Jeremy Shu-How Lin, born on August 23, 1988 in California, USA, is an American professional basketball player who mainly plays point guard. He is 191 cm tall and weighs 91 kg. His ancestral home is Zhangpu County, Fujian Province. His ancestors immigrated to Changhua, Taiwan, and his parents immigrated to the United States in 1977. Jeremy Lin graduated from Harvard University and led the Harvard basketball team to win the Ivy League championship and enter the top 64 of the NCAA. He later signed with the Golden State Warriors and became the first Harvard student to enter the NBA since 1953; the first Chinese-American to enter the NBA. players. In December 2011, he was waived by the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. On December 27, 2011, he signed with the New York Knicks.
New York Knicks
On December 27, 2011, the New York Knicks announced the signing of Jeremy Lin, who was waived by the Rockets, due to the injury of guard Iman Shumpert. , and the newly signed guard Baron Davis is also injured and has not played for several weeks, signing Jeremy Lin as the backup for Tony Douglas and Mike Bibby. [46] On January 17, 2012, Jeremy Lin was sent to the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Development League. [52] On January 20, in the Airlie Bay Seahawks' 122-113 victory over the Maine Red Claws, Jeremy Lin recorded a triple-double of 28 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists. [53] Three days later, Jeremy Lin was recalled by the Knicks. [54].
On January 28, Baron Davis suffered a recurrence of injury and postponed his Knicks debut. [55] The Knicks are considering waiving Jeremy Lin before his contract becomes guaranteed on February 10 so that they can sign a new player. However, after the Knicks squandered a fourth-quarter lead in a loss to the Boston Celtics on February 3, head coach Mike D'Antoni decided to give Lin a chance to play. D'Antoni said: "He was lucky because we played so poorly,"[55] In the Knicks' first 23 games, Jeremy Lin only played 55 minutes. [56].
On February 4, in a 99-92 victory over the New Jersey Nets, Jeremy Lin scored 25 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists - all career highs. During halftime, teammate Carmelo Anthony suggested to head coach Mike D'Antoni that Jeremy Lin should get more playing time in the second half. After the game, D'Antoni said that Jeremy Lin has the mentality as a point guard and "knows what he does at his own pace and for his own reasons."[50][57] In the subsequent game against the Utah Jazz , Jeremy Lin started for the first time in his career, and was without stars Carmelo Anthony (missed the game due to injury) and Amar'e Stoudemire (his brother passed away). Jeremy Lin scored 28 points and dished out 8 assists, leading the Knicks to a 99-88 victory. [58-59].
In a game against the Washington Wizards, Jeremy Lin scored 23 points and 10 assists, getting the first double-double of his career. [60] On February 10, Jeremy Lin scored a career-high 38 points and provided 7 assists, leading the Knicks to a 92-85 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Jeremy Lin outscored the Lakers' Kobe Bryant, who scored 34 points. [61-63] On February 11, in a close victory, the Knicks defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 100-98. Jeremy Lin scored 20 points and 8 assists. [64] In Jeremy Lin’s first three, first four, and first five starting games, he scored 89 points, 109 points, and 136 points respectively. These three statistics have become the best since the 1976-1977 American Basketball Association (American Basketball Association) season. The highest record since the merger of the Basketball Association (ABA) and the NBA. [64-66] Jeremy Lin led the Knicks to four consecutive victories by averaging 27.3 points, 8.3 assists and 2.0 steals in his four starts and was awarded the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week. the Week).
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On February 14, in the game against the Toronto Raptors, with less than one second left in the game, Jeremy Lin scored a three-point winning goal to help the Knicks. Defeat your opponent. [59] Jeremy Lin became the first player in NBA history to score at least 20 points and provide 7 assists in each of his first 5 starting games. [68] In the next game against the Sacramento Kings, Jeremy Lin sent a career-high 13 assists, leading the Knicks' winning percentage back to .500. [69] In games where Jeremy Lin got more playing time, the Knicks posted a record of 7 wins and 0 losses, winning all 6 games in which Jeremy Lin started. [70] The Knicks' winning streak ended in an 85-89 loss to the New Orleans Hornets. Jeremy Lin scored 26 points but also committed 9 turnovers. Jeremy Lin committed 45 turnovers in the first seven games of his career, the highest record since individual turnover statistics were kept in the 1977-1978 season. [71] In a 104-97 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on February 19, Jeremy Lin scored 28 points and sent a career-high 14 assists and 5 steals. [72-73] On February 16, Jeremy Lin was invited to participate in the NBA Rising Stars Challenge during the NBA All-Star Weekend. [74] Jeremy Lin was not originally on the list of participants for the NBA Rookie Challenge, but due to his sudden rise, he was included on the list. [75] Some media - including "USA Today", "Los Angeles Times" and "CBS Sports Network" believe that Jeremy Lin should participate in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game. [76-78].
On March 31, the New York Knicks officially announced that team point guard Jeremy Lin will miss six weeks due to left knee surgery. The team said Jeremy Lin underwent an MRI this week and found that he had a torn meniscus. [79].