakers haven’t heard back from Porzingis, who is in town rehabbing his shoulder, they know Lee will get a few chuckles out of the comedy and that means just as much. “The ultimate Knicks fan,’’ Byrne said.
“Porzingod” will have two additional screenings, on Friday at Bow Tie Chelsea Cinemas and Saturday back at the Regal Battery Park.