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Jeremy Lin saved the day yet again, scoring 12 of his 27 points in the final quarter to help the Knicks come back from 17 down in Toronto. New York has won six straight since the start of Linsanity.
If anyone is lagging behind on their Wednesday morning NBA news, Jeremy Lin went wild again on Tuesday night. The New York Knicks point guard wasn't quite as impressive as most have come to expect, considering he turned the ball over eight times against the Toronto Raptors, but all was forgiven when he nailed the game-winning three-pointer with less than one second left to play.
Lin finished the game with 27 points and 11 assists to go along with the abnormal amount of giveaways, but it was his final three-point bucket that everyone will remember. It personified Linsanity and luckily for those that weren't able to watch in real-time (video of the play is included here), Posting and Toasting's Seth Rosenthal walked everyone through the final moments in his excellent game recap.
Know who else had 12 points in the fourth? Jeremy Lin. He'd spent much of the night forcing shots and turning the ball over in traffic (though he had a pretty decent line anyway), but just gritted his teeth and attacked in the fourth quarter, repeatedly scoring and drawing contact on the move. After missing some important free throws, Lin converted an absurd three-point play to tie the game, then, with the game tied and time winding down, he waited...and waited...and waited...and...
BANG.
Just absurd. This came after Shumpert rimmed a nice look at a mid-range jumper and Tyson Chandler tipped out an offensive rebound. Mike D'Antoni opted not to call a timeout, and instead told the Knicks to space the floor and let Lin work. He dribbled out the clock while I jumped up and down on my chair screaming "GO! GO! GO!". Calderon sagged off a step, and Lin just pissed in his eye. It just gets crazier and crazier.
Indeed it does get crazier and crazier and, unfortunately for the teams playing the Knicks in the future, it doesn't seem like there's any end in sight to his reign of terror.
Even when the former D-League player has an off-night, as he did Tuesday, he seems to revel in being the go-to guy in crunch time, thus making it impossible to count the Knicks out. (At least until Carmelo Anthony or Amare Stoudemire want the ball in their hands with the clock ticking down its final seconds.)
No matter how long the magic lasts, however -- and it was magic, as the National Post's Bruce Arthur pointed out in his gamer -- it seems that Lin's game-winner on Friday will be one worth remembering.
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The Jeremy Lin show has now officially gone international. Linsanity rolled into Canada on Tuesday night as the newly-minted superstar helped stage a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback for the New York Knicks against the Toronto Raptors. It even included dropping the game-winning three-pointer with less than a second left on the clock.
Lin was interviewed at courtside immediately following the victory, where he was able to give his thoughts on the game as well as heap plenty of praise on his teammates. Check out the video below to see more of the unadorned, self-effacing charm that makes Lin so likable beyond his immense skills on the basketball court. The video features a fun cameo as well. Take a look:
The Knicks are still undefeated in the Lin era. One wonders how much longer this level of ridiculousness can continue.
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The New York Knicks struggled in the first half against the Toronto Raptors, but brought their offense coming out of the locker room in the second half. The Raptors matched them in the third, but completely fell off in the fourth, scoring just 12 points. That was the same number of points scored by Jeremy Lin in the fourth quarter, six of which came in the final 90 seconds as he engineered a 90-87 comeback victory for New York.
Before the start of the comeback, the Knicks trailed by 17 points at one point in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, they trailed by as many as 12 points. Jose Calderon had a very good night statistically, shooting 11-17 from the floor as he put up 25 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, but he failed to contest Lin's game-winning three-point shot. Additionally, none of Calderon's points came in the fourth quarter
With the Raptors leading 87-84, Lin took the ball to the bucket, drew a foul and made his shot with 1:05 remaining in the fourth quarter. He made the free throw to tie the game, and that was followed by a Knicks stop at the other end. The following New York possession resulted in an Iman Shumpert miss, but Tyson Chandler was able to grab the offensive board and kick the ball back out. That set up Lin for his big moment and he drained the game-winner over Barbosa.
Even with some slow periods, Lin had a massive night independent of the big shots. His 27 points, 11 assists, seven free throws made, 11 free throws attempted and 43 minutes were tops among players on both teams. The Knicks have now won six straight games, prevailing in each one of Lin's starts.
For more on Lin and the Knicks, check out New York Knicks blog Posting and Toasting, as well as SB Nation New York. For more on the Raptors, head over to Toronto Raptors blog Raptors HQ.
He's done it again. At this point, we probably have to accept that Jeremy Lin is for real and that this is not a fluke. On Tuesday night, the New York Knicks played a close game against the Toronto Raptors, in which Lin brought it all second half and scored the Knicks' final six points en route to a 90-87 win.
With the Knicks down with under 90 seconds to go, Lin went to the rim, got fouled, and converted both the shot and the free throw for a three-point play. On the Knicks' next possession, he nailed the game-winning three. Video is after the jump.
Jeremy Lin's Fourth-Quarter Magic Pulls In Big Ratings
Thanks to the global phenomenon that is Jeremy Lin, it seems like every time the New York Knicks play lately, every eye in the country is watching. That may not necessarily be the case, but it appears that Linsanity is generating monster ratings in the Knicks' hometown market, if nowhere else.
John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal reports that the MSG Network pulled in a huge rating during Lin's fourth-quarter comeback and subsequent last-second game-winner over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. During the 9:30 p.m. ET quarter-hour, the game registered a 7.8 average household rating.
By comparison, the first 20 Knicks games of the season -- the "pre-Lin" era -- averaged a 1.81 rating. The games since Lin joined the team (before Tuesday night, at least) have averaged 3.08.
For all news and information regarding Linsanity and the New York Knicks, please visit Posting and Toasting. For updates and perspective on the Toronto Raptors, head on over to Raptors HQ.
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