Smack / Feb 15, 2012 / 12:52 am

Jeremy Lin Has His Best Night Yet; John Wall Blows Up

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Wow. Nothing else really needs to be said at this point. Jeremy Lin has done some cool things, but last night he took it to another level, wetting a pull-up jumper in Canada’s face with less than a second left in a tie game. The swag was ridiculous; In the huddle before he closed the fridge on the Raptors, Lin told Mike D’Antoni to give him an iso. Then he went out and capped the best night yet of the Jeremy Lin tour with New York’s come-from-behind 90-87 win. Lin (27 points, 11 assists) really shut Floyd Mayweather Jr. up in the second half after Jose Calderon (25 points, nine assists) was slapping him around for much of the first half. Jose had 12 in the first quarter, banging threes and just taking the ball right out of Lin’s mitts. But the game’s biggest sequence came with Toronto up five in the final two minutes. Iman Shumpert – who COMPLETELY changed the game with his defense in the second half – ripped Calderon at half-court and dunked. Then Lin went in for a three-point play, double-pumping at the rim to set up his game-winner … The Heat became the first team in 40 years to win three road games on consecutive nights by double figures by clowning the Pacers, 105-90. Indiana sat down to lay an egg early, falling behind right away as Miami played – in the words of the announcers – the best half of any NBA team all season. LeBron led the way with an easy 23 points and nine rebounds … Rodney Stuckey played one of his best games of the season, going for 23 and eight, and yet it was Tony Parker who punked Detroit down the stretch of the Spurs’ four-point survival. TP only had 14, but had a lefty layup and then hit a smooth floater in the last minute to keep the Pistons from stealing one. It was a typical Detroit finish. Ben Gordon missed a big three, felt he was fouled by Duncan and then picked up a technical in a one-possession game in the closing seconds … Sean Elliott: “Ben Wallace is breaking the record (this was for most games by an undrafted player). It’s unfortunate he’s doing it in front of five people.” Among other things Big Ben did last night was air ball a free throw in a way even DeSagana Diop would be jealous … Mike Conley dropped 21 as Memphis won an important game over a team they’ll probably be fighting with throughout the season to make the playoffs, the Rockets … James Harden (22 points) and the Thunder had absolutely no trouble stomping out Utah, 111-85 … And the Lakers won ugly, 86-78 over Atlanta behind 20 and 13 from Pau Gasol … The 2012 Olympic Women’s Team Finalists were announced: Jayne Appel, Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird, Rebekkah Brunson, Swin Cash, Tamika Catchings, Tina Charles, Candice Dupree, Sylvia Fowles, Brittney Griner, Lindsey Harding, Asjha Jones, Kara Lawson, Angel McCoughtry, Renee Montgomery, Maya Moore, Candace Parker, Cappie Pondexter, Diana Taurasi, Lindsay Whalen and Sophia Young… Keep reading to hear about the best night of John Wall’s season …

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  • UncheckedAggression

    I don’t think Lin will have a chance at starting next year unless he sustains really good numbers. 15/8 probably won’t do it, though I don’t even think that will happen. Remember, the pendulum is gonna swing the other way eventually and there will be backlash because of overhyping the kid. Lots of people that are loving the story will stop short of voting for Lin over Rose.

    I’ve always thought he’d be a really good backup guard in the NBA and that’s what I still believe. If he becomes a long-term starter, he won’t be one of the better ones.

  • JBaller

    @97
    I heard Ron Artest went nuts in the players lounge when Lin hit the game winner. He already suffered from insanity before there was Linsanity!

  • Big Island

    Lin would absolutely get voted in as an all-star. It’s a popularity contest and nobody in the league is more popular than Lin right now.

    QQ – I am giving you all of my money to make your Melo bet. Knicks fans love the guy underdog guy, John Starks, and they are all in on Lin. Melo is an unbelievable basketball talent but a terrible guy to have on your team. The first game he comes back, they lose. Book it.

  • Skeeter McGee

    @ beiber

    Read my post (around #40) regarding my feelings on the Lin-Tebow debate, I think we share the same stance on this issue.

    Both were great and inspirational though, so I don’t want to take away from what Tebow did and what Lin is doing.

  • Ian

    beiber yes over rose or wade. if we put yao on the ballot the man gets in right now. 15 and 8 would do it next season.
    i think the league had to take yi of the ballot a couple of seasons ago so the dude didnt get voted in.

  • Three Stacks

    I don’t know why people are so certain Carmelo won’t be able to play with J. Lin. Melo played in a pretty quick, high scoring offense in Denver for several years, and sure he ran a lot of isos and dominated certain possessions, but I can’t recall his getting so much flak for stalling an offense before.

    I don’t know how similar it is to the current Knicks offense, but it doesn’t seem likely he’ll come back and automatically destroy all the chemistry. And I hope he’s secure enough that he doesn’t need to “prove” himself by getting numbers. Kobe would absolutely do that, though hahaha.

    Imagine if Kobe was in Carmelo’s shoes and coming back to a team that got hijacked from him. That would be the most epic freeze out, wow. (On a side note, I would love to #TradeKobe. Laker fans, who else is with me.) He’d probably gun for 50. Watching Kobe play these days is like watching someone in perpetual heat-check mode even though he’s ice cold. Hopefully Carmelo isn’t gonna be like that.

  • QQ

    ‘Hopefully, Carmelo isn’t gonna be like that’.

    Like I said, simple probability.

    When the odds are swaying towards ‘YES, HE WILL BE LIKE THAT, THAT FUCKING HERO BALL GAME THAT STALLS HIS TEAM’, you just really can’t say ‘hopefully, he won’t’.

    That’s like saying ‘hopefully Floyd Mayweather won’t make an insensitive remark’.

    The odds are so against it, you’ll be a fool to even believe it would go the other way.

  • http://www.bettlejuiceXs3.com Chicagorilla

    You guys do know that Rose beat DWade in votes this year rather easily. So Lin wouldn’t be starting over Rose, he’d be starting over Wade.

    But i doubt the NBA would let that happen

  • http://datpiff.com beiber newz

    wow

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