http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4-PKl82vQg
Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks scored 25 points and registered 7 assists
in a 99-92 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Saturday.
Having dropped 11 of their last 13 games, coach Mike D'Atoni and his Knicks
were in dire need of a spark. He went to his bench and called on Lin, the
third-string point guard, with just over 3 minutes remaining in the first
quarter. What followed was a masterful performance that included two
successful charges down the lane against the Nets' Deron Williams.
It has been a trying road for Lin. He was released by the Golden State
Warriors and Houston Rockets before landing in New York, where he largely
rode the bench. Lin was under-recruited in college and had to settle on
Harvard after being passed up for scholarships from Cal, UCLA and Stanford. A
Taiwanese-American, Lin has told alarming tales of discrimination at the
collegiate level, having to endure racist taunts from opposing team's fans,
including fans from Ivy League schools.
With Yao Ming's departure from the league, can Jeremy Lin rise to be the
prominent Asian — better yet, Taiwanese American — force in the NBA?